Help with (Australia) $2500 build

[tlo001]

Located in Australia, budget is a little bit flexible if there's something you think is good value for money for the performance increase.

Don't need an OS or any peripherals. Here is what i have so far. Pc Parts List

Does this look rounded, anywhere i can increase performance and save money? Am i missing anything?

Im a digital artist so ill be using this mostly for work but i'd still like the option to play games i think. Ill be heavily using photoshop, zbrush and keyshot mainly but will probably end up doing work in other 3d applications like maya, sketchup ect.

I recently brought a dell u2413 so i have the option to use 10 bit colour but im not really sure i really need it so i dont know if i should bother getting a workstation card, i think the gtx 780 should meet my needs especially as i still would like the option to game. Any thoughts on this?

Also should i go for 32gb of ram or will 16gb be enough to handle the software i want to run?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[Iron124]

Just curious, are you really attached to any of the parts here, is the 780 a requirement or would you consider an AMD card? I can rebuild this system for much less, with similar specs.

 

[tlo001]

Just curious, are you really attached to any of the parts here, is the 780 a requirement or would you consider an AMD card? I can rebuild this system for much less, with similar specs.

I was under the impression the nvidia cards were better with the software i want to use because of the CUDA cores, but further research just now seems to show that the debate between amd/nvidia is split so im more confused now so
I'd love to hear your thoughts on the similar cheaper build. Or a better build for the same price?

 

[Iron124]

Alright, so take a look at this build, everything is either identical or very similar to the specs of your original build, except a pretty massive savings in price. I cannot suggest the 4930k under any circumstance, unless you're working with NASA or for Pixar, you're not going to be fully utilizing all of those cores. $600 on a processor alone is ridiculous in itself and is no doubt inflated by Intel. The 4820 can also be overclocked and is a fantastic processor with plenty of power to spare, I doubt you'll be disappointed.

The R9 290 is a great card with even better benchmarks, and is considered on-par with the 780. Not to mention Maya and Photoshop will be able to utilize that extra Gigabyte of graphics memory that is available. All other conponents I changed are just cheaper versions with the same specs, no reason to pay a premium for the same stuff. If you truly want to spend $2500, you can get more storage, 32GB of ram, or even another GPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4820K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($375.00 @ CPL Online)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H75 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($239.00 @ PLE Computers)
Memory: Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($185.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($149.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($97.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($459.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($146.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Corsair VS 650W ATX Power Supply ($82.00 @ CPL Online)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($22.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN951N 802.11b/g/n PCI Wi-Fi Adapter ($28.99 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $1891.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

[tlo001]

Wow thanks for the build, looks like i was going to spend way too much. Would i really not benefit much from having 6 cores? Ill be using this build 8-10 hours a day for work so even a small increase in performance would likely save me a lot of time in the long run.

 

[Iron124]

Wow thanks for the build, looks like i was going to spend way too much. Would i really not benefit much from having 6 cores? Ill be using this build 8-10 hours a day for work so even a small increase in performance would likely save me a lot of time in the long run.

You would probably benefit some, as in ONLY "some", but as far as "time is money" goes, I doubt you'll save enough to justify and extra $300. You can go for it if you want, I suppose it will future-proof better (just know Intel changes its sockets once a year, so upgrades are not very likely without a new board).

 

[tlo001]

Wow thanks for the build, looks like i was going to spend way too much. Would i really not benefit much from having 6 cores? Ill be using this build 8-10 hours a day for work so even a small increase in performance would likely save me a lot of time in the long run.

You would probably benefit some, as in ONLY "some", but as far as "time is money" goes, I doubt you'll save enough to justify and extra $300. You can go for it if you want, I suppose it will future-proof better (just know Intel changes its sockets once a year, so upgrades are not very likely without a new board).

Ok, ill have to do some further research into how much the 6 core helps in the software im using. Thanks so much for your help, i really appreciate it.