4K PC For Video Rendering And Gaming

[Roronoa Zoro]

Hey guys I am planing to build extreme 4K PC which will be mainly used for video rendering at 4K resolution and high end gaming.

My budget is INR5,00,000 excluding cooling system as I am planing for custom water cooling for extra INR1,00,000.
I also shipped in 2 x ASUS PG348Q so no need of monitor and no need of keyboard and mouse.

You can go higher than the price quoted but please provide ultimate build that will be best suited.

 

[Barty1884]

Hey guys I am planing to build extreme 4K PC which will be mainly used for video rendering at 4K resolution and high end gaming.

My budget is INR5,00,000 excluding cooling system as I am planing for custom water cooling for extra INR1,00,000.
I also shipped in 2 x ASUS PG348Q so no need of monitor and no need of keyboard and mouse.

You can go higher than the price quoted but please provide ultimate build that will be best suited.

500,000 INR is roughly $7,500 USD. Even allowing for the excessive pricing in India, that should be more than necessary.

You want a good balance of cores/threads vs speed (for editing, and to perform well in gaming).

I'd suggest:

CPU: i7-5820K - 33,220INR

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI @ 23,100

Cooler: Not included, you're going custom-loop.

RAM: 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX @ 14,725

SSD: 1TB Samsung 850 Evo @ 28,415

HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda @ 5,775

GPU: ASUS ROG Strix Geforce GTX 1080 @ 65,545

PSU: Seasonic S12II 620W @ 6,065

Case: NZXT H440 @ 11,130

OS: Windows 10 Home USB @ 7,835

There are new CPU options coming for the X99 platform - whether they're going to be available soon or for a reasonable price in India, I don't know.

1. The H440 will leave you ample room for your custom loop.
2. The 5820K strikes a fine balance between performance & price.
3. 2x16GB would be preferred over 4x8GB, but prices don't seem to be very favourable towards the 16GB modules.

That build doesn't even hit 200,000 INR. You could SLI your GPUs, add more storage, a 'better' CPU etc. You have more than enough budget to do whatever you want.

 

[Roronoa Zoro]

Thankyou for the build but will SLI be better for dual monitor setup

 

[Barty1884]

It may well have a slight improvement, but I wouldn't bother initially. Pick up a single 1080 and see how it works for you.
If you find yourself wanting more, then buy a second to SLI

 

[VR PC-BUILD]

Went a bit over but here is the build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6950X 3.0GHz 10-Core Processor (₹154900.00)
Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (₹48999.00)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (₹93900.00 @ Amazon India)
Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB PCI-E Solid State Drive (₹17816.00 @ Amazon India)
Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB PCI-E Solid State Drive (₹17816.00 @ Amazon India)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (₹18334.00 @ Amazon India)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (₹55000.00)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (₹55000.00)
Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case (₹34999.00 @ Amazon India)
Power Supply: Corsair AX1500i 1500W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (₹39599.00 @ Amazon India)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit (₹12500.00)
Total: ₹548863.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-15 21:02 IST+0530

If you can spend extra go for it I actually wanted to include single SSD but its price was too high. If you can spend more go for single 480GB SSD.
SLI would improve performance with dual monitors.

 

[Roronoa Zoro]

@VR PC-BUILD that is a great one. Will check out the SSD and let you know. It is fine with me to spend extra if required

 

[Roronoa Zoro]

Will those extra cores in i7 -6950X make difference

 

[VR PC-BUILD]

Yes it would make a huge difference for 4K video rendering but not for Gaming.

 

[Barty1884]

It'll make some difference in rendering, but the lower base clock speed will have a detrimental effect from a gaming perspective.

Unfortunately the balance between the two is difficult. A 'perfect' rig for rendering 4K Video is not going to be 'perfect' for gaming.

Some comments on VR's build:
1. A PCIe drive is very nice to have - but 240GB drives (even in RAID together) are going to be a bit on the low side for 4K Video rendering. I'd suggest 1TB minimum. If you can find a PCIe drive, that would be perfect. M.2 options (running on PCIe x4 on that particualr board) exist too that you can find in the roughly 1TB range (960GB etc)

2. SLI 1080's is likely unnecessary - but if you want to go the SLI route, avoid the founders/reference cards. They're throttling at load (which 4K rendering will give) and one card will be lacking a bit in airflow if you go SLI. The non-reference/founders options, while they appear a little more expensive, should perform dramatically better.

3. The AX1500i is extremely excessive (with SLI 1080's). Looking at 700W at absolute max load. To allow so OCing headroom, a 1000W would provide more than enough power. For example, the RM1000x is available for 30% of the cost of the AX1500i: https://www.theitdepot.com/details-Corsair+RM1000x+1000W+Fully+Modular+PSU+(CP-9020094-EU)_C14P25762.html

 

[VR PC-BUILD]

It'll make some difference in rendering, but the lower base clock speed will have a detrimental effect from a gaming perspective.

Unfortunately the balance between the two is difficult. A 'perfect' rig for rendering 4K Video is not going to be 'perfect' for gaming.

Some comments on VR's build:
1. A PCIe drive is very nice to have - but 240GB drives (even in RAID together) are going to be a bit on the low side for 4K Video rendering. I'd suggest 1TB minimum. If you can find a PCIe drive, that would be perfect. M.2 options (running on PCIe x4 on that particualr board) exist too that you can find in the roughly 1TB range (960GB etc)

2. SLI 1080's is likely unnecessary - but if you want to go the SLI route, avoid the founders/reference cards. They're throttling at load (which 4K rendering will give) and one card will be lacking a bit in airflow if you go SLI. The non-reference/founders options, while they appear a little more expensive, should perform dramatically better.

3. The AX1500i is extremely excessive (with SLI 1080's). Looking at 700W at absolute max load. To allow so OCing headroom, a 1000W would provide more than enough power. For example, the RM1000x is available for 30% of the cost of the AX1500i: https://www.theitdepot.com/details-Corsair+RM1000x+1000W+Fully+Modular+PSU+(CP-9020094-EU)_C14P25762.html

Yes more cores helps in rendering and higher clock speed will help in games. But with custom water cooling he should be able to attain good enough clock speed for gaming. And for a very huge gain on rendering side comparatively small loss on gaming side should be acceptable by OP.

Yes I know therefore stated to go with single PCIe SSD.

With 2 monitors of that high resolution monitors at 100Hz SLI becomes compulsory to get good enough fps.

Yes AX1500i is excessive but I provided it to last long with high end heavy upgrades like 4-way SLI if he is crazy to go for it. Otherwise RM1000x is good enough.

Thank you Barty1884 for making things clear for OP