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Thomas_baas
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Hi there. So... I'm going to study mechanical engineering over 2 weeks and I need a computer for rendering stuff (3D en material simulation). I already bought a 1080ti. (I use it for after effects and other video rendering).  But I still have my trusty old 4690, not even the 4690K. I knew this would become the bottleneck until I had my new cpu and with that a new motherboard. I'm not really a gamer, sometimes I like to play some GTA V but that's it. I really don't know what cpu to pick... I'm more of an Intel guy but amd is fine.. I guess

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i7 4790

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A budget would be nice to know.

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I really don't have a budget. I just want a pc that can last me for at least 4 years

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Just now, Damascus said:

i7 4790

 

Just now, HKZeroFive said:

A budget would be nice to know.

yeah 4790/4790k is good for lower budget. Ryzen 7 would be better but it is way more money

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Just now, Thomas_baas said:

I really don't have a budget. I just want a pc that can last me for at least 4 years

How much are you willing to spend then? Can't really help you if we don't have a limit.

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cool, i am a mechanical engineer, good luck. you don't need anything powerful, a 4790 will be more than enough or get a laptop with a i7(HQ) and a 1050ti. 

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If you have no budget and Id assume engineering programs are heavily multithreaded I would suggest getting a TR 1950x

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1 minute ago, Thomas_baas said:

Well, let's say a €1000 for motherboard + cpu

thats way way too much lol

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1 minute ago, Thomas_baas said:

Well, let's say a €1000 for motherboard + cpu

don't overspend, get a 4770/ 4790 and a better GPU, more RAM will be helpful, and a  laptop such as a thinkpad.  

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Well, I reserved it for it... You know, it's not just that I'm going to use it for my study. I love to make drone video's and use after effects to add vfx and use resolve to grade the footage. But is so slow know (rendering a 5 minute 4k video takes around 1 hour) 

 

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1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

don't overspend, get a 4770/ 4790 and a better GPU, more RAM will be helpful, and a  laptop such as a thinkpad.  

I have a 1080ti...

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1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

don't overspend, get a 4770/ 4790 and a better GPU, more RAM will be helpful, and a  laptop such as a thinkpad.  

No need to upgrade your i5-4690, but the 4790 would be the most solid option for a student. Put the 300 into the chip and the remainder of the 1K into a good laptop with a decent quad-core and dGPU for when you're mobile.

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Just now, Thomas_baas said:

I have a 1080ti...

don't really care, you don't need anything powerful for school, you are a student, if you want to upgrade get something like a ryzen 1700+b350m+ ddr4 3000mhz RAM, save the rest. 

 

 

 

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I'm a CS major. I originally had an FX 6350 in my desktop. I got a laptop with 6700. It's very nice. Much better than my FX. However, I must say my R7 1700x blows my i7 6700 out of the water because it can handle much migher load. Youtube, plus Mozilla, plus Visual Studio, plus Autocad, plus Unity. I would go with a Ryzen based on my own personal experience.

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8 minutes ago, Colexd said:

ryzen 7 with b350 mobo with ddr4 3000/3200 ram

^^as high as you should go

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10 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

 

yeah 4790/4790k is good for lower budget. Ryzen 7 would be better but it is way more money

That makes me sad... I bought my pc when is cost around 2.5k

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Maybe I should explain a bit what my idea is... 

I have a pc right know with a 4690 and a 1080ti. I also can get a 2013 15" MacBook pro for free. I have a 32TB Nas and I wanted to sync all the files between my laptop and my computer so I can render things out on my pc and make documentation on my laptop

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1 minute ago, Thomas_baas said:

Maybe I should explain a bit what my idea is... 

I have a pc right know with a 4690 and a 1080ti. I also can get a 2013 15" MacBook pro for free. I have a 32TB Nas and I wanted to sync all the files between my laptop and my computer so I can render things out on my pc and make documentation on my laptop

Then get ryzen 1700, i dont think you need more (TR)

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2 minutes ago, Thomas_baas said:

2013 15" MacBook pro for free.

get the last 2013 model with the 750m, 16GB ram, and 500GB SSD, i use it for work on the go. 

2 minutes ago, Thomas_baas said:

I can render things out on my pc and make documentation on my laptop

you can do most of your school work on your MacBook 

 

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Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

get the last 2013 model with the 750m, 16GB ram, and 500GB SSD, i use it for work on the go. 

you can do most of your school work on your MacBook 

 

Seriously?! In the information letter that I got the tell me that I need at least a 1060, 32GB ram and a i7 (whatever that means) 

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