Building PC for 3d rendering

[mohamedhesham]

Hello,

 

May you help me please building a new PC for using programs as (3ds Max, V-Ray, Revit, AutoCad, Photoshop...etc). It'll be used for 3D rendering mainly and for future V-ray animation video rendering.

 

My first confusing question is difference between a PC and a workstation?

Then regarding the programs I'll be using, what will increase the overall performance and rendering speed? is it processor or graphics card and what is the contribution of each regarding my requirements?

 

I'm willing to get:

 

Intel I7 4790K 4.0Ghz quad core / Intel i7 5820k 3.3 6-core>> but the question is how to compare since one is better in cores and the ohter in GHz? Also, is Xeon better?

 

Nvidia GTX 970 4gb ram>> how it will affect the performance and could it be any better?

 

SSD 120 gb and normal hard drive 1 or 2 TB.

 

RAM 32.

 

I have laptop dell inspiron 15R Core i7-4500 cpu@1.80Ghz 2.4 GHz and external AMD graphics card, but all are not giving good performance and multitasking, using the programs basically or rendering with V Ray takes long time, so thats why I wanna build a PC that works for all with performance that could help in all of that in addition to maybe rendering animation videos in 3ds max with vray in the future.

 

Sorry for my very basic knowledge and I hope you can help me build it with a budget of about because I've read many threads, but didn't settle on anything.

 

my budget is between 1300$ to 2000$ max.

 

Thanks in advance

[mohamedhesham]

Update: Budget is up to $3200 for kind of a Workstation.

[Nikolaos M]

Here is a general guide:

PCPartPicker part list

 

A good workstation these days has similar or identical components with a gaming pc. Of course, some people use Xeon cpus for their WS, which aren't gaming oriented, due to their low frequencies in general. Some others use professional gpus, but these have a very specific range of tasks in which they outmatch the consumer gpus.

[mohamedhesham]

Thank you Nikolaos

 

Do I need to overclock or 3.0GHz is gonna be enough?

Also I might just upgrade the GPU to 980 Ti 6GB.

[Nikolaos M]

It's very easy to oc with these motherboards via the AISuite. A 4.2 GHz is easily achived with a minor voltage increase. The H110GTX is a top cooler and would keep the cpu cool enough for renderings etc.

If you need the gpu only for viewports, then the gtx 970 is adequate. No need to throw money on a 980ti. You could spend some more on the 512gb Samsung 950 Pro if you like, or go for the Asus X99-Pro, if you want a wi-fi etc.

[mohamedhesham]

So the GPU will only speed up viewports while modeling and not involved with running of the mentioned programs?

[Nikolaos M]

If you don't use the gpu for final product rendering, then yes, it's only involved in viewport, which is a sort of preview rendering to help you work with your model, but with relatively light (on the gpu) settings. Usually a gpu with 4gb of vram is more than enough for viewports. If you are working with models that are too large compared to the average size, then the next choice is a 6gb gpu.

 

The gtx 970 is widely tested in CG world, and it's a safe bet for viewports and for light gpu renderings too.