Photo/video editing, gaming, rendering PC

[EagleSmart]

I will be using the pc for photoshop, video editing, some 3d rendering and modeling as well as extreme gaming. Photoshop and other photo editing software and gaming is in the first place but rendering and video editing is a cm behind. Budget is about 2000€ or 2600$

CPU: i7-4790k
MB: Asus Maximus VII Hero
GPU: 2x r9 290
SSD: Sasmung 840 EVO 250gb
HDD: WD 1TB VelociRaptor, WD Black 2TB
RAM: Kingstone 16gb 2400mhz cl11 (2x8)

All in one PC are hard on the budget since they need both a strong cpu as well as a strong gpu, 2 r9 290 are great performers and i think 4790k overclocked should do the job.

any sort of a suggestions for different components and the rig can help, thanks

 

[Andrew Buck]

I will be using the pc for photoshop, video editing, some 3d rendering and modeling as well as extreme gaming. Photoshop and other photo editing software and gaming is in the first place but rendering and video editing is a cm behind. Budget is about 2000€ or 2600$

CPU: i7-4790k
MB: Asus Maximus VII Hero
GPU: 2x r9 290
SSD: Sasmung 840 EVO 250gb
HDD: WD 1TB VelociRaptor, WD Black 2TB
RAM: Kingstone 16gb 2400mhz cl11 (2x8)


any sort of a suggestions for different components and the rig can help, thanks

Get 1 or 2 GTX 780 Ti's (Maybe 2 780s) instead, because the CUDA cores work very well in Adobe and other Rendering applications. For the motherboard, any reason for the ROG board? If you want to overclock, the Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force performs highest. Instead of the VelociRaptor, go with a second WD Black 2 TB and put it in RAID 1 in case a drive fails, or Raid 0 for more performance and space. For the RAM, I am not sure 2400 is needed or is supported. It may hold you back in overclocking. Go with maybe some CL9 2133 MHz RAM, like maybe http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmd16gx3m2a2133c9. That should work great. Otherwise, that is a pretty solid system in my opinion. Any idea on what PSU or case you will be getting?

 

[Dblkk]

Adobe, CS 5 doesn't support open cl on NVidia hardware, strickly amd. You'd be better off with x295

 

[Andrew Buck]

Adobe, CS 5 doesn't support open cl on NVidia hardware, strickly amd. You'd be better off with x295

Yes it does. Adobe is OPTIMIZED for nVidia's CUDA cores. OpenCL isn't really used. Why do you think people recommend nVidia for workstations?

 

[Dblkk]

Why do people recommend firepro cards for workstations?

Adobe, Autodesk, sony

 

[Andrew Buck]

Why do people recommend firepro cards for workstations?

Adobe, Autodesk, sony

I don't really hear of too many rigs besides Macs with FirePros. Quadros are specifically used on most workstations because of their superior performance. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/nvidia-quadro-amd-frirepro_17.html#sect0

 

[Dblkk]

Why do people recommend firepro cards for workstations?

Adobe, Autodesk, sony

I don't really hear of too many rigs besides Macs with FirePros. Quadros are specifically used on most workstations because of their superior performance. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/nvidia-quadro-amd-frirepro_17.html#sect0

The maya and solidworks laptops at work are strickly amd.

And yes, more often than not NVidia is superior, but that's workstation wise. Your talking geoforce cards. Cuda vs open gl are program specific and not as huge a boost as one would think. Which is why I recommend the 290x or the 295. Either that or a titan black. I wouldn't go 780ti, double precision is what you need for workstation, plus both the titan black and 295 have workstation class drivers. They don't game as well as the 780ti, but they game damn well, and are better at workstation.

 

[Andrew Buck]

Why do people recommend firepro cards for workstations?

Adobe, Autodesk, sony

I don't really hear of too many rigs besides Macs with FirePros. Quadros are specifically used on most workstations because of their superior performance. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/nvidia-quadro-amd-frirepro_17.html#sect0

The maya and solidworks laptops at work are strickly amd.

And yes, more often than not NVidia is superior, but that's workstation wise. Your talking geoforce cards. Cuda vs open gl are program specific and not as huge a boost as one would think. Which is why I recommend the 290x or the 295. Either that or a titan black. I wouldn't go 780ti, double precision is what you need for workstation, plus both the titan black and 295 have workstation class drivers. They don't game as well as the 780ti, but they game damn well, and are better at workstation.

That is true, but look at the price tag. He is on a budget here.

 

[EagleSmart]

Thanks both of you, as far as RAM goes, maximus and gigabyte support up to 3200/3300 OC mhz, so after overclocking it should be fine, am still thinking between amd and nvidia, opengl vs cuda cores, firepro and quadro are expensive and i wouldn"t buy the less expensive versions over 290/x and 295 in amd case and titan black, 780 ti in nvidia case. It will come down between these cards, i'll see, as far as gaming in 4k goes amd has the edge, at least that's what i have seen from a few comparisons but that's only one use of the pc, budget isn't small but here in euros everything is more expensive. Still haven't decided about the case and psu but bigtower and 800+ watts is my thinking.

 

[Dblkk]

Thanks both of you, as far as RAM goes, maximus and gigabyte support up to 3200/3300 OC mhz, so after overclocking it should be fine, am still thinking between amd and nvidia, opengl vs cuda cores, firepro and quadro are expensive and i wouldn"t buy the less expensive versions over 290/x and 295 in amd case and titan black, 780 ti in nvidia case. It will come down between these cards, i'll see, as far as gaming in 4k goes amd has the edge, at least that's what i have seen from a few comparisons but that's only one use of the pc, budget isn't small but here in euros everything is more expensive. Still haven't decided about the case and psu but bigtower and 800+ watts is my thinking.

the best for budget is titan black. it is more coded for over a 290x, and about the same as the 295($1500). I know titan black really presses your budget, but if your thinking 780ti, the workstation performance of the titan black is far better. If you don't want to budget the titan black, think about the gtx 780, ot the AMD 290. While those cards aren't as good as the titan black, therve $500 or less, and very close to workstation performance of the 780ti and the 290x. If 4k is in the mix, you'll need a titan black or 295x, but I don't think other than passively mentioning it was involved. For workstation/gaming the 780 or 290 would give you close to workstation performance of the 290x or the 780ti, for gaming it would still provide ultra. At hundreds less. If you can budget, the titan black ($1000) would give you the most workstation/gaming potential you can get without going straight $2000+ workstation cards. And later on you could easily add a second titan black which would really help out as well.