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So, hey people, I'm new here... so I want to know what I need to buy, so first things firs... I have $4100 dls. second.. I almost use all the time, adobe premiere, after effects, cinema 4d and some times zbrush and maya... in video I work from full hd to 2k and 4k. so some times I do rendering for architecture also...

So thats what I have and the programs I use, so I wanted to go and muy a workstation for this, so some said... BUY A INTEL... and others BUY AMD... and some said MAKE A NVIDIA MAXIMUS and I was like I LIKE THE FIREPRO W7000... SO WHATS BETTER? I was configuring this computer the other day the http://www.titanuscomputers.com/Titanus-A275-Dual-AMD-Opteron-Seoul-4300-Series-p/a275.htm

With 32 gb. ram, a w7000, OPTERON 12 cores or maybe 16 cores... thats on the main thing... the other things are just accesories, but is it really the best option? or should I go for intel, please I really need to know a real answer... because I just want the render and transcoding video fast enough to make a good workflow... so would like some help from you guys on this... I have been reading a lot for this but hell... Im not a computer genious I just want to render faster!
 
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Is that what you're looking for? Well you came to the right place >:D. The build that I'm going to give you is not overkill only if you want to spend all your money is the question. Do you want to spend 4100?? That's a lot man! A high end pc will cost you about 2000 at most, but very well my friend, I will give you what you need and try to set a budget for 2000 usd for your sake... You don't need more i guess... First off, for those programs that myself and yourself both like, you will need a Nvidia card! nvidia cards have cuda cores... Cuda cores are the little things inside your graphics card ;), these little things work best with programs as such you and I both use (what I'm saying is buy a damn nvidia) my recommendation for that budget, is get the nvidia Titan! No. Don't if its too expensive, it's really not worth it. You really don't need that expensive, but the 6gb of the Titan will do well in fast rendering and stuff, I kinda have to recommend it if you want the best single GPU card in the market ;). (Price: Titan; 1,100$, gtx 780; 650$ [also if getting 780 I'd say get an sli x2 for your high budget]i didn't include 690 because of the issues and the old architecture) so were moving on the the CPU now! Make sure before buying a CPU, that the CPU is compatible with your motherboard, because I ordered a motherboard and the CPU was not for it and I returned motherboard later... I can help you with choosing both. The CPU I recommend for your build is the Intel Core i7-3930K, K is the initial intel uses for overclocking, and I would reckon you cool the heck out of it, and this one is a beast that will set you back about (540$). If you're choosing that CPU then you NEED an x79 motherboard with it, I will only recommend one for the convenience of this reply letter. ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Link: http://amzn.com/B0061XSBZG. I sent a link for a specific reason, it will be hat to find if I didn't... Well, I chose this one for you if you need 3 sli's ( I highly don't recommend that at all, but as you wish)and a lot of RAM slots (8 to be exact!) so, if you need alot of ram, I can say you're not going to run out of them ;). The USB 3.0 is a standard to all new motherboards, the transfer rate is fast on this one ( 6gb/s but what you expect from a high end board ^^) oh and by the way, this was the board I ordered by mistake >.< (Price 320$). As for the psu you Wanamaker get something like 800-1000w for psi 1200w (I'm not sure of that, my friend , I don't really know, correct me if I'm wrong, I like to Learn from my mistakes) I like corsair for the psu. The ram, I think you or the one, 32 gigs is more than enough, but is it really enough? Is it really? I mean if you think about it, what are all those 8 RAM ports lyin' around doin' on your motherboard, you see where I'm going? No. Actually I'm just kidding with ya, 32 is more than enough, ( that's another thing of you play minecraft xD you might wanna coincided increasing ram xD :joke:) so I'd say, stick to that if you wanna keep some money for a descent mouse, or even drawing pads! Or nice keyboards or monitors or even headsets, you decide! So if you need more on the cooling and other stuff just reply to this and tell me that you do, and oh one more thing, I don't recommend you buying a soundcard because your onboard sound on that motherboard is pretty nice (unless you're a sound whore ofcoarse) if you're thinking about a soundcard, that will set you back a nice 300 bucks for the best models!! I hope you liked my reply message, I'll appreciate it if you do ;) good luck with your life and career, and maybe that I helped you now, you can repay me by helping me in those programs that you use, thanks for reading this and a hundred thanks, I know that it's too long and even if you couldn't bare until this moment of reading I can understand.
 
