Hi all!
My friend and I are building a desktop for me, I'm going in to a 1 year program for 3D modelling and visual effects. This took a lot of research, and for that reason we'd love to get some more experienced input (here!).
canadian prices, canadian suppliers (tigerDirect and Ncix)
Any advise or tips would be warmly appreciated!
CPU $350
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Quad Core Processor LGA775 2.66GHZ Yorkfield 1333FSB 12MB Retail Box
http://www.ncix.com/products/i...9450&manufacture=Intel
Graphics Card $180
XFX GeForce 9800 GTX Video Card - FREE Company of Heroes PC Game, 512MB DDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, HDMI Support, Dual VGA Support
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/appl...ails.asp?EdpNo=3747036
I would have LIKED a workstation card, but cost was an issue, and many reviews from real world users say they dont run into problems on the 9800 until they reach ridiculous polygon counts. Not to say I'll never hit that, but I know the project line up, and it's mostly small object based, not large scene based. At $180 too, I can pop this in to my old desktop without cringing at the loss and upgrade / drop buckets of money later.
MoBo $340
EVGA Nforce 790i Ultra LGA775 ATX DDR3 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI SATA2 RAID Sound GBLAN 1394 Motherboard
http://www.ncix.com/products/i...79-A1&manufacture=eVGA
Heat Sink $61
Thermaltake TMG i1
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/appl...pNo=2932376&CatId=1588
Ram $200
Patriot Extreme Performance 4GB 2X2GB PC3-10666 DDR3-1333 CL7-7-7-20 Dual Channel
http://www.ncix.com/products/i...LK&manufacture=Patriot
O/S (own already)
XP 64 bit (the school uses xp32 so no vista for me)
Case $244
Antec P182 Black Mid Tower Case & Antec Truepower Trio 650W Power Supply Bundle - good reviews, large fans, quiet.
http://www.ncix.com/products/i...-650&manufacture=ANTEC
2 Hard Drives in Raid 0 $128
2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA2 3GB/S 7200RPM 16MB Cache NCQ Hard Drive
http://www.ncix.com/products/i...AS&manufacture=Seagate
Plus a Backup Portable 500GB USB2.0 for later purchase (every day will be a backup to bring to school).
DVD burner $25
Lite-On LH-20A1S SuperAllwrite SATA OEM DVD Burner - 20x DVD±R Burn, 16x DVD±R Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD±R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 48x32x CD-R/RW, No Software
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/appl...pNo=3189552&CatId=1624
Total (not counting the ext. HD for later purchase) : $1528 + tax + shipping from 2 suppliers (~$1800).
Are there some serious flaws you can see? swaps that might be a good idea? this will be low to nill gaming, just 3ds max work. I was figuring $2k max.
My friend and I are building a desktop for me, I'm going in to a 1 year program for 3D modelling and visual effects. This took a lot of research, and for that reason we'd love to get some more experienced input (here!).
canadian prices, canadian suppliers (tigerDirect and Ncix)
Any advise or tips would be warmly appreciated!
CPU $350
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Quad Core Processor LGA775 2.66GHZ Yorkfield 1333FSB 12MB Retail Box
http://www.ncix.com/products/i...9450&manufacture=Intel
Graphics Card $180
XFX GeForce 9800 GTX Video Card - FREE Company of Heroes PC Game, 512MB DDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, HDMI Support, Dual VGA Support
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/appl...ails.asp?EdpNo=3747036
I would have LIKED a workstation card, but cost was an issue, and many reviews from real world users say they dont run into problems on the 9800 until they reach ridiculous polygon counts. Not to say I'll never hit that, but I know the project line up, and it's mostly small object based, not large scene based. At $180 too, I can pop this in to my old desktop without cringing at the loss and upgrade / drop buckets of money later.
MoBo $340
EVGA Nforce 790i Ultra LGA775 ATX DDR3 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI SATA2 RAID Sound GBLAN 1394 Motherboard
http://www.ncix.com/products/i...79-A1&manufacture=eVGA
Heat Sink $61
Thermaltake TMG i1
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/appl...pNo=2932376&CatId=1588
Ram $200
Patriot Extreme Performance 4GB 2X2GB PC3-10666 DDR3-1333 CL7-7-7-20 Dual Channel
http://www.ncix.com/products/i...LK&manufacture=Patriot
O/S (own already)
XP 64 bit (the school uses xp32 so no vista for me)
Case $244
Antec P182 Black Mid Tower Case & Antec Truepower Trio 650W Power Supply Bundle - good reviews, large fans, quiet.
http://www.ncix.com/products/i...-650&manufacture=ANTEC
2 Hard Drives in Raid 0 $128
2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA2 3GB/S 7200RPM 16MB Cache NCQ Hard Drive
http://www.ncix.com/products/i...AS&manufacture=Seagate
Plus a Backup Portable 500GB USB2.0 for later purchase (every day will be a backup to bring to school).
DVD burner $25
Lite-On LH-20A1S SuperAllwrite SATA OEM DVD Burner - 20x DVD±R Burn, 16x DVD±R Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD±R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 48x32x CD-R/RW, No Software
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/appl...pNo=3189552&CatId=1624
Total (not counting the ext. HD for later purchase) : $1528 + tax + shipping from 2 suppliers (~$1800).
Are there some serious flaws you can see? swaps that might be a good idea? this will be low to nill gaming, just 3ds max work. I was figuring $2k max.