Budget 41-50k Need PC for Multimedia and Animation Student

navino87 · Apr 24, 2024

Hi.. I'm Looking to buy PC for my sister. She is a Multimedia and animation student. She is already using a laptop. But it is not handling animations and video rendering. So, looking to buy a PC for her. I'm not sure about the budget. The software she uses at present are autodesk Maya, Adobe after affects, blender and photoshop. Please suggest a PC for her requirements. Thanks

What is your budget?
- 50K-60k
What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)
- NA
Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)
- NA
Which hardware component are you looking to buy (component name). If you have already decided on a configuration then please mention the (component brand and model) as well, this will help us in fine tuning your requirement.
- No preference
Is this going to be your final configuration or you would be adding/upgrading a component in near future. If yes then please mention when and which component
- Yes, This will be final configuration
Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
- Chennai
- Open to online purchase
What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
- Animation and Video editing
Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
- No preference
If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
- NA
What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
1. Desktop - 1440x900
Are you looking to overclock?
- No
Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
- Windows 11 64 bit

navino87 · Apr 26, 2024

Please help me out here guys..

NoobP · Apr 26, 2024

https://pcpricetracker.in/b/s/340e6aa3-5fab-4adf-8888-50f73aed5138

For the GPU, get a used 3060 ti Or 3070, you'll get it under 20k.

OMEGA44-XT · Apr 26, 2024

Build for 60k w/o GPU:

https://pcpricetracker.in/b/s/02b739e4-6777-4567-8368-e65e41ed4298

Check if mobo supports BIOS update w/o a CPU.

Add a used RTX 2060 or 2070 for 8-10k later on.

Emperor · Apr 26, 2024

Just for your reference, I have had Intel i5 - 2nd Generation PC with 16GB DDR3 RAM but it won't able to run/load Photoshop & BlueStack. At that time I add basic entry-level GPU and all starts working OK.

ibose · Apr 26, 2024

I would suggest looking at the Recommended (not Minimum) System Requirements for each of those Softwares first. They should be documented on their sites.
Out of all select the one with the highest requirements; that will be your starting point.
Also Pugetsystems do a great job of suggesting hardware for content creation based on specific workloads -
www.pugetsystems.com/solutions/content-creation-workstations
Click on the Software platform and then click on Hardware Recommendations. Eg. for Blender -

Hardware Recommendations for Blender

Our Workstations for Blender are tested and optimized to give you the best performance and reliability. View our hardware recommendations.

www.pugetsystems.com

They do extensive benchmarking for content creation so I would trust their reco.
But you will need to factor in your budget.

navino87 · Sunday at 12:10 PM

Thanks all for the suggestions.. @OMEGA44-XT Please advice which of the below 2 configuration I should go for.

Processor	Intel i5-14500 Processor	22865
Motherboard	MSI PRO B760M-A WIFI DDR4 Intel Motherboard	14300
Power Supply	Deepcool PM650D Non-Modular 80 PLUS Gold Power Supply	4850
Cabinet	GALAX PC Case (REV-05) Revolution 05 Black	3800
Memory (RAM)	GSkill Aegis 16Gb (16Gbx1) Ddr4 3200MHz Desktop Ram (F4-3200C16S-16GIS)	3000
Solid State Disk (SSD)	Western Digital Blue SN580 1TB NVMe Internal SSD (WDS100T3B0E)	6080
CPU Cooler	DeepCool AG620 ARGB Dual-Tower 120mm CPU Cooler (R-AG620-BKANMN-G-1)	3850
		58745

Processor	Amd Ryzen 5 7600 Gaming Desktop Processor (100-100001015BOX)	18680
Motherboard	Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX AM5 ATX Motherboard	17680
Power Supply	Deepcool PM650D Non-Modular 80 PLUS Gold Power Supply	4850
Cabinet	GALAX PC Case (REV-05) Revolution 05 Black	3800
Memory (RAM)	G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32GB (16GBx2) DDR5 6000MHz CL30 Black Gaming Desktop RAM F5-6000J3040F16GX2-RS5K	10760
Solid State Disk (SSD)	Western Digital Blue SN580 1TB NVMe Internal SSD (WDS100T3B0E)	6080
CPU Cooler	DeepCool AG400 LED Single Tower 120mm CPU Cooler (R-AG400-BKLNMC-G-1)	1799
		63649

Also please suggest a good basic graphics card to add to this config(preferably not used cards). Will add graphics card if there is any rendering delays.

Thanks once again guys

PunkX 75 · Sunday at 12:13 PM

navino87 said:
Thanks all for the suggestions.. @OMEGA44-XT Please advice which of the below 2 configuration I should go for.

