Extreme Overpriced Rendering/Game Developing machine

[nCore99]

Hey,
So i won a Game Developing contest in my country. Its a game about being active and not a observer in bullying situations. I'm planning to sell the game to some country's for educational reasons.
My current specs are:
Intel Core i7 4820K
Gtx 980
and 18 *yes 18* GB of ddr3 1333 Ram.

Now that the game is getting tons of attention from country's my plan was to make it even bigger. *its like 5 mins of gameplay max.* I tried with my machine but after 30.000 meshes i cant build lights any more in high quality, the engine stops responding and it take a ton of time to render.
So with the money i got im planning to make the most price>performance build that even our lord linus cant dream about.
If you could help me choose it would be perfect.

So.
CPU: 2X Intel Xeon 2697v3 or 2X Intel Xeon 2699v3

GPU's: 4X Gtx Titan X or *say your opinion here:P* i was thinking also the Quadro M6000? *what about tesla gpu's?*

Motherboard: Asus Z10PE-D16 WS. 4 pci3.0x16 slots. *ik the last one gets hidden by the cooler but all the cards will be watercooled.*

RAM: So i dont know why but the RAM specs are these: 16 x DIMM, Max. 1024GB, DDR4 2133/1866/1600 MHz RDIMM, LR-DIMM, NVDIMM Memory.
the 1024gb means 64gb per slot and i was like WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? I don't know about ram outside the normal computers and i'm not well informed about DDR4 help will be needed.

PSU: I got one Corsair AX1200i. Will this be enough? For w/c also. Or should i go with his 1500w. brother?

CASE: Corsair 900D? It has tons of fan positions for the water cooling loop.

HDD/SSD's: I'm not sure about this. i got 10 sata 3 ports. My thoughts were: 8X Intel 2TB DCP3500 SSD's and 2X Hitachi Ultrastar He6 6TB discs. Any thoughts how would you do this?

At last i will need help to choose the blocks for the cpu watercooling loop
and the rads brand you recomend

Thank you

[Aytex]

5820k and a quadro/firepro

 

or some 980 ti's if vram isn't a problem

[nCore99]

@Aytex i have the budget to go even for a 5960X i think k m6000 quadro would be a good choice i just saw a 3d max bench

[Electronics Wizardy]

quadro m6000 = titan x with quadro features(better drivers, 10bit color) there are no gm200 teslas so unless you need doulble prescion floading point don't get any

[nCore99]

@Electronics Wizardy i saw like bench and in 3DS max m6000 was like 40 seconds faster than the titan x in rendering

[nCore99]

should i go like with one m6000 for rendering
one 2x titan x for gaming sometimes
and one firepro for the open gl?

[DarkBlade2117]

should i go like with one m6000 for rendering

one 2x titan x for gaming sometimes

and one firepro for the open gl?

M6000

@GaIaxy has a high end rendering machine. Ask him how he does, also for gaming 1 980Ti should be enough or if it's for 4k get 2

[Aytex]

@Aytex i have the budget to go even for a 5960X i think k m6000 quadro would be a good choice i just saw a 3d max bench

i mean are you going to be gaming as well? if you are then might as well just get some "Gaming" gpu's and a quadro on a 5960x build

[nCore99]

@DarkBlade2117

probably i will set 2 machines.

one render/unreal/3D with xeon cpu's 

and one with 5960x with triple titan x for 3x1440p 144hz monitors

ty for the help

[DarkBlade2117]

@DarkBlade2117

probably i will set 2 machines.

one render/unreal/3D with xeon cpu's 

and one with 5960x with triple titan x for 3x1440p 144hz monitors

ty for the help

I wouldn't waste money on 3-way SLI Titan X's. Stick with 2-3 Way 980Ti SLI. It would perform very similar to the Titan X's (1-3 FPS Difference ). Also 1440px3 144hz is gonna be quite hard to run.  Even with 980Tis or Titan X's

[Stefan1024]

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Won't it be cheaper to rent a fully equiped server in a data processing center? Mayby the attention on the public goes down within 6 month and you have a new no-longer-sutable super expenisve overkill PC. Also you can get a rent server up and running very fast, but if you are building your own one with WC and so on you need some time.

