macj89 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) Hello! We want to get 2 new workstations for houdini / redshift / mantra / nuke. We asked to a computer company in Barcelona, and they send us this list, what do you think? What would you change? Thanks guys! - MoBo: GIGABYTE X570 Aorus Master - CPU: Ryzen 9 3950x 4.7GHZ AM4 - RAM: Crucial DDR 2666MHz 32GB CL19 DRX4 ECC X4 = (128Gb) - Heatsink: Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4 - PSU: Be Quiet! Dark Power PRO 11 1000W 80+ Platinum - GPU: 2x 2070 SUPER with NVLINK - SSD: 2X Gigabyte Aorus m.2 500gb NVMe PCIe 4.0x4 - BOX: Cooler Master Silencio S600 ATX I will appreciate any help you can give us guys! Thank you very much! Edited February 26, 2020 by macj89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atom Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 You may need more than 32Gb of memory. Don't buy a motherboard that can't be upgraded to 128Gb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaJuice Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 What Atom said, that amount of memory is inadequate for a workstation nowadays. Everything else looks okay, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macj89 Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 Oh fuck sorry, i meant that RAM by 4 times, a total of 128gb, im gonna edit right now! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Ralabate Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) Do you have a NAS at work? Otherwise you might run out of disk space pretty quickly with only 1TB of storage. Maybe throw in a 7200RPM HDD or a SATA SSD for medium-to-long-term storage. Edited February 26, 2020 by xxyxxy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macj89 Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 Yeah, we have a 8TB SSD NAS for cache purposes! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPara Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 I would have gone for a watercooler instead of the fan. I have a 3900x at home with a "nxzt kraken x62" cooler in a "fractal design define r6" case. Not satisfied with the temperatures, goes into the high 80's. Have a i9 9900k at work with a x72, and have never seen it above 50c. I can accept the temperatures at home, but i dont think it would last long as a workmachine. Another thing is that it boosts for everything, and with a fan it would ramp up and down all the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macj89 Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Does it need a lot of manteinance? I've heard you have to change the liquid every 4months or so and check tubes, etc.... Thats mainly why i go for fans, low manteinance! haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourfather Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 2:07 PM, ThomasPara said: I would have gone for a watercooler instead of the fan. Boooooooo, get off the stage. High end air coolers are just as good (some are actually better) and when they fail there's no collateral damage. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macj89 Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, lukeiamyourfather said: Boooooooo, get off the stage. High end air coolers are just as good (some are actually better) and when they fail there's no collateral damage. Around 3 years ago i built my home workstation for freelancing with exactly the components you pointed me. I must say its the best workstation i've ever had, 0 problems since then and im running windows on it! I'm just following what this guy says blindfolded hahahaha Thanks man! Edited February 28, 2020 by macj89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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