Upgrade for 3D modeling?

[Gotlaik]

Recently, I started learning 3D modeling (and animating) with Autodesk Maya. However, my PC consists of an Intel core i5 4460, MSI Z97s motherboard and 8GB ddr3 ram.

So I am thinking of upgrading it, but it would be nice if you guys could give some tips on what hardware I should buy. I am looking for good performing hardware for interesting prices (not overkill, but I don't want to have to upgrade again in a year or so).

 

I was thinking of upgrading to:

- intel core i7 7700K (€349)

- Asus Prime Z270-P (€127,90)

- HyperX 32GB DDR4-2133 kit (€289)

 

What I would like to know:

- Are these good components?

- what suggestions do you have?

- intel or amd ryzen?

- should I wait for possible new technologies? (if so, what interesting technologies or hardware is expected to show up?)

- how much ram do you think I need? (8GB is clearly the biggest bottleneck in my current PC, but how much will suffice?)

 

Thanks already!!

 

PS: Should I be looking for a cpu with a high core clock, or rather one with a lot of cores and multithreading for Maya (mostly for the rendering process, but also the overall performance of course)?

[just_dave]

Fucking 4 core for modeling. Seriously

Look here: 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($116.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($290.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $697.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-16 07:10 EDT-0400

[Gotlaik]

29 minutes ago, dave_k said:

Fucking 4 core for modeling. Seriously

Look here: 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($116.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($290.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $697.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-16 07:10 EDT-0400

Thanks for the quick anwer, but could you please explain why you chose these components?

 

Also, when searching the internet, I find a lot of contradictions about the number of cores, so could you explain your answer please?

[just_dave]

3 minutes ago, Gotlaik said:

Thanks for the quick anwer, but could you please explain why you chose these components?

 

Also, when searching the internet, I find a lot of contradictions about the number of cores, so could you explain your answer please?

For everything but gaming (at the moment) is better to have more cores. Especially for rendering, autodesk and stuff.

The mobo is really good value, nothing wrong with that.

You chose 32 gigs of memory, so i chose 32 gigs but Ryzen likes high speed

[Jon Jon]

7 minutes ago, Gotlaik said:

Thanks for the quick anwer, but could you please explain why you chose these components?

 

Also, when searching the internet, I find a lot of contradictions about the number of cores, so could you explain your answer please?

You are doing 3D rendering.

 

More CPU Cores will almost always scale with performance.

 

You want more cores for your money, so an R7 is an easy sell.

 

Give it a nice OC, and you'll get some awesome performance.

 

The DDR4 3200 RAM will benefit you here as well (Though I am not sure how Ryzen's IMC handles all four memory slots being populated).

 

I would also suggest getting a GPU with the feature set that your application supports.

 

I did some quick googling, and I would suggest you leverage a Geforce card (A Geforce GTX 1050ti would be fine) so you can take advantage of CUDA as well, which Maya supports.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

What is your work flow?

 

Do you consistently render your frames?

[Gotlaik]

1 minute ago, Jon Jon said:

I would also suggest getting a GPU with the feature set that your application supports.

 

I did some quick googling, and I would suggest you leverage a Geforce card (A Geforce GTX 1050ti would be fine) so you can take advantage of CUDA as well, which Maya supports.

I have a 960 now, will this be enough? I don't want to change too much of my PC as long as it's not necessary..

[Gotlaik]

3 minutes ago, Pohernori said:

What is your work flow?

 

Do you consistently render your frames?

I render my frames from time to time to be sure everything looks good, but I've only about 2 weeks ago started with modeling in 3ds max and switched to maya 2 days ago to decide which one I like better (looks like I will stick to maya). So I haven't got a lot of experience or consistent workflow yet...

[Jon Jon]

7 minutes ago, Gotlaik said:

I have a 960 now, will this be enough? I don't want to change too much of my PC as long as it's not necessary..

960 is fine.

 

I would keep using that.

 

Your benefits really diminish a ton unless you are doing incredibly complex workloads, which you aren't doing as you are just learning.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

3 minutes ago, Gotlaik said:

I render my frames from time to time to be sure everything looks good, but I've only about 2 weeks ago started with modeling in 3ds max and switched to maya 2 days ago to decide which one I like better (looks like I will stick to maya). So I haven't got a lot of experience or consistent workflow yet...

 

Well we might as well get you started on 8 cores just to be safe.