Basic Sketchup , D5 Render Workstation

[Kurgen]

Hi all, my corporate zbook, has been re-imaged its now so locked down its basically an email machine with AutoCAD... and no hope of installing anything usefull... I have however been given the go ahead to get something to use "off grid".

I know the below is fine, i use a Ryzen 5900 and GTX3060ti at home for the same thing. increasing the GPU doesnt give signicant gains in D5 render for my use case. (mostly internal office scenes)..

Just wondered if you lot have any thoughts, or spot any errors. trying to not to have anything to RGB or bling.. and i will pick a non windowed case if they come back into stock. I did look at the 7900, but the software is GPU bound rather than multicore CPU.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Six Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02677) = £179.99
• 1 x MSI PRO B840-P WIFI (AMD AM5) B840 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03997) = £139.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (SKU: MEM-CRU-03115) = £79.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-09Q-PT) = £89.99
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 White Mini CPU Air Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03283) = £24.95
• 1 x Crucial E100 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-04340) = £47.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Dual 8GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PAL-04924) = £299.98
• 1 x be quiet! PURE BASE 501 Airflow Window White (SKU: CAS-BEQ-03817) = £89.99

Total: £952.87 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[tamzzy]

Just wondered if you lot have any thoughts, or spot any errors. trying to not to have anything to RGB or bling.. and i will pick a non windowed case if they come back into stock

Do you really need an all-white build if you're going with a non-windowed case?
Also the E100 is a scam-tier SSD with terrible TBW, would 100% avoid

I'm guessing your total budget is approx £1k?

 

[Gray2233]

Are you planning to game at all on this or is it purely work related?

If no gaming is involved I'd seriously consider the 265K instead, it's hard to beat for the price in most work related tasks.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x OcUK Gaming Z87 Bundle - Intel Ultra 7 265K - MSI Z890 (SKU: PRO-INT-05764) = £449.99
• 1 x Kolink Observatory Duo ARGB Midi Tower Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-077-KK) = £49.99
• 1 x Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 Black ARGB V3 All In One CPU Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03256) = £49.99
• 1 x Crucial T500 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01089) = £77.75
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 C40 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-05108) = £169.99
• 1 x Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9060 XT Gaming 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPR-05182) = £239.99

Total: £1,122.65 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Better (on average) work related CPU, more RAM although you could save on the build by reducing to 32gb if it's really not necessary, a much better NvME, more powerful ATX 3.X PSU for the same money.

You could probably save on the HSF by going with an air cooler too if you're not going to be hammering the CPU for prolonged periods.

 

[tamzzy]

If no gaming is involved I'd seriously consider the 265K instead, it's hard to beat for the price in most work related tasks.

i've just had a quick look

sketchup = single core thread performance matters most
d5 render = ray-tracing capable GPU with +++ VRAM matters most

so basically asking for a £1k gaming rig

 

[Gray2233]

i've just had a quick look

sketchup = single core thread performance matters most
d5 render = ray-tracing capable GPU with +++ VRAM matters most

so basically asking for a £1k gaming rig

Hah.

Disregard the above then.

Fiddle in a 9600 and a a 16gb 5060ti if that's the case, should be easy enough for a grand.

 

[tamzzy]

Fiddle in a 9600 and a a 16gb 5060ti if that's the case, should be easy enough for a grand.

best i could do but overbudget

but 64gb ram tho lol

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-4800040 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-02842) = £169.99
• 1 x Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Python III 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-GNW-04902) = £379.99
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03128) = £49.99
• 1 x Lian Li A3 mATX White (SKU: CAS-LIA-02353) = £59.96
• 1 x Arctic P12 Silent Black Fan - 120mm (SKU: FG-04L-AR) = £4.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £160.99
• 1 x Asrock B850M-X WiFi R2.0 (Socket AM5) DDR5 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-05290) = £124.99
• 1 x MSI MAG A650BN UK PSU 650W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (SKU: POW-MSI-03345) = £49.99

Total: £1,042.87 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

 

[Tetras]

I know the below is fine, i use a Ryzen 5900 and GTX3060ti at home for the same thing. increasing the GPU doesnt give signicant gains in D5 render for my use case. (mostly internal office scenes)..

Would you be better off giving yourself a decent graphics upgrade and just re-using the 3060 Ti for this build?

 

[Quartz]

Rather than a gaming GPU, how about professional GPUs with more VRAM?

 

[tamzzy]

Would you be better off giving yourself a decent graphics upgrade and just re-using the 3060 Ti for this build?

I have however been given the go ahead to get something to use "off grid".

if the office is paying for it then probably not lol

 

[Gray2233]

best i could do but overbudget

but 64gb ram tho lol

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-4800040 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-02842) = £169.99
• 1 x Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Python III 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-GNW-04902) = £379.99
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03128) = £49.99
• 1 x Lian Li A3 mATX White (SKU: CAS-LIA-02353) = £59.96
• 1 x Arctic P12 Silent Black Fan - 120mm (SKU: FG-04L-AR) = £4.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £160.99
• 1 x Asrock B850M-X WiFi R2.0 (Socket AM5) DDR5 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-05290) = £124.99
• 1 x MSI MAG A650BN UK PSU 650W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (SKU: POW-MSI-03345) = £49.99

Total: £1,042.87 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

I'd call that a winner for £1050.

Those MSI budget PSUs are actually pretty decent too, reviewed well on Tom's Hardware. Bit of a godsend for tight budgets.

 

[tamzzy]

Those MSI budget PSUs are actually pretty decent too, reviewed well on Tom's Hardware. Bit of a godsend for tight budgets.

correct. i have one of those in use (a550bn). so i'm speccing from experience too

 

[Tetras]

if the office is paying for it then probably not lol

Could just bill 'em for a 3060 Ti, but fit a 5070 Ti in his system.

 

[tamzzy]

Could just bill 'em for a 3060 Ti, but fit a 5070 Ti in his system.

if only the company/HMRC take handwritten receipts

 

[tamzzy]

Could just bill 'em for a 3060 Ti, but fit a 5070 Ti in his system.

if only the company/HMRC take handwritten receipts

but to be fair, for gaming, the 7600+5060ti combo would be miles ahead of the 5900x+3060ti combo (or 5900x + 5060ti if one were to do a sneaky gpu swap)
so if i were kurgen, i would repurpose the current pc to be the work pc, and use the new pc as the gaming pc

 

[Kurgen]

lmao icant repurpose, i need to buy this for work without any cheating, thanks for all the suggestions will take on board