Revit/3ds Max Build

[derekcerciello]

Hello,

 

Just wanted to get some opinions on my new workstation im planing on building.

I only use mental ray with 3ds max so graphics card isn't as important to me as the cpu power.

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/7WwVqs

 

Let me know your thoughts.

[Francisco Penaloza]

Everything looks OK to me, someone more techy may pop and give you details of how to save a buck here and there for sure.

My only comment would be that, Video Card is not only for rendering. Actually the main focus of a good video card is graphics, you could buy a 5Ghz CPU with 12 cores but if you put a cheap video card everything will perform like crap.

The video card you selected is an old Quadro model, still good, but it is old and will perform slow on today's apps. The new model is M4000 and has way better performance.

 

You could always save money and get a GTX 970 or 980 should work as good as you need.

But if your main goal is modeling and rendering do not under estimate the need of a decent video card.

[Scott Schroeder]

Exactly, why go with a top of the line motherboard then limit that with an old CPU, low RAM, and a lousy GPU? I have a GTX970 on my home machine and it handles heavy Max scenes far better than my Quadro at work. Why limit yourself to CPU only rendering as well? Sure, Iray may not be awesome for final rendering. But for iterative I just need to test my light location rendering? Iray is the way to go to make yourself much more productive.

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-Quadro-4000-vs-Nvidia-GTX-970/m7693vs2577

 

In today's world, you want a minimum of 32gb of RAM. Your motherboard seems overpriced as well. Again, if you are not going to put decent components in the motherboard, don't go for tip top of the line parts. If you only need a 500gb hard dive, get a SSD. It will boost your productivity.

 

For a less price or equal price (depending on where you buy) as your 5820k, you can get a much faster 6700k. More cores isn't always better.

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-6700K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-5820K

 

This is my recent home build.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BVRXD3

It's it a beast of a workstation? No, but it chews through anything I can throw at it.

 

I think you can reconfigure this with a less expensive motherboard and put that money into more RAM and a decent GPU like the GTX970.

[derekcerciello]

Thanks for the replies!

 

I Should have mentioned before that I will be placing an SSD I have at home into this system to run my operating system and main applications.

The HDD is just for backup storage.

 

I have a Quadro 4000 at home so that is why I would be placing it in this system for the time being. Probably the first ting to upgrade when i get a chance. I also couldn't find a cheaper motherboard that supported the LGA 2011-3 socket. I am planning on overclocking the processor so i feel like it will be much more powerful then a 6700k.... But im just a guessing.

Edited April 19, 2016 by derekcerciello

[Scott Schroeder]

That's a pretty big guess. I would do your due diligence in researching that. One the surface makes sense that you'd get better OC'd performance form more cores. Does the extra boost really pay for itself in a more expensive motherboard to house the chip? It so, then go for it. Though it seems pretty close if you compare an overclocked 6700k to an overclocked 5820k.

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-6700K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-5820K/3502vs2579

 

I would honestly get a 1 or 2 TB drive for backups. Platter drives are pretty cheap and making the jump from 500gb, to 1 or 2tb is not that much of an overall price jump.

 

If you are going for overclock, make sure your CPU cooler can handle that and keep your chip nice and cool. I would go for water cooling if I were to know I was going to rely on overclocking my chip.

[elipan]

Don't get the Quadro 4000 since 3ds max works on direct3d since 2012.

[joelmcwilliam]

Look fine to me. Are you happy with the chosen components? Or are you looking for improvements in certain area's? What's your current pc?