Build 76 – Dingo: Visual Effects Workstation

Dingo is a visual effects workstation, designed around a 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X processor and an RTX 2060 Super 8GB video card.

Description

Dingo is a visual effects workstation, designed around a 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X processor and an RTX 2060 Super 8GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X processor and an RTX 2060 Super 8GB video card.

Software Workload/Customer Need

This customer needed a powerful new workstation to handle their growing professional workload that would last a long time. This build is designed for visual effects, simulations, post production, and animation.

This system is designed in particular for Houdini, DaVinci Resolve, Nuke, After Effects, Maya, Cinema 4D, and Mantra (in order of importance to the client).

This build is similar to The Beast and Data Dozer.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4

Motherboard: MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x32GB DDR4-3200

Storage (SSD): HP EX950 512GB NVME

Storage (SSD): HP EX950 1TB NVME

Video Card (GPU): Zotac RTX 2060 Super 8GB Mini

Power Supply (PSU): Corsair RMx 850W

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M TG

Fans: 6x Phanteks PH-F120MP

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Design Rationale

  • The Ryzen 9 3900X gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for modeling, and multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks.
  • To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, air cooling with a dual-tower cooler is recommended.
  • The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality.
  • The customer wanted at least 64GB of RAM, 128GB was an easy upgrade.
  • The customer was fine with our default storage setup.
  • The customer was fine with our recommended video card.
  • The overall design of the build meant that a 850W power supply was recommended.
  • We used a bigger mid-tower case to fit the build.
  • We used our default fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure.

Customer Review

“Chris was not only informative and helpful, but he fashioned all of his communications in a friendly and inviting way.

That level of professionalism erased any doubt of using Top Flight Computers as the company to build my computer, and the quality of that build speaks for itself.

I will definitely reach out to Chris if I ever need another build, though I am sure the one they gave me will last a long time!”

Ethan, Wise VA

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