Architect

[Wofus]

My partners just become a fully qualified architect and up until now has been using my desktop to do all her rendering on, however I've just got a job working from home so will need to have access to my computer at all times. So I'm going to build a new system for her. What would you guys recommend as a workstation pc where no games are actually going to be played on it. Needs to be able to render fast and get the job done in the least amount of time possible.

 

Cheers in advance all.

[The Sloth]

budget? 

[Wofus]

No real set budget. Would like to spend under 2.5k AUD if possible. But if the benefit of going over is big enough I'm not too fussed.

[The Sloth]

something around that price https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/fkFhzM

for GPU get a Quadro k6000 or k5000

[LienusLateTips]

4 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

something around that price https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/fkFhzM

for GPU get a Quadro k6000 or k5000

I would go with Vega Frontier 

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, JDE said:

I would go with Vega Frontier 

VEGA will take some time to warm up, give it 6 months before using it for prosumer use, if OP can wait i highly suggest VEGA. 

[The Sloth]

2 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

Quadro cards are hardly worth it for what I would describe as "small scale" 3d design.

yes, they are, some features are locked to Quadro cards in programs like CAD, if OPs partner is going to use this for work only, yes it's worth it. 

[The Sloth]

2 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

What features in CAD programs are only enabled if they detect Quadros? I'm not aware of any program doing that.

 

 

things like advanced rendering settings, i am assuming you don't use CAD every day. 

2 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

Quadros may be "optimized," however normal GeForce cards can still do double-sided poly rendering, etc. at a fraction of the cost.

Quadros have better driver support and overall more stable for things like rendering, for purely workstation computer Quadro cards are not a waste of money.  

[Colin Donoghue]

24 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

something around that price https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/fkFhzM

for GPU get a Quadro k6000 or k5000

why now 1700 and wouldn't you want faster ram

[The Sloth]

Just now, Colin Donoghue said:

why now 1700 and wouldn't you want faster ram

stability, 3000mhz 32 GB of ram won't be stable as 2666 mhz 32gb. 

[Colin Donoghue]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

stability, 3000mhz 32 GB of ram won't be stable as 2666 mhz 32gb. 

ok why not a 1700 then

[TheCherryKing]

There's no point of faster memory than standard. This is not a gaming PC, this is a workstation.

[The Sloth]

Just now, rrubberr said:

Lol, as a matter of fact I do use CAD programs everyday, thanks, and have always used GeForce cards without issue. Please provide reference for these "advanced settings" that only work with quadro and I'll shut up. Other wise you're advocating wasting potentially thousands for no good reason.

what do you do? Quadros have things like more VRAM, it should allow more geometry processing, NVIDIA Maximus overall a better experience. 

 

http://www.nvidia.com/object/best-cad-components.html

1 minute ago, rrubberr said:

Quadro being more staable is a marketing myth, my Titan Z has rendered for well over 48 hours straight before without issue. ECC RAM does not have to EC that often.

 better drivers are a myth? really? quadros seems to be a lot more stable handing a lot more data, especially rendering bigger things. 

Just now, Colin Donoghue said:

ok why not a 1700 then

higher clock without using luck 

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, rrubberr said:

Yeah, the issue is that all of these programs are still optimized like trash, so really you're wasting tons of money.

 

you still get better optimizations, since CAD or MAYA can detect Quadro cards. 

 

stability( yes, very important, especially at a professional job) or things like particle simulation, unless OPs partner will use that feature, a gtx 1080 should do fine. 

 

[The Sloth]

18 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

Lol, as a matter of fact I do use CAD programs everyday,

what type of work do you do in CAD? 

[The Sloth]

 

5 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

You say optimizations matter when a Quadro M2000 is effectively the same as an M6000, so apparently the "optimization" only goes so far.

let's render something that actually uses all its VRAM rather than testing its raw power, Quadros are not useless or "marketing gimmick", OP should either get a gtx 1080 or vega pro( go for a Quadro if you can afford it) 

 

5 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

Geforce GPU's do not get random memory errors, and I have never once experienced a memory fault on a Geforce card.

 

they do happen 

 

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, rrubberr said:

Perhaps graphic design is a more appropriate label.

 

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The point being that I have plenty of experience using GeForce cards for rendering. A 1080 will do absolutely fine and cost substantially less.

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are those from your google plus account? 

[LienusLateTips]

1 hour ago, Colin Donoghue said:

ok why not a 1700 then

Because overclocking hurts stability