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Yes it was very helpful, now I have a Ryzen 5 3600 64 GB ddr4 and a GTX 1660 6gb but I feel that Blender does not work for me so, it would be fine if I migrate to a new PC with this, i9 12900KF, 64GB ram ddr5 and an RTX 4070 ventus 3X 12GB for Blender? although with your video the answer would be yes!
I learned you are way to long winded. You wasted the first 3 minutes on useless gestures and doodoo! Not to mention the other 4.28 wasted ramblings. All you need to do was a list 1 minute tops. No one gives a crap about single thread or minimum, looking for recommended best CPU, BEST GRAPHICS card. People looking for advice on Blended already know what it is and does.
I’ve been doing shit on a Mac for the longest time I don’t give a rip they can take my money. I could’ve done 15 commissions in the time just trying to get it to work
So true. Any computer is a major investment for me. I use blender for 3d design mostly. I have no photorealistic or animation projects in the works. After studying the situation, I'm going with a mini that outperforms the old stuff I've been using. Hardware acceleration can wait til I actually need it.
This is by far the best-explained video of System Specification I have seen on Productivity and creative work. Subscribed! A Hidden gem you are. Keep on Keeping on! 👏💯
i did a project where a single rendered frame took about 30 minutes on an m1 pro mac book pro, and less than 45 seconds on my i7 12700k with 64gb ram and a nvidia 4070 master.. the working experience on booth systems is almost the same, but the render speed differences are enormous.
I wish you would have educated the people on “running out of v ram” for the sake of really big complex scenes and the importance of accounting for your type of work.
A very well done video! Your explanations are very clear and engaging. Helped me decide the right CPU for my next PC. Thanks a lot! Just a quick thing that I would like to add. Some GPUs are very heavily optimised towards blender in comparison to other GPUs, so if you do more gaming than blender, it might be worth checking other benchmarks too. The other thing is, Nvidia 40 series isn't very worth it imho, since they tend to prioritise slightly higher performance with less vram... So also with investigating. I'll give an example for both. For me, the RX 6700 XT, Arc 770, RTX 4060 and RTX 3060 are about the same price, but I'll probably end up buying the 3060 because it has more vram than the 4060, and it's optimised much better for blender in comparison to the Intel and AMD cards... Hope that helps
@@viipeditz Hi Well, that really depends on where u live (because of prices), and what do you prioritise in a pc... If you mainly want a good pc for big heavy scenes, you might want to get more RAM and VRAM and cut wherever you can, but if you only want fast render times with smaller scenes, or if you do more gaming, it might be worth not going for too much vram/ram and getting a flat out faster card/cpu... If you haven't already, I would recommend checking your build out on PCpartspicker because it's really easy there to check for alternative parts, and see where can you spend a little less, or get a bit more.. And if you really care about blender, I would take a look at the blender open benchmarks (although you should take everything there with a big pinch of salt since benchmarks also change with other pc specs). If all of this doesn't help that much, feel free to send me a link to your pcpartspicker list and I'll write my opinion. Just note that I'm a 19yo person that likes blender and did a bit of research, so don't take my word too seriously. Hope this helps ^^
to help future newbs: i have a 5600g, 16gb of ram, a gtx 1650 4gb of vram and if you're starting it would run everything you need up until you start to mess with 4k photo realistic high poly 3d models i mean, you could technically could but i wouldn 't recommend it if you value your time, but i'd say it's a good starting point
I'm currently in the market for a used laptop and this video helped me make an informed decision that doesn't break the bank and will also be okay for Blender: A ThinkPad P53 Workstation laptop with an Intel i7 9th-gen Hexa-Core @ 2.6GHz, 32 GB of RAM and an Nvidia Quadro T2000 with 4GB of GDDR5 VRAM
This has been really informative, as I'm getting a new laptop or desktop in the new year. I've had my Lenovo z710 laptop for like 9 years and it struggles on a NVIDIA GeForce GT745M 2GB graphics supporting DirectX 11, with an intel i7, so getting something new on a budget of 1200 will be a better difference hopefully
You do not “need” an Nvidia Graphics Card to use Blender nor do you even need a dedicated graphics card at all. However there are benefits to using Blender on a system with a dedicated graphics card from Nvidia, AMD, or Intel.
At the start of the video you touched on the 4 things to focus on but at the end you left out a recommendation for the VRAM. do you have one? Great video though! Tons of info. Very helpful.
