Author Topic: What do you think of this workstation build?  (Read 2197 times)

2022-02-17, 20:12:46

Dashingcad

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Hey guys, I’ve invested in myself and want to make a real attempt and getting into this professionally.
My new workstation arrives in 1 week. What do you think of this build spec?

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.9GHz/72MB CACHE/AM4) GIGABYTE B550 GAMING X V2 : DDR4, USB 3.2 - ARGB Ready
128GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (4 x 32GB)
24GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3090 - HDMI, DP
2TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2700MB/sW) 6TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB

2022-02-18, 10:48:53
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NicolasC

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Hello,

For what it's worth, I think that if this workstation is intended to be used for Corona rendering mostly (=no GPU rendering), you should have bought a less powerful graphic card, and a more powerful CPU.
However, going on 128 Gb RAM is a good choice. Maybe another NVMe or two instead of the "classical" 6TB hard drive, especially with it running at 5400 rpm.

Anyway, you'll get a great workstation to play with, enjoy :)
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2022-02-18, 11:32:26
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Maybe another NVMe or two instead of the "classical" 6TB hard drive, especially with it running at 5400 rpm.

I was hesitant to buy 5400 rpm disk either, but it turned out to be even faster than my ancient 10K rpm velociraptor :] No doubt, NVME or SSD would be better choice, if you have unlimited budget that is.
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