Hey There LebGeeks :)

I've always searched your forums and it was pretty helpful.
Today I want your expertise, because i want to buy my first rendering workstation, I've set a high budget (5~6K), so i don't want to make the wrong choices.

I've read couple of topics about this but none of them was helpful enough, in the other hand, it helped to know a bit more stuff about the project in hand.

I've done my research and made a list of the items that i have in mind, and most of the parts are from Pc and Parts.

Take a breath and start reading:


Best Regards,
Ali
You got yourself a good renderin station there i've built a couple myself for a company i would recomend the nvidia 980ti instead of the titan 95% of the performance and if u overclock it u can get the same result.
Cuda is like the cores inside the gpu physix is the technology used to apply the rules of phisics
And when it comes to the psu the screens don't use the power they have external power source so no worries you are fine.
Not sure about the xeon but i know that if u go for a xeon it will cost you more since you need to change board and rams
Silentcontrol wroteYou got yourself a good renderin station there i've built a couple myself for a company i would recomend the nvidia 980ti instead of the titan 95% of the performance and if u overclock it u can get the same result.
Cuda is like the cores inside the gpu physix is the technology used to apply the rules of phisics
Well do you recommend the xeon or i7 for rendering ? and what's the difference, i've read that more Cores = Faster rendering times
That's partly true but i think you should stick for the i7 get one with 8 cores i thinks the one you already chose come with 8 cores you will be amazed at how fast it will work.
Plus if you know how to use ur gpu at the same time there my friend you ll see thw real magic happen
Silentcontrol wrote Plus if you know how to use ur gpu at the same time
sorry but didn't get what you mean
And i've noticed that the same GPU is being manufactured by different companies

i.e.:

_ TITAN X 12 GB: by Asus and eVGA

_GTX 980Ti 6GB: by asus, gigabyte, msi

what's the difference and witch one do you recommend ?
the differences are minor i usually go for MSI in lebanon you find it easily or whatever is cheapest.
what usually differs is the base clockspeed some cards come overclocked by stock, nothing you cannot do yourself and easily.
I don't know how to do it but some people render stuff using there graphic card and cpu at the same time witch makes it so fast
but as i said go for the 980 Ti the titan EX will cost a lot more and no difference will be noticed, unless you need those extra 6GB of VRAM witch i doubt you will ever use
honestly i dont prefer overclocking, is it worth the risk ?
there is no risk in overclocking you might be confusing overclocking with overvolting
over clocking is easy all you do is add some more frequency to your max clockspeed to use your graphic car to the max without adding more voltage ( wich can be dangerous)
if you add alot while overclocking the nvidia driver will crash and restart that's all then you know you need to slow down a bit
plenty of tutorials on how to do it on youtube for gpu it's easy but cpu it's kind of harder not impossible though
and what do you think concerning the SSDs and RAM ?
go for 1 TB ssd if you don't know how to raid and ram wont matter as much as you can afford the clockspeed is not that important there in 1 render between the lowest ram and highest end one it will differ like 5 second of render time
do you know if it's possible to render two scenes at the same time ?

when rendering on my laptop ( i7-4700MQ @2.4Ghz - 16 Gb Ram - 2gb nvidia GT 780M )

the cpu hits 99% while the rams are more than enough

when rendering on the new 8 core processor, will the cpu be hitting 99% as well ? or i may open two different scenes and render two views at the same time ? thats when i' ll be needing more RAM, if not, 32s are much more than enough for me
go for 32 at first you can always add rams not sure how rendering work but i know it will cosume 99% of your cpu to finish faster so in theory u can limit 1 scene to 50 % and the other 50 % but not sure if you can do it. i have no knowledge of rendering I only did research to build the pcs for those rendering companies and i saw the diffrence between there old rendering stations and the new one we were all amazed !
@AliNoureddine

For the Case I Recommend to Go With Thermal Take Urban T81 - Very Heavy Duty and Three Pre-Installed 200mm Fans, with a full window and suicide doors. My Station Operates 6/7 Days , no Over Heating , GPU Stable 30 Degrees on Idle (0 rpm) and CPU 28 Degree - Air Cooled - on Idle.

For the Power Supply: Thermaltake PS-TPG-0850FP ToughPower Grand Platinum 850W

CPU: i7 5960x is a Great Choice for Rendering , comparably Xeon E5-2650 V3, a 2.3GHz 10 core 20 Threads, has a lower clock but more core and threads with a relatively good price , but I do not know the availability of it in Lebanon plus ECC Rams are more reliable but much expensive or I will go with i7 5960x

CPU Cooler: Corsair GTX Hydro H100i GTX Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

SSD: Stick with a 1TB SSD + add a WD Black Edition 2 TB HD

Ram: HyperX Predator 32GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 3000 (PC4-24000) - Enough for Rendering

GPU: Since You Have the Budget stick with the Titan X - Awesome for Rendering and 12 GB Vram are great for such purposes.

For the Mother Board: Asus Rampage Extreme V - X99

Monitor: If You Want to Render at 1080p - that is a great choice , another choice is Asus PB287Q 4K UHD 28” LED if you willing to render at 2160p.


OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

Led Lighting: OK , but I have them they are kind of dim so I installed a custom modded led strip.

UPS: PCE 2500 UPS Max Pro Series 1200W (2x Batteries) with PM software

W/A: TPLink Archer T4U AC1200 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter

Anti Virus: Kaspersky Internet Security 2016

For Mouse , Speakers , Keyboard You Have Many Choices.
yes what i can remember at least
case thermaltake LVL 10 GT
i7 5th gen ( 8 cores )
32 gb ram
512gb ssd
1 TB hdd
nvidia gtx ( 750 ti ) ( they went cheap here but they didn't know how to render on gpu)
water cooling ( cooler master can't remember the model)
and asus mother board i think X 99 something
psu 750W
@silentcontrol thanks for the help, much appreciated..

@Tech Guru

_ Do you think the KRAKEN G10 - RED gpu cooler is needed ?

_ I guess i'll stick to my usual bitdefender total security

_ i won't be needing the 2TB wd for now, may add this when in need later on

_ the CPU cooler you mentioned is not available on PC and Parts, where should i get from and how much does it cost ? is it much better than the one i mentioned ? i dont have a wide background about liquid cooling, any tips ?

_ didnt find the power supply you mentioned as well

_ not sure about the case, i was considering something that kinda looks like the NZXT H440 or Maingear's shift case, that kind of style

one more thing, the best part of this is building it yourself, but i've never did such thing, do you think i should give it a try or leave it for PC and Parts? i don't think it's that hard..
I am an architect student and this is my rendering station

Cpu:i7 4790k 4GHz with Turbo boost 4.4GHz up to 5Ghz
Mobo: ASUS Maximus VII hero
Grffx Card: ASUS STRIX Gtx980
RAM: Kingston HyperX Beast savage 2*8Gb 2400MHz DDR3
Case : Corsair C70 Vengeance Whhite
PSU: Corsair RM650 Gold Fully Modular
Storage: Samsung EVO850 SSD 250Gb + WD Green 3TB
Cpu Cooler: Thermaltake Frio Extreme
Monitor: Viewsonic VX-2270SMH Wide 22" Full HD LED



When u get yours done, please give me your address as i would desperatly want to see it haha
Satfoun wroteWhen u get yours done, please give me your address as i would desperatly want to see it haha
Sure will do lol, nice build (y) are you getting descent render times ? never used a workstation before, i always render on my Lenovo y510p, specs listed above, hope all this money is worth it !!