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SEANusaur

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Hello, I've compiled a list of components that I am looking to purchase within a few weeks and I'm wondering how this PC would work as a Modeling/Rendering /Animating rig.

List Here:
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=wish_lists&wlcId=301968&action=wish_lists

I have chosen the XFX Radeon R9 270X because users on this site have told me that Redeon GPUs perform better in programs such as Maya than Nvidia GPUs.

I chose the Intel Xeon E3 1230 V3 instead of the Intel Core i5 4670K due to the 4670K not having hyper threading.

I Will Be Making Additions Later On Like:
Another 8GB RAM
An SSD for faster boot times
An aftermarket CPU cooler

Any changes or suggestions you have please feel free to tell me. :)
 
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bambiboom
Gooday SEANusaur,

Overall, your choices appear to be very good ones. However, at the moment I'm not seeing on the ASUS website nor other sources specifically that the ASUS B85M-G motherboard supports the Xeon E3-1200 series. According to Intel, among the compatible chipsets are C222, C224, C226,chipsets.

Examples would be ASUS P9D >

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=P9D+WS&N=-1&isNodeId=1

For your applications, in general I prefer LGA2011, and you might consider it if the budget is flexible. This has double the memory bandwidth of LGA1150 and nearly double the PCIe lanes. Importantly, LGA2011 Xeon E5's allow upgrades to 6, 8, and 10 cores CPU's. The memory...
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Gooday SEANusaur,

Overall, your choices appear to be very good ones. However, at the moment I'm not seeing on the ASUS website nor other sources specifically that the ASUS B85M-G motherboard supports the Xeon E3-1200 series. According to Intel, among the compatible chipsets are C222, C224, C226,chipsets.

Examples would be ASUS P9D >

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=P9D+WS&N=-1&isNodeId=1

For your applications, in general I prefer LGA2011, and you might consider it if the budget is flexible. This has double the memory bandwidth of LGA1150 and nearly double the PCIe lanes. Importantly, LGA2011 Xeon E5's allow upgrades to 6, 8, and 10 cores CPU's. The memory bandwidth is useful on very large files which is the case with animation. If you are using CPU-based rendering (as I do ) a six-core E5 is providing 12 threads to the E3's 8 threads- 50% more. and the ability to expand mean the system's usefulness might be extended two or three years and for larger projects. In the US, an E5-1620 v2 quad core which is also 3.7 / 3.9GHz cost about the $325- not sure of the translation into Kangarands. The LGA2011 motherboards are more expensive than those for LGA1150, but the added PCIe lanes mean more PCIe X4 , X8, and even X16 slots and many boards support 512GB of ECC RAM and more.

However, if you will not be upgrading the CPU, the Xeon E3-1200 v3 series is very good- excellent cost /performance.

Too easy,

BambiBoom

HP z420 (2014) > Xeon E5-1620 quad core @ 3.6 / 3.8GHz > 24GB ECC 1600 RAM > Quadro 4000 (2GB)> Samsung 840 SSD 250GB /Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > AE3000 USB WiFi > HP 2711X, 27" 1920 X 1080 > Windows 7 Ultimate 64 >[Passmark system rating = 3923, 2D= 839 / 3D=2048]

Dell Precision T5400 (2008) > 2X Xeon X5460 quad core @3.16GHz > 16GB ECC 667> Quadro FX 4800 (1.5GB) > WD RE4 500GB / Seagate Barracuda 500GB > M-Audio 2496 Sound Card / Linksys 600N WiFi > Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit >[Passmark system rating = 1859, 2D= 512 / 3D=1097]

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