Help me build a rig for 3d graphics

Hi,

It's been a while since i've assembled my last rig, and even a year since i was working on a desktop machine.

I need to assemble a new rig to do 3d graphics (mostly renderings) so i'm thinking of building one myself, single cpu, instead of going for something exotic.

Back in 2007 i did two q6600 and overclocked them, and they've been working great. I've lost touch with hardware since.

This is the only 6 core cpu i could find:

i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E


These two popped up at a great discount, i wasn't looking deeper, but i'd raid two SSD drives if that makes sense?

Patriot Pyro SE PPSE120GS25SSDR 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)


No preference here, just something that can do the trick:

ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB


This probably doesnt make a lot of sense for OC? i'm just surprised that you can get 64gb of ram this cheap.

G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 64GB (8 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

This case looks kinda cool, and i like how accessible it is with both panels opening.

[URL=http://]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156078]RAIDMAX SMILODON Extreme Black ATX-612WEB [/URL]

What about these corsair water cooling systems? Seems pretty cheap, but not sure how well it works.

I'd save on a video card for now, and get whatever.



I'd like to OC as much as possible, but keep it stable for 24/7 and renderings.

Hm.. you are both quoting the ram price wrong, it's at least double that (so 400-500 for 64gb?).

I got burned once by trying to assemble a dual socket rig when there were dual core opterons around (possibly even single), i lived in Serbia at the time, and hit a snag when trying to obtain memory, ECC at the time, cost a small fortune. Then came a 939 opteron that was like a fraction of the cost and much faster, and then came the q6600 which was like half the price of the opteron that i had.

So with a dual socket rig, it seems i have to go with amd, to keep it in this price range?


Also when the first 2 x quad cores came out, i remember their performance dropped significantly, it was only about 50% faster than a quad if i remember, so overclocking a q6600 at a fraction of the cost was the best solution.


The only reason why i looked at 3930k is because it was the only 6core that i found. There is an upside to having a really fast cpu with less cores, when you model, or do anything CPU intensive other than rendering, you are using a single core most of the time.

I guess i'm looking for the most bang for the buck, it could be on the more budget side of things, as in something less high end than a 3930k, or maybe on the more exotic side of things, there is a dual socket rig that would be three times as fast, for double the price or something?