Need new CPU for rendering. Intel Xeon E3 1231V3

DaPancakeanator · Feb 28, 2015

Hi there,

I'm looking to get a new CPU for my rig that can handle some serious 3D renders. I'm tired of waiting hours to see bad results.

I've been looking at this: http://
It looks relatively cheap and powerful but does it match up to an i7 4790k?
Have you used it in any 3d applications (gaming doesn't count)?
Can you recommend a board to go with it?

My current build:
1TB HDD
256gb SSD
Intel i3 2330 (eh)
GTX 770
750w corsair

babernet_1 · Feb 28, 2015

DaPancakeanator :

You cannot overclock that Xeon so don't get it, the 4790K will be far faster.

Alpha3031 · Feb 28, 2015

1. No, because of the clock speed, but it's close enough. A better approximation would be the 4790 (non-K), or the 4770k stock.
2. No
3. Any H97 should work.

Other options are i7 4790K (obviously) or i7 5820K (which has another 2 execution cores)

What applications are you using?

nord_musician · Feb 28, 2015

Any i-7 with 6 cores. Believe me it will do a lot of help to have 6 cores + 2 thread per core

Alpha3031 · Feb 28, 2015

You could conceivably mod the 770 into a K5000 as well, which would definitely help with the CUDA accelerated stuff.

@nord

I believe that should be a multiply, not a plus, and it's not the best to put a hyphen in i7 either. Sorry if I'm too pedantic.

James Mason · Feb 28, 2015

And you should be able to run it just fine on an h81 board as well: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/jamesmason/builds/#view=h9FdnQ

Alpha3031 · Feb 28, 2015

James Mason :

Well, no, that'll be the 1230v3. 1231 is Haswell refresh and requires a BIOS update.

DaPancakeanator · Feb 28, 2015

I'll be honest I'm not much of an overlocker, I just find it to be time consuming and not very rewarding. I probably should've mentioned that my budget for the CPU is ~400

I am using Autocad's Maya 2014 and Cinema 4d R15 as well as After Effects and Premiere Pro
The reason I wanted the Xeon is because they are more suited for server work and can take a lot more heat, I read somewhere that some guy was running it at 70°c. Plus they don't come with iGPU which is a waste of money considering I already have the 770.

I also saw this one: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-5820K-Haswell-E-Processor-BX80648I75820K/dp/B00MMLXIKY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425143068&sr=8-1&keywords=i7+6+core

Thank you all for your time.

Alpha3031 · Feb 28, 2015

Yes, the 5820K is a better choice, simply because of its 2 extra cores. (and if you lived near a microcenter it'll be even better, because they're selling it $299 in store.). You do have to spend more for the MB and RAM though.

DaPancakeanator · Feb 28, 2015

Wow that's ridiculously cheap, how do they manage to sell it like that? and why in store only? I think 12gb of ram is sufficient for me.

CTurbo · Feb 28, 2015

The e3-1231v3 is awesome and it's performance would be almost identical to the 4770. I would pair it with a H97 motherboard. You did not mention your budget, but of course the 4790k would be better.

Which model Corsair do you have?

Alpha3031 · Feb 28, 2015

DaPancakeanator :

Microcenter always tends to sell things cheap in store. Any way, I'd suggest you get 4x4(16GB) if you go X99, to take advantage of quad channel. 3D renders tend to take up RAM too.

turkey3_scratch · Feb 28, 2015

The 5820K is really a great price when compared to the 4690K. The only problem is that the x99 motherboard and DDR4 RAM is a lot of money.

DaPancakeanator · Mar 1, 2015

Thank you all again for your help,

Ya I don't know about X99, I found one for $150 but DDr4 is ridiculously pricey. Are there any 6 core CPUs that fall below $500 and aren't x99? Unfortunately there are no microcenters around me. Maybe I'll have to settle for the 1231V3.

DaPancakeanator · Mar 1, 2015

Oh wow I completely forgot about the 5820k...

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