Hi Nursemorph, initially the pc specialist software suggested a 550w power supply but in the end it would delay the build so upgraded to the 650w and so felt that was covered, will look again , motherboard haven´t really researched so will go back and look at that again, thanks ! have upgraded the cooler since original build and although it is is not the newest I have checked multiple comparison reviews that all state it performs just as well as the newer and more expensive ones at the expense of being more noisy, the logic was to take the best 240mm cooler to save also upgrading the case as the expense is running away with me . Everything I researched about rendering until now has put emphasis on the number of cores the processor to speed up the rendering process so that´s why am fixated on 3950x as has 16 cores, I have very little experience on the hardware side of things so really do appreciate all input and advice, this order can still be amended and the build wont start for 5 or 6 days so there is still time to change things around.
rendering pc- 2nd year CGI- any advice?
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Hi Scott, we did take onboard previous advice and upgraded power supply/graphics card/cooler as much as we could afford to do in conjunction with a phone call to pcspecialist, I guess we still haven´t balanced the system enough judging by the posts coming back in the forum, perhaps in the end we should downgrade the processor to 8 core as nursemorph suggests in the build suggested above and spend more on a bigger case and a better cooling system I just find it hard to believe that will do a better job than the build we currently have, but you guys are the experts of course ! The logic we applied regarding lack of hdd storage and ram was that we can add/upgrade these easily as and when needed, this doesn´t apply to the motherboard of course , going to look at it all again today . thanks for your input
Hello again, thanks for putting this together, will see if I can increase the budget, but think have hit a wall after yesterdays amendments. In order to increase case size and cooling system which people are clearly emphasising is a must , I may just have to downsize the processor. I´m finding it all a bit of minefield , this forum is proving very useful, thanks for the advice.
As a middle ground you could opt for the 3900X (Or the XT). It's a monster processor as well and very good value. The rest of the build as it stood would still be recommended but at least you know you could drop in the 3950X equivalent next year should you want to upgrade.
