Attempting to build first ever full PC build for mainly 3D work and simple gaming

Hi forum, I am new and have recently am interested in attempting to build my own home desktop, fully for rendering/3D works and gaming.
The softwares I used to most are Autodesk Maya and NukeX but may use other softwares like Unreal Engine and 3dMAX in the future.
Budget wise, I would say around $2000 - $3000. My goal is to be able to render, composite and do everything from this build, efficiently and effectively.
I do also game but I don't usually max the graphics for games (of course, to me it is a bonus if it I could do so but it isn't necessary).
I do am looking to be overclocking this system.
To be honest, I am 85% sure that I have no idea on how to build a computer but I want to learn to do so, so it will be amazing if you guys can share tips on how to do so!
I own a monitor, 1920 by 1080, Acer G277HL and planning to get another.
I also live in Singapore.
Thanks a bunch, and I truly appreciate your time and effort to help me! :)

-Nick

I assume windows yeah?

Have you watched any of the hardware vids here on the tek syn YT channel?

There ya go, includes a 32" 4k display and a Workstation GPU, workstation GPU can't game well but if you're mostly doing model it might help, you'll have to look more into weather you need one or not

At around the same price you could also get a 40" 4k korean display, or if you really cut the builds in places 2 27" 4k displays

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zZscJx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zZscJx/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($374.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($249.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($69.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: AMD FirePro W7100 8GB Video Card ($619.99 @ B&H)
Case: Cooler Master HAF XB EVO ATX Desktop Case ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Rosewill 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Acer B326HK YMJDPPHZ 60Hz 32.0" Monitor ($832.81 @ Amazon)
Total: $2412.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-09 17:38 EST-0500

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Yes, Windows. Yes, I have been watching a couple of the how-to videos.

For these kind of workloads i would suggest to go with intel X99 platform.
A 5820K 6 cores 12 threads would be a realy good entry level cpu for your workloads.

I think something like this would be a good place to start.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cb8dK8

The only thing im not fully sure about is what would work better openCL or Cuda in maya and 3ds max.
reading trought some forums, most people recommend Cuda for maya.
Next to that, Nvidia cards support both Cuda and Open CL, on which AMD cards are Open CL only.
So thats why i choosed for a GTX980Ti card.

In terms of storage i choosed to keep it simple here, just 500GB SSD for all your programs, and 1TB HDD for storage.
Of course you could tweak storage as much as you like to.

let me know what you think.

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For rendering I have to say the Quadro card would be a better fit, but this is a good build as well. It all depends if his software and work will need DPFP.

Yes a workstation grade gpu would ofc be better.
But yeah those are not realy suitable for gaming.

Thanks for the reply! I do game but not so much. Mostly is putting my 3D assets in game engines and running test. I am looking for a build that could suit that.

For 3000 $ you should be looking at a workstation rather than gaming parts. Go dual xeon and quadro card. Quadros can game just fine but are better at the 3d modeling that you'll be doing. And the dual xeons will help with rendering far better than a single cpu.

I dont realy see why you should go with dual xeon´s for these kind of workloads to be honnest.
We dont talk about a heavy sever related envoirement.

rendering full scenes with ambient occlusion or global illumination. Having dual Xeons really does work better thank GPU rendered like iRay and Octane. Dual Xeons or a render farm/render team is the way to go.

I know when I'm just editing video effects both xeons can actually max out just previewing the effects. It'll help a lot when previewing effect in 3d applications as well.

Not to mention , you can can assign one cpu to render , while playing a game/watching the internet on the other

A quadro card like the m4000 would be ideal in my opinion. I dont know if it will work into your budget though.

edit- If you want to game and you are still learning the software you might want to just grab a gaming card like the 980ti.

Sure i understand, but what i mean in the case of topic starter.
Would he realy need this in the sin of it being efficient and cost effective?
Remember he lives in singapoor where prices and availability might be diffrent.

For future proofing and longevity , Buy server grade parts. They are built well , designed to run hard for years on end , plus even a few years down the road a dual xeon machine will still be considered pretty good. I've yet to see a dual xeon machine that wasn't surprisingly fast even for it's time.

If he was just gaming I wouldn't recommend it , but this is actually an instance where someone could really use it.

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Yeah, Playing the need vs. want balancing act is hard with just a floating budget of almost $1k, If it was more of a solid $3k incl. taxes/fee's its much more feasible to evaluate. If I'm into gaming by extension of my work, then gaming is absolutely secondary and the Quadro/FirePro is the way to go. If Im into rendering by the curiosity of my gaming and how things work, then the 980ti is the only alternative, since the TitanX doesn't have DPFP like previous Titan cards. Ultimately the OP has a strong decision to make, A fun decision either way :)

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@emosun So something like this is what you mean.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KXdCGX

Yea that with a server case would be good.

So I presume that emosun's suggestion on dual xeon and a quadro card is the appropriate choice for this build?

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I'd only go quadro if you really need CUDA, Firepro cards seem to be a much better value, as seen in the above build 8gbs of VRAM with a W7100 for $600

Also AMD has that CUDA conversion, thing I think, supposed to be out this month anyways

Dual Xeon is probably overkill, especially given it's potential cost, Like, if you make a ton of money doing this, then ya go for like the 10k PC with overkill parts that makes your life easier, but if this more of a hobby, then just a 5820K should be fine

Also do you already have 4k displays to work on?