H610M E DDR4
i5 12400F
AG500
2X8-16GB 3200MHz
LEXAR NM620 1TB NVME M.2
RTX4060 8GB DUAL
DECAMAX 600W
UPG BLADE (local brand case)
MSI MAG 275F (monitor)
Hi everyone, I’m beginner at 3d designing
Is that alright with this list for 3ds max. Specifically, I’m planning to create interior and exterior designs.
What about render time, and time for animating my projects
Hiwow. Wewcome to the fowum. I’m hunting wabbits.
Find a better PSU.
This unknown to me brand gives me no hope.
That motherboard is… well, no way around it, atrocious.
If you are so short on money check the used market for stuff like cases and monitors and save some money. This is pretty horrible motherboard.
Yes, it will work, but you kinda need some good airflow to keep the VRM cool and this provides no radiators on the VRMs.
i am utterly unfamiliar with 3ds max, so I can’t say what the requirements are. But from the quick research I have done you need a lot of systems ram and vram. I would say go for 32GB system ram and way more than the 8gb vram…
First of all @Nuriddin_Hazratqulov -
I’d immediately recommend, moving past the 610, in favour of 660 [min.]
Will have better sidegrade upgrade support, if need to chase down more cores [* non-K]
Along with better peripheral support [addt’l M.2 / other PCIe attachment(s)]
Plenty of good variants are available [inc from ASRock / MSi / Asus]
Do look into bigger brands for PSUs [ Seasonic / Superflower / Corsair ]
And higher efficiency tiers [80+ Gold>]… +The warranty window, will be extended
I’d anticipate, more VRAM being important, towards the rendering side
A 3060-12GB, would be a more viable route, for starting off the rig
And once pricing/supply gets better, you can look at any newer-beefier stuff, after initial exp.
That is an extremely cheap budget option.
First off… H610 not only has atrociously bad performance, you are also locking your RAM speeds to 2133 MT/s as it does not support memory overclocking.
To help the discussion along, this is basically what you are proposing (I filled in the blanks on some items for approx. value and used a bad $40 case):
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-12400F | $110.30 |
| CPU Cooler | Deepcool AG500 BK ARGB | $39.99 |
| Motherboard | Asus PRIME H610M-E D4-CSM | $99.99 |
| Memory | Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine 2x8 GB DDR4-3200 CL16 | $24.97 |
| Storage | Lexar NM620 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 | $54.99 |
| Video Card | Asus DUAL EVO OC GeForce RTX 4060 | $339.99 |
| Case | Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L | $39.99 |
| Power Supply | Thermaltake Smart 600W 80+ | $40.99 |
| Monitor | MSI MAG 275QF 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor | $179.99 |
| Total | $931.20 |
End of 2024 I gave this advice in my $700 budget build advice thread, this is what I proposed back then:
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-12400F | $111.34 |
| CPU Cooler | Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE | $17.89 |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte B760M GAMING PLUS WIFI DDR4 | $129.99 |
| Memory | TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 CL16 | $46.99 |
| Storage | TEAMGROUP MP44L 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 | $56.99 |
| Video Card | PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6600 | $199.99 |
| Case | DIYPC S3-BK-ARGB ATX Mid Tower Case | $48.62 |
| Power Supply | Thermaltake Smart BM3 650W 80+ Bronze Semi-modular | $76.98 |
| Total | $688.79 |
The 7600 XT is so much better than the 4060 with it’s 16GB of VRAM, and a B660 or B760 is just so much better DIY experience. 4060 only makes sense if you need Nvidia due to being locked in for CUDA or similar. Otherwise, either go a tier lower and use the extra $100-$150 for a better harddrive or twice the RAM or why not both? Or save it in your upgrades account for the next big thing… 
I’m treating Autodesk, with a strong inclination, that CUDA has instruction bias
Where I put in, for the 3060-12GB [esp, when considering ALL x16 lanes get used]
All while active pricing / availability, remains under utter stupidity, for the time being
A worst case scenario, would be chasing down, one of them [late stage] 2060-12GB
Thank you guys all, Im reading all your comments.
Before carrying on let me clarify the specs because the case I mentioned was from ‘local’ brend and its hard to you to check out.
Here is the list of specs and cost in our countr