hello guys im new to this beautiful forum and ask your help to choose between this hardware .
my goal is not to make animations but only models and render cycles
Well the CPU on the 2nd PC looks quite nice. but rendering in the end would have more benefit from a good GPU.
So a breakdown
CPU - 2 is a win
1 - CPU - 4 core 8 thread, but only clocks to 2.7ghz on all cores,
2 - CPU - 4 core 4 thread, but clocks to 3.4ghz on all cores. and being 3 generations ahead, also a plus
Memory - 1 - has 2x the memory, hence larger scenes are possible to open.
GPU - 2 - newer tech, more cuda cores which are also significantly faster. Both have same 2GB, so limited scenes can be rendered, but there are some work arounds being worked in so we’ll see.
Hence Option 2 is best from performance point of view, and if you upgrade the RAM to 16, you’ll be set for a bit.
Recent tests I have done with a GTX 970 and Ryzen 1700 in Cycles, is that the CPU is beating my GPU. You also get greater precision from the CPU, but, meh… GPU can get you there faster. When it comes to rendering, more cores count over clock speed on the CPU.