New Build Plans

[AlexMez]

Budget: roughly 3000$, give or take 500$
Location: The great white north, Canada. Probably off amazon.ca or newegg.ca
Specific Use: Autocad, Revit, Plant3D, Naviswors, Inventor, Advance Steel, Solidworks. so mostly 3D design/modelling with pretty massive files, close to almost 10 000 parts
Components: I'd like to stay with an Asus motherboard and G.Skill memory but I'm open to any suggestions. 

Graphics: Either a NVIDIA Quadro P Series or AMD Radeon Pro Wx, not too sure which is the best for my application. From reviews, both are great.

Case: Fractal Design Define R6

This budget is for only the computer and not peripherals.

 

Thanks guys

[RyzenDoctor]

10 hours ago, AlexMez said:

Budget: roughly 3000$, give or take 500$
Location: The great white north, Canada. Probably off amazon.ca or newegg.ca
Specific Use: Autocad, Revit, Plant3D, Naviswors, Inventor, Advance Steel, Solidworks. so mostly 3D design/modelling with pretty massive files, close to almost 10 000 parts
Components: I'd like to stay with an Asus motherboard and G.Skill memory but I'm open to any suggestions. 

Graphics: Either a NVIDIA Quadro P Series or AMD Radeon Pro Wx, not too sure which is the best for my application. From reviews, both are great.

Case: Fractal Design Define R6

This budget is for only the computer and not peripherals.

 

Thanks guys

Here are my thoughts on your delimma. You pretty much need a processor with many many cores. AMD is cheaper than intel in that perspective and delivers great performance. A threadripper should be your go to processor. Ram prices are insane right now but should be getting better. I assumed you’re going to need at least 32gb. Ideally you want them in a quad channel config for threadripper.

 

for storage, nothing beats an m.2 nvme ssd, but you might just want a bigger SSD. Per GB, a spinning HDD can’t be beat.

 

regarding your gfx options, just see which performs best for your applications. I chose an nvidia one for the build I thought you’d like.

 

throw in a case, and a decent psu, and you’re relatively within budget.

[brob]

Much of the work described is single threaded, so a faster cpu with fewer cores will do better than a slower one with more cores. However, if one does a lot of cpu rendering a higher core-count cpu might be better.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($459.50 @ Vuugo) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($127.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($974.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 1.1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($299.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: PNY - Quadro P4000 8GB Video Card  ($1044.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define R6 Blackout ATX Mid Tower Case  ($164.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $3367.43
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-10 12:10 EST-0500

[RyzenDoctor]

On 3/10/2018 at 12:14 PM, brob said:

Much of the work described is single threaded, so a faster cpu with fewer cores will do better than a slower one with more cores. However, if one does a lot of cpu rendering a higher core-count cpu might be better.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($459.50 @ Vuugo) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($127.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($974.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 1.1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($299.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: PNY - Quadro P4000 8GB Video Card  ($1044.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define R6 Blackout ATX Mid Tower Case  ($164.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $3367.43
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-10 12:10 EST-0500

Wow, I wasnt aware that AutoCAD & Revit had poor multicore optimization

 

http://www.revit.com.au/the-truth-about-chips/

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Support-for-multi-core-processors-with-AutoCAD.html

 

Let me attempt another AMD build on PC Partpicker as an alternative to the blue team =)

 

[RyzenDoctor]

This ones $3518 Canadian