Help me cut costs but not performance please

mrt88 · 19 Aug 2008 at 13:03

hi all
I’m looking to buy these parts this week. But moneys a bit tight at the moment so im asking if anyone can help cut costs here and there but not performance. Its a build for my 3d animation and rendering work. don’t need a power supply or cooling, going to use a water loop I’ve built already. If i go for a cheaper p5q would it make that much difference ect..?

reflux · 19 Aug 2008 at 13:07

Go for the P5Q Pro, or even just the vanilla P5Q. Buy a vanilla 4870, no need for a pre-overclocked version. Go for a cheaper DVD writer, £35 is silly money when you can get em for £15.

Maybe even drop to a Q6600 and overclock it.

Mittens · 19 Aug 2008 at 13:22

let us know how the build goes

mp260767 · 19 Aug 2008 at 13:24

as mentioned drop the quad to the q6600, memory to pc6400, motherboard to the p5q pro.

Guardsmon · 19 Aug 2008 at 13:24

reflux - the DVD write is 2x - they are £17 each that he's listed. I would agree though, don't get a pre overclocked graphics card. The P5Q standard is a good bet for what you've got and use DDR800
Why not look at getting a Q6600 and overclocking it or not - its £100 cheaper for the difference of 400mhz and 4mb cache - almost all Q6600's go to 3.0ghz without any effort apart from pushing the FSB up.

bledd · 19 Aug 2008 at 13:27

do you need 2x writers?

mrt88 · 19 Aug 2008 at 13:30

this might be a stupid question but whats the diference between then p5q pro and the p5q-e?

eyetrip · 19 Aug 2008 at 13:37

what res is your monitor?

mrt88 · 19 Aug 2008 at 13:43

got 2 20" at 1440x900. prefer the q9550 over a q6600 the extra cache makes a massive diference in 3ds max and maya. toned it down to this so far

Kelt · 19 Aug 2008 at 13:54

The memory with that chip is the one thing I personally wouldn't have cut back on, if you want to overclock it, that is!

Pilky01 · 19 Aug 2008 at 13:58

4850 instead of the 4870 maybe

Jiffy · 19 Aug 2008 at 14:09

What software are you using? You might see a huge increase in speed by using Vista 64 bit and 8gb of this.

mrt88 · 19 Aug 2008 at 15:05

using vista 64 but going up to 8gb is just going to make the price go all the way back up again :S

Jiffy · 19 Aug 2008 at 15:11

If you go with the Q6600 and 8gb, I think it could well be faster and cheaper than Q9550 and 4gb!

manic111 · 19 Aug 2008 at 15:16

I agree with going Q6600 over the 9550.

PhillyDee · 19 Aug 2008 at 15:16

Get rid of the articlean and use your loose change and buy some isoproyl alcohol of meths from the cemists.

reflux · 19 Aug 2008 at 16:14

Guardsmon said:
reflux - the DVD write is 2x - they are £17 each that he's listed.

Ah ha, my bad