Guinnessman Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Hi guys Finally it looks as though the company I work for are ready to get me a machine more capable of rendering than my current one. With a maximum budget of £2000, I have come up with the following build, which will also include Windows 7 64 bit. Although I am competent with Autocad and rendering, I really have no idea when it comes to piecing together components to give me the best performance for my money. The following list I have put together from PC Specialist. I'd appreciate it if you could have a look, and let me know if I am getting the best spec machine I can for the budget. COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE Intel® Xeon® Quad Core E3-1270 (3.4 GHz, 4.80 GT/s) ASUS® P8P67 WS REVOLUTION (NEW REV 3.0) - ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT) PNY QUADRO 4000 2GB GDDR5, 256 CUDA CORES, 2 x DP, 1 x DVI-I 80GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 90MB/sW) 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE 12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER By the way, I am using AutoCAD 2012, and will also be getting Accurender NXT Help please!! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Now this is what I would call a rendering machine... http://www.boxxtech.com/products/products.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinnessman Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 Now this is what I would call a rendering machine... http://www.boxxtech.com/products/products.asp I can only dream about getting one of those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Tillman Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 You'll have plenty of soup under the hood with that but here is the one thing I would suggest if costs is paramount...and it usually is the driving force. In today's world with the Internet, and so many other methods of mass storage, don't waste money on a CD ROM. You can copy the AutoCAD CD or the ISO file to install it to your hard drive, or run it from a network server. The money you're shelling out for a BlueRay disc player is not substantial but that same money could be better spent on your video card, or an extra monitor, etc....IMHO CD's and DVD's are just a waste of time these days. Too many other alternatives that you're probably already using are available. So unless you really have a need for it, I'd spend this money on upgrading something you need or keep the dough in your budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Dude, an optical drive will be $50. That is but a drop in the bucket towards the overall price. As for the system I'd get a sandy bridge based i7 as to a Xeon system myself but that is just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Correction , yes a bluray will be more than a DVDrw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinnessman Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 Thanks for the help guys. I may ditch the Blu-ray disc (not really sure why I included that anyway) and look into getting an extra monitor. I know lots of CAD people use 2, but have never really looked into the benefits of it. I will be doing that today. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raudel Solis Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 :ouch:oh man i hope the purchase has not gone through do you know why... this is heart breaking maybe.. INTEL will be releasing the new Ivy bridge processor with a lot more transistors that yield more computing power im hoping to purchase one to three systems for a render farm featuring intel ivy bridge CPUs also if you wait other cpus will hit rock bottom prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinnessman Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Damn. Ordered it on Monday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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