Building a Rendering PC

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
H

homie711

Honorable
Jan 12, 2014
3
0
10,510
I am building my first pc, to be used for rendering and photo modification. Looking for improvements and feedback based on my current selection of parts.

•Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K
•ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
•Team Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (Orange Heat Spreader) Model TLAD316G1600HC10ADC01
•CORSAIR CX series CX430 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
•ASUS GTX650TI-OC-2GD5 GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
•Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
•RAIDMAX Agusta ATX-605BT Black/Titanium Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
 
Solution
naturesninja
I hope this doesn't fall as bad news to you, but by psu, I meant your power supply as 430w will not cut it for your system. I would get at least a 650w or your system might not even boot. Just stick with one's that are well known and have good reviews and you should be okay. corsair is a good brand by the way as is altec or seasonic imo. I'm just afraid that with your gpu(graphics/video card) plugged in your system may not boot and you'll be stuck using your 3770k as an apu(integrated graphics cpu) until you get a better psu(power supply) also your case has 7 fans so definitely nothing less than a 650w bronze+

here is a close system build to yours, http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ACSt the fans are added to the build because pcpartpicker...
Sort by date Sort by votes
naturesninja

naturesninja

Distinguished
Dec 15, 2013
1,153
0
19,660
That GPU is going to be a bit closer to the low end. I would at a minimum move up to a 670/680 for a bit more future proofing. Also a 430w psu is probably not recommended for a dedicated gpu build. I would get at least a 650w bronze+ at minumum as your system is probably going to use around 400-450w under load not including usb devices, and a bronze+ will guarantee you 80%ish of efficiency of that. So it will give you just enough room for sli or crossfire upgrades in the future. also make sure your psu has the right amount of 6 or 8 pin connectors for your gpu (1 or 2 for single gpu and 4+ may be needed for sli/crossfire applications. The cpu you have is a great one, but might be overkill for just photo editing. I would look at maybe spending a little less on your cpu and a bit more on your gpu. One last thing, Get an SSD for your OS! You won't be disappointed.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
H

homie711

Honorable
Jan 12, 2014
3
0
10,510
Thanks for your help. I want to keep the i7 given that I will be mostly rendering using Revit and Rhino. Roughly, I'll spend 80% rendering and 20% using Photoshop and Illustrator.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
H

homie711

Honorable
Jan 12, 2014
3
0
10,510

I upgraded to GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit. It's the next tier up in terms of PSU
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
naturesninja

naturesninja

Distinguished
Dec 15, 2013
1,153
0
19,660
I hope this doesn't fall as bad news to you, but by psu, I meant your power supply as 430w will not cut it for your system. I would get at least a 650w or your system might not even boot. Just stick with one's that are well known and have good reviews and you should be okay. corsair is a good brand by the way as is altec or seasonic imo. I'm just afraid that with your gpu(graphics/video card) plugged in your system may not boot and you'll be stuck using your 3770k as an apu(integrated graphics cpu) until you get a better psu(power supply) also your case has 7 fans so definitely nothing less than a 650w bronze+

here is a close system build to yours, http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ACSt the fans are added to the build because pcpartpicker doesn't count the ones in the case as adding power draw which they do so these are same size and number that come in your build. It says your system will require about 360watts(I don't think that's accurate though with everything at full load) total with no usb's or anything else but the standard build. The 430w psu is going to be a bit tight and the 650w will give you plenty of head room for upgrading gpu's in the future, adding usb devices, and for aging as it will become slightly less efficient as time goes on. If you're really on a budget you'd be okay with a 550w as long as it's at least bronze+ and you don't plan on upgrading anything any time soon. I hope this mouthful of an answer is understandable, I know I can get carried away, just want to help though, it's never fun building a rig and it not starting up and chances are that will happen to you with that 430w psu. Good luck!
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom