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Building a budget Blender rig (self.blender)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by BobbyBandwidth to c/blender

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I’m looking for recommendations on parts/builds to use in a budget blender rig. I’ll be using it to make models/rigging for three.js web apps.

I know this is probably something that has been covered in a million places online, but after spending the weekend waiting 30 seconds for every click in blender I’m ready for a little chit chat and hope the community will oblige and share some tips on building a cheap but solid rig.

Fine with sourcing used parts on Craigslist/online etc. I just want the best rig I can buy for the cheapest amount.

Would be using Linux fo sho!

Edit: I live in the US. Don’t have a hard budget in mind, just trying to be crafty.

Edit 2: I’m basically looking for the “used Honda civic” version of a blender rig. Started freelancing this year and haven’t made the big bucks yet, but hit the point where I need something to get work done

Thanks!

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[–] fubbernuckin 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you're using cycles, then I'm sorry to say, but you're kind of looking for a "used Honda Civic" to take to a NASCAR race.

If at all possible, get at least an rtx 3000 series card. Hardware ray tracing is a complete game changer, just remember to enable it in blender when you get the card. Other than that, you basically just need a cpu that won't bottleneck your graphics card, and probably 16gb of RAM.

If you're just using eevee, then any gaming rig from the last *10 years is probably fine.

Edit: as someone else already said, use Nvidia cards if you're using cycles.

*I guess blender only supports cards under 10 years old. Not sure if that's a moving number or not.

[–] BobbyBandwidth 1 points 1 year ago

Lol gotcha. Good to know about hardware ray tracing, and cpu tips.

I need to learn more about cycles/eevee. I am focusing on web / gltf format so probably don’t need the higher end.

Thanks!