New build advice for 3D animation, GPU rendering workstation

[Ben Gubis]

Hello Everyone,
Would like to ask some advice regarding a new build, as I have read to much information lately and at the moment little confused.
So mainly aiming for a strong all-rounder PC for 3D animation / motion design, modelling and GPU rendering, with additional video editing. As I am located in the Czech Republic I decide not to write the prices.

Here is the setup, I am aiming for:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7950x
CPU Cooler: Artic Liquid Freezer II 420 RGB
Motherboard: ASUS ProArt X670E-Creator
GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Ventus
Memory: 64GB Kingston Fury Beast Black DDR5 6000
Storage PCIe-SSD: Samsung 980 PRO 2TB
Power Supply: ASUS ROG STRIX 1000W
Case: NZXT H9 Flow

Thank you in advance for the feedback and recommendations, please let me know if anything is reasonable to change.

 

[Ben Gubis]

Hi @Jerry James what do you think about this setup?

 

[Jerry James]

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7950x
CPU Cooler: Artic Liquid Freezer II 420 RGB
Motherboard: ASUS ProArt X670E-Creator
GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Ventus
Memory: 64GB Kingston Fury Beast Black DDR5 6000
Storage PCIe-SSD: Samsung 980 PRO 2TB
Power Supply: ASUS ROG STRIX 1000W
Case: NZXT H9 Flow

Wouldn't change a thing, really. Solid top-tier build And a gorgeous case

 

[Ben Gubis]

@Jerry James thanks for the feedback,
Regarding 2 monitor setup, do you have any recommendations?

 

[Jerry James]

Regarding 2 monitor setup, do you have any recommendations?

Do you need both monitors to be color accurate? For Pro work, you can check out recommendations by Alex here: https://www.cgdirector.com/best-monitor-graphic-design-video-editing-3d/#recommends

 

[Tim D]

Maybe change the Samsung 980 to a 990 if you can find a good price. Personally went air cooled Noctua 12a on same m/board. The RAM is good
reasonable latency 36, I chose this also, and hopefully with future BIOS changes allow 128Gb. Hard here in UK to find lower latency compatible RAM and Corsair was 40 so slower. Still hard to find at good price, but keep hunting, fortunately DDR5 has dropped a lot recently.
Pleased to have zero RGB on my build though.... it is personal though.
Monitor Dell 27 U2722D as good compromise for CAD and render stuff for my use. Alex's article is useful.

 

[Alex Glawion]

Pleased to have zero RGB

That's how I like my PC-Builds!

 

[Ben Gubis]

Thanks guys for the feedback, started the building, but there is something,
I found an offer 7950x3D for the price of 7950x, I read that in some cases 7950x3D has lower performance in productivity, but in general if i am able to buy it for the same price, would it make sense to go for it?

 

[Alex Glawion]

X3D CPUs are mainly targeted at gamers and we haven't found any sort of considerable performance uplift in productivity, more often than not the performance is slightly reduced even.

Unless you're doing Unreal Engine dev or workloads that resemble gaming a lot, I'd personally stick to the 7950X.

 

[Jerry James]

Thanks guys for the feedback, started the building, but there is something,
I found an offer 7950x3D for the price of 7950x, I read that in some cases 7950x3D has lower performance in productivity, but in general if i am able to buy it for the same price, would it make sense to go for it?

I agree with Alex, I'd stick with the 7950X unless you're mostly gaming with 'some' creative tasks thrown in now and then.