dustinowens

Thanks every one that helped with their input on this! I decided to go with the Ryzen 9 build except I did swap out the single 1.5tb crucial ssd for the Samsung EVO 500gb ssd and a 4tb Toshiba drive. I kept with the lesser video card in the Ryzen 9 build since, as long as I'm doing CPU rendering I should be leaps and bounds above what I'm using right now and, when my budget permits again, I can always upgrade the vid card down the road if I needed to.

Ok, one last post here and I think I'm going to be ready to pull the trigger. I ran across another PC build that has a bit lesser processor but better video card. When compared side by side, would you still suggest going with the Ryzen 9 build or the Ryzen 7 build? I guess I'm slightly concerned about the heat coming from the 9. I put the high end AIO in the build as you suggested... Also, I have windows 10 pro 32/64bit added to both of these builds but I also have a free copy of Windows 7 Pro at home. Would you recommend sticking with 7 or going up to 10? Ryzen 9 - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RWBzXv Ryzen 7 - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sZzXV7

Thanks a ton for putting this together. This looks like exactly what I need! I appreciate the time it took you to toss this together. One question, do you have a 2nd choice for coolers? It looks like that Zalman air cooler is going to be difficult to find. Nothing on Amazon right now nor in google shopping.

I've got the software part of it all nailed down already so the $1500 is just for the hardware. That's about what I was expecting to hear on the EOL part. This is a great workstation but I kind of get the feeling that I could build something just as good, if not better for that kind of cash or close to it at least. Unfortunately, it appears that the links inside the stickies for new pc builds are out of date or broken. I'm not afraid of building my own, I used to do it all the time in another life, lol, but I am very much out of the loop as far as what's actually available anymore. Do you have any suggestions as to where to look? It would be nice to find a base model build that I could tweak for my own needs.

My bad for not including that info in there.. kind of important to the question... I'm using 3D Studio max with Vray

Hey guys, long time reader here getting ready to separate from my current company and start my own studio. I'm leaving with full blessings from my current company and the option to purchase the PC that I've been using for the past couple years. The question that I have is do I buy the PC that I've been using (3yrs old specs below) or would I be better served by buying something new for the same cost or less? Current PC - Offered selling price $1500 - Video Card: Nvidia Quadro M4000 - Processor: Intel i7 5930K @ 3.5 ghz - Ram: 64 gb 2133mhz (not sure of the actual type) I know that's a monster video card but I also know I can get a lot for $1500 in a desktop these days. Thanks for the input guys!

Hello all. Sorry for this to be my first post but I'm kind of under the gun here. As the title says I'm new to Vray in 3ds Max and having some issues. Everything in this render sets up the way I want it to except for the reflections on the wood floor and some graininess in a few other areas as well (picture frame). This is also my first interior rendering as well. I'll do my best to list all the factors that might help in diagnosing what's going on here. 1) Lighting from outside is from a Vray Sun all the rest are vray lights on the inside 2)GI is enabled 3)Primary engine = Irradiance map @ 6.0 4)Secondary = Brute force @ 1.0 5)The floor does not have any kind of bump mapping on it 6)All of the lights have been changed to have 12 subdivisions One thing also to note is that problem gets worse if I render it at a larger pixel dimension. I've seen others posting that they had this issue but no one seems to post their solutions. Help please Thanks.