Workstation Build

[YellowMenace]

My dad's making a workstation computer for 3D rendering and processing. I've got most of the stuff, but I just can't decide; AMD or Intel for the CPU and AMD or Nvidia for visuals. The Graphics card needs to be OpenGL compatible. There is some sort of budget so no "HNNG GET A 3960X OR A 3930K." or "HURNK GET A TITAN OR A 7990." For both need to be around $600.

[Mdgtman91]

fx-8350 and 7970 sounds pretty good

together is like 580

[felixbearpig]

only reason to get a 7990 is for open cl. so i would get the titan, it has double precision and a crap ton of cuda core, great for the workstation

[Mdgtman91]

only reason to get a 7990 is for open cl. so i would get the titan, it has double precision and a crap ton of cuda core, great for the workstation

budget is 600 between cpu and gpu

titan blows that on its own

[felixbearpig]

budget is 600 between cpu and gpu

titan blows that on its own

Lol ok I didn't read that and yeah 7970 is like 350

[WoodenMarker]

Did you buy the other parts yet? If not, what's the overall total budget?

[YellowMenace]

Did you buy the other parts yet? If not, what's the overall total budget?

Not yet.

 

 

So far I've got:

CPU: FX:8350

GPU: HD 7950 3GB

RAM: 16GB @ 1866MHz

MoBo: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3

HDD: WD Black 1TB

SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 128GB

PSU: Corsair HX650 650 Watt

Heatsink: Noctua NH-D14

Case: Fractal Design Define XL

CD Drive: DWR

OS: Win 7 Home Premium. (doesn't need all the bells and whistles)

 

All for around $1503

I could probably bump up a hundred bucks or 2, but that's pushing it.

[ShadowRaven]

I would get the Ga-990fxa-ud3 Rev3 (Spec sheets on Gigabyte website) found iit only in one retail website ( AWD-IT.CO.UK )

[WoodenMarker]

Not yet.

 

 

So far I've got:

CPU: FX:8350

GPU: HD 7950 3GB

RAM: 16GB @ 1866MHz

MoBo: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3

HDD: WD Black 1TB

SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 128GB

PSU: Corsair HX650 650 Watt

Heatsink: Noctua NH-D14

Case: Fractal Design Define XL

CD Drive: DWR

OS: Win 7 Home Premium. (doesn't need all the bells and whistles)

 

All for around $1503

I could probably bump up a hundred bucks or 2, but that's pushing it.

A few changes I would make: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/19Eie

[Mdgtman91]

A few changes I would make: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/19Eie

nice on fitting the 780 in there

[YellowMenace]

I honestly don't think the 780 is worth it for more than half a grand, so what I changed was:

 

GPU: GTX 770 4GB

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB

SSD: Samsung 840 120GB

PSU: Corsair CX600M

(ripped the HDD and the PSU from WoodenMarker's build)

 

I opted for the faster RAM for all the editing this thing is aimed for.

He also wants the retail copy of Win7 just in case something screws up.

The total price for this one is about $1568 + S&H.