thesmokingman
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I'm building a render machine for work on a variety of applications. It will be an investment in reducing completion times in rendering and content creation workloads. This is a build for an old college buddy who works in the industry. On to the component list. Also, going to start with two 480mm rads but there is room for a 3rd if the need arises.
Core parts:
AMD Threadripper 3970x (thanks to tangoseal)
Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Xtreme
G.SKILL Trident Z Neo 4x16gb F4-3600C16Q-64GTZN x2 = 128gb now
(2) ASUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11G
(2) Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe 4.0 Gen4 PCIe M.2
(4) Sabrent 4TB Rocket NVMe 4.0 Gen4 PCIe M.2
Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 AIC Adaptor (bundled w/ MB)
Gigabyte GC-Titan Ridge TB3 AIC
Seagate Ironwolf 10TB drive
EVGA G2 1600 PSU
Case and cooling:
Thermaltake Core X9
EKWB EK-Velocity sTR4 CPU Waterblock
(2) EKWB EK-Vector RTX RE 2080 Ti
(2) XSPC RX480mm rads
Swiftech MCP35x
Bitspower DDC heatsink
Bitspower Minitank reservoir
(8) Corsair ML120
Originally I was going to use the Phaneteks 719 (Luxe 2) case, but had to axe that because the 719 is tiny in that it only supports 30mm rads in the two 480mm positions. Luckily I have a Core X9 sitting around from another EOL project, so enter the X9. The X9 obviously will fit everything with ease because its ridiculously huge.
Box of goodies...
![20191212_125857.jpg 20191212_125857.jpg](https://cdn.hardforum.com/data/attachment-files/2019/12/thumb/259165_20191212_125857.jpg)
Started to prep the case.
![20191211_225514.jpg 20191211_225514.jpg](https://cdn.hardforum.com/data/attachment-files/2019/12/thumb/259167_20191211_225514.jpg)
Added a usb-c port to the case. I think I'm going to add an external usb-c cable from the external port on the Titan-Ridge card, replacing the usb port below the new modded usb-c port. The top usb-c is for usb, and the lower one will be for TB3.
![20191212_184707.jpg 20191212_184707.jpg](https://cdn.hardforum.com/data/attachment-files/2019/12/thumb/259335_20191212_184707.jpg)
Will update as I go.
Finished build, mb shot with rgb overload.
![261083_20191218_221957.jpg 261083_20191218_221957.jpg](https://cdn.hardforum.com/data/attachment-files/2020/01/thumb/321079_261083_20191218_221957.jpg)
Core parts:
AMD Threadripper 3970x (thanks to tangoseal)
Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Xtreme
G.SKILL Trident Z Neo 4x16gb F4-3600C16Q-64GTZN x2 = 128gb now
(2) ASUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11G
(2) Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe 4.0 Gen4 PCIe M.2
(4) Sabrent 4TB Rocket NVMe 4.0 Gen4 PCIe M.2
Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 AIC Adaptor (bundled w/ MB)
Gigabyte GC-Titan Ridge TB3 AIC
Seagate Ironwolf 10TB drive
EVGA G2 1600 PSU
Case and cooling:
Thermaltake Core X9
EKWB EK-Velocity sTR4 CPU Waterblock
(2) EKWB EK-Vector RTX RE 2080 Ti
(2) XSPC RX480mm rads
Swiftech MCP35x
Bitspower DDC heatsink
Bitspower Minitank reservoir
(8) Corsair ML120
Originally I was going to use the Phaneteks 719 (Luxe 2) case, but had to axe that because the 719 is tiny in that it only supports 30mm rads in the two 480mm positions. Luckily I have a Core X9 sitting around from another EOL project, so enter the X9. The X9 obviously will fit everything with ease because its ridiculously huge.
Box of goodies...
![20191212_125857.jpg 20191212_125857.jpg](https://cdn.hardforum.com/data/attachment-files/2019/12/thumb/259165_20191212_125857.jpg)
Started to prep the case.
![20191211_225514.jpg 20191211_225514.jpg](https://cdn.hardforum.com/data/attachment-files/2019/12/thumb/259167_20191211_225514.jpg)
Added a usb-c port to the case. I think I'm going to add an external usb-c cable from the external port on the Titan-Ridge card, replacing the usb port below the new modded usb-c port. The top usb-c is for usb, and the lower one will be for TB3.
![20191212_184707.jpg 20191212_184707.jpg](https://cdn.hardforum.com/data/attachment-files/2019/12/thumb/259335_20191212_184707.jpg)
Will update as I go.
Finished build, mb shot with rgb overload.
![261083_20191218_221957.jpg 261083_20191218_221957.jpg](https://cdn.hardforum.com/data/attachment-files/2020/01/thumb/321079_261083_20191218_221957.jpg)
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