Need Help building a computer for 3D Modeling/Animation/Rendering

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rod_moore

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Hey all!

I am currently a student studying 3d animation, and am in need of a desktop computer. I use 3DS Max, Zbrush, Maya, After Effects, and Premiere

I was looking for a little bit on the internet and created 2 configurations. But I don't understand much about computers and I do not know if it will run the programs. This is what I have and any kind of help would be great.


PC1:
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X RR-212X-20PM-R1
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR4-2400
Storage: Seagate 1TB 7200RPM
Storage: SanDisk Extreme 120G-G25 2.5" 120GB Solid State Drive
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1050 TI 4GB
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ BRONZE

or

PC 2:
CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X RR-212X-20PM-R1
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR4-2400
Storage: Seagate 1TB 7200RPM
Storage: SanDisk Extreme 120G-G25 2.5" 120GB Solid State Drive
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ BRONZE


note: I intend to use 2 monitors and in the future increase the memory.

Thanks for any advice you can offer. Please feel free to change anything if I am completely forgetting something.
 
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King Dranzer

King Dranzer

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Here is the list:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($175.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($61.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($152.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.90 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card ($449.99 @ B&H)
Case: Fractal Design - Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($46.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1051.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-12 12:43 EDT-0400

This is well balanced build for both multi-core and GPU intense workload. You can skip HDD for now and add it in 2 months till then SSD should do fine.
 
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cryoburner

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I agree that you should be looking at processors with 6 or more cores, as that should help speed up any CPU-based rendering and/or video encoding you might do. And Kaby Lake processors don't make much sense to buy for new builds at this point now that both Intel's Coffee Lake processors and AMD's Ryzen offer more cores at any given price point. For about the same price as a quad-core i5-7400, you can get a six-core i5-8400 that will outperform it all-around. The i5-8400 should also be slightly faster than an i7-7700 as well, at a much lower price, and Coffee Lake's 300-series motherboards provide the option to upgrade to even faster processors with more threads as well.

The six-core Ryzen 1600 has slightly lower per-core performance than the i5-8400, but it has SMT (hyperthreading) enabled, allowing it to be faster than the 8400 at tasks that can utilize more than 6 threads. The Ryzen 2600 (and 2600X) were also recently released, improving the per-core performance a bit, albeit at a bit higher price. AMD also has eight-core processors available for the same motherboards at reasonable prices.

A faster graphics card will also help a lot for things are being rendered on the GPU. The 1060 6GB would probably be the minimum you would want to go with for something like that, and a 1070 would of course be better. King Dranzer's build posted above looks pretty good overall. A motherboard with four RAM slots might be convenient for a potential RAM upgrade in the future though.

If you're rendering a lot of video, you might also want more hard drive space. 2TB drives typically only cost around $20 more than a 1TB drive. You might also want a secondary backup drive if you don't have one, since you probably don't want to lose work that you spent a lot of time on.
 
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