Hi everybody,
my first post here, so I hope this finds you well. I'm currently building a new workstation for 3D (A. Maya, Houdini), Edit (Davinci Resolve), Comp (Nuke) work. I already bought the new Ryzen Thredripper 3970x and now looking into all other components. I'm looking for tipps and improvements. My biggest current questions are RAM, Thunderbold 3 and custom CPU Watercooling. I first start with what I collected so far.
CPU: AMD Thredripper 3970X
CPU Cooler: ? (Cusom Watercooling or AiO?)
Motherboard: Gigabyte TRX40 AORUS Extreme or Asos Zenith II Extreme (depending on your recommendations)
Memory: 128GB DDR4 RAM (I'm not sure if I should choose "4x32GB" or "8x16GB" more to that below)
Storage M.2: 2x Samsung 870 EVO Plus 2TB M.2
Storage HDD: 3x Seagate IronWolf Pro 10TB (already in use)
Storage SSD: 4x Samsung 860 Pro 4TB (already in use as RAID but don't necessarily need to be in the build)
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080Ti 11GB AORUS XTREME Waterforce (I want to insert a second 2080Ti later on)
Power Supply: ? (I think I need around 1300 W so I'm currently looking into the "SeaSonic Prime Modular 1300W Platinum")
PCIe-Card 01: Blackmagic Mini Monitor (already in use)
PCIe-Card 02: Intel SPF+ 10Gbe Network Card (already in use)
OS: Win10Pro
Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 6 (already in use)
What RAM would you recommend for a Ryzen Threadripper 3970X with a Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Xtreme? I'm looking for 128GB of RAM.
Just to have it more future proof and upgradeable in the future I think I would prefer 4 Slots á 32GB than 8 Slots á 16GB.
Is it an advantage to use 4 Slots because the processor doesn't have to work as hard or do you think 8 is the better choice even if it's not that future proof?
Also most of the new G.Skill Ram is still not available so there are not a lot of 32GB RAM Sticks out there. For sure I would love to use the highest Mhz frequency the Systems allows (3200Mhz?). I heard there are limitations depending on how much slots you use bud didn't find informations about it online).
Working in film and commercial always means MacBookPros on set and a lot of TB3 devices around. What are my best options to implement Thunderbold 3 with my Threadripper 3970X? (I usually wanted to buy the Gigabyte TRX40 AORUS XTREME or the ASUS ROG Zenith II Extreme)
I haven't started looking into custom Watercooling for this CPU yet. I don't want to spend more than 650 for cooling.
Thank you for all your help. All tipps and tricks are welcome as I'm only on a basic knowledge level! So thankful for everything.
