First PC build for 3D/graphics

[VioletCascade]

Hello! This is my first post here thank you for checking it out

I should probably clarify I won’t be making it myself because I’m far too clumsy but I just want to make sure everything is compatible and to be smart with my money, since my last computer also custom was a complete failure it loved to bsod me for 7 years no matter the fixes until it finally died in January so I don’t want that happening again.

 

i don’t play games so it’s primarily for digital art, graphic design and 3D 

 

My budget varies depending on the quality but it’s max is around $3000 AUD with some wiggle room thanks to the government stimulus lol

this is the build

https://www.pccasegear.com/wish_lists/1052856/Main pc

[tank234]

looks good. Since you have a high end system I would go with a x570 motherboard and not a b450m motherboard. Go with something like the asus tuf x570 motherboard. Also you can get windows keys for cheap like $20 instead of paying $189 for it 

[jctappel67]

If you build it yourself, you can get this system for $150 AUD less, with a better GPU, and something that has a chance of keeping that monster CPU cooled.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	$789.00 @ Amazon Australia
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$139.00 @ PCCaseGear
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$204.70 @ Device Deal
Memory	Team T-FORCE DARK Za 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$299.00 @ PCCaseGear
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$128.00 @ Centre Com
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$96.00 @ Shopping Express
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card	$945.00 @ Shopping Express
Case	Lian Li LANCOOL II-W ATX Mid Tower Case	$239.67 @ Amazon Australia
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$185.00 @ Shopping Express
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$150.00 @ Amazon Australia
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$3175.37
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-26 02:55 AEST+1000

 

[jctappel67]

10 minutes ago, tank234 said:

looks good. Since you have a high end system I would go with a x570 motherboard and not a b450m motherboard. Go with something like the asus tuf x570 motherboard. Also you can get windows keys for cheap like $20 instead of paying $189 for it 

Unless he needs PCIe 4.0, or is planning on extensive OCing, B450 is plenty.

[TrialFerret2324]

My man you could get a Windows key for 100 dollars so 156.70 austrillan money you don't need to spend that much for home key if your 186 dollars are burning a hole in your pocket than get the windows pro edition not the home edition

[Dravinian]

I moved some stuff around, and upped the GPU a little further, also took off windows.

 

Not sure whether you need 32gb for your applications though, but just an idea of where you might save a few bucks to push into other areas.

 

I don't know whether a better GPU will really help your applications, it is something you might know better.

 

I also changed the case, for the price the H500 is an absolute bargain.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	$789.00 @ Amazon Australia
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$139.00 @ PCCaseGear
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$204.70 @ Device Deal
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$139.99 @ Amazon Australia
Storage	ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$159.94 @ Amazon Australia
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$96.00 @ Shopping Express
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB TURBO Video Card	$1245.20 @ Newegg Australia
Case	Cooler Master MasterCase H500 ATX Mid Tower Case	$149.00 @ Austin Computers
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$185.00 @ Shopping Express
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$3107.83
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-26 03:17 AEST+1000

 

[jones177]

Hi

 

It is a good setup for CPU rendering. 

The two things I would do differently are I would not use a HDD but a 2tb SATA SSD instead and since you don't play games I would get a Quadro card instead of the gaming card. Quadro cards do up to 64X antialiasing in viewports and gaming cards do 16x. If you are doing intricate work they make life easier.

 

I did not use one expensive computer but two less expensive computers for my 3D work.

I did this because when a computer is rendering it is not good for anything else so the other computer did the 2D work and both rendered overnight.

 

I used 32gbs ram for Photoshop but only 16 for 3D max. I mainly designed trade show booths, image editing for large format printing and video game content so I rarely had ram issues.  

 

 

 

[VioletCascade]

9 hours ago, jones177 said:

Hi

 

It is a good setup for CPU rendering. 

The two things I would do differently are I would not use a HDD but a 2tb SATA SSD instead and since you don't play games I would get a Quadro card instead of the gaming card. Quadro cards do up to 64X antialiasing in viewports and gaming cards do 16x. If you are doing intricate work they make life easier.

 

I did not use one expensive computer but two less expensive computers for my 3D work.

I did this because when a computer is rendering it is not good for anything else so the other computer did the 2D work and both rendered overnight.

 

I used 32gbs ram for Photoshop but only 16 for 3D max. I mainly designed trade show booths, image editing for large format printing and video game content so I rarely had ram issues.  

 

 

 

Thank you! I currently use my iPad for my 2D work I’m not sure if that’ll change once I’ve got the new set up but I will be alright while it renders things not sure how intricate my designs will be but i suppose I should plan for these things!

[jones177]

8 hours ago, VioletCascade said:

Thank you! I currently use my iPad for my 2D work I’m not sure if that’ll change once I’ve got the new set up but I will be alright while it renders things not sure how intricate my designs will be but i suppose I should plan for these things!

I mapped just about everything because procedural textures take too long to render.

 

Being freelance I occupied the low and of 3D resign so I needed renderings in minutes, not hours and sometimes did up to 10 projects a day. 

Not being able to do a job or do a job on time ment a potential loss of a customer and there are so few customers for 3D. 

 

For lots of jobs I had to use customer supplied Autocad files to render areas accurately and insert my designs into. That is when I started using Quadro cards. I only stopped using them when I started using 4k monitors. I never used the expensive ones and some were bought second hand. The last one I used was a P400 so a lot cheaper than the RTX 2080 tis i use now.