kleer001 104 Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) After chewing on all the variables for couple days (after not building a computer for 20 years) I think I might have it. With my pro-level budget I think this should be good for a few years of freelance work. Opinions? Did I miss anything? Something too small? Too big? Something fundamental missing? (other than a keyboard and mouse) CPU: DUAL Intel - Xeon E5-2630 V4 2.2GHz 10-Core Processor CPU Cooler: 2x Corsair - H60 (2018) 57.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Motherboard: Asus - Z10PA-D8 ATX Dual-CPU LGA2011-3 Motherboard Memory: 64GB Drives: SSD 480GB & Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM & Backup 6TB External Hard Drive Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply Optical Drive: LG - WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer Wireless Network Adapter: Asus - USB-AC56 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter USB 3.0 Monitor: Dell 23.0" Budget 5 to 6 K Full details: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/kleer001/saved/dBPgwP Edited September 26, 2018 by kleer001 clarity Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StepbyStepVFX 59 Posted September 26, 2018 I like it, and although mine is a bit older, i have almost the same setup (bi-Xeon 2650, 64 Gb of ram, a quadro k6000 second hand bought a third of the price...). Although cpu clock is not the best, the number of cores is just fantastic when rendering comes, so i like that. If it would be just for sim work, i would probably take a single cpu, but quicker and OC. I would nevertheless take a SSD of 2 Tb, that’s really more comfortable, and 6 Tb HDD : working on several projects at the same time, with lots of sims files have a huge footprint... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kleer001 104 Posted September 26, 2018 Thanks! I've taken that into account and some other advice and I think I'll be going with this: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/kleer001/saved/Cn7pGX CPU: AMD - Threadripper 2950X 3.5GHz 16-Core Processor (due to RAM bandwidth seems nearly as fast as 32 core at 1/2 the price) Motherboard: MSI - X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX TR4 (should be good for a while) Memory: G.Skill - Sniper X 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 (eventual upgrade to 128) Storage: 2.0TB 2.5" SSD, internal 8TB 3.5" 7200RPM (should be good for a while) 2X Quadro P4000 8GB Video Card (should be good for a while) Monitor: LG - 24GM79G-B 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor (eventually upgrade) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StepbyStepVFX 59 Posted September 27, 2018 (edited) Nice :-) Edited September 27, 2018 by StepbyStepVFX Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HowardM 1 Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) Just wanted to point out, those Threadrippers use a TON of power, even when idle. Something to consider. Edited September 28, 2018 by HowardM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kleer001 104 Posted October 19, 2018 Final setup that I pulled the trigger on last week. Parts should finish coming in early next week. https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/kleer001/saved/Cn7pGX Minus one GPU (will upgrade later along with another 64BG of ram) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zetha 0 Posted November 6, 2018 I am wondering why didn´t you get a SSD m.2 NVME drive instead of sata? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kleer001 104 Posted November 27, 2018 On 11/6/2018 at 3:11 PM, Zetha said: I am wondering why didn´t you get a SSD m.2 NVME drive instead of sata? Price. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kleer001 104 Posted November 27, 2018 Something important to note about my previous choice of motherboard, the MSI - X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX TR4 is getting a lot of reported problems as well as the one I got had problems and had to be swapped out for a ASRock - X399 Taichi ATX TR4 Motherboard, which is now on the list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
