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3ds Max (Vray, Vray-RT rendering) rig

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  • Quadro
  • 3ds
  • b85
  • Rendering
  • Xeon
  • k2000
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June 23, 2014 6:13:14 AM

Hello.

I placed an order for these parts. I should receive them within the next few days. I am building a dedicated workstation for 3ds Max (VRay, VRay-RT rendering).

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231v3 (3.4GHz, LGA 1150, 8MB)
Mobo: MSI B85M-E45
GPU: PNY Nvidia Quadro K2000 2 GB (128) 2xDP 1xDVI
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black Series 8GB DDR3 1600 [HX316C10FB/8]
HDD: Western Digital 1TB WD10EURX 7,200RPM 64MB
DVD: LG GH24NS95-24X DVDRW
PSU: Corsair CMPSU-500CXv3 500W 80Plus Bronze
LCD: Samsung SM2233RZ 22" 3D Ready
Chassis: Cooler Master N300 RC-N300-KKN2

The workstation will not be used for any gaming whatsoever. I haven't included the prices because they are different where I am. I would simply like a little feedback on the overall setup of this rig. Any input is appreciated.

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June 24, 2014 7:50:12 PM

Hi there

Not sure,if I would choose Quadro GPU,yes agree those cards are dedicated and made for this,but from last setups what I've tried on my PC,R290X working well with VRAY RT

nVidia crippled their OpenCL drivers and as you probably know VRAY RT using only OpenCL,CUDA supports only few rendering SW like Octane Render which probably will give you better results or similar results,really depends,you can try download demo of the Octane Render and you will see if its worth to have rather than VRAY

I'm using VRAY 3.0 which has improved over older releases and seems on my PC(i7-920@4.4ghz,24GB RAM and R290X),RT I've tried on few scenes but still think I will be rather using normal renderer(VRAY advanced) than VRAY RT,but this depends on the more factors I would say

In yours case I would have look and speak with people about their experience with RT and normal VRAY,I would suggest add there SSD(256GB Samsung should be enough for yours needs) and add more RAM,if you are looking to render bigger scene then you will be hitting virtual memory which only and can slow up renders,due this I would go as minimum 16GB(32GB preferably)

Thanks,Jura
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