jammy420
Galvanizer
What is your budget?
1 Lakh. I am building this for my animation work for an educational institute. My ideal rig costs 1 Lakh. They are not ready to pay this. So if some alternate option available to reduce the cost without much hit on the performance, I am open to it.
What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)
i5-4460, ASUS h81M-C, 1 TB seagate 8GB DDR3, Dell ST24 monitor
Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)
Dell st24 monitor.
i5-4460 is very slow in Cinebench. So thinking of scrapping it. planning to go with 6th gen processor, may be can wait till kaby lake for drop in prices or if there is heavy improvement in performance go with i7-7700k
Which hardware component are you looking to buy (component name). If you have already decided on a configuration then please mention the (component brand and model) as well, this will help us in fine tuning your requirement.
Total rig, mentioned below
Is this going to be your final configuration or you would be adding/upgrading a component in near future. If yes then please mention when and which component
Graphics card, Processor,RAM.
Again depends on my institute. actually I can ease a bit on graphics card, RAM initially, as I am in learning curve and I wont need high end immediately. but then, I guess they wont sell second hand and get me a new high end later on. So all such management BS comes into play.
Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
online/ local , whichever is lesser
Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market
maybe
What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
3D animation, motion graphics, Video Editing. I intend to use is very rigorously.
Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
No brand loyalty. But looking for a reliable manufacturer with good after sales service. Specially for things like mobo and PSU care more about reliability than cost.
If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
zero gaming. maybe for understanding 3D animation may occasionally load games. no intension of heavy gaming
What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
Having dell ST24. no change in monitor
Are you looking to overclock?
most likely no. 6700k gives a 0.2 Ghz difference in overclocking, which I believe wont make that much difference for my usage.That way, Want to skip costly z170 motherboard
Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
Windows 7/8 .. if 10 is found to be stable, will use that.
I am going to use these 3 softwares mainly Adobe After effects, Premiere pro, Cinema 4D ... other designing softwares like photoshop,illustrator. Based on below articles at puget systems, my usage is more GPU intensive than CPU. 6700k is the minimum prescribed ideally.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Premiere-Pro-2015-3-Pascal-GPU-Performance-840/
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CC-2015-3-CPU-Comparison-849/
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...-CC-2015-Multi-Core-Performance-Update-1-806/
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/After-Effects-2015-3-Pascal-GPU-Performance-846/
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-After-Effects-CC-2015-3-CPU-Comparison-847/
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-After-Effects-CC-2015-3-Multi-Core-Performance-843/
My individual preference machine goes like this.
CPU - Intel 6700k, may be can wait till kaby lake for drop in prices or if there is heavy improvement in performance go with i7-7700k
Motherboard - Asus/Gigabyte motherboard with 64 GB RAM support
RAM - 32 GB RAM DDR4 (2133 Mhz is ideal I guess, doesnt matter much) ( 16 GB sticks)
SSD - samsung evo 120+ GB SSD
GPU - GTX 1070
HDD - 1/ 2 TB HDD
Case - basic case with enough room (eyeing at masterbox 5 though)
cooler - cooler master hyper 212 evo
PSU - corsair RMX series 650W /750w
I need suggestions for this ideal machine for the below items
1. Motherboard - stable one with 64 GB capacity
2. Which GTX 1070 should I choose for my usage for my 1 lakh ( +/- 10k) budget. want to go with GTX 1070 over GTX 1060, because the difference comes in premiere pro. And 2-3 years down the lane, I have an option of adding one more GTX 1070. I guess GTX 1060 6GB cannot be SLI-ed? or can it be?
If the management insists on cost cutting, I am looking to for suggestions next lower tier CPU,GPU, with reasonable performance. maybe to start off, a very minimum GPU needed for my work, which can be ditched later on for a higher end card.
Any other general buying advice also welcome. Being a educational and research institute and also a non-profit organization, It can accept discounts/sponsorships. If you know any such options also let me know.
