CPU vs GPU

[alinbogdan]

Hello

 

I work in interior design and I spend 70% of the time in creating the scene, 25% rendering and 5% postprocesing in Photoshop. Because I don't only render, I need some power for viewport performance too.

I'm currently using SketchUp with VRay but I want to make the transition to 3dsMax with V-Ray. I want to buy a new system and the budget is about 1000 USD for the entire system.

The question is: what should I focus on, GPU or CPU?

Should I go with an i7 7700k or Ryzen 7 1700 and a GTX 1050 or weaker, or should I go with some i5 and a GTX 1050Ti or GTX 1060.

I found various benhmarks here, but they seem to contradict each other.

 

What is your opinion?

 

Thanks!