best pc build with $2100 for 3ds max?

spycilol

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Approximate Purchase Date: this week

Budget Range: $2100 after shipment.

System Usage from Most to Least Important: (rendering with Vray- 3ds max, gaming, daily work)

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: everything, building a whole new system.

Do you need to buy OS: No, actually yes but that's exclusive from the budget.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: i'm buying from local stores since that's almost the best way in my country.

Parts Preferences: I dont really prefer anything as long as it gives me the best performance.

Overclocking: Yes if its recommended.

SLI or Crossfire: Yes if its recommended.

Why Are building a new system: my current pc is too old, i wanna build a system that is quite fast at rendering 3ds max works and doesn't need an upgrade in few years.
I would like you're advises to be like buy this or this. thanks.

some professional friends recommended me the following setup but i'm not quite sure about their knowledge on this issue so i would like to know your opinion on this setup as well plz.

Graphic : nvidia 980 omega edition ddr5, or two 960 to SLI.
CPU : intel core i7 5960
motherboard: asus c612 republic of gamers intel support
Ram : adata ddr4 16gb x2
hard : some 2 terabytes ssd samsung
and will i need a watercooler while my case has two huge fans at one side?
thanks

 
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Graphics workstations have different requirements and priorities as compared to gaming computers so what you do will drive different choices. Here's how the priorities align

Graphics: CPU>>RAM>>Storage>>GPU
Gaming: GPU>>CPU>>RAM>>Storage

So for graphics you want to focus on the multi-core performance of the CPU along with lots of RAM and fast storage. Second point is that while you try to hold the priorities you need to balance out the components, no use in having a $1000 CPU and 4GB of RAM.

Another consideration is the choice of a workstation GPU (Firepro, Quadro) vs a consumer GPU (GTX, R9). If you are doing professional level graphics with high precision requirements then you need to pay the premium for the workstation...
Graphics workstations have different requirements and priorities as compared to gaming computers so what you do will drive different choices. Here's how the priorities align

Graphics: CPU>>RAM>>Storage>>GPU
Gaming: GPU>>CPU>>RAM>>Storage

So for graphics you want to focus on the multi-core performance of the CPU along with lots of RAM and fast storage. Second point is that while you try to hold the priorities you need to balance out the components, no use in having a $1000 CPU and 4GB of RAM.

Another consideration is the choice of a workstation GPU (Firepro, Quadro) vs a consumer GPU (GTX, R9). If you are doing professional level graphics with high precision requirements then you need to pay the premium for the workstation card. They can get quite expensive. And they don't game very well.

So blending the two requirements I come up with this. It is a little over, you could drop the SM951 if you chose and simply run off the Mushkins. Set them up in a RAID configuration.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bkXm6h
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bkXm6h/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($374.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK PALLAS 56.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.90 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock X99M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($168.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($174.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung SM951 128GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($100.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Mushkin Reactor 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Mushkin Reactor 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX Video Card ($668.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($46.39 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2210.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 12:58 EST-0500
 
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