[BigDay]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 V3 2.6GHz 12-Core Processor  ($1969.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 V3 2.6GHz 12-Core Processor  ($1969.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus Z10PE-D16 WS SSI EEB Dual-CPU LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($489.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($829.95 @ Adorama)
Storage: Sandisk Extreme Pro 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($415.99 @ Directron)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar NAS 6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($267.99 @ Other World Computing)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($984.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($984.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($174.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $8318.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-14 17:30 EDT-0400

[nCore99]

Won't it be cheaper to rent a fully equiped server in a data processing center? Mayby the attention on the public goes down within 6 month and you have a new no-longer-sutable super expenisve overkill PC. Also you can get a rent server up and running very fast, but if you are building your own one with WC and so on you need some time.

My net speed is like 3.3Mbps it will destroy the whole process 

[Stefan1024]

My net speed is like 3.3Mbps it will destroy the whole process

Hmmm ok that's a bit low for remote acces.

Than you may go on with your power-build....

[Lavish]

Heres the best pc you can buy for rendering Out of budget probably but I just had too. 39.6TB of storage

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2699 V3 2.3GHz 18-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($3914.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2699 V3 2.3GHz 18-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($3914.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($114.99 @ B&H) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($114.99 @ B&H) 

Motherboard: Asus Z10PE-D16 WS SSI EEB Dual-CPU LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($489.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Crucial 128GB (4 x 32GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($1702.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Crucial 128GB (4 x 32GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($1702.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Crucial 128GB (4 x 32GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($1702.98 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: OCZ R4 1.2TB PCI-E Solid State Drive  ($7399.99 @ Directron) 

Storage: OCZ R4 1.2TB PCI-E Solid State Drive  ($7399.99 @ Directron) 

Storage: OCZ R4 1.2TB PCI-E Solid State Drive  ($7399.99 @ Directron) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Superclocked Video Card (3-Way SLI)  ($984.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Superclocked Video Card (3-Way SLI)  ($984.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Superclocked Video Card (3-Way SLI)  ($984.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Cooler Master Cosmos II (Black) ATX Full Tower Case  ($305.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA T2 1600W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($394.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Monitor: Eizo CG318-BK 31.1" Monitor  ($5690.00 @ B&H) 

Monitor: Eizo CG318-BK 31.1" Monitor  ($5690.00 @ B&H) 

Monitor: Eizo CG318-BK 31.1" Monitor  ($5690.00 @ B&H) 

Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($166.20 @ Amazon) 

Mouse: Logitech MX Master Bluetooth Wireless Laser Mouse  ($97.20 @ Amazon) 

External Storage: LaCie 5big 25TB External Hard Drive 

Total: $60848.10

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-15 15:04 EDT-0400

[nCore99]

@Lavish ily <3

but i think the motherboard has not that many sata-ports to support all these ssd disks
*overbudget cause the monitors cost 15.000 buuuuuuut next month i will know if 60K will be over budget or not
gl to me  

[g4m3cr34tor]

@Lavish that aint lavish enough. am i rite or am i rite

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dPVvyc

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dPVvyc/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2699 V3 2.3GHz 18-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($3914.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2699 V3 2.3GHz 18-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($3914.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i GT 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.24 @ B&H) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i GT 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.24 @ B&H) 

Thermal Compound: Gelid Solutions GC-Extreme 10g Thermal Paste  ($29.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus Z10PE-D16 WS SSI EEB Dual-CPU LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($489.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Crucial 128GB (4 x 32GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($1702.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Crucial 128GB (4 x 32GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($1702.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Crucial 128GB (4 x 32GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($1702.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Crucial 128GB (4 x 32GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($1702.98 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Intel DC S3710 1.2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($1728.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Intel DC S3710 1.2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($1728.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Intel DC S3710 1.2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($1728.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Intel DC S3710 1.2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($1728.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Intel DC S3710 1.2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($1728.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Intel DC S3710 1.2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($1728.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Intel DC S3710 1.2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($1728.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Intel DC S3710 1.2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($1728.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Intel DC S3710 1.2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($1728.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Intel DC S3710 1.2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($1728.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card  ($1497.87 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair AX1500i 1500W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($400.64 @ Amazon) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Full (32/64-bit)  ($199.99 @ B&H) 

Sound Card: Asus Xonar Phoebus 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card 

Monitor: Eizo CG318-BK 31.1" Monitor  ($5690.00 @ B&H) 

Monitor: Eizo CG318-BK 31.1" Monitor  ($5690.00 @ B&H) 

Monitor: Eizo CG318-BK 31.1" Monitor  ($5690.00 @ B&H) 

