keno2k6 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Hey guys, Im looking to invest in a new computer setup and would like some advice to get good rendering speed and stability, smooth viewport manipulation and good handling of large files. In your experience what is the most important aspect in achieving this and what components would make up a good computer for 3D work? A good graphics card? plenty of RAM? Processor? Im no computer expert so any advice would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 This has already been covered in great detail, you can find a ton of information by reading the backlogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Unfortunately technology moves at such a pace that something that was great 6 months ago has been replaced by something better today...so it might make past threads irrelevant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kippu Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 is there a budget or just whatever is the best? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckytohaveher Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Just go to Renderboxx and order the most expensive system they have... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keno2k6 Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 Just whatever is best really, Ive had a look through older posts and it seems RAM is very important for rendering and a mixture of a good CPU and Graphics card is good for modelling etc. Ive even heard of ppl having seperate computers for rendering and a workstation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kippu Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 weird people ...now why would they have separate computers for doing these things!!! anyway ..pick up a dual quad core xeon system with a compatible motherboard and get lots of ram , minimum 4 gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneis Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 ...now why would they have separate computers for doing these things!!! Maybe they want to keep working on one workstation while another is rendering Hmm, what's the name for a dedicated group of nodes for the purpose of rendering? Could the answer be "a render farm"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kippu Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 maybe i should have added a winking smiley in my post also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antisthenes Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Just whatever is best really. then you will want NVIDIA 4 GB Quadro FX 5800 Graphics Card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadmunkey Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 The new Intel i7 920 chip looks very good value for money and it is easily overclocked. All depends on your budget. If money is no object then look at ready made solutions like boxx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucu Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Hi there, Actually I was originally looking in getting this Dual Xeon: 2 BX80574E5430A - Xeon E5430 QC LGA771 2.66Ghz 12mb 1333Mhz Box Active Cooling 1 ASUS Z7S WS Dual Xeon SKT771 INT54006 Fully Buffered DIMM DDR2 Intel Matrix Storage (for Windows only) (Support RAID Software 0, 1) 4 Kingston KVRD2E5K2/4G - 4x2GB kit 800Mhz DDR2 ECC (not registered) 1 Cooler Master 590 Black Mid Tower ATX Case 2 Antec TriCool 120mm Fan w/Blue LED - 3-speed selector switch 1 PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610w Power Supply - SLi-ready, Black 1 ASUS 20x Lightscribe SATA Dual Layer DVD+/-RW - Black 1 3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive - Black 3 Seagate 250GB Barracuda 7200rpm SATA300 Hard Drive - 32MB Buffer 1 MS Windows XP Pro Edition 64bit (w/upgrade or system purchase) 1 VCQFX3700-PCIE-PB PNYNvidia Quadro FX 3700 PCI-E 512MB GDDR3 DVI-DL + DVI-DL + ST All for $3,900 Cad. And then somebody mentioned the option of having the same power split in two systems. As you mentioned before, 1 for rendering and 1 for modeling, etc. The two systems would be as follow: Workstation: (With better Graphic Card) Case: Whichever Power Supply: Corsair 650TX Motherboard: GigaByte GA-EP45-DS3 (P45) Ram: Corsair - TWIN2X4096-6400C4DHX - 2x2048mb (4Gb) - CL44412 CPU: Intel C2Q Q9550 2,85Ghz (12mb) HD: Seagate ST3500320AS Graphic Card: GF9800GTX+ 512mb or Quadro FX 3700 DVDRW: sata LG o Samsung Rendering Computer: (With so so Graphic Card) Case: Whichever Power Supply: Corsair 650TX Motherboard: GigaByte GA-EP45-DS3 (P45) Ram: Corsair - TWIN2X4096-6400C4DHX - 2x2048mb (4Gb) - CL44412 CPU: Intel C2Q Q9550 2,85Ghz (12mb) HD: Seagate ST3500320AS Graphic Card: GF8400GS 256 mb DVDRW: sata LG o Samsung Now the big question is: Will the two systems have the same "power" than the dual xeon??? Thanks a lot!!!!!! Tucu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Technically, yes, but it depends on your workflow and how you want to use them. Also check out the new Core i7 hardware that just came out. There's a thread on it. It's fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucu Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Being that new can we rely on it?? Or should be wait until it gets fully tested?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 You can rely on the new stuff. Of course it's been tested - a lot. We're not talking about American cars of the 80's here. I can only think of once instance of a bug making it through the Intel CPU testing process. It was the original Pentium's floating point error. It didn't cause any actual problems but Intel replaced the chips anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadmunkey Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Personally I'm putting my new machine on hold till the new 8 core i7 get released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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