First PC Build for 3D Modeling, Animations and Rendering

[Rosario]

Hello, I need a PC for 3D modeling, Texturing, Cloth simulation and GPU Rendering mainly with Keyshot or Redshift.

- What's your Budget? - Around 2200$ but preferably less
- What are your main workloads and secondary workloads? - Mainly I deal with product visualization, I often have to manage CAD files that customers send me, 2k/4k texturing and renders. both static renderings and animations.
- Are you looking to upgrade the PC in the near future? - Not really but I would like to be able to improve it every 2-3 years
- What country will you be shopping your parts in? - I live in Italy but I will buy everything online.

CGDirector.com Parts List: https://www.cgdirector.com/pc-builder/?=6LJCq

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8GHz 12-Core Processor ($449.99)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 ($89.90)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro AC ATX AM4 ($169.00)
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070 8GB - MSI Gaming ($759.99)
Memory: 32GB (2 x 16GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 C16 ($114.99)
Storage PCIe-SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2 Solid State Drive ($129.99)
Power Supply: Corsair CX Series CX550M 550W ATX 2.4 Power Supply ($79.99)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 ($142.96)
Total: $1936.81

One thing to consider is that I will probably wait to get an RTX 3070 instead of the RTX 2070.
Also I would like to have the ability to reach 64gb of ram in the future so it would be handy if the motherboard allowed it

 

[xbigcheezx]

Solid build, and I love that case. I would wait for the 3070 if you can, or buy and EVGA 2070 and utilize their step up program for when 3070s are available.

 

[Rosario]

Solid build, and I love that case. I would wait for the 3070 if you can, or buy and EVGA 2070 and utilize their step up program for when 3070s are available.

Thank you, any idea when it will be available?

 

[xbigcheezx]

Well, it will be a few months, or you can try to grab on on by following the discords, twitter feeds and twitch monitors to catch a drop. Zotac typically drops at 9:40pm, eastern, daily on their store.zotac.com site.

You either need one now, or you can wait.

 

[Rosario]

if I opt for the RTX 3090 I should take a 650W power supply right? Also does the motherboard have wireless onboard? If not, can you recommend a motherboard that also has wifi?

 

[Alex Glawion]

I'd say get 750W to be on the safe side. Although CUDA workloads need less power, you will still have max TDP spikes at times, and depending on future upgrade paths, having some extra power should be beneficial.

The Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro AC has Wifi, yes!

 

[Rosario]

Update: I'm buying all the pieces except the graphics card, I don't think I can wait for the 3070 so now I was wondering which one to buy, I took a look at the EVGA 2070 card indicated by bigcheez but I can't understand why all these differences prices ranging from € 500 to € 700 (https://www.amazon.it/s?k=EVGA+2070&__mk_it_IT=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&ref= nb_sb_noss_2) What changes between the various versions? Ultimately the card could be a little too expensive for my budget, do you recommend a 2060 instead?

 

[Alex Glawion]

There should be almost no performance difference within the same tier. Beware that there are two tiers on that page, the 2070 and the 2070 Super. The Super variant will be faster and is worth the extra money. Get the cheapest 2070 super or the cheapest 2070 you can find.

 

[Rosario]

Thank you Alex, very fast response lol