- Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:25 pm
#396261
Hi and happy 2018 to all !
I am looking into buying a new workstation, optimised for the below workflow:
Modelling in Rhino 3d & rendering in MR, hires images 10.000 x 10.000 (for printing large format at 300 dpi), with lots of hi-res displacement maps and SSS.
May I have your feedback on the below machine please:
CPU:
Overclocked Intel® Core™ i9-7980XE 18 Core (2.60GHz @ up to 4.6GHz)
Motherboard:
ASUS® PRIME X299-A: ATX, USB 3.1, SATA 6 GB/s, RGB Ready
RAM:
128GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (8 x 16GB)
HDD:
500GB SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3200MB/R, 1900MB/W)
GPU:
11GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - DVI, HDMI, DP
POWER:
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
COOLING:
Noctua NH-U14S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler
OS:
Genuine Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit
£
4750
couple of questions:
- Is it safe to get the CPU overclocked or is there a risk of unstable system (the vendor does the overclocking so it will be done professionally)?
- the GTX 1080 Ti costs pretty much same as Quadro P4000, which one is better in your opinion for both modelling in Rhino and GPU rendering? (I am thinking about getting second GPU once MR provides full functionality, so will have two of these)
- And finally, regarding the CPU, do you think that dual Xeon system would be a better choice in regards to cutting down render times?
thanks a lot!
Dan
I am looking into buying a new workstation, optimised for the below workflow:
Modelling in Rhino 3d & rendering in MR, hires images 10.000 x 10.000 (for printing large format at 300 dpi), with lots of hi-res displacement maps and SSS.
May I have your feedback on the below machine please:
CPU:
Overclocked Intel® Core™ i9-7980XE 18 Core (2.60GHz @ up to 4.6GHz)
Motherboard:
ASUS® PRIME X299-A: ATX, USB 3.1, SATA 6 GB/s, RGB Ready
RAM:
128GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (8 x 16GB)
HDD:
500GB SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3200MB/R, 1900MB/W)
GPU:
11GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - DVI, HDMI, DP
POWER:
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
COOLING:
Noctua NH-U14S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler
OS:
Genuine Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit
£
4750
couple of questions:
- Is it safe to get the CPU overclocked or is there a risk of unstable system (the vendor does the overclocking so it will be done professionally)?
- the GTX 1080 Ti costs pretty much same as Quadro P4000, which one is better in your opinion for both modelling in Rhino and GPU rendering? (I am thinking about getting second GPU once MR provides full functionality, so will have two of these)
- And finally, regarding the CPU, do you think that dual Xeon system would be a better choice in regards to cutting down render times?
thanks a lot!
Dan