ask for advise on buying a new computer or workstation

[alkahhhtchi]

Hi there

I am a new member here and I hope u can give me an advise on buying new computer or workstation for my work…. That's about 2000$ … so what's ur advise…. I'll wait your replays

Thanks

[AJLynn]

If you're going to be that broad about it I'm going to tell you to read the backlogs because it's all in there. If you want specific advice you'll need to ask a specific question.

[alkahhhtchi]

OK

I'm sorry....

But I have many options and I just don't know how to chose the best one for my work.

I am an architect and I'm using a lot of programs for my work like 3D Studio Max 2008 "right now" and Adobe Photoshop CS3 and of course I'm using advanced lighting for max , mentlray ,V-ray ,and sometimes I use brazil and some plug-ins and scripts too.

My projects almost the same size and most of them are medium size or large but not hug ..... for example my last big project was an airport.....

I Found these hardware after doing search on many websites and I'm confuse which shall I bought for the work .... I tell my boss last week that The new Computer I need is about 2000 $ ... So what is your advice for me....

 

Motherboard:

OptionA: 1x Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6

OptionB: 1x Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6

OptionC: 1x ASUS Maximum Formula SE

OptionD: 1x Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6

 

CPU:

OptionA: 1x Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 "45nm" CPU

OptionB: 1x Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 "65nm" CPU

 

Hard Drive :

OptionA: 1x Western Digital Caviar SE 500GB SATA 2 7200rpm 16MB Cache

OptionB: 2x Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB SATA 2 7200rpm 16MB Cache "Raid 0"

 

VGA Card:

OptionA: 1x Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 768MB 384-bit

OptionB: 1x Nvidia GeForce 9800 GX2 1024MB 512-bit

OptionC: 1x ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 1024MB (512+512MB) 256+256-bit GDDR5

OptionD: 2x ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 with 2* ATI Internal CrossFire Interconnect Cable

OptionE: 1x SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 3870 X2 1024MB (512+512MB) 256+256-bit GDDR3

OptionF: 1x PowerColor HD 3870 X2 1G GDDR4

OptionG: 2x Gigabyte GV-RX387512 H-B Graphics Card with 2* ATI Internal CrossFire Interconnect Cable

 

Memory:

OptionA: 1x G.Skill 4GB (2GB x 2) PC2-8500 (DDR2 1066), PK 5-5-5-15

OptionB: 2x CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2-800 CL 4-4-4-12

OptionC: 2x Kingston PC2-9600 2GB (2 x 1 GB) Kit HyperX DDR2-1200 CL 5-5-5-15

OptionD: 1x OCZ OCZ2P8004GK 4GB Kit (2x2GB), PC2-6400 800Mhz, Vista Performance Platinum Edition Dual Channel Kit, 5-4-4-15 (OCZ2P8004GK)

 

Case:

OptionA: 1x Thermaltake ArmorPlus Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case Retail VH6000BWS

OptionB: 1x Gigabyte 3D Aurora Tower Case

OptionC: 1x Thermaltake Armor+ LCS Steel Full Tower Case, 5.25/3.5 Drive Bay, eSATA, USB, IEEE1394, Audio, Integrated Liquid Cooling, 23cm Fan Side Panel, ATX, Black (VH600LBWS)

OptionD: 1x Gigabyte 3D Mercury Tower Case with Watercooling system

And Should I Buy a Water-Cooling-System like Gigabyte GH-WIU02 3D-GalaxyII 2000rpm with Gigabyte CBT Chipset waterblock

Edited August 16, 2008 by alkahhhtchi

[AJLynn]

An X38 board would be fine, or really any board your vendor uses that supports all the parts you want. The Q9450 is a bit nicer. The 1x hard drive (if you're not a power user don't mess around with RAID, it will be more trouble than it's worth). The video card... none of the above. An 8800GT would be fine for your purposes. If you use Revit, get a FireGL. Memory: option B or D. D if you want to use a 64-bit version of Windows because you will have 2 slots left open and you can upgrade to 8GB later if you want to. Case: whichever one you like. Personally I only use Lian-Li PC60 type cases - it's a matter of personal preference. Water cooling: only if you intend to do extreme overclocking. Very few people need this.

[alkahhhtchi]

thanks very much

But what about a good system to do some small or medium animation rendering.

[AJLynn]

Animation rendering requires as much CPU power as you can gt and then some.