Build 278 – The Stig: Visual Effects Workstation

The Stig is a visual effects workstation, designed around a 24-core Threa​d​ripp​er ​79​60X processor and dual RTX 4090 24GB video cards.
Visual Effects Workstation

Description

The Stig is a visual effects workstation, designed around a 24-core Threa​d​ripp​er ​79​60X processor and dual RTX 4090 24GB video cards.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 24-core Threa​d​ripp​er ​79​60X processor and dual RTX 4090 24GB video cards.

Software Workload/Customer Need

This customer needed a powerful new VFX workstation to handle their growing professional workload that would last a long time.

This build was designed for VFX and 3D rendering, primarily used in Cinema 4D, Octane Render, DaVinci Resolve, Blackmagic Fusion, Adobe Suite, Houdini, Autodesk Fusion, and EmberGen.

This build was influenced by our Threadripper 7000 Visual Effects Extreme Workstation.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): AMD Threa​d​ripp​er ​79​60X

CPU Cooler: Enermax Liqtech II TR4/Xeon 360​

Motherboard: Gigabyte TRX50 AERO D

Memory: Kingston ​4​x64GB DD​R5​-5600 E​CC

OS Storage (NVME): Kingston Fury Renegade 4TB

Main Storage (NVME): Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 8TB

Video Card (GPU): 2x MSI GeForce RTX 4090 24GB SUPRIM LIQUID X

Power Supply (PSU): be quiet! Dark Power 13 1600W

Case: Phanteks NV9 Black

Fans: 10x Phanteks PH-F120T30

OS: Windows 11 Pro

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Design Rationale

  • The Threa​d​ripp​er ​79​60X gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for lightly-threaded workloads, multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks, and an upgrade path.
  • To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, liquid cooling with a 360mm liquid cooler is recommended.
  • The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality, support for dual RTX 4090s, and an upgrade path.
  • The customer was fine with our default memory, 384GB was an easy upgrade.
  • The customer opted for a 4TB Gen4 NVME for OS+main storage, and an 8TB Gen4 NVME for projects and backup.
  • The customer preferred dual RTX 4090s for maximum general-purpose GPU compute, and a large amount of VRAM. Liquid cooling kept the component cost down.
  • The overall design of the build meant that a 1600W power supply was recommended.
  • We used a special mid-tower case to fit the build.
  • We used our highest-end fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure.

Customer Review

“Previously we had just purchased GPUs from Chris @ Top Flight Computers, but this year it was time to upgrade one of our workstations to a Threadripper based platform.

Chris was incredibly patient with the back and forth while we narrowed down a machine that fit our current & future needs.

Kudos to him and the team at Top Flight Computers!”

Steve, Blanchard OK

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