Build Suggestions for an Architect

akbarirfan · 25 Jul 2010 at 21:53

Hi All,

I am looking to build a computer with a maximum budget of £400 that will run the programs: Vray (rendering), Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe InDesign, AutoCad, Rhino 3d Modelling Program, 3d max, sketchup and flamingo rendering with no problems.
I can’t remember whether this type of work required more cores or more Ghz.

I know you guys are the experts, build me a computer please!
I already have an OS. Please include a monitor (19”+), mouse, and keyboard (cheap and cheerful) in the overall price.

The case I will buy separately.

Something tells me to steer towards intel from past experience, but I am open to AMD HexCore (??)

Thanks!

Mason- · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:06

All of that for 400 pound would make it pretty hard if not impossible.

Si105 · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:07

Mason- said:
All of that for 400 pound would make it pretty hard if not impossible.

+1

Sorry

akbarirfan · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:08

Damn, what if I go up to £500?

Mason- · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:12

I'll see If I can come up with something, can you salvage anything from other computers, DVD drives hard drives etc?

akbarirfan · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:14

Thanks Mason.

I have a spare DVD-RW come to think of it!

Mason- · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:15

Okay and roughly how much storage will you need?

akbarirfan · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:17

I think 500 gb is ample to be honest.

Just want something stable that will run efficiently.

Thanks

SeraphX · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:20

this will do what you want, but it wont be very snappy, everything specced leaves plenty of room for upgrading as and when you can do it
thats better, oh bugga, PSU,
dude, if you can go to 500-600 it'll be a lot easier

Mason- · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:22

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Tried to get it within 500 pound. This is a poky little machine

This comes WITHOUT:

DVD Drive
OS
Case

It is a dual core processor that is quite powerful, not the best but it will be quite powerful I think.

For the price of that other computer, that is damn good power for your money.

jellybeard999 · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:28

The sorts of tasks you've described need monstrous amounts of RAM, GPU memory (and usually specialised cores) as well as multi core CPUs.

I'd advise the architect to increase his budget if he want to work productively, and given that it's not a poorly paid job and that the system generates his income, surely he wants the best tool for the job?

Mason- · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:29

jellybeard999 said:
The sorts of tasks you've described need monstrous amounts of RAM, GPU memory (and usually specialised cores) as well as multi core CPUs.

I'd advise the architect to increase his budget if he want to work productively, and given that it's not a poorly paid job and that the system generates his income, surely he wants the best tool for the job?

Haha, indeed.

akbarirfan · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:30

It's just to get through the masters degree..i'll have a word with them..we could stretch it to £500..no Hexcore builds?

Mason- · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:31

Okay I'll spec you the cheapest hex-core build I can one sec...
Holy **** I did it and it was around the same price as the spec I posted before....

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £157.44

OCZ Reaper Low-Latency 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 12800C6 (1600MHz) Dual-Channel (OCZ3RPR1600C6LV4GK) £82.99

Dell IN1910N 18.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £82.24

Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £72.99

XFX GeForce 9800 GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £58.74

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £35.24

Blaze BL-6400 2.4GHz Wireless Desktop £18.99

OcUK Swift 450W Silent Power Supply £15.26

Sub Total : £445.86
Shipping : £11.75
VAT : £80.08
Total : £537.69

SeraphX · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:35

akbarirfan said:
It's just to get through the masters degree..i'll have a word with them..we could stretch it to £500..no Hexcore builds?

hexacore is gonna cripple you in other places, namely ram and graphics, i do mild 3d animation and rendering on a intel core 2 duo E7500 stock, with 2Gb ddr3, a quad core processor should be able to manage what you need to do, theres no point having a blazing processor if your ram and graphics are lagging behind

Mason- · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:38

Seraph said:
hexacore is gonna cripple you in other places, namely ram and graphics, i do mild 3d animation and rendering on a intel core 2 duo E7500 stock, with 2Gb ddr3, a quad core processor should be able to manage what you need to do, theres no point having a blazing processor if your ram and graphics are lagging behind

The build I just posted has very quick RAM, granted the gfx card isn't spectacular, but people forget 9800 GT's are still pretty poky.

akbarirfan · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:41

Is that powersuply up to the job Mason?

Si105 · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:42

No way in hell would I trust a 500 + build to a 15 quid PSU.

SeraphX · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:44

akbarirfan said:
Is that powersuply up to the job Mason?

it might do the job, dont the 9800 require a 4 pin pcie?
but if it goes, then ouch,

Mason- · 25 Jul 2010 at 22:46

If it says that it powers that much wattage then yes, only problem is it's reliability. But you have to remember we're on a budget here. Cheapest branded PSU is about 50 quid I think. Adds another 35 to the total.

Ace Modder said:
We have been testing these units for around 6months on i5's/i3's and we have had a zero failure rate.

You wouldn't use it with a high end GFX card but for an web browser/home office PC they are ideal with the reliability.