captaindomokun
Novice Member
Her is my suggestion for this build, i was thinking about this pc not as a all rounder, but more of a professional pc and as i have worked with a some of these components i think this will be a great build. i tried to make this build as cost efficient as possible but this is a professional pc so its not what you call "cheap"
CPU
i was think of a i7 for this build, but i think a xeon would be used more effectively as this isn't going to be much of a gaming pc, so i chose the Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 as its a reasonable balance between average clock speed and lots of cores which should churn through video and music editing.
PSU
Best option is the Corsair AX860i, even though this is slightly overkill but for a quiet, reliable and efficient build, there is no real alternative
Cooling
as this isn't a over clocking pc and more of a workstation pc, the Noctua NH-D15 is a incredibly silent cooling solution that should keep things very cool and quiet
Motherboard
Asus X99-E WS, there was nothing that could contend for its WS components and support for Xeon's and Tesla cards. i would of chose the double socket version of this motherboard but very few programs can utilize dual cpu technology.
RAM
To best utilise the Xeon, i chose 64GB (8x8GB) Samsung ECC memory for its stable reliability and i chose 64gb for best core/memory ratios
GPU
personal taste for GPU's is a large part of the decision, but in my humble opinion (don't start any fan boy arguments!) i chose the Nvidia Quadro K5000 because of its great power consumption and as it works with CUDA, Adobe programs gain greater boosts from CUDA rather than AMD cards.
Hardrive
for the hard rive i code the seagate baracu….. I'm just kidding i chose 4x4tb Western Digital Greens in RAID 10, I chose this because it would have the speed of RAID 0 and the reliability of RAID 1 and would not need a expensive RAID card to write and read data quickly.
Optical drive
Because why not, the LG BH16NS40 16x should make this pc the master of all trades
SSD
there is a lot of brand bias for ssd but the 2xSamsung 840 EVO 500gb in RAID 0 in order to get 1tb of fast storage for programs and a couple of projects
Case
Again a LOT of personal taste in this one, but the Phanteks Enthoo Luxe is a phenomenal case for price, practicality, size and build quality and with its excelent room with expansion, you can't go wrong
Monitor
i was planning on 4K but it isn't quite ready yet as lots of programs don't scale well on such high resolutions so i chose the LG Flatron 34UM95-P for its massive size for great productivity use in Premiere and others, it also is a IPS panel so it has great viewing angles and colour accuracy, a must have.
Head phones
Audio technica ath-m50… enough said
Keyboard & mouse
plenty of personal taste here but because this isn't much of a gaming build i chose the Corsair k65 Keyboard for its overall size and mechanical key switches and the Corsair M65 Mouse for its comfortable use and programable buttons. also I'm adding the Cintiq 13hd for people who want to do some photoshop/fireworks kinda work
Overall this build should perform great in a creativity workspace. its not cheap as the list shows:
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 = £1264.99
Corsair AX860i = £169.99
Noctua NH-D15 = £77.99
Asus X99-E WS = £379.99
64GB (8x8GB) Samsung ECC memory = £799.99
Nvidia Quadro K5000 = £1614.95
4x4tb Western Digital Greens = £479.99
LG BH16NS40 16x = £62.95
2xSamsung 840 EVO 500gb = £371.99
Phanteks Enthoo Luxe = £119.99
LG Flatron 34UM95-P = £679.99
Audio technica ath-m50 = £109.99
Corsair k65 Keyboard = £79.99
Corsair M65 Mouse = £52.99
Total Price = £6253.61
CPU
i was think of a i7 for this build, but i think a xeon would be used more effectively as this isn't going to be much of a gaming pc, so i chose the Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 as its a reasonable balance between average clock speed and lots of cores which should churn through video and music editing.
PSU
Best option is the Corsair AX860i, even though this is slightly overkill but for a quiet, reliable and efficient build, there is no real alternative
Cooling
as this isn't a over clocking pc and more of a workstation pc, the Noctua NH-D15 is a incredibly silent cooling solution that should keep things very cool and quiet
Motherboard
Asus X99-E WS, there was nothing that could contend for its WS components and support for Xeon's and Tesla cards. i would of chose the double socket version of this motherboard but very few programs can utilize dual cpu technology.
RAM
To best utilise the Xeon, i chose 64GB (8x8GB) Samsung ECC memory for its stable reliability and i chose 64gb for best core/memory ratios
GPU
personal taste for GPU's is a large part of the decision, but in my humble opinion (don't start any fan boy arguments!) i chose the Nvidia Quadro K5000 because of its great power consumption and as it works with CUDA, Adobe programs gain greater boosts from CUDA rather than AMD cards.
Hardrive
for the hard rive i code the seagate baracu….. I'm just kidding i chose 4x4tb Western Digital Greens in RAID 10, I chose this because it would have the speed of RAID 0 and the reliability of RAID 1 and would not need a expensive RAID card to write and read data quickly.
Optical drive
Because why not, the LG BH16NS40 16x should make this pc the master of all trades
SSD
there is a lot of brand bias for ssd but the 2xSamsung 840 EVO 500gb in RAID 0 in order to get 1tb of fast storage for programs and a couple of projects
Case
Again a LOT of personal taste in this one, but the Phanteks Enthoo Luxe is a phenomenal case for price, practicality, size and build quality and with its excelent room with expansion, you can't go wrong
Monitor
i was planning on 4K but it isn't quite ready yet as lots of programs don't scale well on such high resolutions so i chose the LG Flatron 34UM95-P for its massive size for great productivity use in Premiere and others, it also is a IPS panel so it has great viewing angles and colour accuracy, a must have.
Head phones
Audio technica ath-m50… enough said
Keyboard & mouse
plenty of personal taste here but because this isn't much of a gaming build i chose the Corsair k65 Keyboard for its overall size and mechanical key switches and the Corsair M65 Mouse for its comfortable use and programable buttons. also I'm adding the Cintiq 13hd for people who want to do some photoshop/fireworks kinda work
Overall this build should perform great in a creativity workspace. its not cheap as the list shows:
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 = £1264.99
Corsair AX860i = £169.99
Noctua NH-D15 = £77.99
Asus X99-E WS = £379.99
64GB (8x8GB) Samsung ECC memory = £799.99
Nvidia Quadro K5000 = £1614.95
4x4tb Western Digital Greens = £479.99
LG BH16NS40 16x = £62.95
2xSamsung 840 EVO 500gb = £371.99
Phanteks Enthoo Luxe = £119.99
LG Flatron 34UM95-P = £679.99
Audio technica ath-m50 = £109.99
Corsair k65 Keyboard = £79.99
Corsair M65 Mouse = £52.99
Total Price = £6253.61
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