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Jasonbrooker
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Hi guys, I am currently looking to build a pc for 3D modelling and rendering (mainly blender, maya and Vray). 

I am looking

to spend around £2000 on the tower alone.

having never built a pc before I would really appreciate some feedback on my plans / if they are the best option for what I intend to do.

 

 
- Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 1080 GDDR5 8GB OC WF3 PCI-E 
- EVGA 850 GQ, 80+ GOLD 850W, Semi Modular, EVGA ECO Mode, Power Supply
- 2tb seagate harddrive
- 500 gb western digital ssd 
- Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4 3200 MHz
- AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 8-Core 20 MB Cache 105 W CPU with Wraith Prism cooling system
-Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VI EXTREME
 
Hopefully this setup should be a fairly good rig for what I need it for, however if you notice any serious problems/ chances of bottle necking I would appreciate the heads up ! 
If you have any suggestions or tweaks to make that would be great too !
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I'd shoot for more storage, especially at that price range. Go for a 1TB SSD (~$300-ish USD)  and maybe a 4TB HDD (~$100 USD), both are pennies at most budgets these days

 

Edit: If you go for NVMe SSDs it is around $300 USD, 2.5" SATA SSDs its around $150 USD for 1 TB

Primary PC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8G3tXv (Windows 10 Home)

HTPC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KdBb4n (Windows 10 Home)
Server: Dell Precision T7500 - Dual Xeon X5660's, 44GB ECC DDR3, Dell Nvidia GTX 645 (Windows Server 2019 Standard)      

*SLI Rig* - i7-920, MSI-X58 Platinum SLI, 12GB DDR3, Dual EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 in SLI - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GHw6vW (Windows 7 Pro)

HP DC7900 - Core 2 Duo E8400, 4GB DDR2, Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT (Windows Vista)

Compaq Presario 5000 - Pentium 4 1.7Ghz, 1.7GB SDR, PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro (Windows XP x86 Pro)
Compaq Presario 8772 - Pentium MMX 200Mhz, 48MB PC66, 6GB Quantum HDD, "8GB" HP SATA SSD adapted to IDE (Windows 98 SE)

Asus M32AD - Intel i3-4170, 8GB DDR3, 250GB Seagate 2.5" HDD (converting to SSD soon), EVGA GeForce GTS 250, OEM 350W PSU (Windows 10 Core)

*Haswell Tower* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3vw6vW (Windows 10 Home)

*ITX Box* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r36s6R (Windows 10 Education)

Dell Dimension XPS B800 - Pentium 3 800Mhz, RDRAM

In progress projects:

*Skylake Tower* - Pentium G4400, Asus H110

*Trash Can* - AMD A4-6300

*GPU Test Bench*

*Pfsense router* - Pentium G3220, Asrock H97m Pro A4, 4GB DDR3

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uhm, Ryzen 7 uses AM4 socket boards, not TR4 X399 boards.

 

why not use uk.pcpartpicker.com?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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4 minutes ago, Jasonbrooker said:

Yeah I will need a monitor too / I would prefer too, any suggestions ? Would prefer not to spend too much as can upgrade at a later stage, for now rendering and modelling power are the key points

quote people so the notification system of the forums do its work

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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14 minutes ago, Jasonbrooker said:

Yeah I will need a monitor too / I would prefer too, any suggestions ? Would prefer not to spend too much as can upgrade at a later stage, for now rendering and modelling power are the key points

Well ryzen would be best, and also tr4 is for threadripper, not the am4 platform.  https://pcpartpicker.com/list/87GgKB Yeah this should be a good beginner build.  If you want, I can recommend a threadripper build, but it would either be 1st gen threadripper or 2nd gen with a 1050ti or 1060 or some gpu under $400

 

EDIT: heres the threadripper build, a little expensive but it will do way better in multi-core applications like rendering and modeling.  Plus you don't really need a 1080 for any reason. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4NsQMZ

🙂

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37 minutes ago, jonrosalia said:

Linus would buy a older server tower and a baller xeon 8 core 16T or whatever was the max one for that generation and add a graphics card.

Or ask NVIDIA for 4 Quadros and Intel for 28 core Xeon :D

My heart belongs to AMD but that doesn't mean I furiously hate Intel or NVIDIA :)

 

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