PC Workstation build - $2000 budget

[webhead]

Hello Everyone!

 

New to the forums, and new to PC building in general. I'm a long time Mac user that is planning on switching my rig over to a PC for more power to price. I do a lot of 3D rendering and editing, so a decent CPU with a lot of cores is important, as well as GPU for rendering. I'd like to future proof my rig for upgrades down the road. My budget is somewhat flexible but I thought I'd put it at $2000. I've started putting together a build here, and would love everyone's input and recommendations!

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6cwwNG

 

I already have storage etc, that I can pull from my Mac Pro.

 

Thanks!

Steve

[Fictionvl]

I'd recommend doing a hackintosh build, since OSX is much better at rendering things with final cut pro than PC is, also since you're already used to using a Mac it will be easier to use UI wise.

[Samir Productions]

Low the PSU to 800W or 700 and buy a 5930k that is better than that 5820k

[Fireblast10]

All I can say is the psu is overkill and if you any more money to spend get a better cpu like the 5930k like Samir said. If you have any more money to spend maybe get an aio cpu cooler you can get a better overclock. If you can't afford it yet that would be my first upgrade.

 

[webhead]

8 minutes ago, Samir Productions said:

Low the PSU to 800W or 700 and buy a 5930k that is better than that 5820k

My thought on a 1000W PSU was to future proof my rig, for the option to setup a SLI down the road. Thanks the the recommendations!

[monjanger]

8 minutes ago, Samir Productions said:

Low the PSU to 800W or 700 and buy a 5930k that is better than that 5820k

No point in going with a 5930K over a 5820K unless he wants more PCIE lanes, which, within his current budget, he won't.

 

Also, following Luke's latest workshop build I do think that a 1000W PSU is worth it for the long future. 

[Trey222]

You could get a used Intel  Xeon E5 2670. It is a great 8 core 16 thread CPU you can get on Ebay for about 70ish. It is an amazing CPU and will do great rendering. You could get 2 of them too and put them in a dual cpu board. That would be a rendering beast. 

[ReaperCommander]

Do you already have a monitor?

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

Get an Asrock Extreme4, an NH-D15, 32GB of Ram, change the case to the Define R5 and get an Asus Strix 980Ti, the way i see it :

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($374.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($154.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($699.99 @ Micro Center) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($88.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1812.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-09 11:42 EST-0500

[webhead]

3 minutes ago, ReaperCommander said:

Do you already have a monitor?

Yes, a cheaper Dell 1080p if you have any recommendations for better ones though I'd be interested!

 

4 minutes ago, Trey222 said:

You could get a used Intel  Xeon E5 2670. It is a great 8 core 16 thread CPU you can get on Ebay for about 70ish. It is an amazing CPU and will do great rendering. You could get 2 of them too and put them in a dual cpu board. That would be a rendering beast. 

Interesting, will look into that a bit! I do a bit of gaming as well, how would that setup handle that?

[ShaunC]

I would suggest a xeon and how about a quadro video card instead? If your not a big gamer a Quadro would be better for 3d rendering and editing

[ReaperCommander]

4 minutes ago, webhead said:

Yes, a cheaper Dell 1080p if you have any recommendations for better ones though I'd be interested!

I would recommend just getting a 2nd monitor, having two makes working on it a whole lot easier

[webhead]

6 minutes ago, ShaunC said:

I would suggest a xeon and how about a quadro video card instead? If your not a big gamer a Quadro would be better for 3d rendering and editing

 

Nvidia CUDA cards are necessary for the 3D rendering I do, that's why I chose the GTX 980 6gb.

[webhead]

11 minutes ago, LawrenceBarnes2013 said:

Get an Asrock Extreme4, an NH-D15, 32GB of Ram, change the case to the Define R5 and get an Asus Strix 980Ti, the way i see it :

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($374.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($154.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($699.99 @ Micro Center) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($88.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1812.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-09 11:42 EST-0500

 

Sweet build! curious why you chose the ASUS Strix, and Fractal Design Define case? Not familiar with cases at all, so definitely interested in case recommendations with expand-ability in mind.

