PC/Workstation for CAD and 3DS MAX

vladone · Nov 10, 2013

hello guys,

I am trying to build a pc/workstation for working in autocad (not only in 2D but also 3D models with complex geometry) and for rendering in 3ds max with v-ray (scenes with lots of objects, different materials, vegetation and so on).
I am manly interested in finding a motherboard, processor and a graphics card that work good together, but are not very expensive (mid-range pricing). And also other suggestions are welcome.
Also I prefer nvidia graphic cards.

Beezy · Nov 10, 2013

vladone :

If im not mistaken those are pretty CPU intensive tasks..i use programs like blender, sculptris, and i animate too. Gaming is a side plus for my rig. I would recommend an AMD for that because they have more cores, and that means more calculations at once. The AMD fx 63XX series has 6 and the fx 8XXX series are all 8 core.
Im sure any 200$ or more graphics card with 1 or 2 gb of ddr5 would help, but ive heard alot about firepro and quadro gpu for work like that. they can be thousands of dollars though and i dont know much about them. i have an hd 7870 2 gb ddr5 coming in the mail

rockthedesigner · Nov 18, 2013

Beezy :

Personally, I disagree with the concept of using AMD for this type of build. I am building a system myself for the exact same purposes of CAD and 3ds max/vray and a lot of the forums and benchmarks I've seen have stated that AMD is good for gaming but Intel is more reliable if your actually going to be doing complex polygon math calculations. I am actually torn personally right now on my graphics card choice, however. For my budget (mid-rangy) I am looking at doing a 4gb Geforce GTX 770 windforce edition. However I am considering getting a workstation grade mobo (P9X79-E WS LGA 2011) and then adding the Quadro K2000 to my system. I am also leaning toward the i7 4930k. Yes AMD's have more cores, but if you factor in hyperthreading, the i7s gonna give you more performance esp on calcs. You might want to consider rendering engines... iray will take advantage of a gaming graphics card with the higher cuda cores and vram, but if you are doing vray im told its all cpu so better get an i7. 3770ks are still good and much easier on budget. IF I do a quadro and a gtx, I will be troubleshooting how to assign a certain card for rendering only, due to the vram differential which can be a problem.

Beezy · Nov 18, 2013

rockthedesigner :

Beezy :

Personally, I disagree with the concept of using AMD for this type of build. I am building a system myself for the exact same purposes of CAD and 3ds max/vray and a lot of the forums and benchmarks I've seen have stated that AMD is good for gaming but Intel is more reliable if your actually going to be doing complex polygon math calculations. I am actually torn personally right now on my graphics card choice, however. For my budget (mid-rangy) I am looking at doing a 4gb Geforce GTX 770 windforce edition. However I am considering getting a workstation grade mobo (P9X79-E WS LGA 2011) and then adding the Quadro K2000 to my system. I am also leaning toward the i7 4930k. Yes AMD's have more cores, but if you factor in hyperthreading, the i7s gonna give you more performance esp on calcs. You might want to consider rendering engines... iray will take advantage of a gaming graphics card with the higher cuda cores and vram, but if you are doing vray im told its all cpu so better get an i7. 3770ks are still good and much easier on budget. IF I do a quadro and a gtx, I will be troubleshooting how to assign a certain card for rendering only, due to the vram differential which can be a problem.

I'm pretty sure most programs allow u to choose the "compute device" for certain tasks. Like rendering in the gpu instead of the cpu

rockthedesigner · Nov 18, 2013

I agree. I'm hoping that's the case or my own build idea will be kindof pointless I feel like

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