Triple GTX 1080's Rendering machine

[groje5325]

Greetings from the Philippines, i am in need of your suggestions, Recommendations,.

I have a budget for 3 GTX 1080's for rendering machine, I mainly Use Thea render Software,

will you please help me come up with a parts list of good processor for the build, Ram, and mother board,

my best concerns is the motherboard, processor and brand of graphics card.

Things to note:

Mboard that supports 3 GtX 1080's

No plans for watercooling.

Will not SLI

32 GB RAM

$4000-$4500 Budget

I would like to go with Ryzen 7/ Threadripper as the budget allows.

Thank you very much!

 

Thea render Tool Guide

https://www.thearender.com/plugins/benchtool/v1.5/Thea_Benchmark_Tool_Guide.pdf

[3rrant]

6 minutes ago, groje5325 said:

Greetings, i am in need of your suggestions, Recommendations,.

I have a budget for 3 GTX 1080's for rendering machine, I mainly Use Thea render Software,

will you please help me come up with a parts list of good processor for the build, Ram, and mother board,

my best concerns is the motherboard, processor and brand of graphics card.

Things to note:

Mboard that supports 3 GtX 1080's

No plans for watercooling.

 

32 GB RAM

Thank you very much!

Nvidia sli for 3+ cards is not natively supported for consumer grade card. Go for a 2x 1080ti.

[groje5325]

1 minute ago, ErrantNyles said:

Nvidia sli for 3+ cards is not natively supported for consumer grade card. Go for a 2x 1080ti.

Sorry, I Edited my Notes, I will not do SLI on my build, Thanks though. 

[3rrant]

Just now, groje5325 said:

Sorry, I Edited my Notes, I will not do SLI on my build, Thanks though. 

You're welcome. Also specify your budget and country for a component lists, so we can help

[RadiatingLight]

how much CPU will this machine need?

because you could go with Ryzen 3 if you just need the GPU power, or Ryzen 7 / Threadripper if you need more CPU leverage.

[groje5325]

5 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

how much CPU will this machine need?

because you could go with Ryzen 3 if you just need the GPU power, or Ryzen 7 / Threadripper if you need more CPU leverage.

Thank you, I would like to go with Ryzen 7/ Threadripper as the budget allows.

[McHox]

6 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

how much CPU will this machine need?

because you could go with Ryzen 3 if you just need the GPU power, or Ryzen 7 / Threadripper if you need more CPU leverage.

thea's gpu engine is actually a hybrid and supports combined cpu+gpu rendering 
you still need to do texture work and other stuff that benefits from a better cpu so i'd go with a r7 1700

[RadiatingLight]

Just now, groje5325 said:

Thank you, I would like to go with Ryzen 7/ Threadripper as the budget allows.

Can you link me to an online store you can buy stuff from in the Philippines? PCPP doesn't have that as a region.

[groje5325]

Just now, McHox said:

thea's gpu engine is actually a hybrid and supports combined cpu+gpu rendering 
you still need to do texture work and other stuff that benefits from a better cpu so i'd go with a r7 1700

Thank you so much for the suggestion.

[genexis_x]

26 minutes ago, groje5325 said:

3 GTX 1080

Pascal only supports up to 2 way SLI

27 minutes ago, groje5325 said:

Will not SLI

What lol

How do you run multiple cards without SLI

[groje5325]

Just now, RadiatingLight said:

Can you link me to an online store you can buy stuff from in the Philippines? PCPP doesn't have that as a region.

https://pcx.com.ph/  

lazada.com.ph

[NLD1st]

29 minutes ago, ErrantNyles said:

Nvidia sli for 3+ cards is not natively supported for consumer grade card. Go for a 2x 1080ti.

 

9 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Pascal only supports up to 2 way SLI

What lol

How do you run multiple cards without SLI

 

Rendering doesn't demand sli. Just the cards have to be in the same rig. 

Each gpu will get a square of the rendered frame to work on. 

Gamer nexus has a video on that hang on. 

 

Edit: 

 

He is running a Titan, 2x 1080 and a p4000 not really something you would sli lol. 

 

[groje5325]

Very nice explanation. Thank you.

Just now, NLD1st said:

 

 

Rendering doesn't demand sli. Just the cards have to be in the same rig. 

Each gpu will get a square of the rendered frame to work on. 

Gamer nexus has a video on that hang on. 

 

[NLD1st]

2 minutes ago, groje5325 said:

Very nice explanation. Thank you.

 

See the added video for more in depth explaining. Something you will see as well with such a set up is that thermals is something to work on. 

[3rrant]

1 hour ago, NLD1st said:

See the added video for more in depth explaining. Something you will see as well with such a set up is that thermals is something to work on. 

I'd still not recommend multi gpu without SLI but yeah it works, I was just pointing out that he could not SLI since he said it in the first post so that he was aware he couldn't