1 Lakh. I am building this for my animation work for an educational institute. My ideal rig costs 1 Lakh. They are not ready to pay this. So if some alternate option available to reduce the cost without much hit on the performance, I am open to it.
What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)
i5-4460, ASUS h81M-C, 1 TB seagate 8GB DDR3, Dell ST24 monitor
Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)
Dell st24 monitor.
i5-4460 is very slow in Cinebench. So thinking of scrapping it. planning to go with 6th gen processor, may be can wait till kaby lake for drop in prices or if there is heavy improvement in performance go with i7-7700k
Which hardware component are you looking to buy (component name). If you have already decided on a configuration then please mention the (component brand and model) as well, this will help us in fine tuning your requirement.
Total rig, mentioned below
Is this going to be your final configuration or you would be adding/upgrading a component in near future. If yes then please mention when and which component
Graphics card, Processor,RAM.
Again depends on my institute. actually I can ease a bit on graphics card, RAM initially, as I am in learning curve and I wont need high end immediately. but then, I guess they wont sell second hand and get me a new high end later on. So all such management BS comes into play.
Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
online/ local , whichever is lesser
Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market
maybe
What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
3D animation, motion graphics, Video Editing. I intend to use is very rigorously.
Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
No brand loyalty. But looking for a reliable manufacturer with good after sales service. Specially for things like mobo and PSU care more about reliability than cost.
If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
zero gaming. maybe for understanding 3D animation may occasionally load games. no intension of heavy gaming
What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
Having dell ST24. no change in monitor
Are you looking to overclock?
most likely no. 6700k gives a 0.2 Ghz difference in overclocking, which I believe wont make that much difference for my usage.That way, Want to skip costly z170 motherboard
Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
Windows 7/8 .. if 10 is found to be stable, will use that.
I am going to use these 3 softwares mainly Adobe After effects, Premiere pro, Cinema 4D ... other designing softwares like photoshop,illustrator. Based on below articles at puget systems, my usage is more GPU intensive than CPU. 6700k is the minimum prescribed ideally.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Premiere-Pro-2015-3-Pascal-GPU-Performance-840/
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CC-2015-3-CPU-Comparison-849/
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...-CC-2015-Multi-Core-Performance-Update-1-806/
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/After-Effects-2015-3-Pascal-GPU-Performance-846/
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-After-Effects-CC-2015-3-CPU-Comparison-847/
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-After-Effects-CC-2015-3-Multi-Core-Performance-843/
My individual preference machine goes like this.
CPU - Intel 6700k, may be can wait till kaby lake for drop in prices or if there is heavy improvement in performance go with i7-7700k
Motherboard - Asus/Gigabyte motherboard with 64 GB RAM support
RAM - 32 GB RAM DDR4 (2133 Mhz is ideal I guess, doesnt matter much) ( 16 GB sticks)
SSD - samsung evo 120+ GB SSD
GPU - GTX 1070
HDD - 1/ 2 TB HDD
Case - basic case with enough room (eyeing at masterbox 5 though)
cooler - cooler master hyper 212 evo
PSU - corsair RMX series 650W /750w
I need suggestions for this ideal machine for the below items
1. Motherboard - stable one with 64 GB capacity
2. Which GTX 1070 should I choose for my usage for my 1 lakh ( +/- 10k) budget. want to go with GTX 1070 over GTX 1060, because the difference comes in premiere pro. And 2-3 years down the lane, I have an option of adding one more GTX 1070. I guess GTX 1060 6GB cannot be SLI-ed? or can it be?
If the management insists on cost cutting, I am looking to for suggestions next lower tier CPU,GPU, with reasonable performance. maybe to start off, a very minimum GPU needed for my work, which can be ditched later on for a higher end card.
Any other general buying advice also welcome. Being a educational and research institute and also a non-profit organization, It can accept discounts/sponsorships. If you know any such options also let me know.
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