Monitor: Eizo CG318-BK 31.1" Monitor  ($5690.00 @ B&H) 

Monitor: Eizo CG318-BK 31.1" Monitor  ($5690.00 @ B&H) 

Monitor: Eizo CG318-BK 31.1" Monitor  ($5690.00 @ B&H) 

Keyboard: Topre Realforce 104UG High Profile Wired Standard Keyboard  ($339.00 @ Amazon) 

Mouse: Logitech TrackMan Wireless Trackball  ($478.00 @ Amazon) 

Speakers: Harman Kardon GLA-55 112W 2ch Speakers  ($999.95 @ Harman Kardon) 

External Storage: LaCie 4big Quadra 16TB External Hard Drive  ($1399.00 @ Adorama) 

Other: PNY Quadro M6000 12GB Video Card ($4998.99)

Other: Corsair AX1500i 1500W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($400.64)

Other: XFORMA MBX MKII ($1975.00)

Other: Sennheiser Orpheus HE90 & HEV90 ($30000.00)

Other: Nvidia Tesla K80 24GB GPU Accelerator passive cooling 2x Kepler GK210 900-22080-0000-000 ($295.95)

Total: $109745.29

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-19 03:15 EDT-0400

[TheCaptain53]

@nCore99, first of all, I wouldn't even CONSIDER water cooling. This is a very expensive server, and should a leak happen (it's rare, I know), you have just made a very expensive mistake.

You really need to understand your needs before making any purchases. What does the rendering engine benefit from? High end CPUs and/or GPUs? Does it support multiple GPU rendering?

And finally, if you're planning on building a server: don't. Servers and desktop PCs are two totally different ball games. You see someone like Linus do it because he has had years of experience, but if you're serious about wanting a proper server, then contact a company who specialises in this. The fact that you were thinking of water cooling server components shows your inexperience in building servers (which is presumably no experience whatsoever).

If you want to build a super high end rendering machine, then go for a 5960X with a Titan X in there for good measure. That thing is a BEAST.

[Lavish]

@Lavish ily <3

but i think the motherboard has not that many sata-ports to support all these ssd disks

*overbudget cause the monitors cost 15.000 buuuuuuut next month i will know if 60K will be over budget or not

gl to me

It does, ppp said so )

[nCore99]

@nCore99, first of all, I wouldn't even CONSIDER water cooling. This is a very expensive server, and should a leak happen (it's rare, I know), you have just made a very expensive mistake.

You really need to understand your needs before making any purchases. What does the rendering engine benefit from? High end CPUs and/or GPUs? Does it support multiple GPU rendering?

And finally, if you're planning on building a server: don't. Servers and desktop PCs are two totally different ball games. You see someone like Linus do it because he has had years of experience, but if you're serious about wanting a proper server, then contact a company who specialises in this. The fact that you were thinking of water cooling server components shows your inexperience in building servers (which is presumably no experience whatsoever).

If you want to build a super high end rendering machine, then go for a 5960X with a Titan X in there for good measure. That thing is a BEAST.

your opinion was very nice and made me reconsider some thing.

the problem is in my country we dont have any providers for servers, so im  gonna build it my own.

i have i background in normal pcs but never with servers or rendering machines.

Some engines need Cpus

and others need Gpus

some need cuda

other need open gl.

Building a server like this wouldn't be better than just a 5960X?

+i need that extra ram power 

[TheCaptain53]

your opinion was very nice and made me reconsider some thing.

the problem is in my country we dont have any providers for servers, so im  gonna build it my own.

i have i background in normal pcs but never with servers or rendering machines.

Some engines need Cpus

and others need Gpus

some need cuda

other need open gl.

Building a server like this wouldn't be better than just a 5960X?

+i need that extra ram power 

If you were a company with many users, then I would say central server with mad rendering power. If that were the case, then rock on with dual Xeons and a Titan X in there.

However, if you're a lone developer, I'd say it's not worth the risk. What happens if you fail after the first game? You've just dropped 60k on a server you can't fucking use.

If the 5960X can't cope with that kind of development, then a Xeon server might be worth. Actually, not a server, a workstation. However, the 5960X is no slouch, so I don't really doubt its abilities.

5960X for mad rendering + Titan X for double floating precision (and monster VRAM). That should have you sorted for most of what you do.

I would also invest in a NAS. It would suck to work on something and then lose data.