Hi guys, I just thought id try to get some advice before I get into building my new machine
I need something that will perform well in a wide range of software and many of these programs seem to have very different needs.
I use Zbrush alot for modelling and texturing
3ds Max for mesh editing and polygon modelling (this is the app I literally grew up with)
I use Maya for rigging and animation.
I render usually with Mental ray but I want to get into some more GPU rendering sometime and often use the viewport 2.0 render for certain jobs.
I do compositing in After effects cs6 and edit in Premiere CS6
I edit Canon 5D footage which is H.264 encoded quicktime files.
Image editing in Photoshop CS6
Currently I have an old quad core from years ago.
A gtx 560Ti
4 gb Ram
250gb ssd (which I recently upgraded to)
2tb sata HD
windows 7 Home edition. Basically my home PC is really old and needs to be dumped on a relative or used as a backup rig.
So im considering my upgrade options. do I go for X79 6 core build, get a xeon chip or go with a 4770K haswell?
Do I spend big on a high end graphics card like GTX 780 or 780Ti or wait for a price drop on Titan
Do I go for an ATI card instead? or get a mid range card like gtx 760 or 770? or wait for Maxwell?
Do I go for 16gb ram or jump to 32gb? which means upgrading my windows version.
Do I bother getting high end cooling for a system that may only play games occasionally but will be rendering alot?
Basically I want to be able to go nuts in zbrush and make stupidly high poly sculpts, but zbrush is mainly a cpu and RAM hog and is still 32bit.
I want fast viewport performance in Maya and want to maximize mayas performance in hypershade and other areas that seem very slow on my machine.
I want to be able to swap between max and maya and not have to keep adjusting drivers to get both apps to perform well.
I want smooth playback in Premiere for 5d Mark 3 h.264 1080p video footage and possibly smooth realtime playback for rendered .tga sequences if thats even possible.
Sorry for the long question, Im just a bit confused about all the variables and i'll probably just end up buying alot of really overkill gear that doesnt really make a huge difference to performance so I want to get some opinions about these specific needs and what hardware I should choose.
My budget wont cover a proper workstation and cant exceed $2,500 and hardware in Australia is quite alot more pricey, so,
Thanks, guys, Any advice would be appreciated.
I need something that will perform well in a wide range of software and many of these programs seem to have very different needs.
I use Zbrush alot for modelling and texturing
3ds Max for mesh editing and polygon modelling (this is the app I literally grew up with)
I use Maya for rigging and animation.
I render usually with Mental ray but I want to get into some more GPU rendering sometime and often use the viewport 2.0 render for certain jobs.
I do compositing in After effects cs6 and edit in Premiere CS6
I edit Canon 5D footage which is H.264 encoded quicktime files.
Image editing in Photoshop CS6
Currently I have an old quad core from years ago.
A gtx 560Ti
4 gb Ram
250gb ssd (which I recently upgraded to)
2tb sata HD
windows 7 Home edition. Basically my home PC is really old and needs to be dumped on a relative or used as a backup rig.
So im considering my upgrade options. do I go for X79 6 core build, get a xeon chip or go with a 4770K haswell?
Do I spend big on a high end graphics card like GTX 780 or 780Ti or wait for a price drop on Titan
Do I go for an ATI card instead? or get a mid range card like gtx 760 or 770? or wait for Maxwell?
Do I go for 16gb ram or jump to 32gb? which means upgrading my windows version.
Do I bother getting high end cooling for a system that may only play games occasionally but will be rendering alot?
Basically I want to be able to go nuts in zbrush and make stupidly high poly sculpts, but zbrush is mainly a cpu and RAM hog and is still 32bit.
I want fast viewport performance in Maya and want to maximize mayas performance in hypershade and other areas that seem very slow on my machine.
I want to be able to swap between max and maya and not have to keep adjusting drivers to get both apps to perform well.
I want smooth playback in Premiere for 5d Mark 3 h.264 1080p video footage and possibly smooth realtime playback for rendered .tga sequences if thats even possible.
Sorry for the long question, Im just a bit confused about all the variables and i'll probably just end up buying alot of really overkill gear that doesnt really make a huge difference to performance so I want to get some opinions about these specific needs and what hardware I should choose.
My budget wont cover a proper workstation and cant exceed $2,500 and hardware in Australia is quite alot more pricey, so,
Thanks, guys, Any advice would be appreciated.
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