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New Machine specs, what do you think?

sarge74sarge74 Posts: 121
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I've got this ready to be built by my local shop. Gonna run me just over $2,000 if I bite the bullet, but I'm so tired of long render times. So how do you real saavy computer guys think it will perform? Is it worth it? 

CoolerMaster N400 ATX Case

Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H MB

Intel Liquid Cooler

I7-7700K Processor

8GB Samsung DDR4-2400

Hynix 250GB SSD

Lite-On 24X SATA DVDRW

GTX 1080 TI FOUNDERS 11GB

Windows 10 Home

Cougar 700 Watt ATX PSU 

Comments

  • TooncesToonces Posts: 919

    8 GB of RAM is too low.

    DVDRW - not sure how much you really need dvd rw with so much cloud storage nowadays.

    GTX 1080 TI - excellent choice.

    250GB HD - way too low.

    I did a quick google. My local store is micro center (great place but I'm sure you can find competitive prices near you). The computer is pre-built of course and the specs show DOUBLE the HD space and RAM for less than $2000:

    CybertronPC Titanium TGITNMGXH7300BU Desktop Computer; Intel Core i7-7700K Processor 4.20GHz; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5X; 16GB DDR4-3200 RAM; 500GB Samsung Evo 960 NVMe M.2 SSD

     

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  • sarge74sarge74 Posts: 121
    Toonces said:

    8 GB of RAM is too low.

    DVDRW - not sure how much you really need dvd rw with so much cloud storage nowadays.

    GTX 1080 TI - excellent choice.

    250GB HD - way too low.

    I did a quick google. My local store is micro center (great place but I'm sure you can find competitive prices near you). The computer is pre-built of course and the specs show DOUBLE the HD space and RAM for less than $2000:

    CybertronPC Titanium TGITNMGXH7300BU Desktop Computer; Intel Core i7-7700K Processor 4.20GHz; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5X; 16GB DDR4-3200 RAM; 500GB Samsung Evo 960 NVMe M.2 SSD

     

    Thank you for your response and input. Much appreciated. I still want the DVD RW for loading software I still have on disk and loading all my old music.

    Anyone else have suggestions or opinions? Thanks

  • IsaacNewtonIsaacNewton Posts: 1,300
    edited May 2017

    I'd agree with Toonces completely. As for data storage... all the stuff you will squeeze into your "Content" folder; it's a personal choice. You can go for storage of everything on line (how's your connection speed?) or you can burn disks (can be slow finding stuff and re-uploading, you could end up with a lot of disks), or you can use Hard Drives (non SSD are slower but much cheaper and might still be a lot faster than your network connection)... here you "pays yer money and makes yer choice" :)

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  • TooncesToonces Posts: 919

    If you get the 250 SSD, just add a 2 TB HD (or have your place add it). Amazon shows them at only $40 right now. I use a small SSD for launching applications, and a large HD for all my content. Works great. I do'nt see any slowdown whatsoever (I used to have all of Daz on the SSD. No issue whatsoever switching Daz and DIM directory to HD drive and still fast).

    If you want to keep it super simple and cheap, just go with the 2 TB HD alone. Honestly they're so fast nowadays, that the only slowdown you'll notice is when your computer is booting or when Daz is booting. Big deal...just leave Daz open. The extra space however...that's very nice, especially considering how much space Daz content requires.

  • JamesJABJamesJAB Posts: 1,760
    edited May 2017

    Here is a good example of what you can put togeter when you customize a desktop at cyberpowerpc.com for under $2000

    CPU- Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6GHZ [4.0GHZ Turbo] 6 Core (12 Thread)
        Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED CPU Cooler
    Motherboard - ASRock X370 Killer SLI AM4 ATX (with Intel® 802.11ac+ BT 4.2 onboard)
    RAM - 32GB (16GBx2) DDR4/2400MHz
    Video Card - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5X (Motherboad has an 2 card slots between GPU slots for better air flow if you decide to add a second one later)
    Power Supply - 750 Watts - Thermaltake SMART Series SP-750PCBUS
    M.2 SSD - 500GB WD Blue M.2 SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD
    Hard Drive - 2TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
    Optical Drive - LG 12X Internal Blu-ray Drive & DVDRW

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  • TooncesToonces Posts: 919

    Much better setup for 2k. I'd bump the power supply to 850 in case I ever got a second gpu, but other than that, great deal!

  • FletcherFletcher Posts: 63
    edited May 2017

    I just built this approx $1800. Super fast,quiet cool.

    Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX
    Intel i7 7700k
    EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2
    Noctua NH-D15
    CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB
    Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5"
    Seagate BarraCuda 3TB
    ASUS Strix 1080 GTX TI 011G
    Asus Strix Z270e Mobo

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  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715
    edited May 2017

    @OP

    Not enough RAM by a long shot. No idea what your PSU is.

    Don't go for Windows 10 home version.

    SSD a bit small.

    I'd be tempted by the AMD Ryzen processors; at least consider em.

    It seems like a lot for what you're getting. JamesJAB shows what is possible, and agree get a larger and good PSU. PSU is a very bad area to skimp on.

    (I'm from the UK, so dollar prices are harder to judge.)

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  • bytescapesbytescapes Posts: 1,851

    RAM and storage are ridiculously cheap these days, and more is better. Get a modest-sized SSD for your boot drive, then add a big conventional HD ("spinny disk") to store all your content, archived scene files etc.

  • sarge74sarge74 Posts: 121

    Thak you so much, everyone for your suggestions. You are providing great information and I very much appreciate it.

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