Mainly Maya Rendering Machine

[FluffyPuma]

I'm making a build for a buddy of mine who needs a powerful machine for graphics rendering and effects rendering. Normally, I'm used to making builds for gaming PCs so this is a bit of new territory for me, although I know over the years, the line between rendering PCs and gaming PCs has been blurred it would still be great to get some input from you guys

 

Excuse the prices, it's all in Australian, and it's what we have to put up with.

 

ASRock Z170-Extreme7+ Motherboard

Intel Core i7 6700K

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Superclocked ACX 2.0 4GB

Samsung 850 EVO Series M.2 500GB SSD

Seagate Barracuda 2TB ST2000DM001

Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK32GX4M4A2400C14 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4

Corsair AX760 Platinum Power Supply

Corsair Hydro Series H110i GTX 280mm Liquid CPU Cooler

Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition High Airflow 140mm Fan

ASUS DRW-24D5MT 24x DVD Writer

Corsair Obsidian 750D Case with Window

 

https://www.pccasegear.com/wish_lists/551009

[brob]

What is the budget?

Is this being used professionally, i.e. to produce income?

[FluffyPuma]

Just now, brob said:

What is the budget?

Is this being used professionally, i.e. to produce income?

Budget, anywhere from 2.5k - 3.5k... It's meant to be a semi professional build used to produce minor income

[brob]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($459.00 @ Umart)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler  ($52.00 @ IJK)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-WS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($659.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($322.32 @ Newegg Australia)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($233.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($102.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($589.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($589.00 @ Centre Com)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($335.00 @ CPL Online)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer  ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Total: $3468.32
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-19 16:40 AEDT+1100

[FluffyPuma]

Awesome, I'm assuming you selected SLI/Crossfire because raw GPU performance is king when rendering?

[brob]

8 minutes ago, FluffyPuma said:

Awesome, I'm assuming you selected SLI/Crossfire because raw GPU performance is king when rendering?

 

Yes.