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

13 minutes ago, webhead said:

 

Sweet build! curious why you chose the ASUS Strix, and Fractal Design Define case? Not familiar with cases at all, so definitely interested in case recommendations with expand-ability in mind.

Glad u liked it, humm, the Strix runs slightly cooler than the ACX, and it looks better as you can see, though my favorit 980Ti non reference is the FTW, so you can change that to MSI Gaming or Windfroce ... etc, as you wish. i recommended the Define R5, not because the 750D is bad or anything, just that you're going for a workstation, and Silent is very Workstation-ish and that's what the R5 provides, looks great, very modular, and that's why i recommend it 

[brob]

1 hour ago, webhead said:

Hello Everyone!

 

New to the forums, and new to PC building in general. I'm a long time Mac user that is planning on switching my rig over to a PC for more power to price. I do a lot of 3D rendering and editing, so a decent CPU with a lot of cores is important, as well as GPU for rendering. I'd like to future proof my rig for upgrades down the road. My budget is somewhat flexible but I thought I'd put it at $2000. I've started putting together a build here, and would love everyone's input and recommendations!

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6cwwNG

 

I already have storage etc, that I can pull from my Mac Pro.

 

Thanks!

Steve

X99 supports quad channel memory operation so a 4x4GB memory kit would provide better performance than 2x8GB.

 

While I do think 1000W is far more than needed, at least get a decent quality unit. EVGA SuperNOVA 1050, EVGA 210-GQ-1000-V1, Corsair RM1000x among others would all be better.

[Trey222]

55 minutes ago, webhead said:

 

Interesting, will look into that a bit! I do a bit of gaming as well, how would that setup handle that?

It will handle gaming just fine. It turbos to 3.3GHz and you could do a slight baseclock overclock and get it to about 3.5GHz. It should also get better as games better support multi core CPUs.

[webhead]

53 minutes ago, Trey222 said:

It will handle gaming just fine. It turbos to 3.3GHz and you could do a slight baseclock overclock and get it to about 3.5GHz. It should also get better as games better support multi core CPUs.

Very interesting! Those 32 threads look very tempting... obviously when it comes to single core processes though the I7 5820K will blow it out of the water. Also I've heard that some software can have difficulty or not work with multi CPU's? So not sure how well the dual Intel Xeon E5 2670 would work for other process other than rendering. Thoughts?

[webhead]

Also would a dual CPU motherboard be compatible with a dual SLI graphics card setup? If I decided to go that way later.

[Trey222]

28 minutes ago, webhead said:

Also would a dual CPU motherboard be compatible with a dual SLI graphics card setup? If I decided to go that way later.

It depends on the board you will have to look into that. This one will https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z9PED8_WS/ but others may not. 

[webhead]

1 minute ago, Trey222 said:

It depends on the board you will have to look into that. This one will https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z9PED8_WS/ but others may not. 

Thanks for the link!

[webhead]

2 hours ago, LawrenceBarnes2013 said:

Glad u liked it, humm, the Strix runs slightly cooler than the ACX, and it looks better as you can see, though my favorit 980Ti non reference is the FTW, so you can change that to MSI Gaming or Windfroce ... etc, as you wish. i recommended the Define R5, not because the 750D is bad or anything, just that you're going for a workstation, and Silent is very Workstation-ish and that's what the R5 provides, looks great, very modular, and that's why i recommend it 

 

Thanks for the info! Is this case large enough for dual GPU's? Newegg has a today only sale on that exact case so I'm seriously considering grabbing that! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352050

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

4 minutes ago, webhead said:

 

Thanks for the info! Is this case large enough for dual GPU's? Newegg has a today only sale on that exact case so I'm seriously considering grabbing that! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352050

Hell yeah . 

[webhead]

2 hours ago, LawrenceBarnes2013 said:

Hell yeah . 

Thanks for the help man! Would there be an issue with fitting the ram and dual fan heat sink you recommended? or would those work fine together with the motherboard?

[Trey222]

38 minutes ago, webhead said:

Thanks for the help man! Would there be an issue with fitting the ram and dual fan heat sink you recommended? or would those work fine together with the motherboard?

This is a good case(I have the define S)  but if you want to go with dual CPUs most of the dual motherboards are EATX or larger and the define r5 only supports up to ATX.