Rig upgrade recommendation (Amd fx 8350+ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0)

[rashiga]

Hi Guys,
I'm planning to upgrade my current build ,since my budget is VERY tight I planned to go for following parts

CPU - FX 8350
MB - ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1600MHz

Rest will be my old parts
Crucial M4 128gb SSD
1TB HDD
Evga 460 GTX
Inwin Commander 850W

My primary requirement is 3D rendering (3ds max,MRay and Vray)
Considerations - Stability, Compatibility

Would like to have opinion from you guys before buying these parts.
Thank you!

 

[pcjunkie429]

The rest of the forum will probably say go Intel, but since you're on a budget I think it will be fine. I had that same mobo (well, mine wasn't the v2) in my last rig and it's great. My only concern is the video card if you're going to be doing 3D rendering. A 460 GTX is a little lightweight for that, isn't it? I'm not into doing that sort of thing, so maybe someone who is experienced in it can chime in and be of some help here .

 

[airdeano]

I do a lot of 3D CAD/CAM and vid rendering and a lot will have to do with what
resolution and type of monitor(s).

I reached out to the AMD FX platform for giggles and for productivity side of
applications not impressed for the "savings". easily for 3D work its fine,
slow - but fine. refresh and monitor renders were laggy, unpredictable and
heavily threaded. the stock 4.2GHz had same results with a 4.9GHz overclock.
and at the time had a SLI GTX580 GPU setup. vid renders were deffo worse
on the AMD platform over the Intel. using adobe, gibbs, autodesk and ray trace
warez.

there is a significant difference in RAM from 1600 to 2133 if the memory
controller can hold the stability and voltage. I ran 2133 until the stability
got unbearable and backed-up to 1866. use 1.5v RAM over the 1.65 as i
believe that could be the most part of the stability.

tbh, you could use that combo, for temporary, but for productivity hope
you are paid by the hour.. 20-35% productivity deficit from AMD to Intel.
and that's coming from an 1155 platform. LGA2011 effortlessly is extremely
faster, more stable and processing power is untouched (except for dual
workstations)

 

[rashiga]

@pcjunkie429 and @airdeano thanks a lot for your replies

@airdeano - My primary monitor is 1080p one and I use a 720p one also.can you please explain what you meant by "refresh and monitor renders were laggy, unpredictable and heavily threaded." do you mean when you model something in 3d space and when you change the camera the screen gets very laggy?

And I checked some benchmarks on the processor which were very promising when it comes to 3d rendering. Problem is even for the amount i'm gonna spend for all this i cannot get a even a decent i5 for the same price.

Awaiting for a reply soon
Thank you