Hard to pick a clear #1, but two options that are definitely on the higher end of specs would be: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQNVT4S5?th=1 OR www.dell.com/en-us/shop/laptops/intel/spd/alienware-m18-r1-laptop/wnm18r1cto20
I got an m2 beefed up Mac laptop and it is extremely fast. 8k images in 1-2 min or less. For larger files I use render farms. Laptop offers me mobility + speed and render farm offer unbelievably fast renders in the fly.
I have a Mac book air from 2013 lol I can use an earlier version and blender works decent after a few fixes but it crashes and the animations are very slow. It’s good for know as I’m just learning the basics but I plan on upgrading. Thanks for sharing this 💯
Nice video but the point about Macs not benefitting from GPU is not correct. Blender now has Metal API support so the GPUs in the M1 and M2 chips does make a huge improvement as opposed to rendering on the CPU alone. Ofcourse this is still nowhere near as fast as what the latest NVIDIA GPUs can do. Also, the high end M series chips can have up to 128gb of RAM shared between the CPU and GPU, so unlike a High end NVIDIA GPU that has typically has a maximum of 24GB VRAM, High-end macs can theoretically handle much larger files without hitting the memory bottleneck.
Thanks for sharing! Helpful stuff. I can see where we could have improved our word choice on this topic - we didn't mean to mislead anyone. The main point is that for those who are looking for speed, you still need to go with a PC with NVIDIA GPU even with all the Mac improvements.
This is so useful, I'm going to start learning blender plus other creative stuff (also programming) and I'm also going to upgrade my setup, with a budget of $1229.69 approximately, so definitely not the best but yeah. Do you have any recommendations?
I am a beginner specialist and in a situation where I need to make a critically correct choice of a laptop, as I have struggled to save money and won't have the opportunity to buy a new one in the coming years. I definitely need a Windows laptop, but I am concerned about buying gaming laptops with dedicated graphics cards because they tend to overheat and may develop issues. Is it worth getting a Windows laptop with integrated graphics, or should I go for a gaming laptop?
In general a "gaming laptop" will have the best specs to get the most out of Blender. If you need more help in selecting your laptop, please send this message to team@blenderacademy.com and an instructor will help you further.
Great video! I have a question about prioritizing specs when it comes to Blender and similar programs. Due to my budget I have to make sacrifices with either the CPU, GPU or RAM. Could you help me decide which specs are better to sacrifice when it comes to a smooth workflow? These are the options: i7-12700H > i5 -13500HX NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 > NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 36RAM > 16RAM I know you recommend 32RAM, but it really ramps up the price so I guess I'd have to sacrifice both CPU and GPU for that. BTW, I am getting a Lenovo Legion 5i Pro. Thank you for your help, guys!
I learned (through pain...) that the SPEED of RAM (measured in MHz) is as important as its size. It is a deal breaker if you buy a large, but slow, RAM.
can you help me figure it out? i have a rtx 4070, it has 12gb vram of course. i am working on a big project on blender and the problem right now is that i am really low on vram, with my current budget i am looking to buy a rx 7900xtx with 24gb. i dont know if that is a good choice or not because i am worried that the 7900xtx is not worth the upgrade or will have many problems with 3d like some information i have found Many thanks ❤
In theory, the 7900 isn't tuned to perform nearly as fast as an NVIDIA GPU, so I'm afraid that even with more VRAM, it may not give you the boost you are hoping for. That being said, contact us at team@blenderacademy.com and an instructor will be happy to help you try to figure out an option that will work within your budget.
Blender is a DCC software, The idea is to make cpu do less work and gpu do all work, and there is also OpenGl vs directX, and you didnt mentioned simulation 😍 which i am intersted by. One more you should try ramdisk or any alternatives😊.
I got a 10x performance increase in the classroom test by putting a radeon 5700 xt in my 5,1 macpro and upgrading past os 10.14 so i could enable gpu render in the new blender release. So yeah gpu matters even in a mac. The 2019 intel mac pro could make use of the gpu in blender out of the box.
You can use this combination for sculpting and animation - like anything, if you can afford a faster CPU then you will get more performance, but the i5 will certainly work fine if that's more in line with your budget.
