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Title: CPU for Maya Animation ?
Post by: Javadevil on 2018-08-30, 23:56:46

Hi I'm upgrading my wife's PC, her main focus is animation in Maya, so I guess singled threaded performance is key here.
Is Intel still top dog when it comes to Ghz? Or are the Thread rippers up there these days? From what I've been reading the Thread Rippers have a good upgrade path.
I should be able to keep the motherboard for a couple of years and upgrade the CPU to something worthwhile.
What would you recommend?

Would my old Power Supply "Silverstone Strider Plus 750W ST75F-P" be enough to run one of these CPUs as well as a nvidia 1080 GPU ?


Intel Core i7 7700K Quad Core LGA 1151 4.2 GHz $488.0
Intel Core i7 8700K Six Core LGA 1151 3.7 GHz $520.0
Intel Core i7 7800X Six Core LGA 2066 3.5 GHz $539.0
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 8-Core Socket AM4 3.7GHz $469.0
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X 12-Core Socket TR4 3.5GHz $619.0

Title: Re: CPU for Maya Animation ?
Post by: burnin on 2018-08-31, 01:12:18

i7-8086K (limited) (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/processors/core/i7-processors/i7-8086k.html)... from $370 & up to 5GHz

Title: Re: CPU for Maya Animation ?
Post by: Juraj on 2018-08-31, 01:16:57

Maya is actually the better multithreaded application than Max :- ) It has fully rewritten core and perfectly DirectX scaling viewport working with real-time shaders.

Right now Intel has a bunch of processors across two chipsets that are both semi high-core ( 8/8 and 8/16 c/t ) and high frequency, but at obscene costs.
Threadripper is not that inferior in single-threaded, being 10-15perc. slower in actual production is meaningless for most part.

Second gen Threadripper overclock very well under regular cooling, good luck doing that with any Intel, but first gen Threadrippers are on crazy discount.

I've seen Threadripper 1920X for 400 bucks brand new from e-shops, and 300 second-hand ( but still brand new often). And yup, it has superior upgrade path.

750 is good enough for highest threadripper and 1080ti even.


The moment you open Maya, Photoshop, bunch of images, Chrome and watch Netflix at same time, all of which I would say is regular workload, say goodbye to your meaningless high-clocking six-core Intel.

Title: Re: CPU for Maya Animation ?
Post by: Javadevil on 2018-08-31, 06:12:25

Thanks Juraj,

I'll see what prices of the 1920x I can find in Australia.

Title: Re: CPU for Maya Animation ?
Post by: Javadevil on 2018-08-31, 07:24:12

The 1920x isn't stock anywhere local.
What do you think of the  AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor? Does it have a decent upgrade path? It seems to get decent benchmarks.

Title: Re: CPU for Maya Animation ?
Post by: Juraj on 2018-08-31, 11:35:25

Well, AM4 socket is here to stay too, but 8-core Ryzen is already the top model, not sure if they'll introduce more than 10 or perhaps 12 core in upcoming years into Ryzen family.

It is the cheaper option with cheaper mainboard, so you can keep the saved money for more memory and better GPU. Not bad choice either.

Can't recommend it wholehearthly though as I believe even octa-cores being sort of outdated choice for workstation of any task.

Title: Re: CPU for Maya Animation ?
Post by: Javadevil on 2018-09-01, 00:45:10

Okay I think this is what I'm going to go for. If I can get all the parts from one place.

PCPartPicker part list (https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/Ng4cgw) / Price breakdown by merchant (https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/Ng4cgw/by_merchant/)

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1920X 3.5GHz 12-Core Processor (https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/cRDzK8/amd-threadripper-1920x-35ghz-12-core-processor-yd192xa8aewof)  ($589.00 @ Shopping Express)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U12S TR4-SP3 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler (https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/NDtWGX/noctua-nh-u12s-tr4-sp3-934-cfm-cpu-cooler-nh-u12s-tr4-sp3)  ($109.00 @ BudgetPC)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X399-A EATX TR4 Motherboard (https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/wMjWGX/asus-prime-x399-a-eatx-tr4-motherboard-prime-x399-a)  ($349.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: G.Skill - FORTIS 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/xs7CmG/gskill-fortis-32gb-2-x-16gb-ddr4-2400-memory-f4-2400c15d-32gft)  ($419.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/dkHRsY/samsung-970-evo-250gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-mz-v7e250bw)  ($142.00 @ Shopping Express)
Total: $1608.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-01 08:44 AEST+1000

Title: Re: CPU for Maya Animation ?
Post by: Juraj on 2018-09-01, 11:08:51

AU is this high prices ?

I would strongly suggest going for U14S. U12S is considerably weaker.

I would not go for 250GB SSD only for system drive.

Title: Re: CPU for Maya Animation ?
Post by: Javadevil on 2018-09-02, 03:23:56

Ok I ended up ordering from 2 shops, all instock, should have the pieces by Wednesday, fingers crossed

Heres what I ended up with (well my wife)

1   ASUS Prime X399-A Motherboard   $379
1   Samsung 860 EVO 500GB M.2 SSD   $179
1   Corsair Vengeance Ryzen CMK32GX4M2Z2400C16 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4   $499.00
1      AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X, 12 Core sTR4 CPU, 4.0G 38MB 180W, 1yr Wty x 1$597.80
1      Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 CPU Cooler x 1$104.80
1   Microsoft Windows 10 Home 32bit/64bit USB Drive   $165.00   $165.00
Australian Dollars

Title: Re: CPU for Maya Animation ?
Post by: Juraj on 2018-09-02, 13:56:39

That will be a great machine :- )

Title: Re: CPU for Maya Animation ?
Post by: Javadevil on 2018-09-03, 00:25:41

One last change, swapped out the motherboard for this one, we needed the wifi
ASRock X399 Taichi Motherboard