Rendering processor on budget...

[Negation]

I'm studying animation and I need a new PC.

I'm looking into Intel Xeon processors but I don't know if they are worth it on my budget.

I have around 300$ to spend on CPU and I'm looking for more cores since I'll be doing a lot of rendering in 3Ds Max.

So, am I better off buying i7 or is something like Xeon E5-1620 v3 better suited for me.

I'm buying GPU so I would gladly trade Intel HD Graphics for more cores.

[suchamoneypit]

If you can afford the motherboard, the e5-2670 used is a really good price/performance for what you want to do. I will be building a Dual xeon home server with these within the next month.

[DannyRyu]

Rendering can be a lot faster done on GPU's. and 3DS max supports GPU accelerated rendering.

Why not look into that?

Like with my program an i7-5960X overclocked is slower at rendering Heavy scenes compared to 980 by Several Minutes. and each minute/Second adds up during long animations. (although I don't use 3DS Max so it may vary and the program I use (Blender) may not be able to utilize CPU's to the fullest?)

[thekeemo]

dual 2670

[Negation]

59 minutes ago, DannyRyu said:

Rendering can be a lot faster done on GPU's. and 3DS max supports GPU accelerated rendering.

Why not look into that?

Like with my program an i7-5960X overclocked is slower at rendering Heavy scenes compared to 980 by Several Minutes. and each minute/Second adds up during long animations. (although I don't use 3DS Max so it may vary and the program I use (Blender) may not be able to utilize CPU's to the fullest?)

So @DannyRyu you suggest I invest more in GPU than CPU. That seems reasonable, I might opt for lower end i7 and a GTX 1080 (when it becomes available) if I can save on other components. Thank you. 

P.S. @suchamoneypit  e5-2670 is 1,500$ CPU, hardly in my 300$ CPU budget.

[suchamoneypit]

21 hours ago, Negation said:

So @DannyRyu you suggest I invest more in GPU than CPU. That seems reasonable, I might opt for lower end i7 and a GTX 1080 (when it becomes available) if I can save on other components. Thank you. 

P.S. @suchamoneypit  e5-2670 is 1,500$ CPU, hardly in my 300$ CPU budget.

I said a e5-2670 used.

 

used is the difference between a $1500 CPU and a $65 one.

[Trey222]

On 5/7/2016 at 11:32 AM, Negation said:

So @DannyRyu you suggest I invest more in GPU than CPU. That seems reasonable, I might opt for lower end i7 and a GTX 1080 (when it becomes available) if I can save on other components. Thank you. 

P.S. @suchamoneypit  e5-2670 is 1,500$ CPU, hardly in my 300$ CPU budget.

Yes the E5 2670 is about 65 used on Ebay. It is a few years old but is still an amazing CPU for rendering in a budget. If you were to get one of those and a GTX 1080 you would have a pretty amazing rending PC. You could get two E5 2670s and have even better performance but you would have to go with a dual socket board and those motherboards tend to be around 400ish.  

[Negation]

@suchamoneypit Thank u so much! U just saved my ass! 
Thanks guys, you are the best!