Best CPU for portable 3D rendering PC?!

[Yardankerty]

Hello all,

planning a portable (mini ITX) 3D animation and rendering rig and looking at all the new CPU's out there. Currently I am using an older i7-3930K...

Looks to me like the best bet for lots of cores and ok price is the Core i7-6850K. If I want to go crazy I could go up to the Core i7-6900K... but that's a bit pricey.

 

Am I missing something here? Are there better CPU's out there for my purposes?

- 3D animation and rendering (Arnold mostly) with some light compositing work in After Effects. I'm not much of a gamer so don't worry about that.

I do like having 3D graphics grunt when I am moving around large data sets in my 3D animation software - but I am sure a new GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX will have me covered for that.

 

cheers!

 

[stealth80]

erm Ryzen is here on Tuesday lol, its MT is supposed to be better than the 6900k for $499

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Yardankerty said:

Hello all,

planning a portable (mini ITX) 3D animation and rendering rig and looking at all the new CPU's out there. Currently I am using an older i7-3930K...

Looks to me like the best bet for lots of cores and ok price is the Core i7-6850K. If I want to go crazy I could go up to the Core i7-6900K... but that's a bit pricey.

 

Am I missing something here? Are there better CPU's out there for my purposes?

- 3D animation and rendering (Arnold mostly) with some light compositing work in After Effects. I'm not much of a gamer so don't worry about that.

I do like having 3D graphics grunt when I am moving around large data sets in my 3D animation software - but I am sure a new GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX will have me covered for that.

 

cheers!

 

I'm just going to say it, wait for Ryzen. It may be the worst processor ever, but Intel may lower the prices of their processors to match your price range.

[Yardankerty]

thanks for the heads up - I wasn't even thinking about non-intel - good to know. As far as intel goes is that i7-6850K going to be my best bet? I find the actual intel site inscrutable, I wonder if I am missing whole swathes of CPU's that would be perfect for my applications...

[Streetguru]

14 minutes ago, Yardankerty said:

Hello all,

planning a portable (mini ITX) 3D animation and rendering rig and looking at all the new CPU's out there. Currently I am using an older i7-3930K...

Looks to me like the best bet for lots of cores and ok price is the Core i7-6850K. If I want to go crazy I could go up to the Core i7-6900K... but that's a bit pricey.

 

Am I missing something here? Are there better CPU's out there for my purposes?

- 3D animation and rendering (Arnold mostly) with some light compositing work in After Effects. I'm not much of a gamer so don't worry about that.

I do like having 3D graphics grunt when I am moving around large data sets in my 3D animation software - but I am sure a new GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX will have me covered for that.

 

cheers!

 

Literally wait, for,

Ryzen.

a R7 1700 most likely due to the TDP

 

how portable? Ultra ITX in like an Elite 110? Or just a small Micro ATX machine?

And do you really need CUDA? as an RX 470/480 come with a bit more VRAM for the same price

[Yardankerty]

Yes I want to go very small - I am looking at either the NFC S4 mini or Dan cases A4-SFX - I am going to be travelling with this PC internationally so I want it to be small and light.

[NTDaws]

And again and again, Wait for Ryzen.

[NTDaws]

Just now, Factory OC said:

I'm just going to say it, wait for Ryzen. It may be the worst processor ever, but Intel may lower the prices of their processors to match your price range.

Hope for the best.

[Yardankerty]

I think I might wait for Ryzen   thanks all.

 

So - another question - Could I get away with a cheaper CPU than the i7-6850K (or AMD equivalent) and not feel like my NEW portable PC is slower than my OLD i7-3930K ?

[TechGod]

1 hour ago, Yardankerty said:

I think I might wait for Ryzen   thanks all.

 

So - another question - Could I get away with a cheaper CPU than the i7-6850K (or AMD equivalent) and not feel like my NEW portable PC is slower than my OLD i7-3930K ?

For rendering and modelling work I'm pretty sure more cores are always better so a high end Ryzen (1700) should do just fine.