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Yousef Kabbara

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Guys,

4K video editing ...

CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K Soket 1150 4.0GHz 8MB
GPU: GTX970 2.0 GDDR5 4GB 256Bit DX12 Nvidia GeForce
RAM: CORSAIR 16GB (2x8GB) Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600MHz

1 - "should the RAM speed be faster than 1600MHZ , but in Intel's website they say that it's the fastest supported speed"
Intel link: http://ark.intel.com/products/spec/SR219

2 - what motherboard should I use _I know it should be Z97 chipset "some people are warning me from Asus, is it true?"

3 - after choosing the Motherboard what GPU Brand should I have?

4 - What should I get for Power? "750W enough or I'll need more?"

5 - What should I get for cooling? "Air or Liquid?, any Suggestions?"

6 - can I add second VGA card to the arsenal as later expansion "with this setup"?

Really appreciate your time :)
Thanks
Yousef
 
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The 4790K should handle up to 2133MHz memory without a CPU OC. Just make sure the MB supports it. I just have a standard GTX 970 and it literally shreds games. Am playing Farcry4 now with all vid settings at ultra and all the way up. Don't forget to set your computer power settings all the way up. Windows default is "balanced" which had 2 cores parked on my comp. Had some problems till I realized that. I would get at least a 600W PSU. Only a 500W is suggested for the GTX 970. Maybe a 700W or 750W if SLI'ing. If you do not OC the CPU, the stock cooler will be OK. Or if OC'ing, a Coolermaster 212 Evo will be OK or a similar cooler.

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I would stick with either Asus, asrock or Gigabyte boards. Others seem to be more...
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1/ RAM timing will be more important than frequency Use CAS or CL 7 or 8 . 1600 MHz is fine

2/ asus are probably the best available brand

3/ the GTX 970 is for gaming . At most use a card like a 750 ti . It will be more than you need anyway

4/ gold rated 450 - 500 watt will be fine . 500 if you are foolish enough to throw away money on the GTX 970

5/ the stock cooler is fine . If you can afford it a quiet Noctua air cooler . It will out perform most closed loop water coolers and will be quieter

6/ you dont need the graphics card you have already suggested . Buying two would be ridiculous for editting .
 
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The 4790K should handle up to 2133MHz memory without a CPU OC. Just make sure the MB supports it. I just have a standard GTX 970 and it literally shreds games. Am playing Farcry4 now with all vid settings at ultra and all the way up. Don't forget to set your computer power settings all the way up. Windows default is "balanced" which had 2 cores parked on my comp. Had some problems till I realized that. I would get at least a 600W PSU. Only a 500W is suggested for the GTX 970. Maybe a 700W or 750W if SLI'ing. If you do not OC the CPU, the stock cooler will be OK. Or if OC'ing, a Coolermaster 212 Evo will be OK or a similar cooler.

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I would stick with either Asus, asrock or Gigabyte boards. Others seem to be more problematic. At least that's my experience. And you might as well get a decent LGA 1150 board. A Z97 preferably. Faster RAM will get you faster video rendering. Not so noticable in gaming. And Outlander_04, is right, the GPU is not that much important with vid rendering. The CPU and the amount of RAM are the most important factors. A good 2x8GB kit would be great.
 
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Discrete Graphics cards that support 4K external displays:

Nvidia GeForce
GeForce® GTX™ 970
GeForce® GTX™ 980
GeForce® GTX™ TITAN Z
GeForce® GTX™ TITAN Black
GeForce® GTX™ TITAN
GeForce® GTX™ 780 & 780 Ti
GeForce® GTX™ 770
GeForce® GTX™ 760 & 760 Ti
GeForce® GTX™ 750 & 750 Ti
GeForce® GTX™ 690, 680, 670, 660, 660 Ti, 650, 650 Ti BOOST, 650 Ti
AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series or better
 
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Yes, do *not* worry about wi-fi on the MB, use USB attached wireless. Get the right MB, then get the wireless you want. If you are planning to transfer a lot of data between PCs or to a NAS using wireless (e.g. for backups) then see what protocols your router supports, it will make a difference.

A usb wireless device is $20 to $40.

 
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Many video packages use GPU muscle for rendering video, especially the 4K stuff OP references.

OP should decide what software he is using, see if the software has GPU (or GPGPU) acceleration, then see what cards will work. For example, CUDA based acceleration works only on nvidia. OPENCL based acceleration that uses a lot of floating point works best on AMD (that's why bitcoin miners use AMD not nvidia for GPU computing).
 
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Compare with wireless AC for moving large video files to a NAS backup or another PC. From wikipedia "..specification has expected multi-station WLAN throughput of at least 1 gigabit per second and a single link throughput of at least 500 megabits per second (500 Mbit/s). This is accomplished by extending the air interface concepts embraced by 802.11n: wider RF bandwidth (up to 160 MHz), more MIMO spatial streams (up to eight), downlink multi-user MIMO (up to four clients), and high-density modulation (up to 256-QAM)...."

update: did I mention I'm jealous of your 25 or 30 mbit download speed. Bet you have nice latency also.
 
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I was getting around 120Mbs till Comcast upped the bill all of a sudden. Nearly $90 a month more. So I switched to Comcast's slowest speed and did away with some channels. From the fastest to the slowest speed and I have not noticed any difference yet. Gameplay with farcry4 is still the same. About the only thing good I have to say about Comcast is that they have good internet speed. Their slowest is faster than most others fastest speeds.

(http://speakeasy.net) has a decent speed check at their web site.
 
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