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Hi there. I build pc 5 year ago for day to day workflows , but lately I've been looking at picking up 3d modelling and stuff.Been doing rendering and modelling for like 2 years, so now i am thinking of upgrading PC will be using " maya,vray,arnold,Nuke,photoshop " for work can be heavy or day to day work. Current PC config : i5 3450 3.0 Ghz 8 Gb ram Asus P8 B75 mobo 1*320gb 5200 Hdd 1*4 Tb voilet wd Hdd for storage ( Newly bought 2 mnths ago) 1*Asus Strix 960 4Gb ( newly bought 2 mnths ago ) Old 600 watt smps with 6 pin power connector Money : 1500$ Thought 1: CPU: xeon E5 2670 20M Cache, 2.60 GHz * 2 ( Dual ) getting very cheap from friend at 100$ mobo: some LGA 2011 motherboard can be any which support them RAM: DDR3 64 Gb ram SMPS : atleast 750 Watts SSD: atlest 500 Gb ssd HDD: OLD 4 Tb for storage Thought 2: making small render farm : CPU : 3*4790k 4.4 GHz mobo : 1 * any gaming board capable of running two gfx card(gtx 1070 or so) Mobo : 2 * simple mobo since only using for distributing rendering ( micro atx ) RAM : DDR 3 24 Gb for main machine and 16Gb each for two slaves SSD : 1*500gb ssd for main machine and 2*256 gb ssd for slaves HDD : 4 tb Wd voilet hdd ( old ) for main machine smps : 750 watt for main machine and 450watt for slaves Thought 3: CPU: Xeon E5 2690 v3 (30M Cache, 2.60 GHz) ( getting cheap at 330$ from friend) MOBO: asrock Extreme 6 mobo RAM: Ddr 64 gb Ram SMPS: 850 watts smps ( for future for sli (3* Gtx 1070) ) SSD: 500 gb Ssd HDD: 4Tb Wd Voilet ( Old PC) I am thinking of going for 3rd config but kind of confused with 1 and 2. is my decision is correct or i should stick to faster cores or dual Cpu system will be blast. can someone enlighten me how much performance will i get for thought 2, or dual cpu config compared to option 3

I'm gonna buy MSI GTX N750 TI TF and i7 4790K. I'll not overclock the processor. Still choosing the K version just because its base clock speed is better than the non-K version even considering the price bump. Do I need to buy anything better than MSI Z97 PC Mate motherboard? Like Z97 Gaming3 or Gaming5? If I need to, please let me know why. I use 3ds Max, V-Ray, Lumion 3D, SketchUP and AutoCAD. All of them depends mostly on CPU I guess, no? Suggestions on any of the components of the following configuration will be much appreciated too. Budget is not very flexible unless too necessary to run these components in harmony. i7 4790K, MSI Z97 PC Mate, MSI N750 TI TF, Transcend DDR3 (8GBx2)=16GB, Transcend SATA III 6Gb/s SSD 128GB, Western Digital WD20EZRX 2TB SATA HDD, Corsair 450W Gaming PSU, Corsair Spec 02/03 casing, Dell S2240L 21.5" LED...