Gaming, Recording, Streaming, Editing, CAD 3D Gaming Workstation PC

[Duranson]

For a few months now, I've been planning out my new PC that I'm gonna use for more simple things like gaming and streaming, but then more taxing things like photo/video editing, music production (not super intense but can take up a lot of cpu usage), and then 3D Modeling and CAD. The system I have planned out is with a 3950x, 2080ti, and 64GB of 3600mhz CL16 ram. However, I've seen people with this exact workflow in mind go for insane systems with stuff like a threadripper 3990x, dual Titan RTXs, and 256Gb of ram. I guess I'm wondering where the diminishing return is, though. Do people using that setup really fully utilize it for editing, gaming, streaming, 3d work and CAD? Or does it just reach a point of diminishing return?

[ColdPressCoconutOil]

4 minutes ago, Duranson said:

For a few months now, I've been planning out my new PC that I'm gonna use for more simple things like gaming and streaming, but then more taxing things like photo/video editing, music production (not super intense but can take up a lot of cpu usage), and then 3D Modeling and CAD. The system I have planned out is with a 3950x, 2080ti, and 64GB of 3600mhz CL16 ram. However, I've seen people with this exact workflow in mind go for insane systems with stuff like a threadripper 3990x, dual Titan RTXs, and 256Gb of ram. I guess I'm wondering where the diminishing return is, though. Do people using that setup really fully utilize it for editing, gaming, streaming, 3d work and CAD? Or does it just reach a point of diminishing return?

they have the money, so they spend it on their super-fledged systems. of course, not all of them are using it to its full potential; it depends on their workload. as for you and i, the average users, wont necessarily require all of its power.

 

make sure you hang on for a lil before building your pc, new ryzen 4000 series cpus and nvidia 3000 series gpus as well as AMD big navi is coming soon

[Enderman]

It depends how much money you make from using it for your job.

Also, the richer you are the less it matters how much you make or if there are diminishing returns.

[DailyProcrastinator]

12 minutes ago, Duranson said:

For a few months now, I've been planning out my new PC that I'm gonna use for more simple things like gaming and streaming, but then more taxing things like photo/video editing, music production (not super intense but can take up a lot of cpu usage), and then 3D Modeling and CAD. The system I have planned out is with a 3950x, 2080ti, and 64GB of 3600mhz CL16 ram. However, I've seen people with this exact workflow in mind go for insane systems with stuff like a threadripper 3990x, dual Titan RTXs, and 256Gb of ram. I guess I'm wondering where the diminishing return is, though. Do people using that setup really fully utilize it for editing, gaming, streaming, 3d work and CAD? Or does it just reach a point of diminishing return?

Do you profit from this work? If so a higher budget can be justified but you also need to determine the performance increase vs price increase.

 

Decently easy metric to calculate, just watch some in depth reviews and you can average the performance increase in the specified workloads and then you just consider the % performance increase from one CPU to another, and work that out to the dollar value. I do a lot of rendering for solid works+cad modeling, the sweet spot for me was between the 3700x/3800x/3900x. IMO Threadripper is beyond the point of diminishing returns for my workloads, the cost justification is not there yet. High end GPU's help a lot purely because of cuda acceleration, if I was buying right now though I'd probably get a quadro or 2080S. 

[Duranson]

3 minutes ago, TheDailyProcrastinator said:

Do you profit from this work? If so a higher budget can be justified but you also need to determine the performance increase vs price increase.

 

Decently easy metric to calculate, just watch some in depth reviews and you can average the performance increase in the specified workloads and then you just consider the % performance increase from one CPU to another, and work that out to the dollar value. I do a lot of rendering for solid works+cad modeling, the sweet spot for me was between the 3700x/3800x/3900x. IMO Threadripper is beyond the point of diminishing returns for my workloads, the cost justification is not there yet. High end GPU's help a lot purely because of cuda acceleration, if I was buying right now though I'd probably get a quadro or 2080S. 

I don't profit from this work, it's mostly just modeling crap for 3D Printing and programming random robots or machines. Not super intensive but I definitely benefit from higher end CPUs and GPUs. I wasn't really considering buying a crazy system with a 3990x and Titan RTX, just more wondering if it was worth buying for anyone at all.

But will a 3950x/64gb ram/2080ti be enough to model out robots, electronics, and other crap that I 3D print, as well as do video editing, occasional animation and stuff, and then gaming/streaming? And for this workflow, would you recommend a 2080ti or a Titan RTX?

[Duranson]

12 minutes ago, CircleTech said:

1. Are you doing this CAD work as a job, a hobby, or as a student?

 

2. What do you estimate your files sizes will be?

 

Because what you might not realize is you can get by on a LOT less when it comes to productivity stuff, especially if you are dealing with smaller file sizes and can wait a few more hours (ie you are not doing this for work). I have created many a 3D prints and PCB designs on my Dell Optiplex 3020 with an i5-4570 and a Geforce GT 720. I got this computer at a recycling center for 10 dollars. 

Hobby and student. File size range, honestly. Mostly crap to 3D Print for robots, or PCBs, or any electronics. I also do video editing and photo editing, and sometimes I do a lot of 2D animation. Also planning on gaming/streaming. Also, I probably should've phrased my original question much better: I'm not actually planning on doing a crazy system with dual Titan RTXs and a 3990x, and 256gb of RAM. I more meant, is there a diminishing return, and is a system like that really necessary for anyone at all? 

[DailyProcrastinator]

2 minutes ago, Duranson said:

I don't profit from this work, it's mostly just modeling crap for 3D Printing and programming random robots or machines. Not super intensive but I definitely benefit from higher end CPUs and GPUs. I wasn't really considering buying a crazy system with a 3990x and Titan RTX, just more wondering if it was worth buying for anyone at all.

But will a 3950x/64gb ram/2080ti be enough to model out robots, electronics, and other crap that I 3D print, as well as do video editing, occasional animation and stuff, and then gaming/streaming? And for this workflow, would you recommend a 2080ti or a Titan RTX?

In that case I would stick to the 3700x/3800x/3900x, that's just my opinion. 

 

And yes a 3950x and 2080Ti is more than enough. I started with an i7 6700k and a GTX 960 and that held up just fine.