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I got a system last year that was supposed fairly decent and meant to be a backbone to what I really wanted. I wasn't impressed. It's time to salvage what I can from what I call (The Baby Beast) to a full on beast mode computer.

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(What I have)

Case: AZZA FUSION 3000 FULL TOWER
Harddrive: 1TB SATA III 7200 RPM 3.5" HARD DRIVE
Ram: 4 GB DDR3/ 1600 MHZ MEMORY (Total 16GB)
Disc Drive: BLACK SONY 24X DVDRW
Motherboard: ASROCK Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3 INTEL Z68 ATX MB
Power Supply: COOLERMASTER SILENT PRO GOLD 1000W POWER SUPPLY
GPU: (2x)SUPERCLOCK EVGA NVIDIA GTX 580 1.5GB PCI-E
Processor: OEM INTEL I7-2700K 3.50 GHZ 8M LGA 1155
$1,725
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I need a CGI Machine

I'd like to use what I have to help construct a 12 CORE SYSTEM (I have no interest in anything else) My budget is $5,000 (soft cap) $6,000 (Hard Cap). And I'ld like a pretty nice case at Black with Blue light or Silver with Blue Light (Something tall and impressive (no cubes please. The parts need to actually be available.

(No Monitor Neceesary)

I will post pictures of the build when complete.
 
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Beast Mode ENGAGE http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ox7q

Have fun, you should be able to salvage your HDD and Optical drive out of your current build, case is personal preference so i left it out but you have plenty of headroom in your budget for one. Should turn out to be an absolute monster. And i added a PSU becasue CM PSUs aren't that great Silent pro's are tier 3. The Antec High Current Pro is Tier 1 should last 10+ years easy.
 
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I'm far from an expert but the build only looks like it has 6 cores. Is there a Dual Socket version of that motherboard?

 
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@Noob12,

I have Case almost exactly like that one from Cyberpower only not as tall and with blue lights.




Then my question would be...
1. Will this board fit in any server case ( say like the case Noob13 shows) if not then can anyway recommend one?
2. Can I keep my GTX 580's (in other words will this board support these Cards?
3. Does 1,000 Watts give me enough power for these monsters (GPU'S and Motherboard 12 Core
4. Can I keep my current Ram?

I appreciate your help.
I would like to get started buying the parts as-soon-as-possible but I don't want to have compatibility issues with screwing things in or lack of power or driver problems (which might happen anyway)
 
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1. It will actually fit in any ATX sized Chassis, so it should have more than enough room in your case.
2. Yes your RAM is compatible.
3. Don't stick with that power supply. Cooler Master are notoriously bad. They tend to blow up, and when it takes your $6000 CGI machine down with it, I doubt you'd be very pleased. Apparently the Pro Gold one's are alright, but personally I'd still only trust them as far as I can throw them. GTX 580 are absolute beasts as well as far as power consumption in concerned, and when you combine that with 2 processers the power draw is going to go through the roof. Most people recommend 1000W for SLI 580s with only 1 processor. Personally I'd feel a lot safer with an AX 1200i, you have the budget to afford it!
4. Yes you can. I don't know how much RAM CGI takes up though, and if it benefits a lot from faster RAM (maybe like 2133). That's something to look into.

EDIT: Also the processors don't come with coolers, so you'll need to take that into consideration.

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Wait, are you saying the Cabinent I have already bought could fit a Dual Socket Board?
I'll measure it when I get home but I measured it for the SRX Dual Socket and it came up incredibly short in height

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I was told by the guy that did several sequences for AVENGERS that he was sporting a 12 core system to reduce render time. I would prefer to get this right this time rather than having to rebuy and sell parts after the fact because time is more important than the money.


 
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The ASUS I linked is considerably smaller than the SRX. This is because the layout of the RAM slots is a lot tighter on the ASUS.

I'm fairly sure it should easily fit in your current case, since I've seen a build log of the motherboard in a Cooler Master HAF XB ATX Computer Case, which is not the largest of cases.

The thing I worry is that it might not support dual video cards in an SLI configuration, which I imagine would be important for you.

EDIT: I feel like you might have to go with the SR-X if you want dual-CPU AND SLI support :/ Nothing else out there seems to support it.

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Are you sure you can't use the CUDA Cores from having 2x nVidia cards, or is the stronger GPGPU compute from AMD's cards better for CGI? I honestly don't know myself, so you'd have to look it up. Otherwise the build looks solid to my eyes (bear in mind I have no experience with CGI rendering).

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