Anything wrong with this build

I see you're going for a 1TB class SSD. Considering you're doing video editing, I would throw in a spinner, something like a 3-4 TB drive.
 
OhSnapWord said:
I see you're going for a 1TB class SSD. Considering you're doing video editing, I would throw in a spinner, something like a 3-4 TB drive.
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I'm alittle behind the curve. Could you elaborate on spinner? as in a second drive for a RAID config?
 
Yeah that motherboard and RAM are insanely overpriced. With that much money being spent on the motherboard, you should go for the socket 2011 platform instead (you'd need to switch the CPU to the Core i7 4820K). Not to mention the extra RAM slots with socket 2011 would help out with video editing. Speaking of RAM, since this is for video editing, you can get twice as much RAM for a similar price:
$135 - Crucial BLS2CP8G3D1609DS1S00 Ballistix Sport 2 x 8GB DDR3 1600 RAM

No reason to get extremely expensive DDR3 2400 RAM.
 
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Dangman said:
Yeah that motherboard and RAM are insanely overpriced. With that much money being spent on the motherboard, you should go for the socket 2011 platform instead (you'd need to switch the CPU to the Core i7 4820K). Not to mention the extra RAM slots with socket 2011 would help out with video editing. Speaking of RAM, since this is for video editing, you can get twice as much RAM for a similar price:
$135 - Crucial BLS2CP8G3D1609DS1S00 Ballistix Sport 2 x 8GB DDR3 1600 RAM

No reason to get extremely expensive DDR3 2400 RAM.
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Do any of you guys know why the 2011 has 8 slots for RAM. And the newer 1150 has only 4?
 
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t9alejandro said:
Do any of you guys know why the 2011 has 8 slots for RAM. And the newer 1150 has only 4?
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It's a processor memory limit. The mainstream high-end parts (ala i7-4770K) supports only 32GB of memory, while the Enthusiast class parts (technically Xeon based parts) support 64GB per CPU. Despite some very few and rare 16GB sticks being available, the usual high-end memory limit is 8GB sticks in the consumer realm, hence the 4 and 8 slots.

I've been curious myself to see what would happen if you stuck 4 x 16GB or 8 x 16GB DIMMS and see what would happen. It might not like 16GB sticks (MOBO) or may just error out if you stick in more RAM than the MOBO/CPU can handle.
 
t9alejandro said:
Do any of you guys know why the 2011 has 8 slots for RAM. And the newer 1150 has only 4?
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LGA2011 is a high end platform with four memory channels. With two slots per channel (the max for desktop DDR3 AIUI) that gives 8 slots.

LGA1150 is a mainstream platform with two memory channels. With two slots per channel that gives 4 slots.
 
Liger88 said:
I've been curious myself to see what would happen if you stuck 4 x 16GB or 8 x 16GB DIMMS and see what would happen. It might not like 16GB sticks (MOBO) or may just error out if you stick in more RAM than the MOBO/CPU can handle.
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I have yet to see anyone selling 16GB unbuffered DDR3 dimms.

16GB DDR4 UDIMMs will be available later this year when Haswell-E comes out so that its 4 slots will still allow for 64GB of ram on the enthusiast platform.


Edit: I see this one for sale.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E50MZBS?tag=infoonallproda-20

Edit2: The interesting thing is that board (X9DR7-LN4F - dual socket lga2011) takes registered ram so the UDIMM part of that may be wrong.
 
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I'd say that the only thing wrong is the RAM and motherboard. If I were you I'd go with Gigabyte or ASrock for your Board choice and Avexir, ADATA, or Team Group for you RAM choices.
 
I would replace that GPU with a GTX 780 as they got better reviews. If noise is a concern the R9 sounds like a jet fighter at 80% whereas the 780 is nice and quiet. If you can afford more memory I would do that as well. I'd also lose the cpu cooler...and look at something like a Swiftech H220 or Corsair H110. And I concur with the other posters on the drives your looking at buying. Nice system man...good luck.
 
If there is a microcenter around, go and grab their bundled 4770k with Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H or Asus Z87-Pro which costs you ~ $450 instead of spending ~ $700. Spend more on videos card (GTX 780 for instance) since you're going to game on that build. For the SSD part, I'd prefer to RAID0 2*2TB spinning HDDto get more storage and sacrifice some speed to save $$, but if you want to go for the fastest then 1TB SSD is perfectly fine. You don't really need to WCing the whole system unless you plan to do some heavy OCing, that Kuhler 920 is a solid performer. And DDR3-2000 or even 1866 memory is more than adequate, don't spend so much money on 2400 memory since the performance gain will be barely noticeable.
 
Your SSD will speed up load times between levels tremendously. They will also speed up boot time but that is all. As far as gaming goes you will notice no performance difference in game using a regular 7200rpm spinning hard drive over a SSD drive. Check out the HardOCP review. Interesting findings. Might be worth using your $$ on extra drive space / raid over the SSD if you sacrifice load times between levels...something to consider.
 
dandragonrage said:
Also too much more money to make it even remotely worth it.
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Well I like quality, might be more money but for the extra cash you get a real nice Swiftech copper block and that cooler can support a full system. Has a refill tank so you can change the fluid after 3-4 years they guarantee. Other coolers may be cheaper but will not have that kind of flexibility and proven performance. :cool:
 
everything looks good, but I'd add a traditional mechanical drive, then cut the SSD down to 256Gb. use the HDD for storage and put the stuff you are working on in the SSD, just do the "saves" on the HDD.
 
I'd agree that the memory is completely overkill, as you will likely not see any real-world performance gains with the newer gen Intel IMC, unlike we used to with older processors.

Get 2 sets of the Crucial linked above for less than the single set you have in your build.

Or just get a single set of the Crucial and add a large spindle based HDD to complement that very nice 1TB SSD. :)
 
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