A new PC, what should I buy?

jowolf

Hello everyone!!

I am writing because soon I will buy a new PC, actually I am working with my laptop, you can Imagine the long times that I have to wait to render my images xD 

Probably I will buy a new pc with 32Gb Ram, GPU Nvidia 1080 ti 11G ROG STRIX and Intel i5 or i7, Is that good/enough to work without problems in DAZ? should I choose AMD instead of Intel? is there another thing that I shouldn`t miss?

Thanks for the recommendations!!

alexhcowley

Assuming you're using Iray, your basic spec is fine.  I would suggest a 4 core, 4ghz i7 as your processor.  Make sure you have a decent sized PSU to handle the power requirements.  A big case with good airflow is a good idea, to keep your GPU cool.

Cheers,

Alex.

jowolf

alexhcowley said:

Assuming you're using Iray, your basic spec is fine.  I would suggest a 4 core, 4ghz i7 as your processor.  Make sure you have a decent sized PSU to handle the power requirements.  A big case with good airflow is a good idea, to keep your GPU cool.

Cheers,

Alex.

Thank you for the info!!! :) 

Cheers,

KM2016

As Alex mentioned the 4 core, 8 thread i7 is a fine choice.  AMD's newer cpu, Ryzen, is likely to be an even better choice if 3D creation and rendering are your major concerns.  Compare the i7 7700K with the Ryzen 1700x.  The Nvidia gpu would be the only choice if you were only concerned about daz studio or other renderers that use iray, but consider the merits of an AMD gpu if you are using other programs, and those programs are compatable with an AMD gpu.

Ongoing Moment

That sounds like a great computer setup. I have an AMD Ryzen 1600 and I love it. A few glitches and growing pains later the 6 cores 12 threads lets me easily multitask while a render is baking in thebackground. I think the higher clock speed core i7 will be great also.

john_9bea886c

I have a 3.5GHz i7 with 32GB of Corsair RAM and a Nvidia GTX980 with 4GB of dedicated RAM. That GPU lets me render in iRay in the background with the CPU switched off so I can even continue my office work while it runs, or I can enable the CPU and it reduces the render time by around 40% and I can still do basic windows tasks (email etc).

I built the system around 3 years ago and set out based on fixed budget. I think this is important, and it's the best way to go: fix your budget then get the best hardware you can within that figure. Otherwise, you'll inflate your budget to go "just a bit better".

The PSU is vital as well, don't go cheap on that or it will be a total waste of money. An under-powered PSU will start to cause all sorts of wierd and - often, for a while - unnoticable errors. Then you'll get a random BSOD, or a corrupted file, or a fail-to-boot or suchlike.

For the type of system above, I would not go below a 1,000W but you should add up the individual wattage to ensure you are comfortably meeting the load. Personally I would recommend EVGA. I've had one for 2 years after blowing two 850W Corsair units.

jowolf

KM2016 said:

As Alex mentioned the 4 core, 8 thread i7 is a fine choice.  AMD's newer cpu, Ryzen, is likely to be an even better choice if 3D creation and rendering are your major concerns.  Compare the i7 7700K with the Ryzen 1700x.  The Nvidia gpu would be the only choice if you were only concerned about daz studio or other renderers that use iray, but consider the merits of an AMD gpu if you are using other programs, and those programs are compatable with an AMD gpu.

 

Ongoing Moment said:

That sounds like a great computer setup. I have an AMD Ryzen 1600 and I love it. A few glitches and growing pains later the 6 cores 12 threads lets me easily multitask while a render is baking in thebackground. I think the higher clock speed core i7 will be great also.

 

john_9bea886c said:

I have a 3.5GHz i7 with 32GB of Corsair RAM and a Nvidia GTX980 with 4GB of dedicated RAM. That GPU lets me render in iRay in the background with the CPU switched off so I can even continue my office work while it runs, or I can enable the CPU and it reduces the render time by around 40% and I can still do basic windows tasks (email etc).

I built the system around 3 years ago and set out based on fixed budget. I think this is important, and it's the best way to go: fix your budget then get the best hardware you can within that figure. Otherwise, you'll inflate your budget to go "just a bit better".

The PSU is vital as well, don't go cheap on that or it will be a total waste of money. An under-powered PSU will start to cause all sorts of wierd and - often, for a while - unnoticable errors. Then you'll get a random BSOD, or a corrupted file, or a fail-to-boot or suchlike.

For the type of system above, I would not go below a 1,000W but you should add up the individual wattage to ensure you are comfortably meeting the load. Personally I would recommend EVGA. I've had one for 2 years after blowing two 850W Corsair units.

Thank you very much for all your answers!! i won`t buy AMD`s CPU because isn`t available the newer one here, so  I see my final computer will be something like this:

Intel CPU I7-6700 4.2GHz (I read that I7-7700 is just a little bit stronger, probably less than 5% but it has some crashes and the Hardware gets hot really fast)

MSI M/B intel H270 PC MATE

NVIDIA 1080Ti 11G STRIX (I already bought it :D )

CoolerMaster 750W (Reading your comments Maybe I should get something better?)

Windows 10 home OEM 64 bits

Thanks!!!

JamesJAB

jowolf said:

KM2016 said:

As Alex mentioned the 4 core, 8 thread i7 is a fine choice.  AMD's newer cpu, Ryzen, is likely to be an even better choice if 3D creation and rendering are your major concerns.  Compare the i7 7700K with the Ryzen 1700x.  The Nvidia gpu would be the only choice if you were only concerned about daz studio or other renderers that use iray, but consider the merits of an AMD gpu if you are using other programs, and those programs are compatable with an AMD gpu.

 

Ongoing Moment said:

That sounds like a great computer setup. I have an AMD Ryzen 1600 and I love it. A few glitches and growing pains later the 6 cores 12 threads lets me easily multitask while a render is baking in thebackground. I think the higher clock speed core i7 will be great also.

 

john_9bea886c said:

I have a 3.5GHz i7 with 32GB of Corsair RAM and a Nvidia GTX980 with 4GB of dedicated RAM. That GPU lets me render in iRay in the background with the CPU switched off so I can even continue my office work while it runs, or I can enable the CPU and it reduces the render time by around 40% and I can still do basic windows tasks (email etc).

I built the system around 3 years ago and set out based on fixed budget. I think this is important, and it's the best way to go: fix your budget then get the best hardware you can within that figure. Otherwise, you'll inflate your budget to go "just a bit better".

The PSU is vital as well, don't go cheap on that or it will be a total waste of money. An under-powered PSU will start to cause all sorts of wierd and - often, for a while - unnoticable errors. Then you'll get a random BSOD, or a corrupted file, or a fail-to-boot or suchlike.

For the type of system above, I would not go below a 1,000W but you should add up the individual wattage to ensure you are comfortably meeting the load. Personally I would recommend EVGA. I've had one for 2 years after blowing two 850W Corsair units.

Thank you very much for all your answers!! i won`t buy AMD`s CPU because isn`t available the newer one here, so  I see my final computer will be something like this:

Intel CPU I7-6700 4.2GHz (I read that I7-7700 is just a little bit stronger, probably less than 5% but it has some crashes and the Hardware gets hot really fast)

MSI M/B intel H270 PC MATE

NVIDIA 1080Ti 11G STRIX (I already bought it :D )

CoolerMaster 750W (Reading your comments Maybe I should get something better?)

Windows 10 home OEM 64 bits

Thanks!!!

I would spend the extra to get Windows 10 Pro OEM (64bit) instead of the home version.