VRay focused workstation

[TheBitFighter]

Hello people!

I am working on a system for a client which should be heavily optimized for SketchUp and VRay. The initial budget was 2000€ but the client knocked it down to 1500€ later. I already had a proposed first version done which was a true workstation build found here. The machine is intended to be only used for work.

Nevertheless, first thing I did was downgrade from ECC memory and to a budget chipset. The current version of the build can be found here.

I would love recommendations on whether to downgrade RAM, CPU or GPU for this specific application. Or heavier rebalancing if needed.

Kind regards!

 

Budget (including currency): 1500€

Country: Austria

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: SketchUp, Vray

Other details: 

First version

Initially downgraded version

Two monitors shall be used with this build. Recommendations for cheap monitors for CAD work are welcome!

Wifi onboard would be a plus.

Buying as soon as possible. So in-stock parts would be best.

 

[jaslion]

19 minutes ago, TheBitFighter said:

Hello people!

I am working on a system for a client which should be heavily optimized for SketchUp and VRay. The initial budget was 2000€ but the client knocked it down to 1500€ later. I already had a proposed first version done which was a true workstation build found here. The machine is intended to be only used for work.

Nevertheless, first thing I did was downgrade from ECC memory and to a budget chipset. The current version of the build can be found here.

I would love recommendations on whether to downgrade RAM, CPU or GPU for this specific application. Or heavier rebalancing if needed.

Kind regards!

 

Budget (including currency): 1500€

Country: Austria

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: SketchUp, Vray

Other details: 

First version

Initially downgraded version

Two monitors shall be used with this build. Recommendations for cheap monitors for CAD work are welcome!

Wifi onboard would be a plus.

Buying as soon as possible. So in-stock parts would be best.

 

A rtx 2060 ko would be nice here as it's a weird card with a 2080 die cut down to a 2060 but still performing like a 2080 in workstation tasks. The cooler does suck and is loud but that's about it.

 

Another thing is that the cooler is far overkill and a much cheaper one like a sycthe mugen 5 is also overkill still but half the price and only a lags behind a nhd15 by a couple degrees.

 

You could get a sx8200 ssd which is still very fast but cheaper

 

The psu can easily be a 550w and still deliver plenty of juice.

[Mateyyy]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	€407.99 @ Mindfactory
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black 55 CFM CPU Cooler	€69.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard	€174.80 @ Mindfactory
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	€106.69 @ Alternate
Storage	ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	€73.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card	€392.99 @ Mindfactory
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	€71.38 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	€102.26 @ Amazon Deutschland
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-2000 PWM 107.41 CFM 140 mm Fan	€26.19 @ Aquatuning
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-2000 PWM 107.41 CFM 140 mm Fan	€26.19 @ Aquatuning
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€1452.29
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-18 13:37 CEST+0200

Looking at Puget Systems' testing (here), it looks you're getting mostly the same performance with the 2060S all the way up to the 2080S in V-Ray. It scales almost linearly with CPU cores though, so a 3950X or the upcoming Zen 3 16-core would be worthwhile upgrades.

[TheBitFighter]

Thank you for your help!

I will probably use that list with only slight modifications. I want to stick to the NH-D15 cooler (which should fit by about 5mm) and use the AC version of the mainboard instead. Other than that, this should be perfect.

Thank you again!