Build 421 – OverThink: Animation Workstation

OverThink is an animation workstation, designed around a 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor and an RTX 5080 16GB video card.

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Animation Workstation

Description

OverThink is an animation workstation, designed around a 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor and an RTX 5080 16GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor and an RTX 5080 16GB 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 After Effects.

This customer previously ordered NeverWait, in 2019.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Silent Loop 3 360

Motherboard: Gigabyte X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7

Memory: GSkill Flare X5 4x64GB DDR​5-6000

OS Storage (NVME): Western Digital Black SN8100 2TB

Main Storage (NVME): Western Digital Black SN850X 4TB

Cache Storage (NVME): Western Digital Black SN850X 2TB

Video Card (GPU): Asus GeForce RTX 5080 16GB PRIME

Power Supply (PSU): be quiet! Straight Power 12 1500W

Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 Black Non-Glass

OS: Windows 11 Pro

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Design Rationale

  • The Ryzen 9 9950X3D gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for general use, and multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks.
  • To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, liquid cooling with a 360mm cooler is recommended.
  • The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality, and support for multiple NVME SSDs and 256GB RAM.
  • The customer was fine with our recommended memory setup.
  • The customer requested a 2TB OS+program drive, 2TB of AE Cache, and 4TB project drive.
  • We recommended an RTX 5080 for the overall GPU performance in After Effects, and not needing massive VRAM for MFR jobs.
  • We recommended a 1500W power supply based on the design of the build.
  • We used our regular mid-tower case for solid airflow and minimalistic design.

Customer Review

“I wish I had gone to Chris sooner. He knows his stuff, he’s professional and won’t let you down. If you make your living with a computer, don’t make the mistake I did…I waited.

Get an upgrade, you won’t regret it.”

Brian, Raleigh NC

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