Maya build/overclocked build from OcUK??

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Hello! My brother needs a PC for Maya 2010, his current PC takes hours to render. Could you possibly help? Ive built PC's but havent done so for quite a while so rather out of it hardware wise. I can either build of go for an off the shelf system..

CPU - Quad core or 6 core? Will Maya 2010 use 6 core? Also any pointers as to which Intel CPU to get, threes just so many options! Would an Overclocked option be a decent value for money option?

MEMORY - Im guessing DDR3 would be optimal, Im going for 8Gb as minimum or wiuld 6Gb high quality RAM be enough, anything more wont drastically alter render times?

MOTHERBOARD - Totally at a loss! Does it really matter? (As long as DDR3/has enough slots)

GRAPHICS - I believe the graphics card doesnt really affect rendering? How low can I go on this to improve overall value that wont impact the speed of the system/rendering?

He's looking at a budget of £800, however any savings would be so much better, prob £600 (inc Windows 7 64 license etc) would be a better target (but a fast render is really important). Any help at all would be great, if anyone has any experience with Maya, thanks v much guys.:)
 
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Come up with this:

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Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £146.86
(£124.99) £146.86
(£124.99)
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
(£89.35) £104.99
(£89.35)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.99
(£70.63) £82.99
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Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £76.36
(£64.99) £76.36
(£64.99)
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5550 512MB GDDR5 SILENT PCI-Express Graphics Card (H555HB512) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Silverstone PS02B Precision Midi Case - Black £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
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Total : £675.95

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Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £146.86
(£124.99) £146.86
(£124.99)
MSI P55A-G55 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.99
(£70.63) £82.99
(£70.63)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £76.36
(£64.99) £76.36
(£64.99)
Sapphire Pure 625W Modular Power Supply £49.98
(£42.54) £49.98
(£42.54)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5550 512MB GDDR5 SILENT PCI-Express Graphics Card (H555HB512) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Silverstone PS02B Precision Midi Case - Black £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £533.74
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £95.46
Total : £640.95
 
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Cheers RJC Do you think the i5 is quick enough? Also I heard Nvidia works better with Maya - what do you think?


Ive just been playing about and the below is waaay too expensive I know, I can but dream :p
Thinking about SSD, is it really necessary? Thought it could speed up work quite considerably, or is it just a real luxury?

Might merge RJCs and my setup to get a happier medium..


Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £252.61
Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
Kingston HyperX 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C8 1600MHz Triple Channel (KHX1600C8D3K3/6GX) £117.49
Gainward GeForce GT 240 GS 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.99
Intel X25-V Value 40GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MP040G2R5) £76.36
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.99
LiteOn iHOS104-37 4x BD-ROM Drive (Black) - OEM £37.99
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £34.99
Thermalright IFX-14 CPU Cooler (Socket 1366 / 755) £29.99
OcUK Athena Tower Case - Black £19.99

£942.71 :eek:
 
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I've recently specced a new build for myself to do 3D rendering and my choices basically boiled down to the following:

CPU: i7 or X6 - overclocked to similar clock speeds, the X6 is a better choice, but the difference is around 5% at best. Where the i7 wins is in single/dual threaded apps, such as gaming etc so for a "best of both worlds" approach I choose the i7 950.

Memory: the more the absolute Merrier. Larger memory pool means more complex scenes at the end of the day - it also means your not paging to hard disk as you render. I'm starting with 6GB of DDR3 1600mhz, but will quickly go to 12GB the following month where it will likely be run at 1333mhz due to stress on the CPU IMC.

Motherboard: unimportant really, but the P6X58D-E is a fine choice and a damn good overclocking board.

SSD: Not essential, but a sandforce based SSD such as the 60GB Vertex 2E would make for quick windows boot times and application launch times, especially if you have lots of plugins etc.

HDD: Can't go wrong with a Samsung F3 1TB disk for general storage, very fast transfer apeeds for a mechanical hard disk. If you don't need that amount of storage (he will if doing animation etc) then the newer F4 320GB drives are even quicker.

Video Card: Irrelevant to final render speeds. With decent OpenGL drivers, they can make realtime OpenGL previews of your work a possibility. Check the supported card list and required driver versions, but either ATI or Nvidia can be used. Be worthwhile scanning the Maya forums for input on this.

He also needs to consider some kind of backup mechanism for his work a well. Just remember RAID is not a viable backup solution!

Hope that helps.
 
I would have to agree with Arthalen for the i7 950, surely he would make use of hyper threading for his renders. I thought the core i5 series cannot do hyper threading or am i wrong?
 
just read the bottom about it being 800 then 600, i put this together for the 800 budget, has 6 cores, 8gb ram, ssd, 1tb storage, lush lian li case.

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The artists in our studio at work use Maya dont use an ATi card for this as autodesk products support CUDA and run better on Nvidia cards.
 
I heard that Intel works better with Maya or am I wrong?

What do you think of this.. getting there?

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Don't sell yourself short on the PSU. Its the most important part of a PC!*






*Debatable, but I would suggest something like a Corsair 500watt PSU and not the OcUK OEM range.
 
change that budget psu to a quality one, you dont want it to take everything else when it fails.
and krisab if thats not sarcasm i think its classic? :D
 
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