Buying a computer

[Mkay]

I'm looking into buying a computer to be used for architectural vis. Any ideas what to buy, where to look...?

Thanks.

[manta]

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DXCWUH4&s=dhs

[Mkay]

Thanks for your help.

[WestCAD]

I would look at quad core as current software is demanding more and more overhead

[dagor]

yeah, quad core with 4 or 8 Gig of ram will be good for rendering!

[Mkay]

Thanks. Do you know if that would speed up rendering, somewhat?

[Mkay]

Oh good, just noticed your post that it's good for rendering.

[dagor]

yeah, for the fast rendering you need fast CPU,

for rendering large scene you need alot of RAM (4 for interior and 8 for exterior i think)

for comfortable viewing scne in viewport you need fast video.

good motherboard and cooler for CPU and chipset give you ability of overclocking ))

also you can use RAID missive and it faster then one HDD

and good case with power like 430W-450W also will be good.