3D Modeling / Animation and Post Build

[GDemar]

Hi! Great to be here. After reading most articles I've picked the parts I think will be necessary for the build I need.

The project will be shot in 8k with multiple CGI / animation sequences, and then post-processed for grading, sound and score.

However, not being an expert I would need your kind opinion regarding any possible conflict(s) this build may have.

CPU AMD Threadripper 3960X 3.8GHz 24-Core Processor
CPU Cooler DEEPCOOL Castle 360EX
Motherboard MSI TRX40 Creator E-ATX sTRX4
GPU Nvidia RTX 2070 8GB - Asus Turbo (4)
RAM 128GB (8 x 16GB) HyperX Fury DDR4-3000 C15
Storage Samsung 860 EVO 4TB 2.5" Solid State Drive
PCIe-SSD Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 2TB M.2 Solid State Drive
Storage HDD Seagate IronWolf 8TB, 3.5"
Power Supply be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 1200W ATX 2.4 Power Supply
Case Corsair Carbide Series Air 540


Please advice, and thanks in advance.

Best, Gael.

 

[Alex Glawion]

Hey Gael,
You've pretty much got the best parts for video editing that money can buy already in your list! There is nothing that you could change that would give you a huge speed boost. Some would say an nvme raid or a pcie4 nvme ssd might be interesting, but that only helps with sequential read / writes. For 8k this might be interesting, but the bottleneck is usually not the reading of footage but rather the decoding of the footage, even if it's in raw (so it's a cpu bottleneck). And a better cpu for video editing than the 3960x doesn't exist yet. You COULD get slightly faster RAM, it wont make a huge difference though.

I'd say that build is really spot on .. wouldn't change a thing.

 

[GDemar]

Alex, thanks for taking the time to review my future purchase.

I do have one more question regarding the best case for this build. I'm also buying a Blackmagic Design Decklink 8k Pro card - this card allows you to input up to 8K footage into your computer via SDI.

I'm wondering if the Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 is big enough for the 4 Nvidia RTXs, the storage needed plus the Decklink.

Any thoughts regarding this is more than welcome.

Again, thanks!

Gael.

 

[Alex Glawion]

Oh I'm sorry, I did not see the (4) behind those gpus. Those won't fit on the motherboard as the slot spacing is not evenly. You can get a board such as the ASRock TRX40 Creator for evenly spaced pcie slots that would fit 4 gpus.

For the Blackmagic Design Decklink 8k Pro card you'll need another pcieslot though, so I am thinking you will have to go 3x gpus (maybe get the stronger 2080, 2080 super or even Ti) so you have one pcie-slot free for the decklink card.

The Corsair 540 Air Case has enough room to house 4 gpus or 3 gpus and one decklink card, yes!

 

[GDemar]

Alex, once again thanks for taking the time and for your quick advice.

I'm gonna get the 2080super gpus and will get the TRX40.

Best, Gael.

 

[Kazunobu]

Hello Alex,
I am thinking about a very similar build (minus 3gpus), I am hesitant about the ram: when do you need more than 64GB of RAM?
Kazu

 

[Alex Glawion]

Lots of RAM is great with either very complex projects or multiple projects open at a time. Also, if you are using multiple programs at the same times .. such as After Effects and Premiere in conjunction, then both can use quite a bit of RAM.

With GPU Rendering too, for each gpu that you have, it's good to have a specific amount of ram so they don't throttle.

Though I'd say the main thing really is the usage of several applications at the same time.