I am considering to build a desktop pc for 3d modelling and some rendering, mostly still images. Not interested in AI/crypto stuff, where apparetly most progress is focused. How should I think about it? Does it still make sense to avoid Nvidia? Maybe even second-hanf market is worth attention now?
An Arc B580 might serve you well. I’m a Radeon user myself, though, so I can’t speak from firsthand experience on using Arc cards for Blender.