Nvidia Titan X for workstation PC?

[CaseyX]

I want to purchase a custom PC that is future proof and that will still be working pretty well in the next 2-4 years. I aim to do video editing (2K/HD, going onto 4K/UHD if I need to), and image enhancement and grading with DaVinci Resolve. I will be using a lot of Adobe's applications, and maybe Final Cut Pro.

My reason for choosing the Titan X is because of it's 12GB on-board memory and performance.

My question, after reading the above, is 'is the Titan X worth purchasing if I want a once-off workstation PC that will require minimal to none upgrades in the next 2-3 years at least for video-related work?' If not, what else is recommended?

With my PC, my intentions are as follows:
Intel i7-5930K (preferably) or i7-5820
2x8GB DDR4-2133 RAM
ASUS Motherboard (for Hackintosh purposes)
SAMSUNG 850 Pro 256Gb or 850 Pro 512Gb (Apparently bigger lasts longer in terms of read/write cycles)
WD Black 2Tb Internal HDD
ANTEC 750W 80+Gold PSU
GPU: Time will tell.
Windows 7 64Bit

EDIT: I've read somewhere that the Titan X's main purpose is gaming and is not recommended for video editing + color grading. Some gaming won't hurt, but this will mainly be a workstation PC for me.

Any other hardware suggestions welcome.

 

[Relly Rale]

I don't see any reason not to use that card with such a high end system. I can tell you initially using a gtx 650 and upgrading to a gtx 970 my performance with premiere pro was massive. I only edit clips from my d7100 which is quite often because I film a lot and I could jam pack a 7 to 11 layer music video full of effects after effects compositions transitions overlays and it slices through the footage like butter. One thing I can say is I only see the GPU kick in when I am using effects and third party plugins that use GPU's assistance but just regular editing and exporting the GPU stays idle. Now there is a huge difference in timeline scrubbing and its good to be able to edit 1080 footage in full resolution which I could never do in the same system with the GTX 650. I don't film in 4k but I did download some sample footage to mess around with to see if my system can handle it and the GTX 650 choked as the gtx 970 handles it with ease. When I added effects I had to drop resolution down to 1/2 or 1/4 to playback smooth without prerendering. Now my system is not as powerful as you have up there I have AMD FX 8320 16gb of ram 1866 a couple SSDs no raid but different drives for cache and footage and OS/adobe but it handles everything very well more then I could have asked for. My biggest concern is running the IOS on your system with everything staying together I see a lot of people having issues with the high end parts and premiere pro and IOS. Hope this helps

 

[CaseyX]

Hi Relly Rale. Thanks for the help!!

I'm planning on keeping it on Windows 7. I'm planning on splitting my hard drive 192/64 for win/mac. The Hackintosh is only for FCP and a few other stuff, but only when I really need it. I assume the 6-core HT I have in mind (5930K) will allow maximum speed when dealing with converting?

The 4K aim is only for future proofing my PC - if you want to get over the mountain aim for the moon, you know. So for video editing and effects the dream PC I have mentioned should be very good for the next 5-10 years. As for color grading with DaVinci Resolve that's my aim. I assume if the PC I get can handle 2k clips like melted butter on Resolve then I should be set and my aim will have been achieved, while working with the GPU?

 

[Relly Rale]

I think you'll get what your looking for what that build. the Titan X has 12gb of video ram will handle 4k nice and the 384-bit width will make the editing experience a dream.