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swmexi_9f8c8565baswmexi_9f8c8565ba Posts: 14
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I’m buying a new computer tomorrow, and I am wondering about what I should get.  Mostly, I do small renders with one to three characters.  However, I am working on a massive project with a few hundred G8 characters, planning on it filling up a 3’x10’ portion of my theater room wall.

If I buy the “High-Performance Build” (described here: https://www.logicalincrements.com/articles/building-pc-3d-rendering-animation), would that be sufficient to render my 3’ x 10’ image?  Would it work better if I divided it into five 3’ x’2’ images?

Are there any other recommendations about what I should buy?

Thank you for your help.

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  • kenshaw011267kenshaw011267 Posts: 3,805

    A few hundred G8's in one scene? No way can you get a scene like that to fit on any GPU. For any other use that build will be fine.

    Since you're DIY'ing it let me give you some free advice on that build.

    Get the R7 2700 rather than 2700X. The performance difference is neglible and the price difference isn't. You can easily OC the 2700 to any clockspeed the 2700X can reach.

    Do some shopping for the PSU. There are cheaper 750W gold PSU's out there even if you want fully modular.

    Do not buy a seperate CPU cooler unless you plan to heavily overclock the CPU. Either the 2700 or the 2700X come with decent stock coolers.

    The case is infamous for bad airflow, which might be why they recommended such a beefy cooler, there are better more modern cases at the $100 to $125 price point.

  • swmexi_9f8c8565baswmexi_9f8c8565ba Posts: 14
    kenshaw011267 said:

    A few hundred G8's in one scene? No way can you get a scene like that to fit on any GPU. For any other use that build will be fine.

    Since you're DIY'ing it let me give you some free advice on that build.

    Get the R7 2700 rather than 2700X. The performance difference is neglible and the price difference isn't. You can easily OC the 2700 to any clockspeed the 2700X can reach.

    Do some shopping for the PSU. There are cheaper 750W gold PSU's out there even if you want fully modular.

    Do not buy a seperate CPU cooler unless you plan to heavily overclock the CPU. Either the 2700 or the 2700X come with decent stock coolers.

    The case is infamous for bad airflow, which might be why they recommended such a beefy cooler, there are better more modern cases at the $100 to $125 price point.

    Thank you.  That was helpful

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