Rendering Rig

[Teggles7888]

I'm building a PC for a friend and was given 750 PURELY FOR PARTS. The machine would mostly be used for rendering, Autodesk applications like cad or revit, and Photoshop. i already have a tentative list together but id like to get some more opinions.

 

I was planning on an intel i5 6500 skylake processor with 8gb of RAM and a GTX 960 gpu with at least 4gb of VRAM. I leave the case up to the customer as its more of a aesthetic thing (But i usually help so there isn't compatibility issues or they pick something with good build quality). lastly i was going to go for a 650w power supply to leave room for upgrade-ability, let me know what you think please. 

[ValkyrieStar]

i5-6500 is fast, but for 750 you can get a bit more,

 

Also 750 what? USD?

 

750 GBP can get you a 5820K, motherboard, 16gb ram, and a 960, which will be much better for rendering - and is overclockable if they wish to.

750 USD on the other hand wont get you anywhere near as much.

 

Are you wanting parts like SSD HDD cooler etc?

[tataklee]

6 minutes ago, Teggles7888 said:

I'm building a PC for a friend and was given 750 PURELY FOR PARTS. The machine would mostly be used for rendering, Autodesk applications like cad or revit, and Photoshop. i already have a tentative list together but id like to get some more opinions.

 

I was planning on an intel i5 6500 skylake processor with 8gb of RAM and a GTX 960 gpu with at least 4gb of VRAM. I leave the case up to the customer as its more of a aesthetic thing (But i usually help so there isn't compatibility issues or they pick something with good build quality). lastly i was going to go for a 650w power supply to leave room for upgrade-ability, let me know what you think please. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($57.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: PNY CS2111 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.97 @ Directron) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($172.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $703.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-07 12:43 EDT-0400

 

I went for a Xeon because HT will certainly help with video editing.

[Teggles7888]

21 hours ago, ValkyrieStar said:

Also 750 what? USD?

USD

[Teggles7888]

21 hours ago, tataklee said:

I went for a Xeon

i was also considering and AMD 8350 for the 8 core, I do the same stuff, use a 9590, and its BOSS

[Teggles7888]

21 hours ago, ValkyrieStar said:

Are you wanting parts like SSD HDD cooler etc?

And yes i need everything, starting from nothing.

[tataklee]

36 minutes ago, Teggles7888 said:

i was also considering and AMD 8350 for the 8 core, I do the same stuff, use a 9590, and its BOSS

The E3-1231 v3 would be a better choice. Should perform slightly better, runs much cooler, runs on cheaper motherboards and uses a lot less energy.

[ValkyrieStar]

5 hours ago, tataklee said:

The E3-1231 v3 would be a better choice. Should perform slightly better, runs much cooler, runs on cheaper motherboards and uses a lot less energy.

Certainly, perhaps even Skylake Xeons, they wont run on a consumer chipset unlike previous gens, but there are still cheap boards with those chipsets, i believe C232 and C236 chipsets, ASRock and ASUS have boards for them, more probably do aswell. MSI calls it X150 for whatever reason.

6 hours ago, Teggles7888 said:

USD

Then you're better off sticking on normal DT lines, you could still go for HEDT with 2011-3 socket, but you'd be losing out on gpu power.