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Hi guys, I'm hoping I can get the best advice here for relevant parts. I was hoping to spend around $1500. I already have hard drives. I will use rhino, 3dsmax, revit, and adobe cs, autocad, photoshop, sketchup and I render primarily with v-ray through Rhino. I need to build this machine in the next couple weeks - can't wait for DDR and so on. I'm not sure about the video card. It is probably too much but I want to get into real-time rendering. This will be a hackintosh and i intend to use all windows programs through a virtual machine. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($576.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($61.04 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($239.98 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($350.98 @ Newegg) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($259.99 @ Newegg) Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($77.99 @ Micro Center) Total: $1646.96 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 14:34 EDT-0400 thanks for any advice!

Hello! have been a while since i ask something around here, finally i have all the parts of my workstation, just today my ssd came and now i have to start working in getting all my software in balance for working seriously, what i think to do is putting my two os in the ssd, namely ubuntu and windows ( i would love to have osx, but i dont really know the possibilities of a hackintosh in this laptop (m6600) if you know something about this it would be helpful too) all my important info in my hard drive and my most used applications as CS6, autocad, sketchup, rhino, 3ds max in a ram drive that i will make soon; so as u already realize i dont like windows i really dont like it but i have to use it till i become god in blender, so my question is about which windows i should install in my ssd, which one is faster, has better performance, is more stable and is better for architecture/animation software, windows 7 64bit or windows 8 pro? thanks to everyone. metta

Hello! As my first tread here I'm looking for some advise on my workstation build. It's mainly going to be used with CAD-softwares like ArchiCAD, Rhino, Revit and SolidWorks. Usually this work also involves rendering with V-Ray for Rhino, 3Ds Max and hopefully Octane which I haven't used yet (any suggestions on good GPU-renders are welcome!). Budget tops at about 3800USD Here is the list at Amazon http://amzn.com/w/14JIXAPLSV0EF CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K - As I'm in no need for ECC and more than 4 cores this is a obvious choice. MB: Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 - Gigabyte make good MBs and it's quite priceworthy RAM: 4 x Kingston Technology HyperX 1600 MHz 4GB - Should be the best and most reliable according to my sources. GPU1: PNY Quadra FX 1800 - Got a great price on this one; 1400SEK (about 210USD) GPU2: PNY XLR8 Liquid Cooled GeForce GTX 580 1536MB - Why the overpriced one? It comes with a liquid cooler for both the GPU and CPU which is great as I'm trying to build the workstation as quiet as possible. SSD-HDD: Corsair Force Series GT 120 GB - Has gotten the best reviews HDD: 2x Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB SATA III PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold (SPG) 800 Watts - Might have to go up to the 1000W IF I'm going to used 2 cards. Display:2x Dell UltraSharp U2412M - Has gotten fantastic reviews and is almost the best you can find after calibrating it. Display Port, S-IPS and LED plus 16:10 ratio! --- Less relevant section ---- Case: Fractal Design Define R3 USB 3.0 Fancy mouse: 3Dconnexion SpacePilot PRO CD/DVD: Cheapest one... One of my main questions. Will I be able to use both cards at the same time (Quadra for OpenGL and GTX for CUDA) and would it be the optimal solution at the price of about 800USD? Have in mind that part should be able to ship to Sweden or at least via a US-forwarding service (that does not mind sending as gift :-), suggestions anyone? ) Analyze and criticize, pleaze! //Olliie