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Mike D
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Hey all,
Really love this site! It has helped me a great deal in catching up and understanding current tech. The last time I built a PC (from CyberPower) was 2012! Quarantine has got me bored and looking to update/learn new things, so here I am.
Primary use for this machine is experimentation and learning for motion graphics (professional by day, have a company machine for that) and also gaming. Mostly AE, C4D, Octane/Embergen, RS, Houdini, Xparticles.
I think I've settled on a Ryzen 9 3900x as the CPU with the X570 mobo. My main concern right now is about optimizations with the PCIE lanes. I'm still a little new to this area but ideally I'd like to use 2 GPUS + 1-2 NVME in this build. From my researching it seems that only the 2080 TI and future 3000 cards even get close to using full bandwidth of cards and support PCIE 4. And I definitely want the NVME drives using full bandwidth, right?
What is the optimal setup for these devices? And how much concern should I have if they are using x16 or x8? Does my software even benefit from PCIE 4 vs 3 or x16/x8? Any info would be great! Maybe I'm obsessing too much on this detail.
Thanks!
Really love this site! It has helped me a great deal in catching up and understanding current tech. The last time I built a PC (from CyberPower) was 2012! Quarantine has got me bored and looking to update/learn new things, so here I am.
Primary use for this machine is experimentation and learning for motion graphics (professional by day, have a company machine for that) and also gaming. Mostly AE, C4D, Octane/Embergen, RS, Houdini, Xparticles.
I think I've settled on a Ryzen 9 3900x as the CPU with the X570 mobo. My main concern right now is about optimizations with the PCIE lanes. I'm still a little new to this area but ideally I'd like to use 2 GPUS + 1-2 NVME in this build. From my researching it seems that only the 2080 TI and future 3000 cards even get close to using full bandwidth of cards and support PCIE 4. And I definitely want the NVME drives using full bandwidth, right?
What is the optimal setup for these devices? And how much concern should I have if they are using x16 or x8? Does my software even benefit from PCIE 4 vs 3 or x16/x8? Any info would be great! Maybe I'm obsessing too much on this detail.
Thanks!