cpu What is the best CPU for Rendering?

[Chraelos]

Hello, I want to buy a new pc for 3d modeling, animating and maybe some games aswell and haven't decided yet what cpu is the best, I am also not that familiar with pc-building et cetera. My budget is about $1200 in total. I would be very thankful for any advice and would be happy if you could recommend any other parts.

[Bazilias]

Here you go:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($308.74 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($27.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($76.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($94.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($379.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($50.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1128.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-10 09:22 EST-0500

[MVPernula]

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Will you need an entirely new build or do you have some spare parts to use from an older/current one?

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[samcool55]

4 minutes ago, Chraelos said:

Hello, I want to buy a new pc for 3d modeling, animating and maybe some games aswell and haven't decided yet what cpu is the best, I am also not that familiar with pc-building et cetera. My budget is about $1200 in total. I would be very thankful for any advice and would be happy if you could recommend any other parts.

I would recommend to wait a while if that's possible.

AMD is going to launch ryzen very soon and it's possible you would be able to get much more cpu power for your money because well, competition.

 

It should launch the end of this month/beginning of next month somewhere.

[SomethingOrOtherThing]

26 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

I would recommend to wait a while if that's possible.

AMD is going to launch ryzen very soon and it's possible you would be able to get much more cpu power for your money because well, competition.

 

It should launch the end of this month/beginning of next month somewhere.

Rumors say an 8c/16t CPU for $500. *drools a whole lot* As a Q1 launch window was indicated, i'd say in 1-2 months we should see something. Worst case - take one step down from that $500 and it'll be a beast, i hope.

[Ashiella]

30 minutes ago, RaptorCandy said:

Here you go:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($308.74 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($27.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($76.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($94.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($379.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($50.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1128.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-10 09:22 EST-0500

When it comes to animation, Cores>Clocks

 Resources: my friend is going to college for animation, and they still use old i7 3770s, my friend is using an i5 6600k @ 4.6ghz and his i5 is considerably worse and takes much longer to render.

[Bazilias]

1 minute ago, Ashiella said:

When it comes to animation, Cores>Clocks

 Resources: my friend is going to college for animation, and they still use old i7 3770s, my friend is using an i5 6600k @ 4.6ghz and his i5 is considerably worse and takes much longer to render.

So what are you trying to say?

[Goldensapling]

2 minutes ago, RaptorCandy said:

So what are you trying to say?

F X i s b e s t C P U l i n e

 

8 3 2 0

[Ashiella]

2 minutes ago, RaptorCandy said:

So what are you trying to say?

That you should consider putting all dem cores in instead of just that i5, the pcs at his college also don't have gpu's, comparing to his 980ti.

[Bazilias]

1 minute ago, Ashiella said:

That you should consider putting all dem cores in instead of just that i5, the pcs at his college also don't have gpu's, comparing to his 980ti.

I've recommended a Intel Core i7-7700 and a GTX 1070 so I don't know what you mean by saying "That you should consider all dem cores instead of just that i5".

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, Goldensapling said:

F X i s b e s t C P U l i n e

 

8 3 2 0

9 5 9 0 .  I t  i s  t h e  B E S T.  C p u. E v e r m a d e .

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, RaptorCandy said:

I've recommended a Intel Core i7-7700 and a GTX 1070 so I don't know what you mean by saying "That you should consider all dem cores instead of just that i5".

Oops, i7, that maybe an x99 system might be better, plus the 7700 and its requirement of delidding.

[Goldensapling]

1 minute ago, Ashiella said:

9 5 9 0 .  I t  i s  t h e  B E S T.  C p u. E v e r m a d e .

8350 = OC 8320

9590 = OC 8350

9590 = 8320 @ 5Ghz

8320 is such an engineering marvel that they made like 4 CPUs from the same CPU and it's still lit as a workstation CPU

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, Ashiella said:

Oops, i7, that maybe an x99 system might be better, plus the 7700 and its requirement of delidding.

There absolutely is no reason to delidding a locked CPU.

also the 7700 is at least 40% faster than the 9590.

[Ashiella]

2 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

There absolutely is no reason to delidding a locked CPU.

also the 7700 is at least 40% faster than the 9590.

The 9590 thing was a joke. And thermals? I would just because the high temp gets on my nerves. I was suggesting x99 and maybe an ES or QS 12-14c 24-28t CPU off eBay.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($343.33 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($123.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($94.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: SK hynix SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($76.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Windforce OC Video Card  ($379.00 @ Jet) 
Case: DIYPC J180-BL ATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $1201.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-10 10:04 EST-0500

[Bazilias]

1 minute ago, Ashiella said:

The 9590 thing was a joke. And thermals? I would just because the high temp gets on my nerves. I was suggesting x99 and maybe an ES or QS 12-14c 24-28t CPU off eBay.

Thermals won't be an issue with the Intel i7-7700 the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO will keep the temperatures just fine. You keep mentioning the X99 but you do know that the budget is around $1200. A X99 build would go beyond that budget.

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, Ashiella said:

The 9590 thing was a joke. And thermals? I would just because the high temp gets on my nerves. I was suggesting x99 and maybe an ES or QS 12-14c 24-28t CPU off eBay.

Still, it is a locked CPU, they are manufacturer to work "fine enough" with the stock cooler, adding the 212 evo is enough to keep  the thermals optimistically down.

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, RaptorCandy said:

Thermals won't be an issue with the Intel i7-7700 the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO will keep the temperatures just fine. You keep mentioning the X99 but you do know that the budget is around $1200. A X99 build would go beyond that budget.

Fight me, I bet I could fit it in.

[Bazilias]

1 minute ago, Ashiella said:

Fight me, I bet I could fit it in.

Make a build with the X99 but don't go cheap on the GPU or SSD/HDD.

[Ashiella]

41 minutes ago, RaptorCandy said:

Make a build with the X99 but don't go cheap on the GPU or SSD/HDD.

Can I go used? Must it be Nvidia?

[Bazilias]

1 minute ago, Ashiella said:

Can I go used? Must it be Nvidia?

New doesn't have to be Nvidia.

[Ashiella]

3 minutes ago, RaptorCandy said:

New doesn't have to be Nvidia.

But new has bad price to performance. Really bad.

[Bazilias]

1 minute ago, Ashiella said:

But new has bad price to performance. Really bad.

Show me what you would build with an X99 motherboard.

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, RaptorCandy said:

Show me what you would build with an X99 motherboard.

I will just go used because that's better price to performance.