Upgrading for Maya and Nuke

BlueprintJoe13 · July 31, 2018

Hey,

This is my current PC spec at the moment but this is my plan to upgrade to keep up with my University work (using Maya, After effects and Nuke) and Gaming.

CPU

Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4790 (3.6GHz) 8MB Cache

Motherboard

SUS® Z97-A: ATX, USB3.0, SATA 6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE

RAM

16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (UPGRADING TO 32GB DDR3)

GPU

4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 (UPGRADING TO 1070ti)

PSU

CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY (Upgrading to 650W)

Monitors

1080p Ultrawide 60 Hz (Upgrading to 2 x Dell 27 inch S2719H)

Any suggestions?

Jihakuz · July 31, 2018

You're kind of at the high end of the z97 chipset, imo. But if you went to the next gen you would obviously have to get new mobo, ram and CPU.

The GPU should do you for a while longer as long as you want to stay in 1080p/1440p range.

You could also look into a 144hz montior for those games.

Only suggestions though.

Streetguru · July 31, 2018

21 minutes ago, BlueprintJoe13 said:

Dell 27 inch S2719H

21 minutes ago, BlueprintJoe13 said:

Budget/Country?

Why on earth would you buy near $250 1080p panels in the year of our lord gaben 2018?

BlueprintJoe13 · July 31, 2018

37 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Budget/Country?

Why on earth would you buy near $250 1080p panels in the year of our lord gaben 2018?

I'm in the United Kingdom and my budget £250 each max for two screens. I've just used them in the past at work and wanted something which is has an IPS panel

Streetguru · July 31, 2018

12 minutes ago, BlueprintJoe13 said:

I'm in the United Kingdom and my budget £250 each max for two screens. I've just used them in the past at work and wanted something which is has an IPS panel

Budget for everything, you should just pick up a 4k IPS display at this point, buy a 2nd one at a later date.

brob · July 31, 2018

Add an ssd, the largest one affordable. Crucial MX500, Samsung 870 Evo are good brands.

If the psu is being upgraded get a SeaSonic FOCUS Plus 650 Gold (check pricing on the 750W model, often it is only a few pounds more) or a Corsair RM650x.

If you can, wait to the end of August, early September. Nvidia is expected to drop some new gpu around that time.

I'd suggest a single, higher res monitor.

Not sure upgrading memory is worth the cost. I'd hold off on that until the need is established. My reasoning is that unlike the other upgrades DDR3 cannot be used in a new build..