Since I often hear that the Ryzen is better for the price and performs very well, I wanted to ask if members of the CG community are running a workstation with the newer Ryzen processors because I would like to build a new workstation. My last one was operated on the i7 technology. I have absolutely no idea about AMD and its boards, size regarding SLI operation of cards etc.
The programs I use are the following:
Autodesk Maya, 3DS Max
Pixologic ZBrush
Marmoset Toolbag 3
Luxion Keyshot
The Foundry Modo, Katana, Nuke
Render engines: V-Ray Next, Corona, Redshift
Cinema 4D
3D coat
Marvelous designer
Houdini
After affects
Photoshop
For that I would like a workstation that has adequate room for improvement. My current laptop, even though it has an RTX 2070 and an i8, does not work anymore.
The workstation should have at least 32-64GB Ram and a motherboard for an upgrade of the basic graphics card from 2-4 cards (I'm open here whether it can only be 2 cards or 4, the latter only if the board also supports 128GB Ram). As far as the processor is concerned, I saw the Threadripper in action, but found it extremely terrible for the price, especially in Marvelous Designer in simulating. So it shouldn't and shouldn't be a thread ripper for the price, that's all I know about the config.
I also play on the side, but not much. Only World of Warcraft, Overwatch and simulation games with not very demanding graphics.
Debate whether Quadro / FirePro or GTX / RTX I leave open here, depending on what the setup results.
Budget is 2000-3000 euro for the workstation. Monitors and peripherals available.
