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GPU or CPU?

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Hi everyone, i would like some help and advice from experienced people here, i am planning to get a new build that will be used mainly for 3D desing and rendering (not for gaming) my budget allow me to go either for high-end CPU and fairly good GPU or the other way around (looking at the GTX 1080 now :D), so here is where i am scratching my head because i am not sure which is more important for 3D is it GPU or CPU, Thanks you all. 

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2 minutes ago, A_G said:

 

whats your budget. i would go for a good mix. also wait for rendering benchmarks of the 1080.

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Check with your software creator. Some 3D design software is heavily GPU accelerated and some is not. If it is GPU accelerated, I would say to get a Quadro if your budget could handle it as they are optimized for this sort of work. Otherwise a GTX 1080 would be fine. If it is not GPU accelerated then try a i7-5960x or i7-5930k

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get an X99 platform 6 or 8 core and an r9 280x

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