Blender Rig/Streaming setup

[BRP]

1. Budget & Location

£UK (shitty as it is) although if it has to be Ill make do with $USD and have to swallow an additional 20% vat tax to the price if its only in the US. (although if its available in Europe/Asia I might have an option to buying them). Currently I have a budget of £1500 for everything else after the graphics card.

2. Aim

Rendering rig/Streaming rig and part time gaming rig too

3. Monitors

No need for now as I have a projector and will be using VR headsets often

4. Peripherals

VR rig and a good camera and microphone

I've tried Vive and Windows MR headsets, haven't had a chance with Oculus yet, and with the new  ones on the horizon I'm holding out till maybe the pimax.

5. Why are you upgrading?

Haven't had a new rig in over 5 years and my current laptop just cant handle the level of rendering I need. Pus I want to give streaming a try. 

6.Whats not needed?

I already bought a nice GPU (Radeon Pro Duo with plans for an additional 1080ti once gpus finally calm down) and I plan to buy a AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz once I get back to the UK.

I however way behind on which things like motherboards, cooling, power and even cases. I tried pcpicker but I'm reading problems with certain motherboards to the cpu, I'm not fussed on rgb lighting as Ill be mainly focusing on noise reduction and cooling.

 

So I hope that covers most of the requirements for the forum, anyone have something similar built already or  planning to?

[NelizMastr]

This budget with a 1950X is pretty tight, gotta say. This is the best I could come up with that'd be somewhat decent and versatile.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor  (£753.76 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC - Freezer 33 TR (Black/White) CPU Cooler  (£37.54 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X399-A EATX TR4 Motherboard  (£254.24 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£195.98 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£81.15 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.96 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case  (£60.00 @ Box Limited) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£81.09 @ Box Limited) 
Total: £1513.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-01 13:26 GMT+0000

[BRP]

7 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

This budget with a 1950X is pretty tight, gotta say. This is the best I could come up with that'd be somewhat decent and versatile.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor  (£753.76 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC - Freezer 33 TR (Black/White) CPU Cooler  (£37.54 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X399-A EATX TR4 Motherboard  (£254.24 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£195.98 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£81.15 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.96 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case  (£60.00 @ Box Limited) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£81.09 @ Box Limited) 
Total: £1513.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-01 13:26 GMT+0000

Oh I'm not bothered about going a little over, just maybe not into over 2 grand territory unless its going to be ridiculously nice. Is a 650w power supply enough for the whole lot? I figured I might need a 800w.

[NelizMastr]

5 minutes ago, BRP said:

Oh I'm not bothered about going a little over, just maybe not into over 2 grand territory unless its going to be ridiculously nice. Is a 650w power supply enough for the whole lot? I figured I might need a 800w.

650 would be plenty for a 1950X and a single Pro Duo. For a Pro Duo + 1080Ti, I'd aim higher than 850.

 

Edit. Something like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor  (£753.76 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£97.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X399-A EATX TR4 Motherboard  (£254.24 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£390.18 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£119.94 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.96 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define R6 Black TG ATX Mid Tower Case  (£127.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£150.80 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1944.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-01 13:39 GMT+0000

[BRP]

44 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

650 would be plenty for a 1950X and a single Pro Duo. For a Pro Duo + 1080Ti, I'd aim higher than 850.

 

Edit. Something like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor  (£753.76 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£97.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X399-A EATX TR4 Motherboard  (£254.24 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£390.18 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£119.94 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.96 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define R6 Black TG ATX Mid Tower Case  (£127.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£150.80 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1944.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-01 13:39 GMT+0000

Thanks for the information, Ill have to save up a few more months to cover the cost of some of these (wow ram got expensive), but yeah this all looks pretty good, thank you for showing me this.

[NelizMastr]

1 minute ago, BRP said:

Thanks for the information, Ill have to save up a few more months to cover the cost of some of these (wow ram got expensive), but yeah this all looks pretty good, thank you for showing me this.

RAM and GPUs are super mega ultra expensive these days, and no end of that in sight, so yeah.... good luck. I bit the DDR4 bullet a few months ago. €190 for 16GB ugh.