first spec me thread in a few years ! 1500 budget for 2d/3d animation/gaming!

supergt

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Hi folks..

Need to price a new build for my brother! Its for the uses as above in the title.

My budget is 1500.

I need the following:

CPU
Mobo
GPU
RAM
HDD
SSD
Case

I have everything else (psu/monitor/sound)

I assume i7 and x99 is the best? I am not really up to date with mobo/cpu sockets.. is x99 ddr4 only?

I also assume 980ti would be best?

Many thanks in advance!
 
 
ExRayTed said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 980Ti Herculez OC 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N98TV-1SDN-N5HNX) £515.99
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £494.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (CMK32GX4M4A2666C16R) £199.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM WD20EFRX £77.99
Total : £1,524.92 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).




You might want to also consider a decent cooler, but the stock cooler will do for now providing you don't overclock straight away.
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You don't get a stock cooler with the i7 5820K.
 
haha thanks for the responses guys!

I have thrown another scenario into the mix..

I have a z97 Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force motherboard here still sealed.

I assume if I went that route the best cpu for z97 is the 4790k?

So the question is ... just how much better is the 5820k and x99 than the 4790k and z97 for 2d/3d animation and rendering?

Is it worth the extra money on the mobo/ddr4?
 
I wouldn't think so.

If you already have the Z97 i would save yourself some money (or reallocate it) and buy the 4790K

What about something like

YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 980Ti X3 Ultra 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (C98T3-1SDN-N5HNX) £509.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £289.99
1 x EK Water Blocks Predator 240 All In One Watercooling Solution £168.95
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A2133C11R) £142.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red Pro 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB CacheTB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM WD2001FFSX £109.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Case with Window - Black £89.99
Total : £1,467.89 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

 
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supergt said:
haha thanks for the responses guys!

I have thrown another scenario into the mix..

I have a z97 Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force motherboard here still sealed.

I assume if I went that route the best cpu for z97 is the 4790k?

So the question is ... just how much better is the 5820k and x99 than the 4790k and z97 for 2d/3d animation and rendering?

Is it worth the extra money on the mobo/ddr4?
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If it's properly threaded animation and rendering software then the X99 will be considerably faster (anything from 10-30% depending on the situation and overclock).

That's not to say that the 4790k is bad - it'll rip through renders pretty damned fast itself, it just depends on how big your renders are, how long you expect them to take and therefore if you think the time savings are worth the extra initial outlay.
 
To be honest i have to spend the full 1500.. so it wasnt about saving money..it was more if the money saved could be better used i.e titan x or sli 980tis xD

the system is for my brother starting university so i am unsure to be quite honest on the levels of rendering
 
supergt said:
To be honest i have to spend the full 1500.. so it wasnt about saving money..it was more if the money saved could be better used i.e titan x or sli 980tis xD

the system is for my brother starting university so i am unsure to be quite honest on the levels of rendering
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Titan or SLI will only help with gaming. If you're rendering and using a high end consumer CPU then a 970 is pretty much the limit of where the GPU is useful. If you want to take advantage of better GPUs for rendering then you'll need something like a dual Xeon system and a raid array to keep up with them.
 
For university a 4790k will do, trust me I've been there done that ;)

The saved money can probably be put to other use at university ;)

Let us know what final spec you come up with.
 
Hi guys!

Thought id share my final order:

4790k
gigabyte z97 soc-force mobo
EVGA Titan X !! :D:D:D
32gb crucial RAM
1tb samsung evo ssd
2tb HDD for videos/music/files
1000watt OCZ gold psu.

Hopefully this will last a me a while.. and can always add a second titan x further down.
 
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