Best CPU for 3D modelling/rendering/animation

[Gotlaik]

Hi,

 

I'm currently learning the art of 3D modelling/animating, but my cpu (i5-4460) is way to slow for what I want to do (the rendering of a simple scene with 100 frames took about 1.5 hours).

 

So my questions:

- What cpu is best for this kind of jobs?

- Do I need a fast core clock or a lot of cores/threads?

and most importantly: why?

 

I would love to hear about all the possibilities so I can make a good choice.

[TahoeDust]

What specific software are you using and what is your budget?

[PCGuy_5960]

12 minutes ago, Gotlaik said:

- What cpu is best for this kind of jobs?

Depends on your budget, if you don't want to spend more than $350 the Ryzen 7 1700 would be a very good choice.

12 minutes ago, Gotlaik said:

- Do I need a fast core clock or a lot of cores/threads?

Most rendering applications can use of more cores

 

Waiting for Coffeelake is also an option.

[Alexzz_]

depends a lot on the software you use, some depend more on multiple cores some rely more on clockspeed.

[TahoeDust]

If you can wait a few weeks, the 8700k may shift things and be your best option.

 

If you need it before then:

If you want multicore power go with Ryzen 1700

If you need singlethread performance go with 7700k

If you need both go x299 7820x or better

[Gotlaik]

28 minutes ago, Alexzz_ said:

depends a lot on the software you use, some depend more on multiple cores some rely more on clockspeed.

I started a few weeks ago with learning 3DS max, but switched to maya a few days ago, I will now learn to work with maya tos see wich one I prefer, but I think I will stick to Maya.

[ChrisCross]

So Blender, 3ds max and cinema 4d are doing a lot of numerical operations. Those types of workloads require a lot of cash, a decent amount of ram and last but not least a lot of FPU (floating point unit) performance.

 

This means that the workload scales pretty good with more cores. Depending on your budget you can go with a Ryzen 5, Ryzen 7 or on the higher end intel i9 or threadripper

[Gotlaik]

26 minutes ago, TahoeDust said:

If you can wait a few weeks, the 8700k may shift things and be your best option.

 

If you need it before then:

If you want multicore power go with Ryzen 1700

If you need singlethread performance go with 7700k

If you need both go x299 7820x or better

I can wait a few weeks, but why (in which scenerio) would I need multicore power rather than singlethread performance or vice versa?

[ChrisCross]

1 minute ago, Gotlaik said:

I can wait a few weeks, but why (in which scenerio) would I need multicore power rather than singlethread performance or vice versa?

cheapest upgrade for you is to sell your i5, get another 8gb of ram and a used 4790k.

otherwise i would go for a ryzen 1700, 16gb ddr4 and a new motherboard.