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Cristi Roman

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Hello, I would like to start building a new pc (desktop or workingstation) and this is my first time doing this. The build is going to be used mainly for 3D Apps (3Ds Max and Maya both 2014, Zbrush, V-ray, maybe mental-ray? and try to avoid gaming). The thing is I have not yet started looking up for software requirements (whether the soft uses openCL or Dx and my choice should be GTX or Quadro) and that is why i started this topic.

The budget for this pc is around 1100$ (max 100$ more), I am new to this and I have started looking here and there for good deals and so far I've got this:

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230V2 3.30 Ghz Ivy Bridge
MoBo: ASRock z77 Extreme 4 (but I've read on posts that ASRock has some bad parts and it's not as good)
GPU: nVidia GTX 760 OC Windforce 3x 2GB DDR5 (or some equivalent Quadro ? but most people said that for this budget i can't get any Quadro that is worth it)
RAM: Don't know yet (this xeon goes for 1600 Mhz max, should i get ECC memory?), need help
HDD: 1 or 2 TB (no brand yet)
SSD: Don't know if it's a must, need help
PSU: Don't know yet
Case: Zalman z11 plus hf1

This is what i have so far and i'm thinking if i could build a "workstation" with this budget, or merely a decent pc which renders pretty fast.
Much appreciation guys ! Thanks in advance :)
 
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for the PSU: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9
XFX is a great brand with good quality psu's.

And you should get a 120GB samsung EVO 840 SSD for the OS and programs, it would take the OS workload from the HDD too, making it a faster compared to when OS is installed on it.

You should get a H77 or equivalent motherboard instead, you could save some money since you don't need the "Z" boards overclock-ability.
 
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Hey Nicom, thanks for the answer, I was thinking of going a little bit for a "future proof" motherboard but idk if it's worth it, I wanted a board with 2 CPU sockets and later on put another xeon on it, but it might not be worth it beause I need to gradualy get into 3D modeling so for a couple of years the poly number is not going to be too high for one xeon to handle, but who knows. The h77 on newegg does not say much about any xeon on it, only the i series. What do you think about Gigabyte as a brand? I've heard they're a tad better than ASRock. As for the RAM, I forgot to mention I want 16 GB but I'm not sure about the brand again...so I'll have to look into that too (and into normal or ECC types as well)
 
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Cristi Roman

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Update on the build:
CPU: Xeon E3-1230v2 3.30 GHz
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling freezer 7 Pro rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA - z77x-ud3h ATX LGA 1155
RAM: Cosair Vengeance 16 GB (2x8GB) DDR3 - 1600 Mhz
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120 GB 2.5"
HDD: WD Black series 1 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB Windforce
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower
PSU: XFX 550W
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer
Case fan: 2x Cooler Master Sickeflow 69.7 CFM 120mm

The wattage goes up to 372W and there are no issues with compatibility so I should be fine. If anyone can confirm with me that this build is ready to go for some decent-to-fast 3D modeling I am ready to hit the buy button :) Thanks !
 
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Looks pretty good, as for the ram there's not the big difference between different companies, ram doesn't really affect your performance either (though having more will help). Im pretty sure you'll need a server-grade motherboard or something like that to run ECC ram so 16GB normal ram would be your best option, not entirely sure on the ECC thing to be honest.

I think it's a good build. :)
 
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Looks pretty good, as for the ram there's not the big difference between different companies, ram doesn't really affect your performance either (though having more will help). Im pretty sure you'll need a server-grade motherboard or something like that to run ECC ram so 16GB normal ram would be your best option, not entirely sure on the ECC thing to be honest.

I think it's a good build. :)[/quotemsg]

I can't really afford the ECC type of RAM now, I will look into the motherboard and stick to the normal 16 GB RAM and I've droped the GTX in order to get the Quadro 600. Thanks again :)
 
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