Hi,

I am currently upgrading my hardware and am looking at building a PC from the ground up.  I will be working mostly HD but also will have several projects originating on 4K.  I also do a fair amount of Adobe After Effects work along with Premiere Pro and Adobe Encoder.  I'm looking to build the system with an internal raid for media.

Below is a link to the build with parts picked out.  Looking for comments and suggestions.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/MoonFartFlam/saved/8XfkLk

1. Should I wait to see what NVIDEA has to offer in a few weeks with the new P series graphic card?

2. On the internal raid will I be better off using a pcie raid controller card or will the onboard raid conroller on the Supermicro MOBO suffice?

3. According the the MOBO specs it will support Thunderbolt 2 technology.  Does anyone have any experience with pcie thunderbolt cards and performance.

Any other info or comments are welcome.

Thanks

John

that looks like a pretty solid system, but be warned. Building a dual xeon machine is a bot more complicated then snapping together a DIY gaming / video editing system. Stuff like physics - weight, leverage and heat become critical. Air flow is madatory. 

Have you looked into just getting an HP Z 840 workstation. Check out the specs on this Videoguyss Tech Select for $4,995

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• 32GB (4x8) DDR4-2400
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• Thunderbolt 2
• Upgraded 1125w Power Supply
• Now with Windows 10 Pro
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Gary

So now I am thinking about the choice of video card.  I know the NVIDIA Quadro M4000 will work but seeing that I am also using this system for After Effects and Premiere Pro does anyone have any thoughts on the new GTX 1080 Ti? 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/02/nvidia-geforce-1080ti-will-launch-for-699-next-week/

Any comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

John

The GTX 1080 Ti is cheaper, and looks like it will be a beast. 

In theory, it should work fine with a Media Composer machine.  My only worry would be the fact that it's not 100% supported, and so every time I have any little problem with my PC, I would wonder if it was because I wasn't using a Quadro card.

But yes, you are right, it seems like a much better choice on paper.  I just realistically want to be the first guy to try it.

GTX1080 is a beast and fantastic valeu. It kicks Adobe software into a whole nutha gear.

Gary

Why not both?  The M4000 for GUI and the GTX1080 for GPU.  Not only improving performance for After Effects but also increasing render times in Resolve for those 4K outputs.

I'm running the K4000 and GTX780, I need to get my render speeds up in Resolve, right now depending on nodes I'm rendering anywhere from 3 to 10FPS with the GTX780 running as my GPU, I just read that Nvidia starts selling this month the new GTX1080 Ti with a street price of around $700. Not a bad price for a card that specs out better than the Titan X.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/11172/nvidia-unveils-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-next-week-699

PreteMedia:

Below is a link to the build with parts picked out.  Looking for comments and suggestions.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/MoonFartFlam/saved/8XfkLk

I'm pretty sure that Supermicro motherboard won't fit in the Corsair case you've selected.  The X10DAX is an EATX form factor, and the case is ATX.  I've built a couple of DP systems based on the Supermicro boards, and I can tell you that I've always had better luck when I've matched them with Supermicro cases.

Stumbled across this while looking for something else:

http://www.logicalincrements.com/articles/videoediting

Hope it's useful,

/mp

one thing i can recomment are pseudo watercooled gpus

no fuss, but allows you to keep the heat away from pricey raid cards.

isn't available for 1080ti yet.

PreteMedia:

Below is a link to the build with parts picked out.  Looking for comments and suggestions.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/MoonFartFlam/saved/8XfkLk

Just looking at what you now have for a $1000 more you can get a dual XEON with an HP backed 3/3/3 warranty - I reckon I'd go for that. It has ECC memory (OK not as much as yours) an M4000 which may not be as quick as the 1080Ti but I can vouch for the Z840 - its very well engineered, especially when it comes to cooling and serviceability.

The warranty is worth at least 500 on it's own..

and for $600 more you can get a 12TB RAID which is a much better way to store your media than internally..

Yes it's more but I've experienced the NBD onsite warranty and its fantastic - both for my current machine and an older laptop...