Looking For best system configuration

[Nithin57]

Hi everyone,

Can someone please suggest a system configuration best suited 3D graphics for a budget of around 4,500 $. I mainly do rendering in corona,octane,arion,Vray, lighting & composting and software i use is (3DS Max, Photoshop,unreal engine,realflow), hence my requirement is a system that reduces the render time to the possible minimum.

 

[Ketchup]

I have recommended that your thread be moved over to general hardware, but right off I would suggest Haswell-E for handling such a task, since your budget supports it. Maybe not the i7-5960X (which I don't recommend against), because even a 5930K would be a great chip here. Make sure you get enough RAM, maybe a couple kits of 8 GB/stick.

What parts do you have now (screen OS, etc)?

 

[Burpo]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CAD-VIDEO-R...800993?hash=item48888100a1:g:5yQAAOSwoydWmnRa

http://www.ebay.com/itm/8X-CORE-WOR...783708?hash=item1eaa748c5c:g:w4gAAOSwGotWo26f

 

[XavierMace]

ROFL. $4,400 systems and they're using OEM CPU coolers.

 

[Burpo]

Probably because it's mostly GPU rendering.. That's the bottom line when rendering. You want the most CUDA cores you can get and as much VRAM as you can get.

"(CUDA Cores#) x (Clock Speed) x (GPU Architecture) = Relative Performance.
This means that for a given GPU architecture and clock speed, iray performance will scale linearly with the number of CUDA cores present on the GPU, and for a given architecture and core count iray will scale linearly with clock speed. The GPU family (Quadro, Tesla or GeForce) does not have additional influence on how iray uses it.

How much GPU memory is needed for 3ds Max iray rendering?
The entire scene must fit into GPU graphics memory in order for iray to take advantage of GPU acceleration. If the scene does not fit unto into a GPU’s memory, that GPU is ignored and all processing takes place on the CPU and in RAM and run much more slowly. If the scene exceeds RAM, then iray will use virtual memory and run more slowly yet."

http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/shane/the_iray_faq

If op wants fastest possible rendering, add another Titan (or 2) and a bigger power supply..

At least the ebay seller provides choices.

"Here is how to use this eBay configurator:
Use the drop down menus to select the component you want to change."

 

[XavierMace]

Yes, I'm familiar with CUDA rendering. Doesn't change the fact it's a $4,400 that couldn't be bothered to spend even $30 on a better cooler.

 

[Ketchup]

Yes, I'm familiar with CUDA rendering. Doesn't change the fact it's a $4,400 that couldn't be bothered to spend even $30 on a better cooler.

Agreed. Also wouldn't spend that much on a computer without an SSD. And while more graphics card memory is a plus, is a Titan Z necessary here? I know that with the OPs budget, "might as well" would be applicable, but going down to 8 would save a lot of money for a little less RAM.