PC Build help

[HimuraDHitokiri]

Building my Custom Business PC that can 3-D Animate/ render, 2-D Animation,Video editing, Music Creation and Gaming; I also want to do liquid cooling because this is basically my Fantasy Build for a career working computer. Need help asap been wanting to build this pc for some time now.

 

[GraySilencer]

What is the Budget? Do you need just the tower?

 

[HimuraDHitokiri]

Well budget I want to say 2-4k need help with what components to buy besides the water cooling sysytem I'll be doing a custom loop and this is the tower that on its way to me now. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133306

 

[gondo]

What are your needs as far as audio goes and what components do you already own such as headphones, speakers, etc...

As for the system an I7 Skylake, basic Z170 board, 16GB RAM would be great. Depending on your monitor either a 1070 or 1080 video card. Depending on what softwar eyou use, do you know if you can take advantage of a quadro or fire video card for the animation.

 

[HimuraDHitokiri]

I will be running things like Maya, Photoshop, Unreal Engine, Fruityloops, don't have a mic yet but I know I can just go to Guitar Center for the mic and software. As for monitors and those things Ill be investing in a 4k monitor but my biggest issues are parts motherboard, VGA, memory, blu-ray drives and writers. I want my computer to be on par or sub-par with the animation, film, and gaming community.

 

[gondo]

Something like a firepro 7100 may work double duty for you in Maya and for gaming. What softwares do you use?

 

[HimuraDHitokiri]

Photoshop, Maya, Unreal Engine, Manga Studio, FruityLoops, Steam, Z-brush

 

[GraySilencer]

This should work well for you.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6900K 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor ($1078.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5P EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($295.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($239.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($317.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Archive 8TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($254.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card ($737.95 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake Core X5 ATX Desktop Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA T2 1000W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($279.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit ($129.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $3392.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-02 16:31 EDT-0400

 

[HimuraDHitokiri]

Sweet thanks for all the advice and info, and I'm very appreciative for the Parts list you're awesome. Also just 1 last question you choose Gigabyte over MSI, or EVGA for the motherboard especially Gigabyte.

 

[gondo]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($349.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($147.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($146.60 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($317.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($119.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card ($737.95 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake Core X5 ATX Desktop Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($87.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Acer XB280HK 28.0" 60Hz Monitor ($649.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $2683.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-02 16:56 EDT-0400

Under $3000 including the 4k gaming monitor. Best gaming specs on the market and with 32GB of ram it'll render just fine. Even the 32GB may be overkill but the price of memory is cheap.

With the money saved you can get a USB DAC, a USB audio interface mixer with microphone phantom power and matching mic, some good desktop studio monitors. And you also need $400 or so for the custom loop and all that EKWB gear Also a mic boom and a pop filter. You're talking over $1000 in audio and liquid cooling alone. You'll walk away with under 4k invested and a very nice audio/video workstation that is very gameable. The 1080 will struggle to hit 60fps at 4k but that's where the GSync monitor will smooth things out for you.

The only thing I would consider is a jump to a 750-850w PSU if you ever decide to add a second 1080 for SLI and a bump in FPS and a future 144HZ 4k monitor when they exist. Asus is readying the 1st one for market.

 

[HimuraDHitokiri]

Also I heard windows 10 is horrible.

 

[gondo]

Windows 10 is awesome. I like how they got rid of the Metro screen of windows 8. It was a nuisance always switching around. Plus for gaming it's windows 10 all the way and DirectX 12.

 

[GraySilencer]

Sweet thanks for all the advice and info, and I'm very appreciative for the Parts list you're awesome. Also just 1 last question you choose Gigabyte over MSI, or EVGA for the motherboard especially Gigabyte.

Welcome. It's just my preference as Iv'e always used Gigabyte. I'm sure the other brands are fine too, like ASUS. Windows 8.1 is fine too. Personally I prefer it over 10 but 10 is what most people prefer these days despite the "spying" issues but there are fixes for that.