Is this realistically possible?

[Kenny477]

Hi guys, is this build actually possible? I managed to squeeze a threadripper into a $3k USD build. But.. will it actually work ok?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/B2LtvV

[Lurick]

I don't see anything that would stop it from working.

All the components are compatible and the PSU is enough to power everything.

[LienusLateTips]

Yep.

[brob]

9 minutes ago, Kenny477 said:

Hi guys, is this build actually possible? I managed to squeeze a threadripper into a $3k USD build. But.. will it actually work ok?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/B2LtvV

Nothing inherently wrong with the build.

 

TR4 supports quad-channel memory so you are sacrificing some performance going with a dual channel kit. 

 

Enermax makes cpu coolers with a heat transfer surface sized for the larger TR4 cpu. The H115i and other aio compatible with LGA1150 and AM4 have a smaller transfer plate.

[AncientNerd]

I would go with one of the coolers designed for TR4, something like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor  ($999.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Enermax - LiqTech TR4 240 102.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste  ($5.83 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX TR4 Motherboard  ($333.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($295.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($117.60 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.69 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card  ($987.51 @ Amazon) 
Case: Thermaltake - View 31 TG RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($115.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.90 @ Amazon) 
Total: $3132.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-15 14:47 EDT-0400

 

But other than that this looks similar to what I have been thinking about if I were to build a Threadripper system.

[Kenny477]

15 minutes ago, Lurick said:

I don't see anything that would stop it from working.

All the components are compatible and the PSU is enough to power everything.

Ok thx. I've asked for a 3000 dollar build before, and if you can squeeze in a threadripper why not? But everybody goes for a Ryzen 7 1800X or something.

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, Kenny477 said:

Ok thx. I've asked for a 3000 dollar build before, and if you can squeeze in a threadripper why not? But everybody goes for a Ryzen 7 1800X or something.

Unless you need the extra cores, why spend the money to go with TR over an 1700 or something?

[Zyndo]

31 minutes ago, Kenny477 said:

Hi guys, is this build actually possible? I managed to squeeze a threadripper into a $3k USD build. But.. will it actually work ok?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/B2LtvV

Those components would all work fine together. Not necessarily good idea for a build or not without knowing what you're going to use it for, and there are some things in that build I might recommend changing, but all that aside the system as is could be assembled, turned on, and run without issue.

[Rolling Potatoe]

If this is for editing and gaming it is alright, if you just want to game on it you could save ~ 1k and have better performance 

with a 7700k or 8700k @ 5 ghz and 16 gb of ram.

[Kenny477]

8 minutes ago, Zyndo said:

Those components would all work fine together. Not necessarily good idea for a build or not without knowing what you're going to use it for, and there are some things in that build I might recommend changing, but all that aside the system as is could be assembled, turned on, and run without issue.

I'm gonna double boot Windows+Linux as well as run multiple VMs at once. I might do some light Photoshop, Illustrator, and CAD. And also gaming during my free time.

[Kenny477]

30 minutes ago, brob said:

Nothing inherently wrong with the build.

 

TR4 supports quad-channel memory so you are sacrificing some performance going with a dual channel kit. 

 

Enermax makes cpu coolers with a heat transfer surface sized for the larger TR4 cpu. The H115i and other aio compatible with LGA1150 and AM4 have a smaller transfer plate.

Ok thx for cooler tips. And I might expand memory in the future to 64 gigs.

[Kenny477]

And should I get an AIO for the GPU. I'm considering building a custom loop in the future.

[brob]

1 minute ago, Kenny477 said:

Ok thx for cooler tips. And I might expand memory in the future to 64 gigs.

The motherboard has 8 memory slots, two per channel. You can get a 4x8GB kit and still have room to add another 32GB or 64GB.

[Kenny477]

1 minute ago, brob said:

The motherboard has 8 memory slots, two per channel. You can get a 4x8GB kit and still have room to add another 32GB or 64GB.

But even further in the future 128 GB????

But true tho, probably by then Threadripper 2 will come out.

[bowrilla]

2 hours ago, Kenny477 said:

I'm gonna double boot Windows+Linux as well as run multiple VMs at once. I might do some light Photoshop, Illustrator, and CAD. And also gaming during my free time.

I have serious doubts that Photoshop, Illustrator or CAD will benefit from that many cores. There's an article on that topic from 2015 that showed that actions in PS CC are either single-threaded or lightly threaded hitting a point of diminishing returns at 6 cores and almost always maxing out at 8. AutoCAD is not thread safe and not optimized for extreme multithreading. 

Virtual Machines? Sure, if you want to run 8 of them without compromising overall performance, then that CPU is great. How many cores do you usually assign to your VMs? For some server and testing stuff 2 threads are fine, 4 are more than enough.

I think you'd benefit more from fewer cores with higher clockspeeds and therefore higher single core performance.

 

Edit:

That's way more than you probably need but shifting to better suiting components like a bigger cooler (a 360 radiator is definitely better suited for those beefy cpus), 4 sticks of RAM for better performance (you really think you'd need 128GB of RAM? What the heck are you doing with your system?) and a bigger NVME drive (you really want a bigger system and applications drive). 850W might be ok if you don't want to oc your system but if you do you better have enough power reserves. The Phanteks case is cheaper, more silent and offers support for a 360mm rad in the front and an additional 120mm rad on the back. Since EKWB offers full cover coolers for that GPU you could also get yourself a full custom loop for better cooling performance but then you really ned the extra 120mm on the back. I estimate a full loop to be an extra $300–400

 

This is my counterproposal:
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1920X 3.5GHz 12-Core Processor  ($785.48 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Enermax - LiqTech TR4 360 102.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($161.98 @ PCM) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X399 Taichi ATX TR4 Motherboard  ($265.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($374.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($289.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - WD VelociRaptor 1TB 2.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($134.00 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card  ($764.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($209.71 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $3057.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-15 17:45 EDT-0400

 

 

Edited October 15, 2017 by bowrilla
added build suggestion