3D Workstation Build - Any Advices ?

[Doge Cena]

Hello there!

 

I'm a CG Animation Student, and I plan on upgrading my pc for the school start (this will be my second year btw).

I currently have a i5 6400, a GTX 1060 3GB, 16GB of RAM, and a B150M motherboard (I bought this PC in december of 2016, but a the time I didn't know I was going to do CG stuff)

(CineBench gave me the wapping result of 490pts )

I plan on selling all the PC except the GPU and the storage, for about 350€ (~400 USD)

I was thinking on picking : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7mK9tg

 

Adding the thermal paste and the case, the price reach about 800€ (~930 USD)
I plan on overclocking the CPU (@4.1GHz or 4.2, hopping to get more than 1800pts on CineBench)
 

So then comes the questions :

• Have I made good choices concerning the parts ? What could i change ?
• Is there parts pretty similar to the one I listed but cheaper ? (i.e. the MDB, the RAM or the PSU)
• Should i choose another PSU, considering my PC will probably be on all day, sometimes rendering for a long time ?

 

Btw I'm running 2 monitors

I will maybe get 2 more 8GB stick of RAM for next year, and upgrade the GPU if needed
 

 

Thanks in advance 

[brob]

I'd suggest getting an X470 motherboard. 

 

Stick with the stock cooler for now. Something more powerful can always be added later if it proves necessary.

 

A better psu would be a good investment.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor  (€314.90 @ Caseking) 
Motherboard: MSI - X470 GAMING PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€144.20 @ Mindfactory) 
Memory: G.Skill - Sniper X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€158.84 @ Mindfactory) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€85.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €703.93
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-05 20:06 CEST+0200

[Streetguru]

18 minutes ago, Doge Cena said:

 

Get an X470 motherboard

 

Get a nicer PSU

Do not buy a cheap low end AIO

 

if your case is large enough just get a big tower cooler from Thermalright or Noctua.
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qxmTzY
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qxmTzY/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor  ($319.79 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($131.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Sniper X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($155.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($77.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $685.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-05 14:08 EDT-0400