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FX 8320 or I5 4460?

 

I have read around that you have to overclock the 8320 to get the best out of it for rendering. That means I have to include an aftermarket cooler which adds another cost. It also means I cant cheap out on the motherboard right? 

 

In that case, is it beneficial to just go with the 4460?

[You_are_a_cunt]

I'd go with a Xeon if I were you. And some beefy GPUs (gaming grade one + a quadro or something along those lines)

[CJ Chua]

Xeon E3 1231 V3 or higher would be better

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I'd go with a Xeon if I were you. And some beefy GPUs (gaming grade one + a quadro or something along those lines)

 

 

Xeon E3 1231 V3 or higher would be better

 

 

No doubt it would be better. But I guess it's entirely my fault for not stating that I am in a very tight budget. 

[You_are_a_cunt]

8320 it is then, since you'll probably want all the cores for rendering

[multifrag]

FX 8320 or I5 4460?

 

I have read around that you have to overclock the 8320 to get the best out of it for rendering. That means I have to include an aftermarket cooler which adds another cost. It also means I cant cheap out on the motherboard right? 

 

In that case, is it beneficial to just go with the 4460?

In maya or any other 3D application the processor only gonna matter in terms of core count how powerful each core is. To be honest if you're not rendering every day you won't see a big difference between 4 and 6 cores(i5 and 5820k) Cheap, overclockable 4core is the go. Gpu in maya is only for preview, so any cheap gaming gpu will do the job. You might consider getting at least 2gb Vram as Mari (texturing app) can only work with minimum of 2 gb vram

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In maya or any other 3D application the processor only gonna matter in terms of core count how powerful each core is. To be honest if you're not rendering every day you won't see a big difference between 4 and 6 cores(i5 and 5820k) Cheap, overclockable 4core is the go. Gpu in maya is only for preview, so any cheap gaming gpu will do the job. You might consider getting at least 2gb Vram as Mari (texturing app) can only work with minimum of 2 gb vram

 

Thanks for the very informative input! Just a question though, you mentioned that an overclockable 4core is the best way to go, does that mean that the 4460 is not a viable choice for Maya?

[EllieThePurpleFuzzy]

I would seriously look into the Xeon E3 for that build, though it would be nice to know the budget .

[multifrag]

Thanks for the very informative input! Just a question though, you mentioned that an overclockable 4core is the best way to go, does that mean that the 4460 is not a viable choice for Maya?

Any 4 core is viable for maya, the overclocking can give 30% extra power. It's your choice if you want to overclock it as you will need a better cooler and so on. But I went with overclocking and as many cores as I can. So 12cores 24 threads overclocked to 4.4Ghz. I don't really know about amd performance on 3d apps, but with intel side a 4 core will do good job. Don't forget that it's not all about pc components. If you will be sucker at optimizing your rendering quality no computer will save your ass to finish it before deadline.

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I would seriously look into the Xeon E3 for that build, though it would be nice to know the budget .

 

Sad to say, but it is as tight as it gets. Probably losing some cost effectiveness as well. I just need Maya to run effectively... somewhat-ish... , like for a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest and 1 as the minimum requirement, I think around 2 would suffice. Just to put it into perspective, I am actually having a hard time buying either the 8320 or the 4460. I hope that helps  . 

 

 

 

Any 4 core is viable for maya, the overclocking can give 30% extra power. It's your choice if you want to overclock it as you will need a better cooler and so on. But I went with overclocking and as many cores as I can. So 12cores 24 threads overclocked to 4.4Ghz. I don't really know about amd performance on 3d apps, but with intel side a 4 core will do good job. Don't forget that it's not all about pc components. If you will be sucker at optimizing your rendering quality no computer will save your ass to finish it before deadline.

 

Just a little bit more question though, any 4core from Intel will do? It won't matter if it's Sandy, Ivy or Haswell?

What about the motherboard? Is their anything to watch out for aside from the compatibility with the CPU?

And just out of curiosity, in stock speeds/cooler, would the 8320 be better than the 4460?

 

Thank you very much Multifrag. With me having absolutely no knowledge about Maya (or rendering for that matter), your help is a godsend. 

[multifrag]

Sad to say, but it is as tight as it gets. Probably losing some cost effectiveness as well. I just need Maya to run effectively... somewhat-ish... , like for a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest and 1 as the minimum requirement, I think around 2 would suffice. Just to put it into perspective, I am actually having a hard time buying either the 8320 or the 4460. I hope that helps  . 

 

 

 

 

Just a little bit more question though, any 4core from Intel will do? It won't matter if it's Sandy, Ivy or Haswell?

What about the motherboard? Is their anything to watch out for aside from the compatibility with the CPU?

And just out of curiosity, in stock speeds/cooler, would the 8320 be better than the 4460?

 

Thank you very much Multifrag. With me having absolutely no knowledge about Maya (or rendering for that matter), your help is a godsend. 

I'd suggest downloading maya and trying it out on your laptop. It will run on it.

Your main criteria is:

Cpu for rendering 4 cores. Cinebench is great benchmark to see how your cpu will perform in maya

Ram is how big your project can go before you will have to start spiting and optimizing your scene

Graphics card for how much fps the preview can output. 2gb Vram should be enough as even with my old quadro 512mb vram it was alright in millions of polygons. So any gaming gpu with 2gb Vram

Storage probably small ssd for main drive and big hdd for projects. Don't forget to turn on autosave in maya as it sometimes like to crash. I have it at every 5 minutes.

Monitors is recommended ips for good colour reproduction, but it is in the future if you will be earning money out of it.

Now is 8320 better than 4460:

Cinebench 8320 = 8-8.5pts

Cinebench 4460 = 6.5pts

amd wins, but look into platform cost and if you can overclock other chips