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[harshyyy]

Hello Linustech.

I am a visual effects student from London and recently i decided to build a pc so that can handle my cgi works.

Right now i have a msi gaming laptop with 16gb ram and gtx 1060, which is not bad for gaming, modelling and other stuff. But when it comes to simulations and rendering it can't handle it.

 

So I'm completely new to pc building and i only have little knowledge about choosing a pc part that can give best performance out.

 

I recieved a lot of suggestions to use AMD or INTEL. But im not sure which one should i go for.

 

If anyone could help me choose pc parts that would be really great.

 

Thank you

[VEXICUS]

9 minutes ago, harshyyy said:

Hello Linustech.

I am a visual effects student from London and recently i decided to build a pc so that can handle my cgi works.

Right now i have a msi gaming laptop with 16gb ram and gtx 1060, which is not bad for gaming, modelling and other stuff. But when it comes to simulations and rendering it can't handle it.

 

So I'm completely new to pc building and i only have little knowledge about choosing a pc part that can give best performance out.

 

I recieved a lot of suggestions to use AMD or INTEL. But im not sure which one should i go for.

 

If anyone could help me choose pc parts that would be really great.

 

Thank you

TEAM BLUE...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  (£297.54 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£95.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£138.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£179.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£61.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£47.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card  (£829.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£81.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £1797.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-22 16:05 GMT+0000

 

 

 

TEAM RED...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  (£260.40 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£95.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X370 Taichi ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£184.78 @ SmartTeck.co.uk) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£179.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£61.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£47.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card  (£829.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£81.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £1805.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-22 16:04 GMT+0000

 

 

BOTHTHE BUILDS R PRETTY GOOD

[Ledury]

Well regarding the fact not every rendering enigne is GPU enabled, i dont see why OP should get an 1080ti without knowing his tool chain. He didnt asked for a gaming pc.

[David From NerdTech]

55 minutes ago, harshyyy said:

Hello Linustech.

I am a visual effects student from London and recently i decided to build a pc so that can handle my cgi works.

Right now i have a msi gaming laptop with 16gb ram and gtx 1060, which is not bad for gaming, modelling and other stuff. But when it comes to simulations and rendering it can't handle it.

 

So I'm completely new to pc building and i only have little knowledge about choosing a pc part that can give best performance out.

 

I recieved a lot of suggestions to use AMD or INTEL. But im not sure which one should i go for.

 

If anyone could help me choose pc parts that would be really great.

 

Thank you

you can get more cores and threads and rendering and really any productivity stuff AMD but if your also gaming maybe aim for team blue one of there 8 cores

[brob]

1 hour ago, harshyyy said:

Hello Linustech.

I am a visual effects student from London and recently i decided to build a pc so that can handle my cgi works.

Right now i have a msi gaming laptop with 16gb ram and gtx 1060, which is not bad for gaming, modelling and other stuff. But when it comes to simulations and rendering it can't handle it.

 

So I'm completely new to pc building and i only have little knowledge about choosing a pc part that can give best performance out.

 

I recieved a lot of suggestions to use AMD or INTEL. But im not sure which one should i go for.

 

If anyone could help me choose pc parts that would be really great.

 

Thank you

What software is used. In particular which renderer and in what mode (cpu, gpu, cpu/gpu) is it used?

[harshyyy]

Thank you very much all for the replies. 

Clearly all i want is to build a pc for best to do my cg works. Gaming isn't really i wanted or like to do.

 

Thank you for the suggestions.

I'll have a look onto that.

 

Thank you 

[harshyyy]

On 22/03/2018 at 5:50 PM, brob said:

What software is used. In particular which renderer and in what mode (cpu, gpu, cpu/gpu) is it used?

I use maya, nuke, c4d and houdini for my works.

And i use arnold and redshift as renderers.

[brob]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£218.52 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£109.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£338.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£208.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card  (£568.99 @ Kustom PCs) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define C ATX Mid Tower Case  (£72.84 @ SmartTeck.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.42 @ Box Limited) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home Full 32/64-bit  (£101.98 @ PC World Business) 
Monitor: BenQ - BL2420PT 23.8" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor  (£219.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Keyboard: Logitech - MK710 Wireless Standard Keyboard w/Laser Mouse  (£83.74 @ PC World Business) 
Total: £1973.40
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-27 10:19 BST+0100

[David From NerdTech]

16 hours ago, harshyyy said:

Thank you very much all for the replies. 

Clearly all i want is to build a pc for best to do my cg works. Gaming isn't really i wanted or like to do.

 

Thank you for the suggestions.

I'll have a look onto that.

 

Thank you 

amd sense your not gaming