Okay so the computers I'm looking at are either a intel core i7 13700KF with a 4060 TI $ or a AMD i5 5600X with a 4070 $$ and finally a intel core i7 13700KF with a 4070 TI $$$ which of these is the best for the price level
When it comes to rendering still images in Blender, the three price points will correlate to the time it takes to render your scenes with the 4060 TI being a little slower than the AMD/4070 which will be a little slower than the 4070 TI. So you'll have to be the judge of how important that time-to-render tradeoff is vs. your budget. Each file or scene will differ in the percentage increase in time that one setup will take vs. another, but they will generally perform in the order of price. If you are producing animations, then the slower speeds compound since you're rendering hundreds or thousands of frames per animation - in that case you likely want to go for the maximum you can afford.
What ever you're budget is spend half of it on GPU and spend 25%for cpu keep room for storage and ram upgrade What ever is the recommended power usage add 200-300w to for future upgrades And keep your case open with a portable fan blowing in it 😃
I've been having such a hard time deciding between AMD's Ryzen 7800x3D, 7900x, or if there might be a better choice. Trying to find the right balance between gaming, 3d work, and render is hard. Is there a minimum number of cores/threads needed for rendering?
At the moment, you would want at least 8 cores with 16 cores probably being ideal (more than 16 cores and you start to get into a place where the speed of a single core is low enough that the tradeoff is no longer worth it) For the choice between the two AMD options, both will do great! If you can step up to the more expensive option, it will be faster - but if budget is a factor then you will be fine at the less expensive option.
im a blender beginner.. i only have a i7 8700k with 32gb ram... no gpu... i can do alot with it but some stuff, like rendering just take for ever... i got me a 4060 and its alot better now lol
I’m trying to get into 3d animation along with some sculpting on blender.. I’m on a very tight budget And I was wondering if there is any cheap pcs that can support that?
Try looking at a computer retailer for a "gaming PC" and then pick an option that fits within your budget. These PCs will have CPU and GPU specs that should do a pretty good job of running Blender. Ideally you would choose an option with the largest amount of RAM you can afford.
I have m1 max with 64gbram . But it seems still slow working for some project for me. I have budget to build pc with amd 7800x3d, rtx 4070ti, 32ram. Does this will makes change to work/render better or will it be the same with my previous m1max? Thanks
All I know is I bought a friend's Windows 10 machine awhile back because it was better for streaming OBS than either of my laptops. But now that I'm back into Blender, trying to figure out peripherals that work, following tutorials, it's just one disaster after another. Non-Miracast support, no multiple HDMI outs, and I got all excited about doing pwnisher's CG challenge...opened up my first free particle effect (a big dust cloud) and the first time I stuck it in a .blend file, my PC froze for like ten hours. I need to upgrade.
For Blender, you'd be best off with a PC that has an NVIDIA card. If you are going with a Mac, the newest M3 chips are the best. But you can certainly run Blender using the Mac Mini with an M2 chip.
hey, i'm wondering what CPU is the best for me to use since i use blender a lot. (i have a 9th GEN intel core i5 9400F 2.90ghz) I just bought a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8gb and i realized that i need a better memory card and CPU. im planning to get a 32gb (or if i can afford it) a 64gb card. i also use blender for simulations, commissions and a ton of modelling so i do ALOT in blender. What cpu do you recommend? and what works with my PC (acer nitro N50-600) (hope u answer)
Hi I'm currently considering learning Blender to change a job within the company I'm currently working with but I'm using a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) with following specs ; Processor ; 2,5 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 Memory ; 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Graphics ; Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB Works that I'll be doing requires NO animations, but rather heavily-detailed luxury product 3D modelling. What should I do? (PS this model is one of the last MacBook that some parts are still upgradeable) Greatly appreciated for any advices.
Ideally you would upgrade your computer, either to a PC with an NVIDA GPU or to one of the new Macs with the M3 chip. These will help you model in Blender and also create realistic images of your product designs. If you need more specific guidance or have follow-along questions, be sure to send them to team@blenderacademy.com and an instructor will try to help.
Hello everyone. Please advice me which is better for AutoCad + 3ds Max for rendering. A laptop with Intel Core i9-13980HX RTX A3000 8 GB / Intel Core i7-14650HX NVIDIA RTX 4070 8GB or PC (workstation) ?
