This is a build for my dad he uses his computer for alot of CAD stuff and will soon be using more high end CAD programs (hens this computer up grade is needed). so a couple of necessities are a 1.5TB HDD a high end graphics card a high end processor. a monitor is not needed and the budget for this build is $3000 AUD this is what i have come up with so far:

ASUS Sabertooth X79 $370
Intel i7 3930K $689
2x ASUS HD 6970 $840
Segate SATA3 1.5TB 7200rpm HDD $120
Antec 1100 case $138
2x Corsair Vengence 16GB 1600mhz kit $348
Antec 1200watt $255
Corsair H80 water cooler $139
Samsung buleray combo drive $79

Total $2978



and i do not want any silent or green components

Looks pretty solid to me.. If you're not overclocking, you might not need the h80 is all I can come up with. A decent after-market fan for 30-40 would do.

I have never bought a air cooler before what would u recomend

Hey all,

Cooler Master Hyper 212 is your best best and its good on the wallet too, usually $40

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Overall the system looks really solid

Perhaps 1 change- In stead of 2 6970's in Crossfire, I would consider a single GTX 580, perhaps even the 3gb edition of the card . As 2 cards doesnt always equal twice the performance. And you'll save some cash also

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 Ultra Durable 3GB [GV-N580UD-3GI] - $589.00 : PC Case Gear

Cheers

Thought of saying that, but 2 6970's is pretty rock solid. Blade, it's like we're twins in different places DOPPLE!

thanks for the thought but the 6970 cards that i am thinking of getting are not standard by any means and they are defiantly faster than a single GTX 580

Hey all

yes 2 6970's will serve very well

personally just not a fan of multi gpu setups. But YES- you will get great performance with the cards you've chosen.

cheers

Was doing some snooping around yesterday and found these what you think of them

NVIDIA® TESLA™ GPU COMPUTING SOLUTIONS - Landing Page

Dell Precision R5500 Rack Workstation Details | Dell Australia

I guess if you are willing to spend more than the 3 grand it's not a bad idea...

It all comes down to you really. The build you have set up already is rock solid and will last quite a while. If you wish to spend more thats up to you. I'm going to do some more reading on the Telsa and get back to you.

as i understand the tesla GPU will share graphic rendering with the CPU and yeah we are willing to spend more money if it means a significant increase in rendering speed

One thing I dug up about the Tesla/Work station cards in general is that they tend to run cooler when rendering.

Why is that important? If you were to use a say...gtx560 for rendering...it's going to get hot, because it wasn't particularly built for that.

The Tesla is built for it. It doesn't get as hot as fast for longer periods of time. This could prove to be an overall benefit for the lifetime and longevity of your pc as a whole.

Gaming cards tend to render a bit faster at the exspense of the abuse they take doing it (heat) whereas the tesla does it a bit slower but does not generate heat nearly as bad as a gaming card would (increasing life etc)

So you have some give and take here...a gaming card will do it faster but potentially decrease the lifetime of the system (or at least the cards) vs a slightly slower speed (unless you spend a significant amount of money i'm assuming) but increased life time over the pc.

...At least I think I'm pretty accurate.

Ok i made a revision

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 MB, Socket 2011, X79 $269
CPU: Intel 4-Core Xeon E5-2609 2.4GHz, 10MB Cache, Socket LGA 2011 $330
RAM: 32GB Corsair Quad Channel 1600mhz $344
HDD: Segate 2TB Barracuda 7200rpm 64mb $122
PSU: Antec 1200W TruePower Quattro $261
Case: Antec 1100 $138

GPU1: 2x Nvidia Quadro 2GB 4000 $1868
GPU2: 1x Tesla C2075 6GB $2500 approx

Setup total with GPU1: $3332 and GPU2:$3964

tell me what u think i am not really sure which xenon processor to go with but that one seemed good for the price

ok i have made another one

CPU:2x Newegg.com - AMD Opteron 6234 Interlagos 2.4GHz 16MB L3 Cache Socket G34 115W 12-Core Server Processor OS6234WKTCGGU - Processors - Servers
MOBO: Newegg.com - TYAN S8236GM3NR-IL SSI EEB Server Motherboard Dual Socket G34 AMD SR5690 DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066/800
CPU Cooler: 2x Newegg.com - Noctua NH-U9DO A3 AMD Opteron, 4 Dual Heat-pipe SSO Bearing Quiet CPU Cooler
HDD: Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1502FAEX 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
RAM: Newegg.com - Kingston 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Registered DDR3 1600 Server Memory DR x4 w/TS Model KVR1600D3D4R11SK4/32G
GPU: Newegg.com - PNY VCQ4000-PB Quadro 4000 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Workstation Video Card
Case and PSU: Newegg.com - Athena Power CA-SWH02B95 Black Steel Pedestal Server Case With 80 PLUS Certified EPS-12V 950W Green PFC Dual Fan Power Supply 9 External 5.25" Drive Bays

so out of the 3 computers in this thread which one would you think would be the best for rendering purposes.

I'm not sure at all if that case would fit two of those cpu coolers to be honest.

You would probably need something huge like a Danger Den or something.

I have a dh-14, and there are only maybe a dozen or two cases that can fit that with room to spare, without spending a big sum of money on the case itself.

Noctua is sweet, but they take up a lot of space. Something to consider.

i think they will fit in the case fine but i just took another look at the mother board and the cpu's sit very close together that could be a bit of an issue as well. i had a bit of a look around and there does not seem to be any coolers that would fit that close together so i changed the motherboard to: Newegg.com - ASUS KGPE-D16 SSI EEB 3.61 Server Motherboard Dual Socket G34 AMD SR5690 DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800