Want to improve render time in after effects CS5.5

ObixConstant

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http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...16400&cc=uk&dlc=en&lc=en&product=3662251#N342

Using this desktop currently (with 8GB ram instead of the default 3 on a 64 bit machine) and have an Intel E4500 @2.2GHZ atm

on the link above

Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades: - IPIBL-LB (Benicia) motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad (Y) Q9xxxx
Intel Core 2 Duo (W) E8xxx
Intel Core 2 Quad (K) up to Q6600
Core 2 Duo E6x00 (C) up to E6700
Core 2 Duo E4x00 (C) up to E4400

I'm curious what CPU I should upgrade to, to improve my rendering performance atm it takes 2-3 hours or so for a 16-20 minute video at 1280x720 to render (video game gameplay rendering)

I was hoping a CPU I can upgrade to can possibly get it down to under an hour ? need your help guys.
 
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arad85 said:
You should have a read here: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS9F936D13-E76A-41e4-BF8F-577132AB4723a.html

in particular the multi-processing settings. Do you care about cost? I'd go with whichever quad core with the highest frequency you can get/prepared to pay for. Assuming both cores of your C2D are lit up at all times when rendering.
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I'll probably get one 2nd hand seen a few Q6600's go around £60 and under and Q9450-Q9550 go £80-100

just curious if it would get my rendering times to around an hour.
 
A Quad core with 16GB RAM. Also a new PSU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus P8H67-M PRO Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £89.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £48.98
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.98 (£79.96)
Total : £410.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).



So you can overclock the CPU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £48.98
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.98 (£79.96)
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939/AM2/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £19.99
Total : £445.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 
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jamesfreddie said:
A Quad core with 16GB RAM. Also a new PSU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus P8H67-M PRO Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £89.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £48.98
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.98 (£79.96)
Total : £410.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).



So you can overclock the CPU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £48.98
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.98 (£79.96)
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939/AM2/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £19.99
Total : £445.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).

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Thanks for suggesting a build this is the alternative find a cheap as possible build that can get the rendering done for me in an hour or less mmm decisions.
 
ObixConstant said:
I'll probably get one 2nd hand seen a few Q6600's go around £60 and under and Q9450-Q9550 go £80-100

just curious if it would get my rendering times to around an hour.
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I've found that this site: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php is reasonably good at getting close to understanding speed multiples. Your E4500 comes in at 1270. A Q9550 at 4200. Expect a 3-4x performance improvement assuming CPU bound.
 
arad85 said:
I've found that this site: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php is reasonably good at getting close to understanding speed multiples. Your E4500 comes in at 1270. A Q9550 at 4200. Expect a 3-4x performance improvement assuming CPU bound.
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Thanks for that link :cool: I'll see what the times are like for the best cpu I can get on my current desktop if they're respectable I'll just get one. If a new cpu is that much of an improvement then a whole new desktop will be needed.
 
ObixConstant said:
Yes it is but the 8500GT in my HP desktop isn't worth the trouble. CPU speed also seems to be the most important factor. I could literally double speeds with a new cpu and with a new desktop probably Quadruple speeds.

All about those man hours saved at the comp!
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Tbh, i don`t know to much about rendering.

On another note, how good is your current mobo for overclocking?
 
ObixConstant said:
Terrible don't even think I'd be able to overclock the CPU I get either. Even more reason to just start from fresh I suppose.
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You may be right. Looking at your specs, all you need is:
Mobo-Z68
Cpu -i3 or i5
Ram -8-16GB`s
SSD-60-68GB`s for OS and software, use your 500gb hdd for storage.
Psu
and probably a new Gpu.

Might pay you to open a spec me thread. State your budget and what it will be used for, ie rendering, gaming, etc, and see what you can get.
You already have some suggestions to give you some idea.
 
Idleman said:
You may be right. Looking at your specs, all you need is:
Mobo-Z68
Cpu -i3 or i5
Ram -8-16GB`s
SSD-60-68GB`s for OS and software, use your 500gb hdd for storage.
Psu
and probably a new Gpu.

Might pay you to open a spec me thread. State your budget and what it will be used for, ie rendering, gaming, etc, and see what you can get.
You already have some suggestions to give you some idea.
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Will do so, if and when I have the budget thanks for the suggestions something I'll mull over for next month.
 
If you are getting new and the renderer can keep multiple cores going, an i7-2600K might be ideal for you. Effectively 2x the cores of the i5 at the same clock rate. I have one for photography and HD off-air records recoding. Second pass recodes are always at 8 core 100% utilisation. It would take 2x as long on an equivalent i5... Yes, I know it is yet more cost, but time is money etc...

If you can use all 8 cores, i7 over i3 or i5 every time.
 
arad85 said:
If you are getting new and the renderer can keep multiple cores going, an i7-2600K might be ideal for you. Effectively 2x the cores of the i5 at the same clock rate. I have one for photography and HD off-air records recoding. Second pass recodes are always at 8 core 100% utilisation. It would take 2x as long on an equivalent i5... Yes, I know it is yet more cost, but time is money etc...

If you can use all 8 cores, i7 over i3 or i5 every time.
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The benchmarks only come out at about 10% above the i5 2500K.
 
jamesfreddie said:
The benchmarks only come out at about 10% above the i5 2500K.
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If not fully loaded then yes, there isn't much in it, but there is a significant uplift if you are spending a long time at 100% on all cores.

Take the x264 encode benchmark. The second pass is more like 20-30% quicker on an i7 but that still doesn't hit 100% on the CPUs.
 
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