New rendering pc

[Guinnessman]

Hi guys

 

Finally it looks as though the company I work for are ready to get me a machine more capable of rendering than my current one. With a maximum budget of £2000, I have come up with the following build, which will also include Windows 7 64 bit.

Although I am competent with Autocad and rendering, I really have no idea when it comes to piecing together components to give me the best performance for my money. The following list I have put together from PC Specialist. I'd appreciate it if you could have a look, and let me know if I am getting the best spec machine I can for the budget.

 

 

COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE

 

Intel® Xeon® Quad Core E3-1270 (3.4 GHz, 4.80 GT/s)

 

ASUS® P8P67 WS REVOLUTION (NEW REV 3.0) - ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s

 

16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

 

PNY QUADRO 4000 2GB GDDR5, 256 CUDA CORES, 2 x DP, 1 x DVI-I

 

80GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 90MB/sW)

 

1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

 

12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW

 

INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

 

CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE

 

SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER

 

By the way, I am using AutoCAD 2012, and will also be getting Accurender NXT

 

Help please!!

Thanks

[ReMark]

Now this is what I would call a rendering machine...

 

http://www.boxxtech.com/products/products.asp

[Guinnessman]

Now this is what I would call a rendering machine...

 

http://www.boxxtech.com/products/products.asp

 

I can only dream about getting one of those!

[Bill Tillman]

You'll have plenty of soup under the hood with that but here is the one thing I would suggest if costs is paramount...and it usually is the driving force. In today's world with the Internet, and so many other methods of mass storage, don't waste money on a CD ROM. You can copy the AutoCAD CD or the ISO file to install it to your hard drive, or run it from a network server. The money you're shelling out for a BlueRay disc player is not substantial but that same money could be better spent on your video card, or an extra monitor, etc....IMHO CD's and DVD's are just a waste of time these days. Too many other alternatives that you're probably already using are available. So unless you really have a need for it, I'd spend this money on upgrading something you need or keep the dough in your budget.

[f700es]

Dude, an optical drive will be $50. That is but a drop in the bucket towards the overall price.

As for the system I'd get a sandy bridge based i7 as to a Xeon system myself but that is just me.

[f700es]

Correction , yes a bluray will be more than a DVDrw

[Guinnessman]

Thanks for the help guys. I may ditch the Blu-ray disc (not really sure why I included that anyway) and look into getting an extra monitor. I know lots of CAD people use 2, but have never really looked into the benefits of it. I will be doing that today.

Thanks again!

[Raudel Solis]

:ouch:oh man i hope the purchase has not gone through

 

do you know why...

this is heart breaking maybe..

 

INTEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

will

 

 

 

be

 

 

 

 

releasing the new Ivy bridge processor with a lot more transistors that yield more computing power im hoping to purchase one to three systems for a render farm featuring intel ivy bridge CPUs

also if you wait other cpus will hit rock bottom prices

[Guinnessman]

Damn. Ordered it on Monday!