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arvakur

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hahahahaha damn your post really got me mainly for the $$$ thing, I have still some questions to go, for example have you tried your rigg with what? 2k? 4k? lets say a transcoding clip for lets say 20 minutes? at full hd..., and what bout cinema 4d? rendering a raytrace scene at 2k? a single animation of 4 seconds lets say a logo introduction at full hd how much is it taking? I think Im going to give a try to the MINECRAFT thing sounds grate hahahahaha, though I rent my computer also, I make corporate videos and I pay an editor for editing and I charge also the computer for day... so there I can have some backup money for the piggy. Its more like an investment... The thing is for example have you tried rendering with more than 10,000,000 polygons? Im really worried bout... time is money, the last month i did a video and had to use the after effects, photoshop, cinema 4d and adobre premiere at the same time.

I really want to know how bout your rigg... have your tried it with that kind of work? I think I will go for the W7000 still.
 
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After all that you're going with the w7000 >.< lol jk, as I said, my 780 is quite a beast at doing this, and works flawlessly with poly edit and stuff like zbrush, you wouldn't believe the poly count on That, I'm telling you, no lag, sli means 2 or more graphics card, I said 780 sli, but if you wanna take it a step higher, go for the Titan sli 2x (2,200$) take it as an investment, if you're all using it, that's 12 GB of VRAM >.< too muuuuch!!! But you can always have more ;) the motherboard supports 3, however I you want the Titan sli you have to get a psu with a nice amount of power in there, the Titan needs a lot of power or else it won't live up to its potential, because the Titan is simply one hell of a graphics card, meaning it needs a well amount of juice. So here you go, I hope I didn't miss on anything, and I use those software so ofcoarse I'm sure, but as ill give you a hint bro, if you thing you want an sli, but 1 first, then if you don't like how it's going, then buy another one, I highly recommend this option!!! And I really don't know what you meant by the w7000?? YOu got me confused. At those resolution I totally say sli if you don't have time to wait, you're sharing it and you need it quickly between others so at that rate you need an sli choose either the 780 2x sli or the Titan 2x sli good luck!. W7000 is amd, don't get AMD for software like that, the nvidia graphics cards are better in the line of business, so I hope you a good editing job
 
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After all that you're going with the w7000 >.< lol jk, as I said, my 780 is quite a beast at doing this, and works flawlessly with poly edit and stuff like zbrush, you wouldn't believe the poly count on That, I'm telling you, no lag, sli means 2 or more graphics card, I said 780 sli, but if you wanna take it a step higher, go for the Titan sli 2x (2,200$) take it as an investment, if you're all using it, that's 12 GB of VRAM >.< too muuuuch!!! But you can always have more ;) the motherboard supports 3, however I you want the Titan sli you have to get a psu with a nice amount of power in there, the Titan needs a lot of power or else it won't live up to its potential, because the Titan is simply one hell of a graphics card, meaning it needs a well amount of juice. So here you go, I hope I didn't miss on anything, and I use those software so ofcoarse I'm sure, but as ill give you a hint bro, if you thing you want an sli, but 1 first, then if you don't like how it's going, then buy another one, I highly recommend this option!!! And I really don't know what you meant by the w7000?? YOu got me confused. At those resolution I totally say sli if you don't have time to wait, you're sharing it and you need it quickly between others so at that rate you need an sli choose either the 780 2x sli or the Titan 2x sli good luck!. W7000 is amd, don't get AMD for software like that, the nvidia graphics cards are better in the line of business, so I hope you a good editing job[/quotemsg]

So... it has been working for you, I think it sounds like a good solution to me, the FIREPRO W7000 I was talking about... thanks, i think I would play SIM CITY after all hahahaahah... but it sounds like a good advices you gave to me, I was wondering would you recomend a single cpu?
 
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NICE!!! check out the TITANUS COMPUTERS... what specs you would be searching??? I like dual AMD but the OPTERON 6000 its lower than the FX8000 but hey... 16 cores working on a render... using up to 4 cards... I think thats a good monster... have you seen the 64 cores? thats a real beast... but that config is just 4k and still is a good rendering option... for 3d... I think for me I would stay on 12 or 16 cores... maybe up to 32 cores... and a single W7000...
 
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20k... what are you going to do with that? EXPLODE JAPAN FOR THE SECOND TIME? JK...

 
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