[SOLVED] Which processor will be best for VFX Simulations like Fluid and Smoke (Houdini)

[sky7s]

Which processor will be best for VFX Simulations like Fluid and Smoke (Houdini) ? Processor with Higher Clock Speed (4-6 Cores) or Processor with More Cores ! or Should I go With Better GPU (will also be use for Rendering).

 

[RyzenNoob]

Surely a graphics cards does all the polygons etc these days

 

[maxamillionfeettall]

simulations are usually heavy on the cores, So the more cores the better. Here's a benchmark.
In general the cpu will be used the most, but many simulation types will use a gpu and a decent one, like a rtx 2060 will shorten time dramatically.
You'll also want a bunch of storage(ssd, hdd is to slow) and at the minimum, 32gb ram.