Building a PC for software like rhino,3ds max etc... 3d modeling & rendering stuff... The Build so far: Intel Core i7-920 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202 mobo...GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128423 RAM....CORSAIR XMS3 12GB (6 x 2GB) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145235 GPU... Quadro FX 1800 768MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133272&cm_re=FX_1800-_-14-133-272-_-Product cooling... Noctua NH-U12P SE2 120mm http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608014 powerspply.. CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004 Hdrive.. WD Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320&Tpk=WD caviar black 500 I appreciate any opinions and/or constructive criticism. also i'm not sure if my 550w power supply will be enough????? any good reliable and cheap blu ray drives?????
For this build youd be better off scrapping this build. Core i7 860 - Outperforms the i7 920 P55/LGA1156 Socket Mobo The Corsair RAM is good but stick with 4 GB, if you find you need more then get another 4 GB, but the 12 GB you listed originally would have been a total waste of money. GPU - Good Cooling - Not bad but keep in mind you dont need the second fan. PSU- Perfect HD- Good, but with the money saved try for a WD 1 TB Caviar Black. What case are you going to use? The CPU/Mobo RAM changes will save you over $100 and perform better then the 920 for the thing you listed. The 920 is more of a gaming/multi tasking cpu. The 860 is even more multitasking oriented, and less gaming oriented, although it will perform good in gaming. The 1 TB HDD will perform faster then the 500 GB and give you more storage obviously.
no idea about the case...thought it wasn't that important, obviously i was wrong. about the i7 860...originally i chose that one but received recomendation to go for the i7 920, aparently it can even beat the i7 975 extreme when you overclock it... RAM... i dont think 4gb is enough...cause i've tried several machines running on 2gb and theyre icredibly slow, keep in mind im gonna be rendering high poly count designs... buildings and stuff, architecture stuff mostly. about the Hdrive, since its one of the easiest things to add im not too worried. so having read this reply... do you still recomend the i7 860 and 4gb RAM, im a newb im really tring hard but there's still loads of terms i dont understand... thanks for the help...keep it up cause im in the dark here
forgot... about the mobo... is it triple channel ddr3...cause even if i go with 4 to 8 gb in RAM right now chances are in the future ill have to pump it up. and won't the mobo bottleneck mi GPU ? just out of curiosity, with the build you suggested would i have any problems if i added a second GPU set to SLI ? thanks again
To be honest Xplorer, his build is actually better than yours for 3D modelling. The 'full fat' LGA 1366 i7s are better than the LGA 1156 CPUs in such environments for high demands and high budgets. (For the record, even the cheapest i5 750 can be overclocked to beat the i7 975 extreme, overclocking does wonders for the performance of CPUs_ You have a good starting parts list, and really, there isn't an issue with any of it. The right CPU, the right motherboard, good memory, a reasonable workstaton card, a powerful cooler that allows overclocking, a reliable power supply and a good hard drive. You may do better with more space, however, so the WD1001FALS would be a decent upgrade. For a case, if you're overclocking you don't want to be too cheap. Get something like an NZXT Tempest or Antec Three Hundred. You don't usually want to use SLI for workstations, it doesn't work that way. You can, however, often just use the two cards in tandem without relying on SLI, since the way workstation cards work often permits parallel processing.
Which for some programs is important. It's rare I agree, and overall I'd place the 860 above the 920 almost every time, but when it comes to 3D modelling and rendering, which is an area I do not know performance characteristics for every program for, I generally advise people to do some research on the specific programs they use. After all, where memory bandwidth matters the 920 can even get one over on the 870, let aline the 860, and by more than a couple of percent too. Then consider that the CPUs may be overclocked, and as a percentage, the 920 is going to overclock further than the 860 which starts at a higher clock speed, in these certain cases the 920 will be the CPU to buy.
Well after looking over the benchmarks again your right but in 3ds, and photoshop the 860 does beat out the 920. Now we know he is using 3ds, and I would assume Photoshop if hes using a high end app like 3ds, also beats out the 920. So more then likley the 920 is the better option.
That's stock though, and the 860 is higher-clocked, so that has to be taken into consideration as well.
thanks a lot, to both of you guys... been really helpfull. I do intend to oc my new build...will post how it goes.
