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Rendering Update - Rendering Computer Question (Patreon)

Published:
2018-03-02 15:02:22
Imported:
2026-06

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Hey all. So I am behind in rendering around 1400 frames. The frames are taking 4-8 minutes on this computer but I am going to have my computer rendering 24/7 this weekend to try and catch up a little.

Also, it looks like whenever my Patreon payout comes in I will be able to afford a new computer just for rendering! That will speed things up a LOT!

Well, I am not super techy when it comes to hardware so I was just curious if anyone could recommend a good site/computer/buildout to help me out. I think the most important thing is cores + processing power. The more cores = the faster it renders (I think). I also might use this second computer to do all my fluid simulations that way I can still animate while those are running. Again, I think thats all CPU & cores.

Let me know if you have any ideas so I can shop around this weekend and get something ordered.

I could use the render farm but I just feel that investing in a second computer for rendering would be much smarter in the long run

Comments

Frank Celestino

Newegg.com is great for drilling down options with very specific specs. Once you find what you are looking for, search for wherever has the best price for that particular component. Newegg often has good prices, but not always the cheapest option. A Google search will typically reveal the cheapest place to get the component. Personally, I prefer to purchase from a source that I can go back to with ease if something is wrong/broken with the product. So I avoid individual sellers on eBay and similar for high priced items. Are you thinking about getting the Threadripper?

forinCity

Would gpu rendering be more appropriate for this sort of task?

Cole

Hey i took a computer operations vocational in high school so i can help you

Makuren

The first thing computer builders like me need is a ballpark budget you are looking at. AMD Ryzen series cpus will be the best bang for your buck for rendering.

Agent Red Girl

Thanks Makuren... I think my budget is around $2500 right now

bigwiggy

Also as a rule of thumb it's cheaper to have a system built than to buy a premade one as if you buy a name brand you're paying a lot just for the name. Plus if you have a system built you can make sure you get exactly the components you want.

Makuren

Mining has made GPU's cost a bucketload these days beyond their general sell point so buying an entire PC with everything already there may be the way to start. I'll need to research a few things first. I'll link whatever I can find that is decent.

Anthony Foster

This isn't related to the PC builds but I was going to present the option of offering prepaid payments for the new video. It could offset the cost of the rendering farm and expedite the process. Judging by everyone's response to your videos I would imagine getting prepayments to see it faster wouldn't be a problem at all. Of course I do understand point of having your own.

Neyoticle

Because of what you're doing, Threadripper is definitely the way to go. Will be day and night! Also, GPUs are waaaaaaay overpriced right now, so it'll be much cheaper this way. Just make sure you get lots of RAM... 32GB I would say. Fast, fast, DDR4-3000 or even faster. AMD CPUs like Threadripper/Ryzen love fast RAM.

Vincent Stachniak

Try a program called Handbreak it encodes the video files so that render times are almost cut in half. i used it for youtube videos and it helped a lot and would recomend trying it out.