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I am currently debating whether or not I should move forward with a custom build. I am a photographer who is starting to move into videography and my old iMac just cannot keep up, especially with 4k footage. I need an upgrade but don't really want to spend close to $3000 on a iMac 5k with an AMD Radeon graphics card and no expandability.
I am worried however about the possible issues I will run into if I were to start a custom build. I love that there is a forum where all my questions will be answered, but I don't know if I would have the time to go through the forum constantly to fix a problem when I'm trying to finish a job for clients (mostly newlyweds eagerly waiting for their wedding video). I can work a computer fairly well but most of the stuff I see on these forums go way over my head and I would hate to run into a bunch of problems I can't fix.
So anyways, on to my question. I have my cart currently loaded up with parts for a new build, which are listed below. I was just wondering what sort of issues I could expect to run into with these parts. For instance, issues with thunderbolt connectivity or with the graphics card. Any help to nudge me in the right direction would be extremely helpful.
Intel® - Core™ i7-4790K 4.0GHz Processor
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.0 4GB GDDR5 256bit
Corsair Carbide Series Black 500R Mid Tower Computer Case
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH LGA 1150 Z97 Dual Thunderbolt 2 ATX Motherboard
Samsung - 850 PRO 256GB Internal SATA III Solid State Drive
TP-LINK - Wireless N900 Dual-Band PCI Express Adapter
Crucial - 16GB Kit (8GBx2), Ballistix 240-Pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-14900
Corsair - AX760 760-Watt ATX Power Supply
Asus - 28" UHD/4K Monitor
I am worried however about the possible issues I will run into if I were to start a custom build. I love that there is a forum where all my questions will be answered, but I don't know if I would have the time to go through the forum constantly to fix a problem when I'm trying to finish a job for clients (mostly newlyweds eagerly waiting for their wedding video). I can work a computer fairly well but most of the stuff I see on these forums go way over my head and I would hate to run into a bunch of problems I can't fix.
So anyways, on to my question. I have my cart currently loaded up with parts for a new build, which are listed below. I was just wondering what sort of issues I could expect to run into with these parts. For instance, issues with thunderbolt connectivity or with the graphics card. Any help to nudge me in the right direction would be extremely helpful.
Intel® - Core™ i7-4790K 4.0GHz Processor
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.0 4GB GDDR5 256bit
Corsair Carbide Series Black 500R Mid Tower Computer Case
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH LGA 1150 Z97 Dual Thunderbolt 2 ATX Motherboard
Samsung - 850 PRO 256GB Internal SATA III Solid State Drive
TP-LINK - Wireless N900 Dual-Band PCI Express Adapter
Crucial - 16GB Kit (8GBx2), Ballistix 240-Pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-14900
Corsair - AX760 760-Watt ATX Power Supply
Asus - 28" UHD/4K Monitor