I asked this question to Chat gpt for selecting best pc for my perticular budget ( although price got high from my budget) his reply was :- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X** - Upgrading to the Ryzen 7 5800X gives you more cores and threads, providing better performance for rendering and multitasking in Blender. **GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060** - The RTX 3060 offers improved rendering performance and better support for GPU-accelerated tasks in Blender compared to the GTX 1660 Super. **RAM: 32GB DDR4** - Increasing your RAM to 32GB will provide more headroom for larger Blender projects and improve overall system performance. **Storage: 1TB NVMe SSD** - A larger NVMe SSD will give you more storage space for projects and faster data access times. **Motherboard: B550 or X570** - Stick with a B550 or upgrade to an X570 motherboard for better features and future compatibility. **Power Supply: 600W** - Increase the power supply wattage to accommodate the higher-end components. **Case: Mid-Tower Case** - Continue with a mid-tower case with good airflow and room for future upgrades. This upgraded configuration should provide a significant boost in performance for Blender tasks, especially with the improved CPU and GPU. Again, prices may vary, so check for the latest deals and consider future upgradability when making your purchase.
It's good enough to run Blender, however, you might find that upgrading to 32GB of RAM and perhaps a little more horsepower for your CPU will make a big difference as you get more advanced with your Blender usage.
Great vid very informative. I have a laptop with i712700H . 16 GB system RAM and Rtx3050 with 4 gb VRAM. Will it run properly on blender cycles? I mainly do architectural renderings. (Only medium projects) Thanks
It will be able to create renderings using the Cycles rendering engine. If you were looking to upgrade, it could definitely be faster, but that is ultimately a matter of budget.
Is CPU: Ryzen 5 7600X and GPU: 4060 TI 16GB a nice combo for a starter on blender? I want to build a pc that could handle Blender and explore into 3D world a bit! I will appreciate if someone answers!
Hello, I’m planning to buy a 2019 16inch macbook pro for blender Core i9-9980HK, 2.4ghz, 8core, 16gb ram, AMD Radeon Pro 560X, for 570$ I have the choice between AMD Radeon Pro 560X or AMD Radeon Pro 5300M Should i go for it or you think it won’t be enough?
The 2019 Macbook Pro options you listed will run Blender, but will not be nearly as fast as a PC with an NVIDIA GPU. If you are open to getting a PC, I recommend you find one with an NVIDIA GPU (search "gaming PC" or "gaming laptop" to find good options for Blender). If you are set on getting a Mac, the version you mentioned will run Blender, but some things like rendering will be slow.
In theory, the 7900 isn't tuned to perform nearly as fast as an NVIDIA GPU. That being said, contact us at team@blenderacademy.com and an instructor will be happy to help you try to figure out a better option that will work within your budget.
It can certainly run Blender, but if you want certain tasks to run faster - especially rendering out still images or animations - then you'll be best off with a PC that has an NVIDIA GPU.
I'm about to build a pc but i don't know which processor is better. Right now I have settled on ntel core i7-14700f processor tray and amd ryzen 9 5900x, can anyone help?
Hello. Great video. Can someone tell me is this a good for AutoCAD and 3dsMax : Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 / Intel Core i9 (13th Gen) 13905H / 14-core 24 MB cache, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 / Intel Iris Xe Graphics 8 GB GDDR6 SDRAM, 64 GB - I will use it for creating interior designing projects.
hello sir, im planning to upgrade my pc in the future. ill also be using blender for my works, does rendering with both cpu and gpu really is faster than using the gpu alone?
GPU alone is the fastest rendering option. When we talk about the CPU and GPU together, we are talking about how you are going to have tasks in Blender that reply on a strong CPU working in tandem with a strong GPU.
but if theres a time that when you are rendering and the errors comes out saying "system has not enough vram" then using both cpu and gpu has the same speed of rendering duration but cpu brings out help from the rams to use the ram capacities? is that the other way to work if ur scene is too heavy?
I have a pc from 2016 with core i5 6600k... 16 gb ram.. GTX970... However nowadays i am using blender as a hobby... And i feel rendering in cycles is pain in the ass with my computer 😢.. So planning to upgrade GPU to RTX 4070... I heared that it won't bottleneck with the CPU for Blender rendering.... Is this true? The bottle neck problem is only for gaming in PC? If so i can just upgrade the GPU, since changeing the whole pc will cost me more...😢 Can you advise me on this ?!
