I need a computer for professional 3D rendering

[atiebt55]

Hello,
I am a designer working with 3d softwares and need to render big movies too. which CPU, Grafic card, etc will be suitable for me?

 

[hell_storm2004]

If you need to buy today and urgently, i7 950. Otherwise if you can wait till the Sandy Bridge which will hit the market in two weeks, then you should wait.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

RAM and GFX capability are key here and that means 1366. Sandy bridge (1155) will replace the 1156 boards in 2 weeks but we won't be seeing the "enthusiast" version until late summer. I am assuming this is for a production environment and you will moderately overclock. If ya wanna go big on the OC, then I'd move to a DF-10 case.

Case - $162 - Antec P183 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129061
PSU - $120 - Antec CP850 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371024
MoBo - $200 - Asus Sabertooth http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131665
CPU - $295 - Intel i7-950 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211
Cooler - $62 - Prolimatech Megahalems http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835242001
TIM - $5 - Shin Etsu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835150080
CPU Fan - $11 - Scythe SY1225SL12LM-P http://www.frozencpu.com/products/10026/fan-639/Scythe_Slip_Stream_120mm_x_25mm_PWM_Mid_Speed_Fan_-_SY1225SL12LM-P.html?tl=g36c365s936
CPU Fan - $11 - Same
Fan Cable - $8 - Akasa PWM AK-CB002 http://www.frozencpu.com/products/10350/cab-183/Akasa_PWM_Splitter_-_Smart_Fan_Cable_AK-CB002.html
RAM - $175 - 3 x 4GB Mushkin http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226100
GFX - $270 - EVGA GTX 470 SC http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130549
HD - $170 - Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148506
SSD - $230 - OCZ Vertex 2 3.5" 120GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227590
SSD - $230 - OCZ Vertex 2 3.5" 120GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227590
DVD Writer - $80 - ASUS BR Model BC-08B1LT http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135220
OS - $139 - Win 7-64 Pro OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116758
Monitor - $500 - Dell U2410 http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Monitors/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=320-8277

That's $2,668 w/ GFX card(s) and whatever ya might wanna strip out.

I put twin SSD's in RAID 0 with a 2 TB drive for storage. You won't need twin fans on the CPU cooler but hey, for the few $$, seems hardly worth opening the case again if ya change ya mind. Again, if ya not gonna OC, then the coller / fans / TIM aren't necessary.

Now for GFX, what ya get is proportional to how many $$ ya willing to fork out. Pick from here between the $450 and $3100 price points

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100008333+600044686&IsNodeId=1&name=NVIDIA&Page=2

Here's some articles

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/quadro-5000-firepro-v8800-workstation-graphics,2701-3.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/quadro-fx-4800,2258.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/fermi-quadro-autocad-autodesk-solidworks,11425.html

 

[obsidian86]

budget?

 

[suteck]

For the CPU you will be wanting something with more cores.
The Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.33GHz 6 x 256KB L2 Cache 12MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80613I7980X is what you're looking for.
The new ATI 6990 with dual processers and 4GB's of memory on each card, (when it come out in about a month), or the NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 580: depending on which motherboard you decide on.
You'll probably also want a work station board. Something like the ASUS P6T7 WS Supercomputer 3Way SLI + PhysX at Real X16 X58 CEB Intel Motherboard or the ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution with NF200 3xPCIe true x16 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard. Both boards are capable of 24 GB's of memory since you're processes sound memory intensive. They don't have the S-ATA 6GB's or the USB 3 but unless you're running SSD's you won't miss them.