£5k ($7.8k) build help please

[Pixxie_payne]

so i have finaly gotten a dream job and i am planning on building a super high end pc for 3d animation rendering and games production aswell as playing, recording and editing videos for youtube.

so far i have:
CPU: Intel i7-3770k
GPU: 2x GTX 690
Ram: 4x8gb (32gb) Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz
Motherboard: Asus Maximus V forumula z77
Case: Cooler Master Cosmos 2
Cooling:
CPU,GPU,NorthBridge = Custom liquid cooling
RAM = Cooling fan/ no cooler
Liquid cooling radiator(s) = 3x120mm rad + 2x120mm rad
Cooling fans = Corsair SP series
Harddrive:
Boot Drive: SSD (Unconfirmed model and size)
Storage and media: WD Green caviar (unconfirmed size)
PSU: open to suggestions
looking at getting a Sea sonic platinum 1000w
Optical drive: blueray reader and burner (unconfirmed model)

but i cant figure out what ssd, psu or ram to use, i want to get realy high end stuff and max out everything for it so i wont have to upgrade.

post what you would suggest or a entire build spec

[Gorman]

okthen if you want to have just 1 machine, but it's not going to be the most efficient use of money 😛

[Pixxie_payne]

Gorman wrote:
okthen if you want to have just 1 machine, but it's not going to be the most efficient use of money 😛

well to be honest its games design, every thing has to be rendered in real time so using a gaming gpu rather then work station will be more effective overall for the work

[DaemonCantor]

Pixxie, it is good that you got your Dream Job, Congrats! As to your system Are you truthfully looking to build the Best system for doing Graphics or are you looking for the best All Purpose System you can buy? There's a reason I ask this and even with all of the input and good advice you have gotten you still haven't answered that one question. Yes you could say I want the best Computer out there but sorry you couldn't afford it even with that Dream Job! It cost the US Defence over 2 Trillion USD to build it. so now step back to my question and ask yourself honestly which do you want because they are a lot different systems.

[Pixxie_payne]

DaemonCantor wrote:
Pixxie, it is good that you got your Dream Job, Congrats! As to your system Are you truthfully looking to build the Best system for doing Graphics or are you looking for the best All Purpose System you can buy? There's a reason I ask this and even with all of the input and good advice you have gotten you still haven't answered that one question. Yes you could say I want the best Computer out there but sorry you couldn't afford it even with that Dream Job! It cost the US Defence over 2 Trillion USD to build it. so now step back to my question and ask yourself honestly which do you want because they are a lot different systems.

im looking at graphics and performance, the reason why i am looking at using nvidia cards is so i can work with PhysX and i can utilise the CUDA cores for graphics acceleration, all the software i use utilises the CUDA cores to boost the render times and speed up work overall.
and like i said the budget is £5k

[DaemonCantor]

Ok then you are going to need a Work Station system and with the Graphics you want your going to need an nVidia Quadro 5000 or Possibly 2 and these are at your limit alone. Here's why http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/quadro-5000-firepro-v8800-workstation-graphics,2701-9.html, this is a review of the respective Workstation Cards out there and this one just stands out at the top in the Software your going to be using. I'm in the US so I can't see what the prices are on it in the UK but here they go for around $1500 to $2000 USD which doesn't leave much for the rest of the system if you go with 2 of these. As to the rest of the system since it's Work Station your not looking at Enthusiast Parts but Long Term Reliability so look towards Kingston Memory, Samsung SSD's and a Corsair 1200Watt or better PSU. When looking at Work Stations/Servers you don't want Parts that will Burn Out Quickly but instead your looking at long Term Reliability so that you get the most out of it for your money...If you want to see the graphics running in Real Time Build a Second System that is All Out Gaming but you can't have both in one.

[Pixxie_payne]

to be honest i would rather go with a super high end gaming pc, i know that a workstation gpu will make render times allot faster but to be honest i very rarely render things, i game more anything and 2 gtx 690's will give me more then enough power for rendering and gaming soo...

[Pixxie_payne]

i would like to add that its 352 CUDA cores on the Nvidia quadro 5000 and 3072 CUDA cores on the gtx 690

[DaemonCantor]

I hear you there! Because I can't afford to build another Work Station I'm using a Gaming rig to do my Graphics and Gaming...I suffer in render speed and Photoshop does take a while to render a Complex Lighting/Shadow picture but all in all I can't complain...It does the job in the end...

[Pixxie_payne]

DaemonCantor wrote:
I hear you there! Because I can't afford to build another Work Station I'm using a Gaming rig to do my Graphics and Gaming...I suffer in render speed and Photoshop does take a while to render a Complex Lighting/Shadow picture but all in all I can't complain...It does the job in the end...

reason why i am looking at using 2 690's will have 6144 CUDA cores to play with, and CUDA cores are what makes software like UDK, Maya, photoshop and blender run allot faster

[DaemonCantor]

Not only, it also takes the Drivers plus with the Work Station Cards there are other pieces of Hardware in the like Gun Lock, Frame Buffers and so forth that accelerate the Rendering/Graphics Production. These extra Features plus the Heavy Testing for Compatibility and Functionality are what makes them so expensive and not very good for playing a game...Not that you couldn't just you won't like the Frame Rates you get versus a Card made for Main Stream Computing. Trust me there is a LOT more to Workstation Cards than just How Many CUDA Cores it's got.