We've been getting a lot of calls lately asking when we are going to update our DIY build. It's been two years since our DIY11 build and I have to admit, we've fallen behind. So last night I'm going through my YouTube feed and I see a link to an interesting video posted by Newegg https://www.youtube.com/embed/aI-enLBUtmQ (I've embedded the video at the end of this article). We get all the parts for our Videoguys DIY builds from Newegg and videos like this are fantastic way to learn how to build a gaming rig. The same skills and knowledge apply to building a DIY workstation.
I decided to use the build from the video as the starting point for our Videoguys DIY12 build. As you guys know, we are a big fan of ASUS motherboards for our DIY builds. While the GIGABYTE Z270X mobo used in the video is fine, I wanted to use the equivalent ASUS motherboard. SO I did some research on the ASUS website about their Z270 series motherboards. https://www.asus.com/microsite/best-200-series-motherboards/US/. I zeroed in on the ROG STRIX series.
So I'm poking around Newegg, putting my parts list together and I find this incredible pre-pack bundle with a $70 savings! https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3485377. All you need to add is Windows Pro 10 and the Pioneer Blu-ray burner.
Caution! The ASUS Z270 motherboards do not currently support Thunderbolt, which is a big concern for me. But the bundle deal from Newegg is so good I had to post this. Hopefully in the near future ASUS will introduce a Thunderbolt compatible Z270 motherboard. For now you'll just have to settle for USB-C which delivers 10Gbps thoughput (vs 40Gbps for Thunderbolt 3 or 20Gbps for Thunderbolt 2). Learn more about the difference between Thunderbolt3 and USB-C here.
Videoguys DIY 12 (Proposed)
Newegg PN
Motherboard
ASUS ROG STRIX Z270E
$199.99
N82E16813132928
CPU
Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Quad-Core
$339.99
N82E16819117726
RAM
G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 3200
$159.99
N82E16820232476
GPU
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080
$479.99
N82E16814125880
Boot Drive
Intel SSD 600p Series (512GB)
$174.99
N82E16820167412
Case
Phanteks Enthoo Mini XL PH-ES414M_BK Aluminum mATX Tower
WE ARE! That is the new thinking here. X299-Deluxe and new Core i9 processor.
Bill Rodriguez
Have you considered an ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe? TB3, USB3.1. If not, why not?
NKP
I did a sample build of both octa core Ryzen 1800x and the hex core i7-5930k / i7-6850k, both using GTX1080Ti, Samsung 850 EVO 500GB, 32GB RAM – the Ryzen build is ~380 dollars cheaper than the Intel build.
Hoping you’ll can do a Ryzen build for us readers and provide performance numbers :-D
Timmy Johnson
I am about to build again from scratch. I use Avid MC, Photoshop and After Effects. This seems like a good starting point. Any thoughts on Drives for Raids? I currently have two separate 2 tb raids and when I build new want to upgrade. I’m still concerned about going to win 10 pro with Avid. I am still running win 7 pro but I have been getting an issue with crashes and reboots constantly and slow loading when first turned on that I can not solve and seemingly no one else can on the net so its time to rebuild.
Gary Bettan
Agreed! Check out this article https://pixelstrobist.com/best-pc-for-video-editing-for-all-budgets/
We've been getting a lot of calls lately asking when we are going to update our DIY build. It's been two years since our DIY11 build and I have to admit, we've fallen behind. So last night I'm going through my YouTube feed and I see a link to an interesting video posted by Newegg https://www.youtube.com/embed/aI-enLBUtmQ (I've embedded the video at the end of this article). We get all the parts for our Videoguys DIY builds from Newegg and videos like this are fantastic way to learn how to build a gaming rig. The same skills and knowledge apply to building a DIY workstation.
I decided to use the build from the video as the starting point for our Videoguys DIY12 build. As you guys know, we are a big fan of ASUS motherboards for our DIY builds. While the GIGABYTE Z270X mobo used in the video is fine, I wanted to use the equivalent ASUS motherboard. SO I did some research on the ASUS website about their Z270 series motherboards. https://www.asus.com/microsite/best-200-series-motherboards/US/. I zeroed in on the ROG STRIX series.
So I'm poking around Newegg, putting my parts list together and I find this incredible pre-pack bundle with a $70 savings! https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3485377. All you need to add is Windows Pro 10 and the Pioneer Blu-ray burner.
Caution! The ASUS Z270 motherboards do not currently support Thunderbolt, which is a big concern for me. But the bundle deal from Newegg is so good I had to post this. Hopefully in the near future ASUS will introduce a Thunderbolt compatible Z270 motherboard. For now you'll just have to settle for USB-C which delivers 10Gbps thoughput (vs 40Gbps for Thunderbolt 3 or 20Gbps for Thunderbolt 2). Learn more about the difference between Thunderbolt3 and USB-C here.
WE ARE! That is the new thinking here. X299-Deluxe and new Core i9 processor.
Have you considered an ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe? TB3, USB3.1. If not, why not?
I did a sample build of both octa core Ryzen 1800x and the hex core i7-5930k / i7-6850k, both using GTX1080Ti, Samsung 850 EVO 500GB, 32GB RAM – the Ryzen build is ~380 dollars cheaper than the Intel build.
Hoping you’ll can do a Ryzen build for us readers and provide performance numbers :-D
I am about to build again from scratch. I use Avid MC, Photoshop and After Effects. This seems like a good starting point. Any thoughts on Drives for Raids? I currently have two separate 2 tb raids and when I build new want to upgrade. I’m still concerned about going to win 10 pro with Avid. I am still running win 7 pro but I have been getting an issue with crashes and reboots constantly and slow loading when first turned on that I can not solve and seemingly no one else can on the net so its time to rebuild.
Agreed! Check out this article https://pixelstrobist.com/best-pc-for-video-editing-for-all-budgets/
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