Hi, i have a friend wanting me to build a pc for him so he can do some rendering for his course. main program used will be vue 9 xtreme/3d studio max.
got about 2k budget, if spending more means a real increase in power i.e i7 to dual xeon then so be it but need to confirm first!!!
this is what ive put together so far
MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £254.99
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £241.99
Asus P8P67 WS Revolution Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £219.98
Dell Professional P2411H 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £203.99
Corsair Vengeance Blue 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit £139.99
(£116.66)
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850M High Performance 850W Modular Power Supply £113.99
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £82.99
Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £79.99
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £41.99
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £7.99
Sub Total : £1,190.73
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £242.59
Total : £1,455.52
got about 2k budget, if spending more means a real increase in power i.e i7 to dual xeon then so be it but need to confirm first!!!
this is what ive put together so far
MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £254.99
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £241.99
Asus P8P67 WS Revolution Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £219.98
Dell Professional P2411H 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £203.99
Corsair Vengeance Blue 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit £139.99
(£116.66)
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850M High Performance 850W Modular Power Supply £113.99
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £82.99
Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £79.99
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £41.99
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £7.99
Sub Total : £1,190.73
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £242.59
Total : £1,455.52
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