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ahmedeljohani
Licensed Customer
Posts: 1
Joined: Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:50 am

Hi, I'm building a new Windows PC for 3D and 2D work.
My usage is 50% modelling and rendering millions of polygons (Octane and Modo) and 50% large canvas matte painting in Photoshop

This is the build list, I wanted to run it by Octane users in case I'm missing something or in case there's something I don't know about
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dTCHPs

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor
Cooler Master - MasterLiquid Lite 240 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock - X399 Taichi ATX TR4 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Mini Video Card (2-Way SLI)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Mini Video Card (2-Way SLI)
cayn99
Licensed Customer
Posts: 24
Joined: Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:43 am
Location: Rome, Italy

hi there, nice setup!
Just a couple of things...

That cooler is not designed for tr4 socket, it will work via an adapter but it won't cover the whole cpu, i suggest the noctua nh-u14s tr4 or enermax liqtech 240, specifically designed for TR.
concerning the ram i suggest to get any samsung b-die quad chanell kit to avoid any compatibility issue; both threadripper and ryzen are quite picky when it comes to ram and they seem to love the samsung chips.
this link might help : https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/6 ... ion_eg_on/

Cheers~!
mlmcgoogan
Licensed Customer
Posts: 31
Joined: Thu May 11, 2017 5:57 pm

Also, you may already be aware but just in case:

Make sure SLI is DISABLED when rendering. SLI will dramatically reduce rendering performance. You can still have an SLI bridge connecting the two cards, you just need to make sure you disable it via the Nvidia control panel before any render work.
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