Adobe AE/Cinema 4D Rendering Box

[Evanair]

So this is my current system...

 

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PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$254.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Fractal Design Celsius S36 87.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$117.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero ATX AM4 Motherboard	$254.88 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-4266 Memory	$186.99 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-4266 Memory	$186.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 960 EVO 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$135.88 @ OutletPC
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$86.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$86.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Green 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB ROG STRIX Video Card
Case	Corsair Crystal 570X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case	$139.87 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair 760 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$179.99 @ Best Buy
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit	$139.89 @ OutletPC
Monitor	Asus ROG SWIFT PG348Q 34.0" 3440x1440 100 Hz Monitor	$768.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$2570.44
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$2540.44
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-11 22:36 EDT-0400

 

I'm running into an a massive CPU bottle neck when rendering using Cinema 4D rendering engine within AE.  All cores are pegged at 100%, and even overclocked to 4.1ghz with ram at 3333mhz C16, it's taking forever.

 

I'm considering switching to either the 570x and 3950x when it comes out, or go for the Intel 9980xe or 9900k.  Looking for advice.  Taking 1-3 days to render a few minutes of video isn't acceptable for me, unless it's all I can do.

Also, GPU isn't a bottle neck, nor is RAM amount in this case.  GPU barely gets hit (HW Monitor shows max it went was 23%) and Ram didn't go above 60% usage.

 

I'm open to suggestions.

 

Also... pretty impressed with the 1800x, being able to run for almost 28 hours straight now at 97% load constant.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Got a max budget? This is one of the tasks that the 32 core threadrippers are very good at, and there are rumors that there is a upcomming 64 core model. The 16 core threadrippers are still pretty good and pretty easy to get on sale.

 

 

[Evanair]

21 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Got a max budget? This is one of the tasks that the 32 core threadrippers are very good at, and there are rumors that there is a upcomming 64 core model. The 16 core threadrippers are still pretty good and pretty easy to get on sale.

 

 

I've considered TR, but it seems to dog behind the 3900x in testing (though, to be fair, I have yet to see a TR 32 core vs a 3900x).  I know LTT only does basic testing, video rendering and Cinebench but really doesn't get into the weeds with content creation instead of editing.

 

Budget would be 3-4k, just replacing Mobo and CPU.

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 minutes ago, Evanair said:

I've considered TR, but it seems to dog behind the 3900x in testing (though, to be fair, I have yet to see a TR 32 core vs a 3900x).  I know LTT only does basic testing, video rendering and Cinebench but really doesn't get into the weeds with content creation instead of editing.

 

Budget would be 3-4k, just replacing Mobo and CPU.

This is a good benchmark for just cpu render times in cinema 4d https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Cinema-4D-CPU-Roundup-AMD-Ryzen-3-AMD-Threadripper-2-Intel-9th-Gen-Intel-X-series-1537/

 

Threadripper looks really good here,

 

Here is one for general ae work

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/After-Effects-CPU-Roundup-AMD-Ryzen-3-AMD-Threadripper-2-Intel-9th-Gen-Intel-X-series-1533/