How About This Rig???

[cyrus-kanca]

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Gud Day!!!

I need an expert advice for 3D Rendering and Modeling Rigs. I'm planning to set-up this by the end of November. Hopefully maka gather ko ug wise info sa mga feedbacks ngari. High end na 3D ang ipadayun sa ako outsource but I can't rely anymore sa akong old rig so that's why I need to build a 3rd PC. But I need wise deal kay luoy gaau sab ko kung i pina ka high end gyud na rigs na mura na ug Alienware ang price lol.



Here's my option:

Proc:
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz

Mobo:
ASUS P5W DH DELUXE - Intel 975x

Video Card:
PNY Quadro FX 1500 GDDR3 PCI-E

Memory Card:
CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel

Hard Drive:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 2 x 200 gigs SATA 3.0Gb/s

PSU:
HEC Winpower 550 watts



Your feedback and opinion is high appreciated.

Thanks in Advance!!!

[cyrus-kanca]

[yob]

if u can w8.. perhaps in 3 months time. since you have a budget for an intel extreme processors w/c are priced aggressively

go for Quad Core instead, this should be cheaper than an extreme processor

intel is releasing this soon

Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz

quad cores have proven their power in 3D rendering applications, if you check the reviews

[cyrus-kanca]

if u can w8.. perhaps in 3 months time. since you have a budget for an intel extreme processors w/c are priced aggressively

go for Quad Core instead, this should be cheaper than an extreme processor

intel is releasing this soon

Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz

quad cores have proven their power in 3D rendering applications, if you check the reviews

oh yeah i read some articles here in Istorya but i didn't know i release na diay nila soon. i'll try to check when ilaha approx releasing date.

thanks

[cyrus-kanca]

Q1 releasing date is early 2007. I can't wait anymore cuz I'm planning to get this one by the end of November or early December. Sayang C2Q but I really need to have this ma assemble. maybe i don't have a choice by this time.

[[DSX]]

instead of having a single 320gig drive, have 2 160gig SATA drives and configure it to striping mode or RAID 0 for better performance.

[cyrus-kanca]

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instead of having a single 320gig drive, have 2 160gig SATA drives and configure it to striping mode or RAID 0 for better performance.

ganun ba? i didn't know that. it would be a very helpful tips. thanks =)

[[DSX]]

ganun ba? i didn't know that. it would be a very helpful tips. thanks =)

Yup, it makes your HDD data transfer almost twice as fast. One caveat though: if one of the HDD fails, you'll lose all your data since data is split between the two drives.
If data integrity is important to you then you should look at RAID 0+1 = performance+redundancy, if one fails, simply replace the drive and rebuild the data. You need at least 4 drives for RAID 0+1

regarding DDR2.. pick the memory that could support faster CAS speed. 5-5-5-15 is quite common but there are some that could support 4-4-4-12@DDR2 800 speed.. a few even faster than that.

[cyrus-kanca]

yup you're right about the ddr2. i forgot to detail above.

XMS2

# DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
# Timing 4-4-4-12
# Cas Latency 4

thanks again =)

[bryan]

bro nindot na imo graphics card. actually one of the company in mepz II uses that card fot 3d modeling. nindot na siya mosukol jud.