Building a new 3D modeling workstation

[hhayden1]

I need to build a PC for this upcoming fall semester.We have been given guidelines to follow by the school but they are very open-ended, and could use some assistance.

The pc will be running programs such as Rhinoceros 4.0, Autocad, 3DS Max, Adobe CS5, etc.

I was hoping to keep the price range of this computer between $1000 - $1500.

Students entering 4th year Architecture will begin rendering and using other resource intensive applications. The college requires the purchase of a high-end desktop computer. Many students choose to have these systems custom built to better fit their needs.

Example minimum specs for 2011/2012:

Intel® Core™ i7
12 GB+ Memory
2TB Hard Drive

DVD±RW Drive
Dedicated ATI or nVidia video adapter with at least 1-2GB memory
Wireless Network Adapter
Windows 7 ® Home Premium (64-bit)
[www kent edu/CAED/about/computing/archcomputer.cfm]

I need assistance in the bold areas. There just seem to be so many things to choose from I don't know where to begin.

Thank you in advance!

Hayden

 

[NoTTaShoT]

haha

check out my post today

https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic168043.html

 

[LeeRichLuck]

Hi Hayden, i recently built such a system for the exact same usage, i use 3DsMAX09, Vue 8extreme and Poser Pro 2010, here is the system i built and have had NO problems running any of the programs listed on it.

1) Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz Socket 1366 8MB Cache
2) Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 iX58 Socket 1366 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
3) OCZ 12GB (6X2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10666 Gold XTC Triple Channel Memory Kit For i7 Motherboards
4) Coolermaster Silent Pro 500W Modular PSU
5) Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache (2 Qty)
6) Gigabyte GT 240 1GB GDDR3 DVI HDMI Out PCI-E Graphics Card
7) Samsung SH-S223 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black
8) All in 1 Internal Card Reader Plus One USB2.0 Port Black - 3.5" Bay
9) Antec 300 Three Hundred Case
10) 120mm Blue LED Fan - 4pin Molex Connection (2 Qty)

All for £741.12 delivered from ebuyer

This system although old now by PC standars lol (6months) is everything i needed so its a starting point for you to work around whats similar now i guess, hope this helps.

Lee.

 

[NoTTaShoT]

Hi Hayden, i recently built such a system for the exact same usage, i use 3DsMAX09, Vue 8extreme and Poser Pro 2010, here is the system i built and have had NO problems running any of the programs listed on it.

1) Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz Socket 1366 8MB Cache
2) Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 iX58 Socket 1366 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
3) OCZ 12GB (6X2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10666 Gold XTC Triple Channel Memory Kit For i7 Motherboards
4) Coolermaster Silent Pro 500W Modular PSU
5) Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache (2 Qty)
6) Gigabyte GT 240 1GB GDDR3 DVI HDMI Out PCI-E Graphics Card
7) Samsung SH-S223 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black
8) All in 1 Internal Card Reader Plus One USB2.0 Port Black - 3.5" Bay
9) Antec 300 Three Hundred Case
10) 120mm Blue LED Fan - 4pin Molex Connection (2 Qty)

All for £741.12 delivered from ebuyer

This system although old now by PC standars lol (6months) is everything i needed so its a starting point for you to work around whats similar now i guess, hope this helps.

Lee.

How much is 741.12 in U.S. currency?

 

[LeeRichLuck]

$1,195.27

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

 

[NoTTaShoT]

$1,195.27

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Awesome link. Bookmarked. Thanks!

 

[LeeRichLuck]

Pleasure

 

[klepto12]

building your won rig you can get a new sandy bridge system for what he paid for his system.

 

[hhayden1]

Thanks all for the quick replies!

 

[NoTTaShoT]

building your won rig you can get a new sandy bridge system for what he paid for his system.

link?

 

[klepto12]

cpu-Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
Ram-CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB
Motherboard-ASUS P8Z68-V LGA 1155 Intel Z68
Video card-SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6950 2GB

the rest could be up to you but this total is around $920 you could go with the i5 2500k in place of the i7 2600k for a savings of near $100.

 

[klepto12]

hhayden1 give me your email address and i will email you the build i just put together on newegg see what you think.

 

[hhayden1]

I can't email or message you because my posts aren't high enough yet.

So my email is

 

[NoTTaShoT]

hhayden1 give me your email address and i will email you the build i just put together on newegg see what you think.

would you mind sending me that as well?

 

[klepto12]

i just sent the email hope you like it man.

 

[klepto12]

if you like send me your email NoTTaShoT

 

[hhayden1]

Thanks man, that looks damn near perfect.

 

[klepto12]

glad i could help man i didnt know if you needed a monitor and such but you can ajust that however you see fit but should work great for what you want.

 

[NoTTaShoT]

Is this setup 3 monitor ready? Like crossfireX or something? ( forget the name)

Wanting to run 3 monitors at once time at minimum.

 

[klepto12]

the video card supports eyefinity yes so you could use 3 monitors

 

[klepto12]

AMD Eyefinity
look at this.

 

[NoTTaShoT]

AMD Eyefinity
look at this.

Oh nice. Can I just pick 3 random monitors or?

(thanks for all the help)

p.s. 300 4tw

 

[klepto12]

3 different monitors i think will work but ideal they should be the same and your the first person to say that about my sig.

 

[NoTTaShoT]

3 different monitors i think will work but ideal they should be the same and your the first person to say that about my sig.

I'm thinking something

like http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/tech-data/B00302DNZ4/ref=de_a_smtd

would be nice x3 but have to buy one at a time and hope they don't stop making them.

 

[klepto12]

that is one nice monitor expensive but i like dell monitors actually using a dell utrasharp 22 inch at the moment its nice.