Music Production Workstation build suggestions.

[Sayan Sengupta]

Going to upgrade my 4 year old system. So pondering on a few alternatives for a music production workstation build on which I'm going learn some video editing too, so as to make my own videos( maybe 4k videos down the line but for the times sake only 1080 videos). So any suggestions regarding the build would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Budget: US$ 1500 ~ 2000.
Bonus question: Should I wait for Skylake? 😛

 

[noobgamer40]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yNqB3C
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yNqB3C/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($103.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI X99S Gaming 7 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($259.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card ($429.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit) ($139.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1885.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-11 06:32 EDT-0400

If you wait for skylake it will be better, we still don't know how good it is, but for now this is good, it has a i7 5820k 3.3ghz 6 core processor and 32gb of ram and a r9 390x 8gb can handle 4k videos, if you can pay 2130$, get the gtx 980ti...

 

[sadams04]

You don't need to spend nearly that much to do a audio / video processing machine. Maybe if you were gaming or modeling, but for what you are after the build below is more than enough. The Xeon will give you i7 performance with hyperthreading enabled, two open memory slots in case you need more, SSD+HD, and a mid-level gaming GPU that will easily handle editing (heavy loads) and multiple monitors...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.00 @ B&H)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($150.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($169.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill BlackHawk ATX Mid Tower Case ($78.49 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($91.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1270.07