spec check pls, building a pc for rendering.

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Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (WD740ADFD) £76.99
(£90.46) £76.99
(£90.46)

MSI ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT OC 512MB GDDR4 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £89.99
(£105.74) £89.99
(£105.74)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)

Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)

DFI Lan Party DK X38-T2R Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)

G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ) £64.99
(£76.36) £129.98
(£152.72)

Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)

Hiper 580W HPU-4M580 SLi Certified ATX2.2 PSU £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)

Total: £704.84 opinions welcome


Its going to be used for 64bit 3D studio max on 64bit vista.

 

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well im a little set against raid as the last time i used a raid set up, vista decided to do a disk check 3 weeks in and screwed the lot. I cant risk having that happen to several thousand pounds worth of prototype renders. As for the motherboard... i was planning to overclock the Q6600 and DFi have never let me down before but i am open to suggestions.

the system will not be used for gaming but based on experience here in the office of just changing the GPU in one of our systems from a 7300GT to a 9600GT gave a good drop in render times which is what we are after. are the F1 drives really nearly as quick as a raptor ??

 

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well i have found a 32gig sata SSD drive for £90 which i may try. but the max budgets for the base is £700 you see, hence why im looking for clockable options to get the most for the money.

 

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I'm wondering how those thousand pounds worth renders gonna fit on 74gb drive.

Last time I did some totally noob basic explosion animation in 3Ds Max it took like 2gb.

indeed but when its done and saved it gets off loaded onto either a secondary drive on the system or the network storage.

i dont remember max using the gpu except for viewport rendering, its cpu/ram based so thats where to focus the cash

i agree but our designer doesnt he also happens to be a director.