Advice for my build

[Manywhale]

As things so often go my computer has become inadequate and obsolete. I work in VFX primarily with Houdini, Maya, or Nuke, so the more cores and CPU performance the better, that being said gaming performance would be nice as well. I tried to build around the CPU I wanted, a Ryzen 7 1800X. I have never built a computer from the ground up before so I am just wondering if anyone can give me some pointers on the hardware I have chosen. For reference, my overall budget is 2000$   

 

Here the link to my build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YGLjM8

Thanks!

[Alaa]

An X370 chipset motherboard instead of a B350

[emosun]

From your needs you would benefit from dual xeons over a single ryzen cpu. A dual 2011 setup would be twice the speed of a ryzen 1800x.  Heck even a dual xeon from the 1366 era could match a ryzen 1800x.

As far as your build , 200$ for a 4tb hard drive jumps out as being a super overpriced drive. And obviously the single cpu choice over dual

[Manywhale]

Interesting, I should revisit the Xeon cards.

[emosun]

If more cores are better in your case , then multi cpu is where it's at. Most people don't take advantage of multiple cores so single cpu options are better for them.

[HKZeroFive]

The R7 1700 can be overclocked to the clockspeeds of the R7 1800X, making it a much better value option. Not sure what your storage situation is but a SSD is a must in a build of this calibre.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($294.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Scythe - FUMA 79.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($45.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($87.46 @ B&H) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($267.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($77.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($66.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card  ($719.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define Mini C with Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: BitFenix - Whisper M 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case Fan: Noctua - NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($19.55 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: Noctua - NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($19.55 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1734.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-28 05:33 EDT-0400

[Manywhale]

Interesting, thanks for the analys. In regards to SSD, in my work I often deal with programs that create working cash files in execs of 100 gb to me it didn't seem like an affordable SSD would be enough to really speed up my work or would get easily overwhelmed. But perhaps I am missing something. 

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5 hours ago, Alaa said:

An X370 chipset motherboard instead of a B350

Why would he need an X370 chipset ?