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BOB!!
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Hello Everyone!

 

I need help planning on a budget build for my sister who is going to start her career as an architect. She will be doing 3D rendering and 3D drawings. Some of the programs she will be using are AutoCAD 2017, Sketchup Pro with V-Ray, Adobe Illustrator and Lumion 3D. 

 

The budget is around 1000 US dollars but if it can be cheaper it would be better. I am not sure if I should go for Ryzen or I7. She wont be doing any gaming but I think those programs need a powerful video card. She also wants a small form factor computer maybe mini ITX is it doable? 

 

Any help or advise on this would be greatly appreciated. Mainly need help on what CPU and GPU would be best for those kind of tasks. Also I am worried about cooling since she lives in hot climate where they don't use AC. She won't be doing any overclocking. 

 

Thanks!

 

Edit: Forgot to say i'm building the computer in the US.

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15 minutes ago, BOB!! said:

Hello Everyone!

 

I need help planning on a budget build for my sister who is going to start her career as an architect. She will be doing 3D rendering and 3D drawings. Some of the programs she will be using are AutoCAD 2017, Sketchup Pro with V-Ray, Adobe Illustrator and Lumion 3D. 

 

The budget is around 1000 dollars but if it can be cheaper it would be better. I am not sure if I should go for Ryzen or I7. She wont be doing any gaming but I think those programs need a powerful video card. She also wants a small form factor computer maybe mini ITX is it doable? 

 

Any help or advise on this would be greatly appreciated. Mainly need help on what CPU and GPU would be best for those kind of tasks. Also I am worried about cooling since she lives in hot climate where they don't use AC. She won't be doing any overclocking. 

 

Thanks!

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There is currently a shortage of inexpensive/well made Mini ITX boards for AMD's AM4 chipset. If you are looking to go as small as possible, I would suggest looking into purchasing i7-6700 or i7-7700k depending on budget. There is a lot more flexibility with Micro ATX Ryzen builds if you don't mind going bigger. I can make a parts list if you would like, though keep in mind that I've only put together two builds and don't have much experience on the Intel side of things.

 

AM4 Boards:

https://smile.amazon.com/ROG-Strix-Z270I-Gaming-Motherboards/dp/B01MZBUDUU

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138452

 

LGA 1151 Boards:

https://smile.amazon.com/MSI-Skylake-Motherboard-H110I-AC/dp/B01DT4915S

https://smile.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-H110N-LGA1151-Intel-Motherboard/dp/B01CUEA9UE

Make sure to quote me or use @PorkishPig to notify me that you replied!

 

 

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CPU - Ryzen 9 3900X | Cooler - Noctua NH-D15 | Motherboard - ASUS TUF X570-PLUS | RAM - Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 32GB | Case - Meshify C

GPU - RTX 3080 FE | PSU - Straight Power 11 850W Platinum | Storage - 980 PRO 1TB, 960 EVO 500GB, S31 1TB, MX500 500GB | OS - Windows 11 Pro

 

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PSU - EVGA B3 650W | Storage - 860 EVO 256GB, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB, WD Red 4TB (x6 in RAIDZ1 w/ LSI 9207-8i) | OS - TrueNAS Scale (Debian)

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($384.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - B250I PRO Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($106.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($118.29 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: ADATA - SU800  128GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($77.99 @ PC Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.95 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Mini Video Card  ($139.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Cooler Master - Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.00 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $992.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-27 13:09 EDT-0400

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B250I GAMING Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($115.88 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($150.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($148.88 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define Nano S Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $967.60
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-27 13:33 EDT-0400

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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50 minutes ago, BOB!! said:

Any help or advise on this would be greatly appreciated. Mainly need help on what CPU and GPU would be best for those kind of tasks. Also I am worried about cooling since she lives in hot climate where they don't use AC. She won't be doing any overclocking. 

Here you go!

http://www.logicalincrements.com/articles/building-pc-3d-rendering-animation

In short, R5 1600 + GTX 1060 6GB.

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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Since VRAY supports CUDA cores: invest in the beefiest NVIDIA card you can fit into your budget. I'd rather go Ryzen 5 than to cheap out on the GPU!

 

EDIT:

I know, it's over budget, but you could (if you had to) swap the 1070 with a 1060. But you really want to consider that 1070 because of the CUDA cores. If she's not just rendering twice a year but regularly she'd be really glad to have those extra CUDA cores.

 

You might want to OC that CPU a bit as well.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-L9x65 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler  ($48.95 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($117.55 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($72.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($93.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card  ($454.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Silverstone - RVZ01B Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - SF 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1161.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-27 14:52 EDT-0400

 

PS:

The bigger Fractal Design Define Nano S case as suggested by @brob would be a good option as well. You'd need to get an adapter for that Corsair SFX PSU or get an ATX one (though the Corsair SF PSUs are really great).

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1 hour ago, bowrilla said:

Since VRAY supports CUDA cores: invest in the beefiest NVIDIA card you can fit into your budget. I'd rather go Ryzen 5 than to cheap out on the GPU!

 

EDIT:

I know, it's over budget, but you could (if you had to) swap the 1070 with a 1060. But you really want to consider that 1070 because of the CUDA cores. If she's not just rendering twice a year but regularly she'd be really glad to have those extra CUDA cores.

 

You might want to OC that CPU a bit as well.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-L9x65 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler  ($48.95 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($117.55 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($72.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($93.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card  ($454.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Silverstone - RVZ01B Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - SF 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1161.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-27 14:52 EDT-0400

 

PS:

The bigger Fractal Design Define Nano S case as suggested by @brob would be a good option as well. You'd need to get an adapter for that Corsair SFX PSU or get an ATX one (though the Corsair SF PSUs are really great).

Thanks! I'll take this into consideration! 

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