Beginning Of An Era - Advice Feedback Please

[steve.r]

Hiya everyone, so past few months I have been saving money for an ultimate PC build that will last a very long time.
I am a part time video editor that uses software such as Adobe & Sony Vegas both of these software's tend to use alot of RAM & GPU whenever available.
I would like the new PC be able to handle PC games @ 4K resolution without any issues.

What do you think of the following build:-

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-6850K (3.6GHz) 15MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® RAMPAGE V EDITION 10: E-ATX, USB 3.1, SATA 6 GB/s, RGB Ready

Memory (RAM)
64GB HyperX SAVAGE DDR4 2666MHz (4 x 16GB Kit)

Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1070 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!

2nd Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1070 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!

1st Hard Disk
500GB Samsung 750 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW & SOFTWARE

Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i V2 Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND

Fan Controller
NZXT Sentry 3 Fan Controller with upto 5 Fitted Case Fans

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Wireless/Wired Networking
ASUS PCE-AC88 AC3100 2100Mbps/5GHz, 1000Mbps/2.4GHz

USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

The reason why I have chosen ASUS RAMPAGE V EDITION 10 motherboard is because I would like to make this PC future proof. It has numerous number of PCIe slots which will allow me to add PCIe equipment in the future if needs be.
The reason why I have chosen 64GB HyperX SAVAGE DDR4 2666MHz is because Adobe tends to make the most out of RAM when it's available. Choosing this type will allow me to increase the RAM upto 128GB
The reason why I have chosen 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1070 great reviews on product and works great on memory hungry applications

My question:
Processor Cooling: Corsair H100i V2 Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans

It would be my very first build that contains a liquid cooling system, should I be worried? How often does this need to be changed?

I really hope to hear from the members.

Thank you.

Steve

 

[Oussebon]

Processor Cooling: Corsair H100i V2 Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans

It would be my very first build that contains a liquid cooling system, should I be worried? How often does this need to be changed?

It's a closed loop so shouldn't need to be changed or refilled.

I'm not sure I buy the reasoning behind the Rampage if we're basically saying it's £250 more for more PCI-E slots. If you want to add a sound card in future you'd probably be better off with a USB DAC. If you want a wifi card (well, Rampage has built in wifi) a USB wifi adapter will do just as well. Besides which the "Gigabyte X99 Gaming 5" would still happily sport 2 GPUs, a PCI-E SSD, a wifi card, and a USB PCI-E card according to the configurator. Besides which if you stuff that many PCI-E cards or even more into your case you're not going to have particularly happily GPUs with all the extra things impeding air flow.

With regards to the two GTX 1070s - does Sony Vegas use multiple GPUs? And how much benefit does Adobe get from two cards vs a single more powerful one? I've read scaling was so bad it actually lowered performance though that was a while ago.

If the answers are no and it's not clear, there may be a case for going for a GTX 1080 instead. The gaming performance would be lower (though not by very much in some situations, such being the nature of SLI: http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2474-gtx-1070-sli-benchmark-vs-gtx-1080-and-gtx-1070/page-3 ) but the video work performance may be higher. A second GTX 1080 could be added in due course (especially if you saved £250 on the mobo).

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-6850K (3.6GHz) 15MB Cache

I'd suggest a pre-overclocked build. The 6850k needs relatively little voltage compared to the 6800k to get to ~4.3GHz so if you're buying one anyway you might as well get it overclocked without any realistic fear of cooking it before its time. The price should be pretty much the same: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-x99-overclocked/

1st Hard Disk
500GB Samsung 750 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

The 750 Evo is a budget drive - perfectly respectable, but with your kind of budget you might consider one of the NVMe drives under the M.2 SSD section.

Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

I would suggest the RM850x as it's better quality and under lower loads will be quieter due to having a passive cooling mode (the fan doesn't need to turn itself on under 50% load iirc).