hi all, Merry Christmas and Happy new year,

Working in animation industry, have just signed a contract for 60 episodes each is 15 minutes,

( will deliver them on Hard disc )1920*1080 as HD standard, DNxHD 120 Codec as the channel requirements,

our workflow animating on toonboom then export each layer as mated .swf, and compositing each scene in after effects sc6 ( the single sceneinclude 5 : 20 layers) and then the editing phase,

1- the compositing machine am looking for:

cpu: Intel Core i7-3930K

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492&Tpk=i7 -3930k

cpu cooler: CORSAIR Hydro Series H80

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181016&nm_mc= AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=3 938566&SID=

motherboard: Rampage IV Extreme

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131802

Video Card: EVGA GTX 680 Classified 4GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130801

Memory:CORSAIR Vengeance 64GB (8 x 8GB) - 1866

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233384

Power Supply: Antec High Current Pro HCP-1200- 80 PLUS GOLD , High Current Hybrid Cable Management Active

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371043

Case:  Rosewill BLACKHAWK-ULTRA- Super Tower

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147157&nm_mc= AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=3 938566&SID=

Drive for OS.:SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series- 256GB SATA III MLC Internal (SSD)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147193

Other Drives: HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 -3TB -7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Enterprise Hard Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145621

Blu-Ray Burner: LG Black 14X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA BDXL

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136249

that's all, i need to ask you about :

- your overall Advice about this components (MB. Puzzled me choosing fromRampage IV Extreme, Sabertooth X79 and P9X79 WS)

- your advise on drive setup, like how many ssd to use and how many hdd and how to arrange them with the motherboard, and do you recommend to ad an 10,000 rpm hhd with them, as i told you before this machine will be for compositing only not for editing

- do i need Areca ARCcontroller?? what is your recommendation?

2- the editing machine am looking for:

I am interested on thunderbolt specially on those products:

- Blackmagic Design UltraStudio 4K Thunderbolt Capture & Playback

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/ultrastudio4k/

-Areca ARC-8050 ThunderBolt 8 Bays

http://www.nexus.com.au/areca-arc-8050-thunderbolt-8-bays-sas-raid-ser ious-workhorse-demo-in-store.html

- G-RAID with Thunderbolt

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822205178

- 17" TV Logic XVM-175W Multi-Format LCD HD/SD Monitor

http://www.abelcine.com/store/TV-Logic-XVM-175W-17-inch-Multi-Format-L CD-HD-SD-Monitor/

so what is your recommendation?? do i go with lga 1155 as below:

cpu: Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501&nm_mc= AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=3 938566&SID=

cpu cooler: CORSAIR Hydro Series H80

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181016&nm_mc= AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=3 938566&SID=

motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V PREMIUM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131850&Tpk=As us%20P8Z77-V%20PREMIUM%20ATX%20LGA1155%20Motherboard

Video Card: EVGA GTX 680 Classified 4GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130801

Memory:CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) - 1600

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233232

Power Supply: Antec High Current Pro HCP-1200- 80 PLUS GOLD , High Current Hybrid Cable Management Active

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371043

Case:  Rosewill BLACKHAWK-ULTRA- Super Tower

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147157&nm_mc= AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=3 938566&SID=

Drive for OS.:SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series- 256GB SATA III MLC Internal (SSD)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147193

Other Drives: HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 -3TB -7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Enterprise Hard Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145621

thats all, i need to aske you about :

- do i go to lag 1155 for thunderbolt tec.?? if yes your overall Advice about this components please,

- your advise on drive setup, like how many ssd to use and how many hdd and how to arrange them with the mothebord as internal and with thunderbolt as external, and do you recommend to ad an 10,000 rpm hhd with them?

- do i need Areca ARCcontroller?? what is your recommendation?

Many thanks for your support.