Ejviper

There are backpacks and other stuff for gamers who travel with their full size ATX cases to LAN parties. If your system has Hard Drive disks, those suffer the most from shocks your PC may suffer. Get a nice foam padded bag and you should be fine for just ~$60. Keep your PC laying flat for safety and that's it. Happy travels.

@Gothic Melody This is the system I planning to build later this year. Many things may change, the CPU for sure, I will put a 2990x instead. But check it out if you want (https://pcpartpicker.com/list/G42Cw6) I made this for my self Also, if you feel adventurous, I made a lot of research on finding a great budget 4K 99%+sRGB monitor, and I found this: SCEPTRE 27 Inch IPS Ultra 4K LED Monitor U278W-4000R, UHD 3840x2160 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073DPBJ7Q/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_.vKoBb7YJR4D9 It doesn't have a high a refresh rate, which makes it "useless" for gamers, but it has 100%sRGB and contrast, 27" for a good single monitor setup and yes 4K resolution.

Hey @Gothic Melody I feel your pain, I am also a 3D Motion Designer, and most people won't understand our pain when it comes to figuring out our key visuals by tweaking tiny things and having to sit and wait (for insert absurd amount of time here) until we are happy and can send to production render. CPU is gold for us, we need to prioritize CPU over GPU (as long as a we got a decent GPU), UNLESS, you are using a GPU based rendered like Red Shift or Octane. Then yes, get a decent CPU and prioritize GPUssss, as many as possible. I myself work with C4D, that's why I pay attention to Cinebench scores, and the AMD Threadripper are the best value/price you can get right now. I will be getting a 2990x when it comes out later this year, it's rumored to be around $1,500 - But you will get double the performance of the 1950x for less than double its price. My current GPU is a 1050 Ti, I wanted a 1080 Ti but there wasn't any at the time and had to settle for a 1050 Ti and it works just great for me. I can work with fairly complex geometry and it stays smooth on my screen when rotating and smoothing my models. If you have no need for GPU rendering go with a 1050 ti or the renewed 1080. Also, if you wanna save more money you may want to try a VEGA GPU. RAM, I like the Corsairs LP, Try to find fast ram with low latency for best performance of your CPU, that way it won't bottle neck your workflow on something dumb as cheap ram. Also, I use my PC for work and very light gaming, I don't have anything RGB to save money and honestly I don't like RBG lighting anywhere. I would rather have a MAC but their systems have sucked in comparison to others for years now. I hope this helps.

Hey Beautiful People of this Crazy Community! I got a challenge for everyone (myself included) and that is to put together a SMALL form factor WORKSTATION with a Threadripper 1950x inside. Is it possible? Step 1. (MOBO) Starting with a MOBO small enough for this, was able to find a wide variety of just 1! the micro-ATX x399 Taichi from AsRock. I couldn't find anything else out there for a TR4 socket (if you have please let me know). Step 2. (CASE) The cases for micro-ATX aren't all that small to begin with, and the variety of models are far more than what I browse through without getting dizzy. So, what would be a compact, very plain or classy (no need for RGB fanciness) case that would carry this beast considering: It would also carry 4x8 DDR4 LP RAM, 1x gfx1080ti, No HDD but SSD or even M.2 drive (960pro) for storage and a Power supply that fits the Case and can feed everything inside. Setp 3. (COOLING) And my biggest concern... Is there a way to keep the temperatures of this Mini-Workstation at reasonably low temperatures? I will be very happy to hear from you experts!

Sorry for not being that clear. Peripherals, other than Monitor, would be nice but don't have to be within that budget. WiFi it's a plus but not a must. Probably want +1G Ethernet if I ever get around to get an external NAS backup HDD. Thanks for replying @DocSwag

Hello great people, I'm new at the forums, though I have been following LTT for a while on youtube. I am here today to seek the help from the most power internet minds to help me on a quest to build the best 3D Motion Design and Rendering Workstation rig (for me... the best for what I'll use it). I will be using the Desktop Workstation PC (Maybe even go hackintosh?!) for: #1. 3D modeling and renders in Cinema 4D, Cinema 4D Team Rendering and OTOY Octane rendering #2. Motion Graphic animation and compositing on Adobe After effects, also color grading with AE and Red Giant Looks. #3. Rendering video with Adobe Media Encoder, from Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro I also, lightly edit on premiere pro. Design on Illustrator and Photoshop sparingly. Those apps will work just fine with any kind of Rig I end up building. Goal: A Workstation that can handle really well high poly counts on screen but can render advanced raytraced at decent speed. Budget: Under $4,000. Including a 98%+ sRGB 24-28" 4K Monitor. Wifi is a plus but not a Must Have. Keyboard and Mouse* can be suggested but won't be part of this budget. *Currently use an Intuos Pro 5 for cursor hadleing. Note: I will not be using this rig for gaming, I don't care for parts that are gaming oriented or flexible enough to game on. If the parts is a gaming part but works great on my new rig then I welcome it. Please, help me, I'm open to your great advice. Thanks! @Ejviper