AMD Build for 3D Rendering / Modelling / Graphics PC

[RingMany]

Hi everyone,

I'm building a PC for my friend who needs a PC for 3D Rending and image editing. The software's that she uses are:

• Maya
• 3DS Max
• Zbrush
• Photoshop
• 4D
• MarvelousDesigner

At the moment, I'm having some conflict choosing an AMD VS Intel CPU, as there's quite a lot of debate on which is more optimised for the above software. Many people recommend the AMD Ryzen 5 & 7 due to the amount of CPU cores helping handle the above, as most of her rendering is done using CPU rather than GPU, so I decided a high end GPU wasn't essential.

 

I wanted to keep it under £1500 maximum, that's only the max I would go, not how much I'm looking to spend exactly. If I can save £500 because the components will only give a 10% performance increase, I'l happily cut the cost. 

My current build is:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£178.50 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£79.37 @ BT Shop) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£163.20 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£88.29 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£75.00 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  (£239.99 @ Novatech) 
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£33.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£86.14 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit 
Monitor: BenQ - BL2711U 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor  (£467.12 @ PC World Business) 
Total: £1411.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-21 18:43 BST+0100

 

I need to buy a monitor to go with the build. I want to get a 4K monitor, so I've added one to the build which adds £400 although Amazon US it's only $400 which is like £330. So that's taken up a lot of the budget. I decided to upgrade the GPU to a 1060. I spoke with my friend and most of the software she uses she renders using CPU rather than GPU, so I don't need the 1070. Plus looking at the performance charts, the it's only a 15% increase for a 1060 to a 1070 but an extra £250.

 

The CPU being the most important component possibly. 32GB of RAM was a little overkill, so I've reduced to 16GB and also lowered the PSU. I don't need the CPU cooler as the Ryzen CPU models are better for heat and come with a better stock cooler than intel. Plus if she ever needs more RAM for the software she uses like Zbrush, she can add an extra 16GB, so I think I should keep it at 16GB for the moment.

 

Any other suggestions for improvement to this build or any components you think I could swap to save money if it won't have a significant impact on the build, I'd appreciate the suggestions.

 

Thanks.

 

[Ordinarily_Greater]

That is already solid! Good job!

[DocSwag]

Some of those programs (maya, photoshop) are actually quite single threaded, so I suggest you consider an 8600k instead. Once OCed multi thread should be similar to an OCed 1600 but single thread will be way faster.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  (£273.47 @ BT Shop) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool - GAMMAXX 400 White 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  (£29.14 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£98.10 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£135.51 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£88.29 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£75.00 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  (£239.99 @ Novatech) 
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£33.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£86.14 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: BenQ - BL2711U 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor  (£467.12 @ PC World Business) 
Total: £1526.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-22 14:35 BST+0100

 

For OS, you could get it from kinguin.net or if that's too sketchy just run windows without a product key (you just can't customize a few things)

[just_dave]

1 hour ago, DocSwag said:

Some of those programs (maya, photoshop) are actually quite single threaded, so I suggest you consider an 8600k instead. Once OCed multi thread should be similar to an OCed 1600 but single thread will be way faster.

I dont quite think so. Average oced R5 1600 gets 1300+ CB, 8700K stock w/ o MCE gets around 1350-1400

[DocSwag]

2 hours ago, dave_k said:

I dont quite think so. Average oced R5 1600 gets 1300+ CB, 8700K stock w/ o MCE gets around 1350-1400

4 ghz 1600/x is 1350 or so, 5 ghz 8600k is about 1250

The difference is 100 points, or about 8% or so. However, cinebench does generally do a bit better on Ryzen so I think it's fair to say that on average, a 4 ghz 1600 is at most 5% faster than a 5 ghz 8600k in multi thread. While the 8600k is 20-30% faster in single.