[Build Help] Building my first PC for professional photo/video editing, thoughts?

I say so because Microcenter offers some really good deals with CPU+Mobo bundles: Ex. 5820k (6 cores, which you should be getting for rendering instead of 4790k) with an ASRock Extreme4 for $449.99 (getting those parts alone would cost you $571.94).

The final build with parts from Microcenter would look like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor $299.99 @ Micro Center
CPU Cooler Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $99.98 @ OutletPC
Motherboard ASRock X99M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard $149.99
Memory Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory $297.50 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $194.99 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.99 @ Best Buy
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.99 @ Best Buy
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.99 @ Best Buy
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card $999.99 @ Amazon
Case Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case $110.20 @ Directron
Power Supply SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $134.99 @ Newegg
Optical Drive Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer $19.75 @ OutletPC
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) $133.79 @ OutletPC
Monitor ViewSonic VP2770-LED 27.0" Monitor $669.98 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $3246.12
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-05 14:15 EDT-0400

Without parts bought from Microcenter:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor $372.95 @ SuperBiiz
CPU Cooler Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $99.98 @ OutletPC
Motherboard ASRock X99M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard $198.99 @ SuperBiiz
Memory Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory $297.50 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $194.99 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.99 @ Best Buy
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.99 @ Best Buy
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.99 @ Best Buy
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card $999.99 @ Amazon
Case Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case $110.20 @ Directron
Power Supply SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $134.99 @ Newegg
Optical Drive Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer $19.75 @ OutletPC
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) $133.79 @ OutletPC
Monitor ViewSonic VP2770-LED 27.0" Monitor $669.98 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $3368.08
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-05 14:19 EDT-0400

Aside from that, Do you really want that case? The Define R5 is at the same price (and the H440 too, if you don't care about not having a DVD drive, and installing Windows from a USB)

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