Threadripper Workstation

[crofs]

Budget (including currency): 6000€

Country: DE/Germany

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Solidworks CAD, CPU-based Image Rendering (Keyshot)

Other details: 

Here is my current parts list:

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/8pLBK3

No peripherals are needed. Currenty I am using this monitor which I itend to continue using: Dell ultrasharp 30"

This is going to be a workstation used mainly for CAD-modeling and handling of assemblies of moderate size. In addition to that I am also going to do some Rendering in Keyshot, which is why I chose a Threadripper instead of a 5900X.

 

Hi All,

This is just a sanity check and also to see if I missed anything. I am open for any and all suggestions that you might have.

Thanks!

[SorryBella]

8 minutes ago, crofs said:

This is going to be a workstation used mainly for CAD-modeling and handling of assemblies of moderate size. In addition to that I am also going to do some Rendering in Keyshot, which is why I chose a Threadripper instead of a 5900X.

Why the independent 500GB 980 Pro, scratch disk? Also, im kinda sketched with 850W, but it should work. 1000W would be the better one for more headroom though.

 

Also, a good upgrade to this rig would be ECC memory later down the road. Asrock does have one in their QVL, but afaik Asus has better compatibility.

 

 

[Pixel5]

does the software actually benefit from so many cores or could a higher single core performance be of use for some of it?

 

just for comparison a 3970x has twice the number of cores of a 5950x but consumes almost 3 times as much power while only having 39% more multicore performance.

 

If any of the software can make use of high clock speeds it may be a good idea to save essentially 1500€ and get a 5950x while only losing ~40% multicore performance and gaining 33% higher single core performance

[crofs]

5 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

Why the independent 500GB 980 Pro, scratch disk? Also, im kinda sketched with 850W, but it should work. 1000W would be the better one for more headroom though.

 

Also, a good upgrade to this rig would be ECC memory later down the road. Asrock does have one in their QVL, but afaik Asus has better compatibility.

 

 

My thinking here was to have windows live on the 500Gb drive and a seprate drive for permanent data storage. Or is it the component selection that is unfitting? I am open for an alternative suggestion.

 

Regarding the ECC: Is there fast ECC memory? My impression was that it doesn't come in speeds higher than 2666.

 

4 minutes ago, Pixel5 said:

does the software actually benefit from so many cores or could a higher single core performance be of use for some of it?

 

just for comparison a 3970x has twice the number of cores of a 5950x but consumes almost 3 times as much power while only having 39% more multicore performance.

 

If any of the software can make use of high clock speeds it may be a good idea to save essentially 1500€ and get a 5950x while only losing ~40% multicore performance and gaining 33% higher single core performance

Rendering definitely benefits from many cores. As for CAD modeling this is not the case unfortunately.

 

Thanks for your input in any case, I will give it some thought.