CAD/3DAnimation/Rendering rig 100k

[ASHISH65]

Congo op

 

[topgear]

@JooJoo - the price of the HDD is really great ... can you ask the price of WD 1TB Black ? And DON'T buy any UPS other than APC [ well, you may try Numeric though ].

 

[6Diablo9]

My friend also wants to buy a Workstation PC, and I liked this config. My only query is that, is it okay if he just replaces the gfx to Sapphire HD7770, for some low level gaming? and what is difference between i7 4770K and Xeon in regards to rendering and CAD work?

 

[ASHISH65]

My friend also wants to buy a Workstation PC, and I liked this config. My only query is that, is it okay if he just replaces the gfx to Sapphire HD7770, for some low level gaming? and what is difference between i7 4770K and Xeon in regards to rendering and CAD work?

yep hd 7770 will do fine.

No performance difference bwtween i7 and xeon except that i7 can be OC and have igpu

 

[harshilsharma63]

My friend also wants to buy a Workstation PC, and I liked this config. My only query is that, is it okay if he just replaces the gfx to Sapphire HD7770, for some low level gaming? and what is difference between i7 4770K and Xeon in regards to rendering and CAD work?

What are the exact softwares you want to run? Also, how much important is rendering on this rig?

 

[rijinpk1]

My friend also wants to buy a Workstation PC, and I liked this config. My only query is that, is it okay if he just replaces the gfx to Sapphire HD7770, for some low level gaming? and what is difference between i7 4770K and Xeon in regards to rendering and CAD work?

yep hd 7770 will do fine.

No performance difference bwtween i7 and xeon except that i7 can be OC and have igpu

there are xeons with igpu.
@op, xeons have better stability as they are server based cpus and have longer life span. also xeons are cheaper than i7.

 

[6Diablo9]

What are the exact softwares you want to run? Also, how much important is rendering on this rig?

Software we currently use are 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCad, Chief Architect. Software that he will be using in future are Maya, Foundry Nuke and maybe Combustion. He's more keen in going with 3D Lighting field, which requires heavy rendering job therefore a powerful processor.

 

[harshilsharma63]

Software we currently use are 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCad, Chief Architect. Software that he will be using in future are Maya, Foundry Nuke and maybe Combustion. He's more keen in going with 3D Lighting field, which requires heavy rendering job therefore a powerful processor.

Now-a-days, most of the renderring work is offloaded to GPU as it is has much much higher throughput. You should do some research regarding whether most of your applications of primary applications utilize CUDA or OpenCL. Depending on this, you should get either a Quadro (for CUDA) or a FirePro (for OpenCL) card.

 

[6Diablo9]

Now-a-days, most of the renderring work is offloaded to GPU as it is has much much higher throughput. You should do some research regarding whether most of your applications of primary applications utilize CUDA or OpenCL. Depending on this, you should get either a Quadro (for CUDA) or a FirePro (for OpenCL) card.

This is going to be a Home PC and not a machine for office , so he needs something which can run some older games like Assassins' Creed, COD:MW as well run these apps. Secondly we do not use VRay RT(RealTime) but VRay Advance which uses CPU for rendering. I've been hearing a lot about CUDA used for rendering. Tried using my 650Ti Boost for rendering, but dos not even come close to CPU rendering in terms of time consumed and quality. Thats why I'm not keen on buying a Quadro/FirePro based cards.

 

[bikramjitkar]

This is going to be a Home PC and not a machine for office , so he needs something which can run some older games like Assassins' Creed, COD:MW as well run these apps. Secondly we do not use VRay RT(RealTime) but VRay Advance which uses CPU for rendering. I've been hearing a lot about CUDA used for rendering. Tried using my 650Ti Boost for rendering, but dos not even come close to CPU rendering in terms of time consumed and quality. Thats why I'm not keen on buying a Quadro/FirePro based cards.

Kepler (GeForce 600 and 700 series) was severely crippled by Nvidia for compute performance to sell more workstation cards. You can't compare a 600 series card with a Quadro/FirePro. If you want a desktop card for light gaming and with decent CUDA performance, try looking for a GeForce 500 series card (550ti and above).

 

[harshilsharma63]

This is going to be a Home PC and not a machine for office , so he needs something which can run some older games like Assassins' Creed, COD:MW as well run these apps. Secondly we do not use VRay RT(RealTime) but VRay Advance which uses CPU for rendering. I've been hearing a lot about CUDA used for rendering. Tried using my 650Ti Boost for rendering, but dos not even come close to CPU rendering in terms of time consumed and quality. Thats why I'm not keen on buying a Quadro/FirePro based cards.

First research whether your tasks ate CUD accelerated or OpenCL accelerated. Then we can decide the best card.

 

[6Diablo9]

First research whether your tasks ate CUD accelerated or OpenCL accelerated. Then we can decide the best card.

I said that because there is no documentation suggesting that the softwares that I mentioned use either CUDA or OpenCL and relies solely on CPU. A workstation card will be some help in regards to Viewport but not in Rendering.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I tried to render a file on office machines one with i7 4770+ FX550 and other with i7 4770+ K2000 and render took 5min 51sec on 1st and 5min 23sec on second. Not really difference which I'd expect on a 35K card.

 

[harshilsharma63]

I said that because there is no documentation suggesting that the softwares that I mentioned use either CUDA or OpenCL and relies solely on CPU. A workstation card will be some help in regards to Viewport but not in Rendering.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I tried to render a file on office machines one with i7 4770+ FX550 and other with i7 4770+ K2000 and render took 5min 51sec on 1st and 5min 23sec on second. Not really difference which I'd expect on a 35K card.

Then you can go with GTX 650ti boost for both gaming and work.

 

[6Diablo9]

Then you can go with GTX 650ti boost for both gaming and work.

I suggested him that, but he doesn't want to spend that much on a xard. He's not that much of gamer. As I told you he wants to play some older games when he gets bored. I thought HD7770 or even a HD6670 would be best for him.

 

[harshilsharma63]

I suggested him that, but he doesn't want to spend that much on a xard. He's not that much of gamer. As I told you he wants to play some older games when he gets bored. I thought HD7770 or even a HD6670 would be best for him.

The you can get HD7750.

 

[6Diablo9]

The you can get HD7750.

Okay, thanks. I'll suggest him to get a HD7750.