Wanting to Upgrade

[ImShamu]

I have a pc that is currently utilizing a Gigabyte z97x-SLI-CF and a i7 4790k 4 core processor. I am wanting to up the amount of cores I have. I currently do 3d animations and video editing. The rendering times are really slow. Any tips and suggestions would be appreciated. 

[scobie56]

I have a pc that is currently utilizing a Gigabyte z97x-SLI-CF and a i7 4790k 4 core processor. I am wanting to up the amount of cores I have. I currently do 3d animations and video editing. The rendering times are really slow. Any tips and suggestions would be appreciated. 

overclock or if you have a nvidia gpu enable CUDA 

[Voldy21]

Have you tried overclocking your cpu? It might be a better idea to try that because upgrading it and getting more cores would mean either switching to a xeon processor or going to the x99 motherboards which has a different chipset. Or AMD

[rtpb5642]

I have a pc that is currently utilizing a Gigabyte z97x-SLI-CF and a i7 4790k 4 core processor. I am wanting to up the amount of cores I have. I currently do 3d animations and video editing. The rendering times are really slow. Any tips and suggestions would be appreciated. 

What GPU do you have?

[ImShamu]

Have you tried overclocking your cpu? It might be a better idea to try that because upgrading it and getting more cores would mean either switching to a xeon processor or going to the x99 motherboards which has a different chipset. Or AMD

Never tried overclocking. Don't know how to do it. I don't want to mess up my cpu. Is it easy?

[ImShamu]

Have you tried overclocking your cpu? It might be a better idea to try that because upgrading it and getting more cores would mean either switching to a xeon processor or going to the x99 motherboards which has a different chipset. Or AMD

How do you overclock?

[ImShamu]

What GPU do you have?

Nvidia gtx 970

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

5820k

[Voldy21]

How do you overclock?

 

This video will tell you exactly how to do it. Basically upping the core clock a little bit at a time, then run a stability test, then up the core clock a little again and keep doing that until your computer restarts. Then you turn up the voltage a little at a time until your computer is stable(run a stability test) keep doing that until you reach the desired speed and the desired temps. 

 

Edit: Also, make sure that your voltages are not too high. It's tedious but it might save you quite a bit of money. 

[ImShamu]

5820k

For a cpu?

[ImShamu]

 

This video will tell you exactly how to do it. Basically upping the core clock a little bit at a time, then run a stability test, then up the core clock a little again and keep doing that until your computer restarts. Then you turn up the voltage a little at a time until your computer is stable(run a stability test) keep doing that until you reach the desired speed and the desired temps. 

 

Edit: Also, make sure that your voltages are not too high. It's tedious but it might save you quite a bit of money. 

Looks kind of risky to try it without someone's help. I'll have to look into that. 

[Voldy21]

Looks kind of risky to try it without someone's help. I'll have to look into that. 

Here's something really simple to try with your particular CPU. The 4790k can boost to 4.5 ghz so a good thing to try would be to see if your CPU is stable at running 4.5 ghz all the time. You'll need to get CPUID HWMonitor to check your temps but you should be able to do it without touching the voltage at all. That will give you a decent speed boost. Just go into the BIOS and you'll want to activate advance settings. Then you'll see something that will say core clock speed. you set it to 45 and then restart your computer. It should work.

[rtpb5642]

For a cpu?

No a potato.

[CLB]

I'm also interested in getting some solid answers to ImShamu's initial question. I have similar hardware to him/her. I've been hoping to upgrade to a six-core 5930k or eight-core 5960X but I'm hesitant to drop that kind of cash on a cpu that may not be worth the investment. I do very high level cg modeling and rendering with models rendering in VRay with 8K displacement maps and high lighting quality samples. If I upgrade from a 2600K to a 5960X, will those extra cores help THAT much with rendering stills or even animations?

 

My current system has:

 

Intel 2600k @ 3.7GHz

MSI Geforce GTX 970

16 GB of DDR3 RAM

 

Thoughts and suggestions?

[ImShamu]

I'm also interested in getting some solid answers to ImShamu's initial question. I have similar hardware to him/her. I've been hoping to upgrade to a six-core 5930k or eight-core 5960X but I'm hesitant to drop that kind of cash on a cpu that may not be worth the investment. I do very high level cg modeling and rendering with models rendering in VRay with 8K displacement maps and high lighting quality samples. If I upgrade from a 2600K to a 5960X, will those extra cores help THAT much with rendering stills or even animations?

 

My current system has:

 

Intel 2600k @ 3.7GHz

MSI Geforce GTX 970

16 GB of DDR3 RAM

 

Thoughts and suggestions?

 

No a potato.

Is it compatible with my motherboard? 

 

No a potato.

Gigabyte z97x-SLI-CF

[ImShamu]

I'm also interested in getting some solid answers to ImShamu's initial question. I have similar hardware to him/her. I've been hoping to upgrade to a six-core 5930k or eight-core 5960X but I'm hesitant to drop that kind of cash on a cpu that may not be worth the investment. I do very high level cg modeling and rendering with models rendering in VRay with 8K displacement maps and high lighting quality samples. If I upgrade from a 2600K to a 5960X, will those extra cores help THAT much with rendering stills or even animations?

 

My current system has:

 

Intel 2600k @ 3.7GHz

MSI Geforce GTX 970

16 GB of DDR3 RAM

 

Thoughts and suggestions?

I know adding another 970 would help you out. I also have a 970. 

[Nena Trinity]

I have a pc that is currently utilizing a Gigabyte z97x-SLI-CF and a i7 4790k 4 core processor. I am wanting to up the amount of cores I have. I currently do 3d animations and video editing. The rendering times are really slow. Any tips and suggestions would be appreciated. 

X99 motherboard and a 6 or 8 core then?