MAXer Li Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 My goal is to have 1 workstation with higher single core frequency for modeling, editing etc and multiple GPUs for vRay GPU rendering. And then the other server as render node. Here is what I have now. Do you guys have any suggestion to optimize my current gears: The workstation CPU: Intel i7 6700KMS: MSI z170A mPowerRAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK16GX4M2A2666C16R DDR4 2666MHz 16GB Kit X2 (32G in total)SSD: Samsung 950 Pro M.2 2280 MZ-V5P256BW 256GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe 1.1 SSDSSD: ADATA Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" SATA3 6Gb/s SSDHDD: Seagate ST1000DM003 1TB Desktop SATA3 6Gb/s /64MB HDDPSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 1000WVGA: Quadro M5000 X1 + Nvidia Titan X (previous generation) x 2 Render node MB: Supermicro X10dri-t ServerCPU:Intel XEON E5 2683v3 x 2Samsung 16GB 2RX4 PC4-2400T ECC REG DDR4 2400 X 8 (128G in total)Plextor 256GB PCI-E SSDAcBel PC8055 R9 1100W 80Plus Gold I am now planning to replace the ＭB of the workstation with ASUS z170A WS so that I can upgrade to 4 GPUs in the future if I need. Now I will use 3 GPUs only. I don't do SLI so having different GPUs in same PC has no problem for me. Any advice is appreciated! I am open to sell/replace what I have now but it would be good to keep as much as possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolaos M Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 If you want multiple gpus for RT then 6700K/Z170 is not the best option. You'll need a motherboard with PLX chips etc. Imo, change to a 6850K/X99 combo with a motherboard that supports quad sli. The psu is 850 or 1000W? I can't understand. Eitherway, for 4 gpus running at the same time and 3 of them rendering in RT, I would personally pick a 1500-1600W psu. 850W won't do the job. Each TitanX could pull more than 250W while rendering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXer Li Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 Thanks Nikolaos, I am wondering if buying the ASUS z170a WS (1151 socket) with PLX chips would have significant difference in terms of performance compared to X99MB + 6850K? It is 1000W, it was my typo. If I just use 3 GPUs at this moment would 1000W be enough? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelmcwilliam Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 You got some cash to spend. Going overkill on the psu will not hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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