junglee

So I was trying to build one more machine that I've been using for about a year. It's low to mid end machine but we find it enough for our tasks at the moment. Build is i7-7700K 4.2Ghz Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 LGA1151 G.Skill Ripjaws 32GB Noctua NH-U12s EVGA 650W Samsung 850 512GB SSD But motherboard is no longer available anywhere. Is there an alternative part I can replace with? If I get ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero (Wi-Fi AC) LGA1151 DDR4, would everything work okay? I don't mind shelling out extra $100 for future expandability. Thanks in advance.

Oh did I mention Vray light boxes flicker in the viewport? It's trying to let me know that there are vray lights out there and keep me awake by flicker them.

One week living with Wx7100 has been nothing but disaster. This is my second AMD card and they both have been miserable. During just one week, I had to do a hard reset on computer more than I did for last 10 years because computer froze all the time. This thing didn't even come with the installation CD so I used their AMD driver autodetect so wrong driver installation isn't a cause. I'm inclined to throw this crap out of the window and ask for the refund but I'll be a gentleman and just send this crap to the crap manufacturer. Damn you AMD. Now it's time to hunt down a GeForce again.

Thank you all for the kind inputs. All parts are ordered, and this will be good enough for our intern. I love the renderings from your website Juraj, They have very distinctive feeling to it. I think I need to up my games as well - thanks all you guys for being a good challenge.

Oh, I'm buying no where near 128GB set. I just purchased 32GB (2x16GB) set from Newegg for $300 which was around $450 mark the day before. In what programs would you benefit from having 128GB of memory? Just curious. My photoshop bottleneck time to time so I'm interested to hear if buying extra 32GB for my computer would benefit smoother experience in photoshop. I assume no benefit will be gained in 3dmax.

Woot! Today memory price has dropped to normal level! Perfect!!! Thanks all for your replies. I ended up getting WX7100, I'll give it a try and will report back.

Thank you everyone for the replies. Now I'm trying to decide between GTX 1050Ti, 1060 or 1070 for intern's computer. Prices are from $250~300 for 1050ti, $350~400 for 1060 and $900+ for 1070 or AMD wx7100 for $600. What would be the best bang for the buck for the just 3dmax and photoshop work environment? I guess that doesn't require any GPU renderings. Does more memory on VC give smoother viewport?

I have VERY limited knowledge about computer hardware. I've been always using $1,500~2,500 machines and I've executed more than 500 projects with those machines so far. And out of those machines, none of them had workstation cards so I'm very curious to try this out. Is there any trade off by going workstation card? Granted, I don't play any games and all the computers are being used for only 3dmax, photoshop, CAD, and occasional illustrator, so let's base our the performance only for those programs. Would it provide more accurate viewport, and smoother navigation in heavy scene with workstation card?

Holy smokes. Can't believe tech part going up in prices!!! Thanks for your clarification.

Thanks for the input. I'll have everyone use later version of 3dmax to improve our efficiency. Can anyone answer my video card question? I purchased Gigabyte-GeForce GTX 1070 8GB last May for only $390 but now I search for the same part, it is no longer on sale and same model number (1070) starts from $800 range. Was there a model replacement with same designation number? If so, what did replace the old GTX 1070? Can anyone recommend a comparable video card ($300~400 range) to last year's GeForce GTX 1070 8GB?

Anyone have a recommendation which GTX 1070 8GB video card can be had under $400?

Okay. I'll have to get back to the VR thing later Meanwhile for the videocard, Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB is no longer available and comparable model on sale is almost $800, whereas the model I got was only for $390. Is there any 1070 model at lower price you can recommend?

Thanks for your reply. We use online render farm for major renderings so faster rendering isn't really necessary - thank god, render farm is quite cheap now to use. Video card is perfectly fine most of the times, but we sometimes get some lags and flicker issue, but this could be the problem with old 3dmax version we are using - we are still using 2012. I know, it's old but we didn't have time to get used to newer version yet. As for the VR goes, I have near zero idea of how to achieve what I'm thinking. I would like to create a scene where we can walk through the space with ability to change materials using Oculus Rift.

Hi all, As my office is getting bigger, I would like to order one more WS for the new staff. I've previously ordered few sets per this forum's recommendation as following: 1. i7-7700k 2. Cryorig-A40 Liquid cool 3. Asus TUF z270 Mark2 ATX LGA1151 4. G.Skill Ripjaws V series 32GB( 2x16gb) DDR4-2800 5. Samsung 525GB Pro SSD 6. Hitachi 3TB HDD (I don't think we need this anymore as we rarely save anything local) 7. Gigabyte-GeForce GTX 1070 8GB 8. Phanteks ATX Mid Tower 9. EVGA-650W Power supply I purchased those last May and it had been perfectly suitable for our daily work load, occasionally lagging in viewports for few projects and if pricing isn't much to upgrade, I would like to upgrade necessary parts to have smoother viewports. Is above build too outdated as in today's standard? If so, can you recommend a build that costs less than $1,500? Also, we are planning to do some VR service down the road and I was wondering if VR rendering requires different set up. Thanks always for your help. Jung

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