New build for 3D modelling

Tigermad · 23 Jan 2012 at 11:59

Hi

Hubby is building a new system to do his 3d rendering on. This is all the pc will be used for apart from surfing the web and photoshop work. The software he uses is Octane which requires an NVIDIA graphic card with as many cores and memory as possible. The modelling is very CPU and memory intensive hence the I7 and 16gb ram. Could anyone please advise if the spec below looks good for what he requires it for?

The case is a watercooled one, is this going over the top?

1 x CS Storm Trooper case
1 x socket 1155 Intel i7 2600k cpu
1 x Noctua NH-D14 CPU cooler
2 x MSI 2GB 560ti twin frozr GPUs
1 x ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution motherboard
4 x 4GB corsair vengeance DDR3 1600 ram
1 x Corsair 850W Enthusiast PSU
1 x Corsair 120GB SATA3 SSD

stulid · 23 Jan 2012 at 12:05

Hello there.

A few things,

1) The RAM is too tall for the Noctua heatsink, get Corsair XMS3, Kingston hperX or the Vengeance low profile.

2) Z68 board, P67 chipsets are being phased out.

3) Do you have a SATA DVD rive etc?

Tigermad · 23 Jan 2012 at 12:10

stulid said:
Hello there.

A few things,

1) The RAM is too tall for the Noctua heatsink, get Corsair XMS3, Kingston hperX or the Vengeance low profile.

2) Z68 board, P67 chipsets are being phased out.

3) Do you have a SATA DVD rive etc?

Thanks for the speedy response.

1) Thanks for the memory tip, saved some hassle

2) This is the only board that can do the job at the moment. The X58 would be too expensive.
3) yep, got a sata drive already.

stulid · 23 Jan 2012 at 12:11

What job is it you are looking for in a motherboard?

Also the X58 is for the older socket 1366 CPU's. The Z68 range offer everything the P67 range do but with a few added features.

Tigermad · 23 Jan 2012 at 12:14

stulid said:
What job is it you are looking for in a motherboard?

Also the X58 is for the older socket 1366 CPU's.

Sorry meant the X79.

Motherboard needs to support 3 GPUS and 1155 chipset for the I7. Will be adding my existing GTX260 the system.

stulid · 23 Jan 2012 at 12:17

This supports three GFX cards,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-056-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

It uses a NF200 chip to add extra PCI lanes.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=Z68%20Extreme7%20Gen3&cat=Specifications

- 5 x PCI Express x16 slots (single at PCIE 3.0* x16 (PCIE2) mode, dual at PCIE 2.0 x16 (PCIE1) / PCIE 2.0 x16 (PCIE4) mode, or tripple at PCIE 2.0 x16 (PCIE1) / PCIE 2.0 x8 (PCIE4) / PCIE 2.0 x8 (PCIE6) mode; PCIE5: PCIE 2.0 x4 mode)

Tigermad · 23 Jan 2012 at 12:42

stulid said:
This supports three GFX cards,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-056-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

It uses a NF200 chip to add extra PCI lanes.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=Z68%20Extreme7%20Gen3&cat=Specifications

Its a nice looking board but will bump my budget up a bit more. I don't really need the Z68 because the res isn't high enough.

stulid · 23 Jan 2012 at 12:55

Then there's not much else to be said, the other parts are fine.

What Corsair PSU is it?

Have you seen this - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-000-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497