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Hey hey. New to the forums, hello all! Need a bit of advice. I'm involved in using solid modelling packages (mostly Catia and SolidWorks) to run 3D offline robotic programming. My old PC (a Dell, Pentium 4 processor and an X300 graphics card!) is starting to show its age. I want something with lots of poke that's going to last me another 3 years and render everything I throw at it.
Since I don't want to pay the price of a small car for a lovely new Nvidia Quadro, (and work don't intend to pay for one for me!) I'm gonna build my own PC. Parts I intend to buy are as follows:
Intel Core 2 Duo Q6600 Processor (intend to put a big fan on it and overclock)
2GB 1033MHz OCUK PC8500 DDR2 RAM
WD 150GB Raptor HDD (supplemented by my old 500GB WD internal SATA)
Intel X38 chipset motherboard (not sure which one, probably the £141 one)
LG DVD drive
I've already bought the graphics card...ATI Sapphire 1GB GDDR4 HD 2900. Finally came back into stock and I grabbed me one quickly!
Case is a CoolerMaster Ammo 533, with a 750W WinPower PSU.
I'm in a bit of a sticky wicket though. I want a 22" HD monitor, but am unsure as to the standards. The HD2900 says it is HDCP compatible, but what if the monitor has a HDMI input port? Can anyone suggest to me a decent 22" HD monitor?
My graphics card requires 2 6-pin PCI-E power inputs. My PSU has a set of one 6-pin and one 8-pin blocks...but the 8-pin block doesn't fit into the 8-pin slot beside the 6-pin slot on the back of the HD2900 card! Can I just cut the plastic round the pins or splice the block?
I've noticed that the RAM isn't heatsunk. Is RAM overheating a problem if I don't intend to overclock it?
Sorry for a bit of a long post, thanks in advance!
Since I don't want to pay the price of a small car for a lovely new Nvidia Quadro, (and work don't intend to pay for one for me!) I'm gonna build my own PC. Parts I intend to buy are as follows:
Intel Core 2 Duo Q6600 Processor (intend to put a big fan on it and overclock)
2GB 1033MHz OCUK PC8500 DDR2 RAM
WD 150GB Raptor HDD (supplemented by my old 500GB WD internal SATA)
Intel X38 chipset motherboard (not sure which one, probably the £141 one)
LG DVD drive
I've already bought the graphics card...ATI Sapphire 1GB GDDR4 HD 2900. Finally came back into stock and I grabbed me one quickly!
Case is a CoolerMaster Ammo 533, with a 750W WinPower PSU.
I'm in a bit of a sticky wicket though. I want a 22" HD monitor, but am unsure as to the standards. The HD2900 says it is HDCP compatible, but what if the monitor has a HDMI input port? Can anyone suggest to me a decent 22" HD monitor?
My graphics card requires 2 6-pin PCI-E power inputs. My PSU has a set of one 6-pin and one 8-pin blocks...but the 8-pin block doesn't fit into the 8-pin slot beside the 6-pin slot on the back of the HD2900 card! Can I just cut the plastic round the pins or splice the block?
I've noticed that the RAM isn't heatsunk. Is RAM overheating a problem if I don't intend to overclock it?
Sorry for a bit of a long post, thanks in advance!