Best configuration for 3D animation , VFx and rendering within $2000

[artistkumar]

Hello Everyone

I´m getting a new pc, building it by myself , need help.

My Budget is near about $ 2000 { INR 1,20,000/- }

Following softwares are going to be used...
Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3ds Max,Vue,
Realflow, Aftereffect, Photoshop,etc...

Looking for Best configuration for fast render output using
Maya mental ray .and easy to work with xgen hair and fur simulations,and dynamics

Please give suggestions...

Thank you.

P.S.
Anyone from Bangalore , India.Please mention better place at Bangalore to buy
computer hardware.components.Thanks

 

[jeremymau]

First off, I can't reliably recommend a graphics card since I haven't worked with graphics in several years, my guess would be to use Nvidia's Quadro line or AMD's Firepro Line since they are made for graphic design and video editing. If you cannot afford those cards new, then my only other recommendation would be to purchase a gaming video card with 8 gigabytes or more of video memory. AMD typically offers excellent video editing performance. The new RX 480 might be a good choice since it's uses low power, is affordable and has 8 gigs of ram.

As for the core system, You will definitely want to use an Intel Xeon processor they are perfect for what you want to do with your computer. First (for the most affordable option) I recommend the Intel Xeon E3-1275 v5 processor. For a motherboard for the specific cpu, I would recommend the ASUS P10S WS



My second recommendation (more expensive) would be the Intel Xeon E5 2620V3 processor and the GIGABYTE GA-X99-Ultra Gaming (rev. 1.0) motherboard (it officially supports most of the E5 V3,V4 and V5 Xeon processors) No matter what, Xeon is what you need, it offers the best multithreaded performance. Period.

Memory (ram) 64 gigs of G.Skill DDR4 ram

Power supply, if only using one graphics card 650 watts will fine, if two graphics cards 850 watts. Brands: EVGA, Seasonic, Corsair. 80 Plus, Gold or Platinum standard.


Case: Corsair Vengeance Series C70


Hard drives: (for your data, preferably in RAID mode) Two Seagate Constellations - Enterprise (choose the size you need and price you can afford 500 Gigabytes to 8TB each) For your operating system: SAMSUNG 850 EVO SSD (500 gigabytes)

Monitor: whatever you can afford, (preferably two or three monitors)


All of this should be under your budget, but of course you are in India, I go off of American prices. You could try pricing from the UK first.

 

[j3ster]

first off will the budget include your peripherals? or is it just the PC itself?

 

[j3ster]

You can try this one, this is just assuming your budget is for your build itself.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($369.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 54.2 CFM CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus X99-A II ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($225.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($107.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($154.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($149.49 @ B&H)
Video Card: AMD FirePro W7100 8GB Video Card ($659.99 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair Carbide 400C ATX Mid Tower Case ($94.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1907.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-28 04:46 EDT-0400

 

[jtk2515]

I would go with 2x Xeon 2670 60$ each
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SR0KX-INTEL-XEON-E5-2670-8-CORE-2-60GHz-20M-8GT-s-115W-PROCESSOR-CPU-/281889330127?hash=item41a1e9d3cf:g:kwIAAOSwKfVXGULm

Then get you a duel 2011 socket (not v3) Motherboard.

Thats what I would do in the US. Not sure what you would have available in India.

 

[TinyMotel]

For Maya & 3d max, I'd definitely get an Nvidia gfx card. Autodesk takes advantage of CUDA for their viewport using parallel processing, and it can speed things up considerably. My recommendation would be a 980ti or maybe look into a 1080 for some extra vram. In my experience you get just as good (if not better price/performance) out of the GTX cards vs the quadros.

 

[jtk2515]

I would not get a professional GPU unless you need 10 bit opencl.

 

[j3ster]

true im not a professional type of pc user but i just did that out of my googlings and asking around.

but he can just swap out the FirePro to something like a GTX 1070 and he would be good.