HELP ME BUILDING 3D RENDER System

[ram86_web]

HI I am trying to build new Render system. Please help.. here are my list of components i have in mind

CPU - i7-5820K

Motherboard - ASUS X99 - M-WS/SE

Graphics Card - ASUS STRIX GTX 960 4GB

HDD - WD1TB Black

RAM - Corsair Vengence LPX DDR4 2400MHZ 8GB x 4

PSU - Corsair RM 850

CASE - CORSAIR Obsidian Series750D Airflow Edition Full Tower ATX

CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Not only is the RM 850 overkill but is poor value; there are better options for cheaper, like the Corsair RM550x. Why a full tower case? Seems like a lot of money for something you don't need. You will want a solid state drive. Also the I7-6800K is out.

 

[ram86_web]

Not only is the RM 850 overkill but is poor value; there are better options for cheaper, like the Corsair RM550x. Why a full tower case? Seems like a lot of money for something you don't need. You will want a solid state drive. Also the I7-6800K is out.

Hi,
Thanks man... What about the motherboard and CPU cooler. Any best suggestion for CASE

 

[turkey3_scratch]

The Cryorig H7 is a great cooler. As for a case, it's usually a personal preference I like to leave up to the buyer, but I like NAXT cases and I know Phanteks are high quality, too.

 

[l33tforza]

I would suggest a much more powerful GPU for a render system and possibly look at going SLI - it will help with render times especially if you are using software that can take full advantage of SLI like Octane. you can support to 980 Ti's with the 850 PSU -

 

[ram86_web]

The Cryorig H7 is a great cooler. As for a case, it's usually a personal preference I like to leave up to the buyer, but I like NAXT cases and I know Phanteks are high quality, too.

Does this motherboard (ASUS X99 - M-WS/SE) suitable for 5820K.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

No reason it shouldnt be.

 

[Outlander_04]

I would suggest a much more powerful GPU for a render system and possibly look at going SLI - it will help with render times especially if you are using software that can take full advantage of SLI like Octane. you can support to 980 Ti's with the 850 PSU -

In commercial non-realtime 3d products, the GPU is useful for rendering the user interface alone. The GPU is responsible for drawing those wireframes and the preview images in the viewport.

If you want to edit manipulate heavy scenes, model dense meshes or sculpt with high levels of subdivision then a fast graphics board is essential. Because a slow card results in a sluggish user experience for the artist.

But when it comes to the actual rendering process, the GPUs are typically not used at all. In fact the stacks of machines seen in commercial render farms might not have any GPUs installed at all. Just fast multicore processors, and lots of RAM.

So why are GPUs not used?

There's a lot of reasons for this.

Scenes can have arbitrary complexity, which makes writing robust shader code difficult. To efficiently ray trace a scene, a variety of optimisations will kick in depending on the context.
Reflections and refractions require the shader to recurse. I think the stack size on GPUs has limitations.
Textures for GPUs have size and shape limitations.
And rendering add ons benefit from the sheer flexibility of conventional programming languages.


So hardware based rendering is not something you tend to see used in many commercial projects.

There are some products which do exploit GPUs for rendering and post-processing tasks. But these tend to be the exception rather than the rule.

A workstation card would speed things up though

 

[ram86_web]

No reason it shouldnt be.

Can i use X99-E-WS. or any suggestions.. please help i m stuck in choosing motherboard.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Yes it is compatible with X99 boards.