kmanus Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I've got the go ahead to build a new workstation, and we are going to make this one CUDA powered as well so we can take advantage of the new iRay active shade features coming out this month, as well as start dabbling in GPU rendering. I'd love to hear what you guys think of this build. Cooler Master Case http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6269869&sku=C283-2080 Processor http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7073159&sku=I69-2600K Motherboard (went with 3 PCI-E 16x slots in case we want to add another GPU) http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=743633&sku=M452-6221 Memory http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6978221&sku=C13-6189 SSD Drive http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=365476&sku=C19-8026 WD Hard Drive http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6076939&sku=TSD-1000FAEX Optical Drive http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4829307&sku=L12-1312%20OEM GTX-580 (powering displays and also secondary CUDA) http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=606066&sku=M452-0582 Tesla C2070 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7194549&sku=P56-2070 Power Supply http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4558882&sku=U12-40500 OS http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5213938&sku=M17-7310 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmanus Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 OK, after further research, switching the power supply out with this one: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6389013&CatId=5115 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Just a couple things: I still think that Tesla card is a bad deal, even having come down in price. Unless you intend to do scenes that don't fit in 3GB I'd buy multiple GTX 580 3GB cards, which are faster than the Teslas. That MB in not good for multiple video cards. It has 3 slots, but it can only support one video card in x16 mode. Add a second and both are bumped down to x8 (because the first two slots share 16 lanes). Add a third and it runs at x4, and to free up the 4 lanes it turns off ESATA, aanother SATA port, front USB ports, PCI slots and firewire. I'd want one with an addon SATA controller like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131714 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmanus Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 (edited) Thanks for the advice! I can't seem to find that MoBo on Tiger Direct, and my employer insists on ordering from there. I'm glad you caught that though, kinda feeling like a dummy... I considered doing multiple 580's, but our scenes routinely go over 3GB since we use a lot of high-res textures and render off fairly complex scenes. I wish there was a 580 with 6GB of RAM, that would save a ton of money since it's about the fastest card there is in terms of CUDA. I figured that by using the 580 to drive the displays, I would be able to use it for GPU rendering on the few scenes that do come in under 3GB. Also, love your site, even when I'm not looking to buy anything I like to peruse your recommendations! Edited September 15, 2011 by kmanus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Thanks. Okay, Tiger Direct... motherboards... PCIE... this isn't easy, you know. Okay, this MB: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3761#sp is available here: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=140579&CatId=6978 and it will handle two video cards in x16 plus two in x8 and takes a regular ATX case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmaes Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 I think you might need to change the RAM as well. I might be wrong, but I think the motherboard chipset (1155) you are going with needs dual channel DDR3 RAM, not triple channel. I think the following might be better suited. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7025816&CatId=3361 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmanus Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 Thanks so much Andy, I wish there was a way I could send a beer to Boston... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmanus Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 Thanks to Cole as well... good catch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Good catch, Cole. I didn't notice the RAM - but also, $260 is way too much for 12GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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