More horsepower

[glorybound]

Boxes are very nice. I used to buy them. But their prices are very high. I got the unit below from CyberPower about 6 weeks ago. It might be cheaper now. If you get this system upgrade the fans on the cooler to Noctua SSO Bearing Fan Cooling NF-P14s redux-1500 PWM. They are much quieter and more efficient. If you're using it as a render node you could skip the video card and save some money. I've been running this at 4.2 Ghz. In the winter when my house is 68f here in Michigan I run it at 4.4Ghz. Their stock OC is real solid. I think it came in around 3.8 Ghz. CyberPower system CAS: Corsair Obsidian 750D w/ USB 3.0, Full Side Panel Window [+35] CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR) CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-5960X Extreme Edition Eight-Core 3.00GHz 20MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011-V3 [+674] CS_FAN: Default case fans FAN: Corsair Hydro H110 280mm Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ Copper Cold Plate - Extreme Performance [+83] (2 x Standard 140MM Fans) HDD: 512GB ADATA SP900 Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 555MB/s Read & 535MB/s Write [+162] (Single Drive) MEMORY: 32GB (8GBx4) DDR4/2400MHz Quad Channel Memory [+330] (Corsair Vengeance) MOTHERBOARD: ASUS X99-A ATX W/ Intel GbE LAN, 4x Gen3 PCIe x16, 2x PCIe x1, 1x M.2, 8x SATA 6Gb/s [-5] NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network OS: Windows 7 Professional [+31] (64-bit Edition) OVERCLOCK: Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 20% or more) [+49] POWERSUPPLY: 1,000 Watts - Corsair RM1000 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Fully Modular Ultra Quiet Power Supply [+81] SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR [3 Year Labor, 1 Year Parts] LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (Maxwell) (Single Card) _PRICE: $2883.25 after discounts

It'll be my main WS. I already have a 970GTX; would it be worth it to have 2? I mean, can VRay RT use both, if they are the same. I haven't used RT, other than rotating my HDRI and 1/2 the time it doesn't work.

[Syclone1]

It'll be my main WS. I already have a 970GTX; would it be worth it to have 2? I mean, can VRay RT use both, if they are the same. I haven't used RT, other than rotating my HDRI and 1/2 the time it doesn't work.

Yes you can use multiple cards for RT in the same machine, just dont SLI them if you do add more than one. Other than that it works great for me with using 2 card in a single box and for DR as well.

**edit** if you don't use RT that much then I wouldn't bother with a second card and put that money in a faster CPU or a little more ram or a bigger M.2 drive to run the OS and such from (M.2 is much faster than SSD)...

[arobbert]

awesome! I think I just found my next computer

Glad to hear it. I'm happy with mine. The last one I got from them 4 years ago is still going strong.

[flino2004]

go to micro center in Minneapolis and buy the same components then you pay like $90 and they build it for you.

[glorybound]

I am 3 1/2 hours North and I don't have a whole day to spare

go to micro center in Minneapolis and buy the same components then you pay like $90 and they build it for you.