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[Aakashjindal]

I want to make a pc for 3d rendering.
my future pc includes:
i7-5820k
msi gaming geforce gtx-970
msi x99s sli plus
wdc 1tb blue 7200rpm hdd
samsung 256gb 850 pro ssd
32gb ripjaw 2133mhz ram
is it overkill or not ?
if overkill please provide suitable modifications.
Any suggestions about the case and power supply?

 

[THM01]

Good processor.

PSU recommendation: EVGA G2 750-1000watt power supply so you have some expandability. Could get by with less, it's your preference, but especially if you're going to use this in any sort of professional context its good to have some expandability. Here's a good list http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

Personal Case recommendation: Corsair 760t or 780t, I have the 760t and love it. Very spacious and easy to work in and looks cool but professional.

I personally stay away from everything MSI. My friends that work at Microcenter say they see MSI stuff come back the most. EVGA seems to be pretty reliable in our experience. Personal preference but I feel like a good portion of the community agrees about MSI especially on graphics cards.

I don't know your budget, but if you're wanting to do a lot of 3D stuff like Maya, 3DS Max, Cinema 4D, CAD, Zbrush, etc then I would go for a quadro card if possible, they are more reliable, certified to work on all major professional 3d and video applications, and you won't run into many errors and if you do most quadro's have error correcting technology.
I feel the RAM is a little overkill; anything past 1800 you won't notice a huge difference in price vs performance for rendering.

I like your SSD choice but would recommend doing a WD Black instead of blue for working in 3D application read/write speed and just general stability (comes with 5 yr warranty vs blue's 3 yr)

 

[guanyu210379]

The word "overkill" is interesting for me.
The answer is both yes and no.
For pure gaming, your planned rig specs is absolutely overkill.
However, I see also that you want to render stuffs.

The question is now:
very important -> How often, how big/complex, how professional and how serious are you going to render?
No one can answer this question beside you.
For daily rendering as student for example, even an i5 rig will do just fine.
If you render complex gigantic stuffs professionally, you would even need stronger rig. (GPU choice is also effected)
I hope you get the point here.
This is the point where only you can decide.

 

[badboyrog2]

any kind of X99 is overkill ...except if you go quad sli ...because of the pci lanes

and msi in gpu are very very good ...a bit less in motherboard

give your max budget please

 

[Aakashjindal]

My max budget is 1800 usd

 

[Aakashjindal]

Is k2200 is good replacement for gtx 970

 

[Aakashjindal]

I am a student and i gonna render almost daily but I want it to use this system for atleasr 5 years and I gonna use maya , blender,gimp ,tupi , some other opensource audio and video editting softwares and I just want to render at 1080p or 2k .
I watch a lot of videos online. I work only with one monitor and after getting good at this art I will upgrade to 2 monitors.I also want to do programming on it. Basically I want a pc capable of doing every thing with a focus on 3d rendering.
Actually it is my 1st pc build so I really have very less idea about how to proceed on this journey.

 

[guanyu210379]

If you have already allocated certain budget, it is ok.
The build is already ok, may a little bit overpowered for now for your current college rendering but if you want to keep your rig for quite a long time including for your future job. Well, I think the spec could be just right for you.
The thing that, I would recommend is not to get GTX970.
GTX970 does not have the full 4GB RAM but only 3.5GB fast RAM and 0.5GB sh*t slow RAM.
You will need all 4GB to make your rig efficient for rendering.
So, I would recommend getting GTX980, but only if you can still afford it.

Getting a quadro or geforce.
It is not that simple.
Basically, for gaming geforce is better and for professional quadro is better.
But, it is not always that way. It is redering software dependent.
You might wanna look this:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2266993/quadro-k2200-gtx-770.html
I would prefer using Geforce to make your rig more to an allrounder but I will leave the decision to your hand.

 

[badboyrog2]

for example in 3d studio max 2015 - Mental Ray 3.12 there is a 8% improvement with 2011 v3 compare with 1150 I7 4790K

and in V RAY3 15% improvement

but in gaming is the same result and some rendering software not much better performance..

so i depend on which rendering softwares you will use

''maya , blender,gimp ,tupi , some other opensource audio and video editting softwares and I just want to render at 1080p or 2k . ''
you will use linux or windows?

anyway i will do 2 build for you ...just decide between the both

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NwjhJx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NwjhJx/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($362.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_RD 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X99X Killer ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($239.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($175.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($339.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($339.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($129.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1963.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-20 15:10 EDT-0400

OR

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/M2TDNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/M2TDNG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($326.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME9 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($217.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($125.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($324.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($324.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($129.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1789.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-20 15:08 EDT-0400

so 200$ difference .... finally the price of the X99 drop signifcaly ...so i am impress myself with the result of that... so if you can afford 200$ more ..GO FOR X99 SETUP

 

[Aakashjindal]

I will use windows 8.1 for production ,but dual boot it with Linux for programming and to learn more about Linux.

 

[Aakashjindal]

My main software would be blender and rendering software will be blender's cycles renderer

 

[Aakashjindal]

I read on some another thread on tom'shardware that i can use quadro and geforce together separately without sli is it true? If yes then is it a good option to do so.

 

[Aakashjindal]

thanks