Looking to build a PC for crushing 3D rendering! Please help!!!

[ElBuenZeus]

Budget: 3,000 USD

SOOO... I do a lot of 3D work. If I wanted the perfect build I guess I would buy a bunch of 24 core Xeons and a server BUUUT as I am a simple mortal I guess GPU rendering is the way to go. The amount of money wasted away in render farms has reached a boiling point and I desperately need a PC that can crush Maya, Octane and above all Blender Cycles. I have been diggin arround and I am thinking of putting together the following build.  

-CPU: Intel 7700k

-CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

-Motherboard: Asus Rog Maximus IX Code

-Case: Form follows function. I couldn't care less about RGB and all that. So any recomendation would be wellcome. (Thinking of Cooler Master HAF-912)

-Ram: HyperX Impact 32gb DDR4 2400mhz (16gb x 2)

-Graphics C: Dual GTX 1080 Ti in SLI

 

Please Note that this PC would be non stop rendering for several days. So all components need to be able to withstand all of that strain.

Yes, I am the biggest noob when speaking of PC building. I don't even know hoy to put it together myself. Good thing Linus has a bunch of videos for that tho...

Thank you for your help!!!!!

[Bazilias]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($289.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($63.89 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($149.50 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($264.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($234.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda Pro 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($178.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($714.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($714.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($108.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $2809.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-04 02:18 EDT-0400

[DannyRyu]

I'm not sure about maya and octane but Cycles can utilize GPU Rendering which is almost always faster than CPU.

also you don't have to run them in SLI, they are treated as individual "threads" in Blender. Depending on the price's of products and if you won't be gaming it might be better to grab grab multiple GPU's and not run them in SLI. I also think if you aren't going to run them in SLI you can probably mix-match cards I'd stick with Nvidia because of CUDA, By this I mean like a GTX 980 and a GTX 1080 can run the render together, and more video ram is always good. (I don't know if the video ram will add up it's not in SLI so it might be double the VRAM instead.

 

5x 980's beat, 3 1080's in rendering with this benchmark. More GPU's in Non-SLI configuration is better.

 

http://blenchmark.com/gpu-benchmarks

[Batteries Included]

I believe the AMD Frontier Edition is made for CAD model editing. It sucks at gaming, but since you run 3D applications, that won't matter. CAD should be similiar to whatever 3D application you use. 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JgPYD8

[DannyRyu]

1 minute ago, Batteries Included said:

I believe the AMD Frontier Edition is made for CAD model editing. It sucks at gaming, but since you run 3D applications, that won't matter. CAD should be similiar to whatever 3D application you use. 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JgPYD8

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No, that probably won't run well. Rendering doesn't really need extra technology.

 some Consumer GPU's are faster at rendering than quadro's etc.

[Droidbot]

Obligatory @rrubberr

[LienusLateTips]

8 minutes ago, RaptorCandy said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  ($419.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool - CAPTAIN 240EX WHITE 153.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($149.50 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($264.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($234.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda Pro 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($178.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($714.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($714.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($143.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $3010.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-04 01:51 EDT-0400

Yeah, get the Ryzen 7 1700.

[Bazilias]

1 minute ago, JDE said:

Yeah, get the Ryzen 7 1700.

Done.

[LienusLateTips]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($289.88 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($64.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($149.50 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($264.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($234.00 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda Pro 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($178.00 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($714.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($714.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.90 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2811.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-04 02:01 EDT-0400

[ElBuenZeus]

18 minutes ago, DannyRyu said:

I'm not sure about maya and octane but Cycles can utilize GPU Rendering which is almost always faster than CPU.

also you don't have to run them in SLI, they are treated as individual "threads" in Blender. Depending on the price's of products and if you won't be gaming it might be better to grab grab multiple GPU's and not run them in SLI. I also think if you aren't going to run them in SLI you can probably mix-match cards I'd stick with Nvidia because of CUDA, By this I mean like a GTX 980 and a GTX 1080 can run the render together, and more video ram is always good. (I don't know if the video ram will add up it's not in SLI so it might be double the VRAM instead.

 

5x 980's beat, 3 1080's in rendering with this benchmark. More GPU's in Non-SLI configuration is better.

 

http://blenchmark.com/gpu-benchmarks

So in theory I could rock 4 1080 ti's in my system without using SLI and having them pack a massive punch in render times?

[DocSwag]

If blender, then a threadripper system may be worth considering.

[DannyRyu]

5 hours ago, ElBuenZeus said:

So in theory I could rock 4 1080 ti's in my system without using SLI and having them pack a massive punch in render times?

in blender yes. it's also perfect scaling compared to SLI. may not add up VRAM though.

how ever I don't have any experience with the other programs.

Have you looked into getting a subscription to a 3rd party rendering server? quite cheaper and they have powerful gear as well.

Look up "Render farm" for what ever program you want to use it with

I noticed you already did so redact that.

[Droidbot]

5 minutes ago, DannyRyu said:

in blender yes. it's also perfect scaling compared to SLI. may not add up VRAM though.

how ever I don't have any experience with the other programs.

thats a lot of money to spend though if you aren't doing "ALOT" of rendering.

Have you looked into getting a subscription to a 3rd party rendering server? quite cheaper and they have powerful gear as well.

Look up "Render farm" for what ever program you want to use it with, also need to check in if they allow you to keep copyrights though, some render farms will put your stuff up and people could potentially use it.

 

5 hours ago, ElBuenZeus said:

The amount of money wasted away in render farms has reached a boiling point and I desperately need a PC that can crush Maya, Octane and above all Blender Cycles. I have been diggin arround and I am thinking of putting together the following build.  

 

hold up

[DannyRyu]

6 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

 

hold up

I noticed and edited it couple seconds before you did that

@OP this is a pretty good information, it's a year old so it should be fairly up to date considering it's blender.. appears I was wrong about perfect scaling though. even without SLI it's not 100% 1, 1080  is 62 seconds in the render and 2 is at 34 seconds.

 

 

 

[DannyRyu]

sorry I'm posting alot.

I'd be careful with this benchmark though. it says an RX 480 is smoking a GTX 1080

anyways going to the blender forums may be your best bet I've only slightly gotten my hands dirty in Blender so I'm not the most knowledgeable but I'm not gonna give you generic ass advice either.

Looks to be like you want CUDA cores and Nvidia is the way to go, keep an eye out for PCI-E Lanes and VRAM and Power-Usage. More GPU's will yield higher performance gains in Blender. (other programs I don't know but it may be similar)