Question PC for Lumion recommendations

[julienruc]

Hi all,

I am building a PC for a friend of mine who is working as a freelancer and would like to upgrade from his laptop who's been offering him a terrible work experience.

The type of projects are modeling restaurants, beach clubs & villas. Both interiors and exteriors (with not too many trees as recommended by Lumion LOL) and he'd like to work in 1440p.

This is what I got so far (ignore prices, I live in Indonesia):
CPU: Intel Core i5-14600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor ($214.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock Z790 Lightning WiFi ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($149.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Zotac GAMING AMP Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB Video Card ($549.95 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Ion Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($154.85 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: ARCTIC F12 53 CFM 120 mm Fan ($9.63 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: ARCTIC F12 53 CFM 120 mm Fan ($9.63 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Acer XV272U Pbmiiprzx 27.0" 2560 x 1440 144 Hz Monitor ($343.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1753.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-11-21 08:09 EST-0500

I've never used Lumion myself and I came up with this price list by looking at Lumion's website's recommended PC specs for 1080p editing and just assuming how much more 1440p would need.

The only issue is that we're already over budget. So I'm asking myself a few questions like:
- Does the GPU really need 16GB of VRAM or can I go a standard 4060/4060Ti-8GB?
- Maybe I can grab a smaller CPU cooler since Lumion is more GPU intensive?
- And since it's less CPU intensive, maybe I can fully downgrade the CPU?
- I guess I'll defo drop to 1TB of storage for now

Anywho, any advice is greatly appreciated!

P.S: Ideally would like to be on DDR5 platform

 

[Ralston18]

Moving work computer from laptop to desktop - correct?

Lumion:

As you have found, many software manufacturers provide some listing of hardware and software requirements in the form of "minimal". "recommended", or "best".

You do not want minimal and you do want as much best as can be afforded.

What is the budget?

Advice

Use the parts list as a guide to find and read all related component documentaton: User Guides/Manual, Quick Starts, product Forums/FAQs' etc..

Pay close attention to installation requirements and related configurations. Ensure that all is indeed supported.

Read all fine print, notes, caveats, and go online to check for updated information.

Plan the build step by step just as if you had all the listed parts available now.

Will it all go together? And work?

Details matter.

 

[julienruc]

You're correct, moving from a laptop to a desktop.

So I've built computers before (tho first time on the newer DDR5 platforms) so I've made sure that the recommended specs have been met and that everything's compatible but it's true that I don't really have a reference to work with so I'm not sure where I should be focusing the budget on primarily.

 

[Ralston18]

I use "let's pretend".

Pretend that there is no budget.

Put together a build that meets the required/desired specs. Will there be 3D moving animations that show interiors and/or exteriors. Or maybe just simple floor plans and facades (with limited trees ).

If over budget then look for ways to reduce costs or increase the budget.

There will be trade-offs.

Where can costs be reduced: either in large amounts or smaller amounts? Or some combination of both.

Is there really a requirement for 64 GB of RAM?

Is it certain that more fans are needed?

Yes, he would like to work in 1440 but is that really necessary? In practical terms 1440 may just allow for future growth or, on the other hand, be a functional "must" requirement.

You are already thinking about such questions.

Also take an "end user" viewpoint. will having some X value of fps really be noticeable over some Y value of fps.

Or whatever specs you can identify and quantify..... What really will make a difference to the person using the build.

Compare the laptop specs to the proposed build specs. You may realize that the "more" of the desktop may not make a difference. And thus offer a potential way to cut back.

Takes a lot of thought and consideration. And not without risks which must be recognized, understood, and opted on.

 

[julienruc]

That helps a lot! Appreciate it!

 

[Zerk2012]

So

You're correct, moving from a laptop to a desktop.

So I've built computers before (tho first time on the newer DDR5 platforms) so I've made sure that the recommended specs have been met and that everything's compatible but it's true that I don't really have a reference to work with so I'm not sure where I should be focusing the budget on primarily.

Some good reading.

Hardware Recommendations

Our Workstations for Lumion are tested and optimized to give you the best performance and reliability. View our hardware recommendations.

www.pugetsystems.com

More to what to look for. Notice on the high end in this link they say a 6800xt video card the 7800xt cab be bought for less than 500.

https://lumion.com/product/system-requirements