Processor Intel i5-14500 Processor
22865
Motherboard MSI PRO B760M-A WIFI DDR4 Intel Motherboard
14300
Power Supply Deepcool PM650D Non-Modular 80 PLUS Gold Power Supply
4850
Cabinet GALAX PC Case (REV-05) Revolution 05 Black
3800
Memory (RAM) GSkill Aegis 16Gb (16Gbx1) Ddr4 3200MHz Desktop Ram (F4-3200C16S-16GIS)
3000
Solid State Disk (SSD) Western Digital Blue SN580 1TB NVMe Internal SSD (WDS100T3B0E)
6080
CPU Cooler DeepCool AG620 ARGB Dual-Tower 120mm CPU Cooler (R-AG620-BKANMN-G-1)
3850
58745
Processor Amd Ryzen 5 7600 Gaming Desktop Processor (100-100001015BOX)
18680
Motherboard Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX AM5 ATX Motherboard
17680
Power Supply Deepcool PM650D Non-Modular 80 PLUS Gold Power Supply
4850
Cabinet GALAX PC Case (REV-05) Revolution 05 Black
3800
Memory (RAM) G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32GB (16GBx2) DDR5 6000MHz CL30 Black Gaming Desktop RAM F5-6000J3040F16GX2-RS5K
10760
Solid State Disk (SSD) Western Digital Blue SN580 1TB NVMe Internal SSD (WDS100T3B0E)
6080
CPU Cooler DeepCool AG400 LED Single Tower 120mm CPU Cooler (R-AG400-BKLNMC-G-1)
1799
63649

Also please suggest a good basic graphics card to add to this config(preferably not used cards). Will add graphics card if there is any rendering delays.

Thanks once again guys

The AM5 one. LGA 1700 is a dead platform. The 7600 isn't too far off in multicore performance, has a better integrated GPU, is more efficient, and gives you an upgrade path.

OMEGA44-XT · Sunday at 3:58 PM

navino87 said:
Thanks all for the suggestions.. @OMEGA44-XT Please advice which of the below 2 configuration I should go for.

Processor Intel i5-14500 Processor
22865
Motherboard MSI PRO B760M-A WIFI DDR4 Intel Motherboard
14300
Power Supply Deepcool PM650D Non-Modular 80 PLUS Gold Power Supply
4850
Cabinet GALAX PC Case (REV-05) Revolution 05 Black
3800
Memory (RAM) GSkill Aegis 16Gb (16Gbx1) Ddr4 3200MHz Desktop Ram (F4-3200C16S-16GIS)
3000
Solid State Disk (SSD) Western Digital Blue SN580 1TB NVMe Internal SSD (WDS100T3B0E)
6080
CPU Cooler DeepCool AG620 ARGB Dual-Tower 120mm CPU Cooler (R-AG620-BKANMN-G-1)
3850
58745
Processor Amd Ryzen 5 7600 Gaming Desktop Processor (100-100001015BOX)
18680
Motherboard Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX AM5 ATX Motherboard
17680
Power Supply Deepcool PM650D Non-Modular 80 PLUS Gold Power Supply
4850
Cabinet GALAX PC Case (REV-05) Revolution 05 Black
3800
Memory (RAM) G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32GB (16GBx2) DDR5 6000MHz CL30 Black Gaming Desktop RAM F5-6000J3040F16GX2-RS5K
10760
Solid State Disk (SSD) Western Digital Blue SN580 1TB NVMe Internal SSD (WDS100T3B0E)
6080
CPU Cooler DeepCool AG400 LED Single Tower 120mm CPU Cooler (R-AG400-BKLNMC-G-1)
1799
63649

Also please suggest a good basic graphics card to add to this config(preferably not used cards). Will add graphics card if there is any rendering delays.

Thanks once again guys

The i5 14500 is noticeably more powerful, heck R7 7700 doesn't get a win over it in all productivity benchmarks. Someone not tech savvy will likely not care about platform longevity & prefer the extra performance instead. Hence I recommended i5 14500 over R5 7600. If it was R7 7700 vs i5 14500, I will recommend R7 7700.

Buy RTX 3060 12GB later on for 25k or lower if GPU is really required, else get a used card for cheap.

entropy · Monday at 11:18 PM

Agree with @OMEGA44-XT. 14500 has completely toppled the mid range CPU segment. For productivity workloads, it's the best in it's class. That being said, if you plan on using the setup for rendering purposes without a dedicated GPU, you're better off choosing the AMD build. The Radeon graphics perform so much better that Intel's UHD 770. In any case, if you're gonna go with the Intel build, don't get 1x 16GB RAM, instead get 2x 8GB RAM for dual channel benefits. Also, if possible, try and get a used GPU (at the very least, an rx580 ~ 6.5k) because it's pure pain to render stuff without a GPU.

OMEGA44-XT · Tuesday at 8:04 AM

entropy said:
Agree with @OMEGA44-XT. 14500 has completely toppled the mid range CPU segment. For productivity workloads, it's the best in it's class. That being said, if you plan on using the setup for rendering purposes without a dedicated GPU, you're better off choosing the AMD build. The Radeon graphics perform so much better that Intel's UHD 770. In any case, if you're gonna go with the Intel build, don't get 1x 16GB RAM, instead get 2x 8GB RAM for dual channel benefits. Also, if possible, try and get a used GPU (at the very least, an rx580 ~ 6.5k) because it's pure pain to render stuff without a GPU.

I will recommend 1x16GB RAM now & buying 2nd 16GB RAM stick later. This leaves room for upgrade to 64GB RAM if needed, considering the rig is for productivity, not gaming at all. Dual channel doesn't help productivity stuff noticeably to consider 2x8GB.