Dual cpu pc Help!

[deadpccat]

Hi, im sure you get requests for build help. But im making a dual cpu pc and have no clue where to start, built a pc before so the building part is fine, i just cant decide / find out the best of what i need. This is what i have so far:

case - NZXT Phantom 410 Midi Tower Chassis - Red
RAM - Hyperx 8x2
MOBO - ???
CPU's - ???
Graphics card - ?? (2-300 pounds)
water cooling - ???
battery - 800w corsair
Hard drives, screens, etc - sorted

im a 3D animation student so i need quite a bit of power been looking at AMD processors.
Amd prosseors
and also MOBO (info from another toms hardware post)
MOBO1
MOBO2

thanks in advance for whatever help is given

 

[mudpuppet]

Are you just looking for a super beefy CPU? The dual socket boards are usually in servers, so that's what I'm asking. That said, http://www.amazon.com/LGA2011-Intel-Motherboard-Z9PE-D8-WS/dp/B007KGXY0K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440095927&sr=8-1&keywords=dual+xeon+motherboard might be an example of what you're looking at, though it's an intel board, not AMD. It's also worth noting that the power consumption will be a lot higher for this type of board so an 800w PSU seems pretty low balled. Take a loot at the reviews of the board from Amazon that I linked and you'll see some of the builds they've used the board for as your start looks more of a mid level gaming build (2-300 pounds for a GPU seems on the cheaper side of what you'd want if my conversion math is correct).

 

[boosted1g]

There is no motherboard to support dual FX8350 cpus (which are slower then i5 or xeon).

All dual CPU motherboards are server motherboards and not really great for what you are doing.

What you should go for is an x99 platform with the 5xxx series intel chips. You can get 12 and even 16 thread CPUs in this platform to give you the power you need (and this would do circles around 2x FX 8350 if it existed). You also get faster DDR4 memory and for your work it would be utilized.

 

[boosted1g]

As far as cpu/mobo/memory here is what you should be looking at. As far as GPU you can get a gaming GPU like a GTX 970 or RR 390 but what you really should be using a workstation graphics card like Quadro 4000 or 5000 series, these are double-triple your budget.

Anyways here is the core parts:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor (£293.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.95 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (£163.46 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£100.24 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £582.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-20 20:06 BST+0100

 

[bambiboom]

Hi, im sure you get requests for build help. But im making a dual cpu pc and have no clue where to start, built a pc before so the building part is fine, i just cant decide / find out the best of what i need. This is what i have so far:

case - NZXT Phantom 410 Midi Tower Chassis - Red
RAM - Hyperx 8x2
MOBO - ???
CPU's - ???
Graphics card - ?? (2-300 pounds)
water cooling - ???
battery - 800w corsair
Hard drives, screens, etc - sorted

im a 3D animation student so i need quite a bit of power been looking at AMD processors.
Amd prosseors
and also MOBO (info from another toms hardware post)
MOBO1
MOBO2

thanks in advance for whatever help is given

deadpccat,

I think it's necessary to take a step back and consider the starting point before exact components. If you're having a system for animation, then yes, a dual CPU system has many advantages, the main one being the ability to have many cores / threads for rendering and effects processing. But, the number of cores needs to balanced by the speed of the CPU's for 3D modeling with a lot of textures as these are described by sometimes millions of polygons that need to be computationally repositioned.

If you are going to be using Autodesk- 3ds Max and Maya, and Adobe software I'd suggest a Xeon E5-2600 series> ECC RAM > Quadro combination. The ECC RAM is error correcting and this provides error-free, stable rendering, while the Quadro can run high anti-aliasing and the viewports in 3Ds and Maya.

The NZXT case is an interesting design, but can not accommodate a dual CPU motherboard which are at least E-ATX and often EEB size.

You didn't mention a budget, but in any event, the best cost / performance is going to be attained by buying recent, but depreciated parts. For this I'd suggest considering:

DELL PRECISION T7610 Barebone Workstation ! Build your own System !! > £224.23 or offer + £44 post

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DELL-PRECISION-T7610-Barebone...

T7610 "Barebones"______________ £280 (up to 4X GPU, 1300W PSU)
E5-2680 v2 _________________ £425 > 10 core / 20 thread @ 2.8 /3.6Ghz
16GB DDR3-1866 ECC___________ £90
Used Quadro K2200 (4GB)________ £200 ALT: Quadro K620 (2GB)
______________________________________

The E5-2680 v2 is 10 core / 20 thread @ 2.8 /3.6Ghz:

http://ark.intel.com/products/75277/Intel-Xeon-Processo...

And in this way, you simply plug in the CPU, RAM, GPU, and drives without researching, ordering, assembling, and etc. The 2nd CPU and more RAM can be added later.

If the budget is stricter, you can consider a Dell Precision T7500, 2X Xeon X5690 (LGA1366)- 6-core @ 3.47 / 3.73GHz (and $1,600 new!), 48GB DDR3 1333 ECC RAM and possibly a used Quadro K4200. These have 1100W PSUs. The disks are 3GB/s but you can add a 6GB/s RAID controller- PERC or LSI. The Xeon X5600 series was really excellent andthe first two cores will run at 3.73GHz which is a modern speed. There are usually quite a few T7500's on ebay.de and sometimes you can buy a low specification one in good condition and change the CPU's.

Anyway, there are a couple of quick alternatives to building that would be highly expandable as projects increase in complexity and size- I think more appropriate to your use.

Cheers,

BambiBoom

1. HP z420 (2015) > Xeon E5-1660 v2 six-core @ 3.7 / 4.0GHz > 32GB DDR3 ECC 1866 RAM > Quadro K4200 (4GB) > Intel 730 480GB (9SSDSC2BP480G4R5) > Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > 600W PSU> Logitech z2300 > Linksys AE3000 USB WiFi > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440) > Windows 7 Professional 64 >
[ Passmark Rating = 5064 > CPU= 13989 / 2D= 819 / 3D= 4596 / Mem= 2772 / Disk= 4555] [Cinebench R15 > CPU = 1014 OpenGL= 126.59 FPS] 7.8.15

2. Dell Precision T5500 (2011) > Xeon X5680 six -core @ 3.33 / 3.6GHz, 24GB DDR3 ECC 1333 > Quadro K2200 (4GB ) > Samsung 840 250GB / WD RE4 Enterprise 1TB > M-Audio 192 sound card > Linksys WMP600N PCI WiFi > 875W PSU > Windows 7 Professional 64> HP 2711x (1920 X 1080)
[ Passmark system rating = 3490 / CPU = 9178 / 2D= 685 / 3D= 3566 / Mem= 1865 / Disk= 2122] [Cinebench 15 > CPU = 772 OpenGL= 99.72 FPS] 7.8.15