$1500CAD 3d modelling and rendering build help

[IBIubbleTea]

Not sure if it's possible but could anyone help me come up with a $1500CAD build which will be used for 3 modelling and rendering? Also maybe you could create two builds, one with a monitor and one without monitor, both within the $1.5k budget. 

 

Thanks!

 

 

[Marinatall_Ironside]

Here's one without monitor:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99 @ NCIX) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($124.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($137.99 @ NCIX) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($114.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($124.99 @ NCIX) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($104.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($367.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $1470.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-13 20:55 EST-0500

 

I swear everything in Canada has to be more expensive than in the United States  because I could have given you a good Intel Core i7 build instead.

[Daveeede]

With Monitor: 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($472.47 @ DirectCanada) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($40.41 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($146.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($94.48 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($161.67 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($204.72 @ DirectCanada) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($57.72 @ DirectCanada) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($62.97 @ DirectCanada) 
Monitor: Asus VN248H 23.8" Monitor  ($204.73 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $1446.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-13 20:54 EST-0500

 

Without monitor:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($472.47 @ DirectCanada) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($78.50 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A Tomahawk AC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($188.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($94.48 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($161.67 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($94.47 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($204.72 @ DirectCanada) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Matte Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.72 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.97 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $1499.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-13 21:00 EST-0500

[Daveeede]

What programs are you using in your workflow? That makes a huge difference since certain ones will lean on the gpu or cpu differently. 

[IBIubbleTea]

16 minutes ago, Daveeede said:

What programs are you using in your workflow? That makes a huge difference since certain ones will lean on the gpu or cpu differently. 

zbrush, maya, mubox and photoshop

[Daveeede]

1 minute ago, IBIubbleTea said:

zbrush, maya, mubox and photoshop

In that case I recommend pumping most of the budget into the CPU and RAM. i7 with at least 16GB of RAM should do you fine. I wouldn't worry too much about the GPU. Something like a 1050 or 1060 would be more than enough, unless you plan on gaming then you can spend a bit more there. 

[IBIubbleTea]

28 minutes ago, Daveeede said:

In that case I recommend pumping most of the budget into the CPU and RAM. i7 with at least 16GB of RAM should do you fine. I wouldn't worry too much about the GPU. Something like a 1050 or 1060 would be more than enough, unless you plan on gaming then you can spend a bit more there. 

oh okay, so that means the two builds you created, I dont even need to change. thanks a bunch!