You're right that there's a bottleneck with that combo for gaming. With Blender, we have read that people are able to make the two work together successfully, but don't have firsthand experience. Here's a relevant discussion that might help: blenderartists.org/t/6700k-with-4070/1471816/14
Can I use blender in Dell precision 5550 Processor: Intel core i7 10875H Ram: 32GB SSD: 256 +1TB GPU: NVIDIA Quadro T1000 with 4GB VRAM Display: 1920x1080 resolution Please help me to give information...
The NVIDIA Quadro may not be the best choice - but the best way for us to help you with the decision is if you send a message to team@blenderacademy.com and an instructor will be happy to help.
While you technically might be able to run Blender, it will likely run quite slowly. You can take a closer look at the recommended requirements here: www.blender.org/download/requirements/
I've been a Mac user all my life and have never purchased or custom built any kind of PC in the past. Is there an 'off the shelf' pc that would be a good mid to low range computer for running blender. I'm imagining doing mostly low poly work. Thanks in advance.
I'm choosing rtx 4070 32 gb ram ddr4 Amd ryzen 7 5800x 1tb ssd Kingston gen 4 Case nzxt h5 flow Cooler Nzxt T120 RGB 120mm CPU Air Cooler (White) Power supply Asus ROG Thor 850P 850 Watt 80 Plus Platinum SMPS Mother board msi msi b550 tomahawk Is it good or not I want to build this pc in July and I'm saving money for that so if any advice you have on this pc pls give me
If you have to choose between a faster CPU and more RAM, we would recommend you prioritize the CPU. So an i9 with 16GB of RAM would be a better choice over i7 with 32GB of RAM.
Amazing video, really helpful. could you please suggest a laptop or a best mobile workstation for Blender and Aftereffects in the price range of ($1500-$2000).? thank you , sorry the link you have added is not working that's why.
I am working on a short film in blender that will require animation and simulations (cloth sim, rigid body collision’s etc.) Are these specs good for that? 12900k, rtx 4080, Asus Gaming E motherboard, 128gb of ram
this guys information is helpful, but do not go out and break the bank, you can always run a much older version of blender that is less system resourceful, you can always do your base modelling with a version of blender, and do the rest on a aws(cloud computer). aldepeping what your project is but the basic system requirements will be enough and especially if you use a much older version.
Hello. In this case is that mean that I can use a laptop with i9--13905H NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (8GB GDDR6)GDDR6 / 32 GB memory / Nominal frequency 4.1 GHz and memory Frequency 6400 MHz for making drawing in AutoCad for interior design and after that basic modeling of the design in 3ds Max and for the rendering to use like you say aws(cloud computer) or is better to get a PC (workstation) for that although I will need to be mobile.
I have a Mac with 8 cpu cores and an 8 gb ram and let me tell you something. Rendering is horrific. I tried rendering the 7 s donut tutorial animation. My laptop managed to do 12 frames in 14 hours :(
AMD released a driver for blender that makes it fast. But it would take a power user to figure out how to install :) so Nvidia if plugins and installs are not your thing :)
i have i7 12th generation processor, with 16gb ram and gigabyte motherboard. should i go with rtx 3060 for 3d modelling and animation in maya and blender?
Whatd u say about this build for blender? CPU Ryzen 9 5900X 12Cores 3.7GHz ASUS ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 12GB I know the CPU is a lot better than the GPU but with my Budget (1500€) a Ryzen 9 is almost the same as the 7 and that way I can upgrade my GPU later on (cause the 40 series is way too expensive rn) Im struggling a little with the fans tbh. Rn I have 6 fans and a single fan for the CPU since it comes without one. Would 3 instead of 6 still be enough..? Feedback? :]
A decent GPU is far better at rendering than a CPU but if rendering with CPU blender can use all your RAM for graphics but with GPU rendering you can only use the RAM on your GPU card for the graphics. Try both see which is fastest.
@humansrants1694 yeah I've been rendering with GPU so far ngl. Do you think the 3060 would still be good? Or what would you recommend? Cause the 4070 f.e. costs double the amount idk if I can do that. And the Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 9 only have like a 70€ difference which is worth it to me
I'm working on a YT video about Airplanes, and the file is getting bigger and bigger with thousands of lights and more polygons than I can spell My system has i5 8400, 16 GB RAM 12 GB 4070ti The animations are rendering superfast, but the frame loading time is more than the rendering time, 20 sec of loading time and 6-8 sec of rendering and de-noising time. Please help me, I don't know what is the main culprit, the large file?, low RAM? or my CPU?
