[3D Rendering Machine] Build for a friend. (ModzFM)

ModzFM · 11 Sep 2017 at 19:52

Overall Idea;
Here are the specs for my friends first PC. He contact me a few months ago regarding me building him a PC since he wanted one for 3D rendering as well as playing games. The build took a few months and I was really happy to be doing it for him. He decided to buy a few parts each month as that's all his budget permitted him to do. So roughly the build took 6 months to complete due to the delay of the parts. Otherwise it took around 10+ hours of labour to be complete to a standard I was happy with.

Specifications;
CPU; Intel Core i7 7700 3.6GHz
CPU Cooler; Corsair Hydro H60 V2
Motherboard; Asus Pro Gaming B250
RAM; Corsair Vengance 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR4 2666+ MHz RGB
GPU; EVGA GTX Titan X Maxwell
PSU; EVGA 600w Platinum
OS Drive; Kingston 240GB SSD
Additional Drive; 500GB WD Black
Case; Corsair 350D

I wanted to keep the build as high quality and budget friendly as I could.

Vince · 11 Sep 2017 at 20:50

This spec looks nothing like what I was expecting. Nothing about it screams rendering but everything points to gaming. Is it me or is this an odd spec for a rendering machine?

ModzFM · 11 Sep 2017 at 20:55

Well he wanted a 1070. But from what I managed to read up the Titan X was the better option. He didn't have the biggest budget so I couldn't exactly make it into a monster.

ModzFM · 11 Sep 2017 at 21:05

Also it's none overclockable because it's his first PC so he won't be going anywhere near overclocking it.

orbitalwalsh · 12 Sep 2017 at 08:25

i7 non k smart move, some rendering its all about cores whilst GPU rendering its all about pure power .
surprised you didn't go for Ryzen 7 to be honest

GinG · 12 Sep 2017 at 09:47

What sort of work is going into it,, I assume there is more pics to come as can't see where the 10+ hours have gone?

ModzFM · 12 Sep 2017 at 10:20

Around the time Ryzen 7 was only just coming onto the market and neither myself or my friend was that bothered about it. No however I am planning a Ryzen 7 1700x build or perhaps threadripper for a personal build.

ModzFM · 12 Sep 2017 at 10:22

Build was around 10 hours because of stress testing and such. Plus I wanted to make sure it could run for a while without issue. So mainly testing hours but I'd say about 4-5 labour hours. Plus a few mins of cleaning now and then :-)

. Was made for 3DS max. All the research I did point towards it needed a beefy CPU and GPU (obviously) so rather than getting a gaming orientated GPU I went with one I know is widely used within rendering machines. I know it's not the best but for the budget and the purpose it'll do the trick.

ModzFM · 12 Sep 2017 at 10:23

EDIT: I might do a full hardline watercooling loop for him in the near future.

orbitalwalsh · 12 Sep 2017 at 11:16

ah Max, how i remember in Uni - are room just got new pcs with 8800 GTXs in, would log on to 3 of them at a time to render in parts then stitch it all back to gether haha.

Its the rendering that needs the power- designing and such doesn't take to much stress on the GPU i found.. well this was 2007