Build Suggestions for an Architect

Monitors are a dime a dozen if you get a CRT. Even LCDs are being thrown out these days. See if you can get your hands on one to up the budget for the other components. Maybe your local freecycle?
 
Cycrow said:
well, according to this (dont know how true it is)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zVAR_l2w8k

but it shows using vray with CUDA, that its 20 times faster than an i7 for rendering.

so its unlikly that going from a quad to six core is going to make such a difference.

GPU's are more suited to graphics work than a CPU is due to its design, so the benefits can be pretty large
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That's with 285GTX.

Either way if you can point me out to some kind of benchmark or free software to check it I could do a comparison WITH and WITHOUT GPU, got 8800GTX to test this CUDA thing with so I should get a fair comparison.
 
akbarirfan said:
Just spotted what I think might be a problem.

The GPU according to Nvidia requires Supplementary Power Connectors 6-pin x2, does that mean that the Corsair 400 CX is not up to the job?

But then this site says you only need one

http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/graphiccards/9series/9800gt.aspx#2

Thanks
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My XFX 5750HD uses one, I do not know if the Nvidia is different however you should get a two molex to one 6pin convertor and then you can use two 6pin if necessary with one being available on the PSU.

andy.
 
nkata said:
physX and CUDA benchmark link
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=150303
Download link 343Mb
http://download.nvidia.com/downloads/nZone/demos/JX3BenchmarkSetup-v1.1.1.1_EN.exe
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Thanks, I will do some testing today evening and post the results.
This PC is however only on 32bit OS and OS is pretty messed atm but it should give us some indication of the performance increase, I'd do both underclocked and overclocked speeds so we can see what kind of performance you could expect from lets say athlon II x4 at 2.8ghz ( i will do run with phenom II at 2.6ghz which should be around equal ) and then OC to 3.6-3.8 and see that as well.
 
Ok dudes,

ordering this lot at 1pmish!

Corsair CX Series 400W ATX2.2 Power Supply
DVI-D to DVI-D Cable 1.8 Meters
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz
Samsung HD502HJ F3 500GB 3.5" SATA II Hard Drive
Samsung SH-S223C 22x Internal DVD±R/RW SATA Dri
XFX GeForce 9800 GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Gr
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.80GHz Processor
Arianet Cream 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H 880G Socket AM3 8 Channel Audio MATX Motherboard
Black Wireless 2.4GHz Multimedia Keyboard and Optical Mouse with Nano USB Receiver
Casecom Shiny Piano Black Mini Tower Case with Blue LED Fan - No PSU

Can't wait to assemble it!

Haven't done a build this hi-tech for a long time!
 
Ok thanks, the picture on the site where I bought it from says Rev 1.0, but then it could be an old picture..as long as the BIOS are the same then it should be cool!
 
Just picked these up:
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Just waiting till Wednesday for the Mobo, Case and keyboard :)
 
Also just wanted to ask, is there a program or programs that I can use to test out all the parts of the build to ensure that everything is working and stable? (no overclocking)

The build is for my cousin who will be moving more than 3 hours away so I need to make sure all is well.

Thanks.
 
akbarirfan said:
Hehehehe thanks, it is just to show you guys how big this monitor actually is!
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Wembley stadium?

seriously, if you set up all the software you need to moniter stuff CPU-Z etc. before you give it to him. You can access his PC remotely and check it out, subject to windows versions at each end. or you could set up a private network between two machines (google VPN)
 
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