Opinions on this spec for 3D rendering (still and animation - main focus) plus VR (secondary focus)? Thanks!

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mihbur258

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mihbur258

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Would this setup reach max turbo speeds considering the other components?

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6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660 Ti - HDMI, DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
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240GB ADATA SU630 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 450MB/W)
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Oussebon

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That's not how turbo boost works under all-core load. 4.6Ghz is a max for lighter workloads. Under all multithreaded loads, you should expect close to 4.3GHz

See:

Coolers & Cases Really Matter for Ryzen 3000 CPUs | Thermal Scaling & Frequency | GamersNexus

stub In some ways, AMD has become NVIDIA, and it’s not necessarily a bad thing. The way new Ryzen CPUs scale is behaviorally similar to the way GPU Boost 4.0 scales on GPUs, where simply lowering the silicon operating temperature will directly affect performance and clock speeds. Under complete...
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I would suggest a better case with better airflow. e.g. Define S if you are looking for something quiet.

A better CPU cooler e.g. H100x.

Why the GPU? I take it the rendering is all on the GPU?

A better quality PSU. e.g. TXm

What is the budget? When you say VR, you mean VR gaming...?
 
polycrac

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I'm assuming that you have additional storage drives you plan to fit, what are you planning to use for the Operating System? If you were going to use the ADATA one in the build I'd suggest an M.2 NVMe drive instead
 
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mihbur258

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Thanks for the quick replies.

The rendering will be CPU-based but I like the cost-effectiveness of this GPU, I may use it for VR gaming or design projects in Unreal so I think it's worth it anyway.

I'll use Windows 10 which I purchased previously. I will have additional external USB3 drives where the render resources will be stored so I can do with a 250Gb internal hard drive.

I definitely want to upgrade the components you mentioned to avoid any hard crashes and regrets :), so thanks for the input. If you have any more suggestions please let me know.

The budget limit is around £2200 with VAT.
 
Oussebon

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You should have a clearer plan for the GPU. Since while it's cost effective it may not be ideal for VR gaming.

No much point buying a ~£250 GPU, not using it for a while, finally using it, then realising it's not up to scratch for what you want and by then there are better £250 GPUs out anyway. If you're going to make use of it soon, and are happy it will give decent performance for your specific uses, then fine :) But best to be sure you're clear on that before spending the cash.

Running projects off external USB drives sounds like it could hurt performance a lot. Perhaps best to have the projects on internal storage and use USB for backups?

Maybe something like:

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ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
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64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 16GB)
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6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660 Ti - HDMI, DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
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4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
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500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)

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mihbur258

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Many thanks for the update!

I will do most of the upgrades you mentioned here, except the RAM clock speed and the internal hard drive. The gains would be marginal for these.

Cheers!
 
SpyderTracks

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mihbur258 said:
Many thanks for the update!

I will do most of the upgrades you mentioned here, except the RAM clock speed and the internal hard drive. The gains would be marginal for these.

Cheers!
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AMD chips benefit greatly from increased RAM speeds. The plateau for Ryzen 3000 series is 3600MHz, so 3200 is going to make a substantial difference over 2400.
 
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mihbur258

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Thanks, I'll keep it in mind about RAM speed.

From what I know the render resources get fully copied into RAM before the render begins so it's only slow in the initial phase which lasts 1-2 minutes longer. I'm not running any software off USB, everything will be installed on the internal SSD.
 
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