Upgrading for 3D rendering/considering overclocking

[xuman_beink_xd3956]

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Hello. I'm doing an upgrade of my current FX8370 PC that I use primarily for 3D software and rendering. My budget is roughly 1000-1500$.

So far I'm planning on getting a Ryzen, a good X370 mobo that supports higher frequency memory and two 16GB sticks with best specifications, because once you're about to drop 300 dollars (what I'll have to pay for it in Belarus) on memory, I'm not looking to save extra 25$, when also apparently higher clocks and better timings benefit your PC's performance in gaming. I'm not sure if that will help me in rendering noticeably, but at least I'll have better FPS in viewport. Sadly, most articles related to that are about gaming, but tell me what you think. Maybe I could buy a 2400MHZ kit with low timings and OC it.

Which brings my to my main concern. I'm intending on keeping the 600W 80+br PSU I have, as you can see on my p/p page, and I'm worried about doing overclocking on both the 1800X and my RAM (kind of clueless, never've done any) with it and I'm not sure if the system is gonna be stable.

What are your thoughts? As a complete amateur should I do some mild OCing after research and looking through guides? A friend who is a hardware enthusiast is trying to talk me out of it, even though so many people and youtubers say it's completely safe today if you do it with enough attention.

Also, I'm curious how do I figure out if a motherboard will support 3 GPUs, as I'm looking into that as my next upgrade eventually, when GPU rendering software and community grows a little, and when I can afford it.

 

Thank you.

[GDRRiley]

go with the cheapest ryzen 8 core. then get 2 more powerful gpu to replace your 770

[brob]

You might want to hold off a bit. New BIOS are being prepared that incorporate an AMD Ryzen microcode update which is supposed to address a number of the memory issues. Once the upgrade get fully released we should start to see if more memory kits and speeds are supported.

 

Ryzen cpu have 16 PCIe 3.0 lanes for gpu. Two gpu x8 or a single gpu x16.

 

Most good enthusiast motherboards offer some form of automatic overclocking. So long as one keeps to modest goals, there is very little risk in overclocking using these utilities.

 

One must be quite careful when manually overclocking. Without good knowledge it is possible to end up with settings that cause damage or hasten degradation.

 

[genexis_x]

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Save up some money, buy two powerful GPUs and your system is complete.

[xuman_beink_xd3956]

Thank you all for your suggestions.

I'm not looking to currently buy or prepare my system for GPU stuff, I need the best system for the next 6-9 months for rendering.

Until I'm able to buy double 1080ti's with 1000+ PSU, which I'll have to order online, and it's not that easy at all in this backward *** country. And for that I also need a new board and memory at least.

So, for now, the goal is maximum performance, where the most optimized $ for performance ratio isn't that important, and I can spend an extra 100-200$.

I decided to go for Asus Hero VI for a lot of reasons.

Thus, my main question is RAM. Still not sure what to get and if can overclock 2666MHz 15T to something like 3200 with similar timings, providing I have this top notch mobo and really work on my OC knowledge. Or if I should spend an extra 100$ and get 3200@16T, and only that way it's gonna be guarantied and stable?