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
