QUAD QUAD New Workstation Advice Please

[ZFact]

Hi;

I am about to build a new workstation but do not know what to put in the dam thing... I want to go for a quad quad machine with XP 64 bit... i will be using the machine for a workstation.. 3d modelling,, texturing; rendering and animation and some graphic design work also.

 

I will be using Cinema 4D, Vray, FR2, photoshop and AE on it.

Can someone advice me on the spec of machine I should be going for... how much RAM, what graphics card, what processors, what mother board etc etc? and anything else I should consider... i am useless at IT so please treat me as if I know nothing!!

 

Was thinking something like this

2X Intel Q6800

4G Memory

AMD ATI 2900HD 512m GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3/S3

 

Thanks

[AJLynn]

The Intel Q series (an anything with Core 2 in the name) can't go dual CPU. You would need Xeons for that. Much more expensive, but with better rendering speed.

 

At this level I wouldn't go with an ATI HD series card. I've been trying to use one and the drivers have been frustratingly buggy. Try an nVidia 8800GT.

[ZFact]

The Intel Q series (an anything with Core 2 in the name) can't go dual CPU. You would need Xeons for that. Much more expensive, but with better rendering speed.

 

At this level I wouldn't go with an ATI HD series card. I've been trying to use one and the drivers have been frustratingly buggy. Try an nVidia 8800GT.

 

Thanks Andrew

 

What about this?

Xeon 5365 X 2

8G RAM

Quadro FX5600

Intel S5000XVN

[AJLynn]

That sounds great. Assuming money really is going out of style.

[ZFact]

That sounds great. Assuming money really is going out of style.

 

Ok.. perhaps a bit much... iv been told to consider the mac pro 8.. and

run windows xp 64 on it... im told its really stabble.. my only concern

would be how it will, interact with the other PCs on the network.. and

will all the software run on it ok?

 

Any advice on this?

[alyssonb]

Zfact,

 

 

why instaling winxp64?.. if you buy a Mac.. use MacOs.. I want to buy an 8 core workstation with 1gb of ram per core(8gb of ram total), But the OS is my problem, winxp64 isn´t good system. not compatible with many softwares I use Maya and Modo ..