Help with Sketchup + Vray + Lumion PC Build

SketchUp Computer Advice
1

I’m planning to build to my wife a render node at home. She works mainly with archviz and event 3D rendering on Vray for sketchup (sometimes lumion). Due to her studies she’s working on a laptop with the current config: https://1921681254.mx/

  • Ryzen 7 5800H

  • 32GB DDR4 3200mhz memory

  • GeForce RTX 3060 6GB

I’m planning to build a render node for her but I’m kinda lost which should be better for the money.

I found some good deals in for Xeon E5-2683 V4 (16 core/32 threads, 2.10Ghz base and 3.0 Ghz turbo) + 32/64GB DDR4 ECC Memory + RTX 3070 8GB (or maybe a cheaper model and a Nvidia Tesla)

As my understanding sketchup wouldn’t benefit of processors cores/threads, however she would still work in the laptop and use the other machine just to render in Vray and/or Lumion.

Is this configuration good enough or you would recommend something different? My budget is USD 1500-ish.

Thanks

2

Video memory is important and the 6gb 3060 is a bit small. Instead of going to a 3070 with its 8gb you can get a 3060 with 12gb.
I use Enscape and would gladly trade my 2070 for a 3060 with its 12gb over a 3070

3

Have you looked at whether or not an external GPU can be used for rendering with vray and lumion?
If it works, it might be easier and more effective than a render node.