Optimised homebuilt pc set-up for 3d rendering?

Hey man, thanks for tip You are right about ram for sure, the more the better! By the way, i am going to have to pay it in installments through a bank loan, otherwise i would not be able to afford it either. I hope that it will be able to earn its buck soon...

The motherboard you have selected supports processors with the LGA1156 pin configuration while the i7-980X has an LGA1366 pin configuration. You'll need to change to an X58 motherboard if you want to use that processor. Also, have a look at the AMD 6 core processors (1055T and 1090T) as they offer a much better price/performance ratio.

^+1 on the X58 vs P55 issue.

@OP:
THIS IS A DAMN WASTE OF MONEY!

For that kind of budget you are better off getting a 2P set up since you plan to run 3D renderings (3DS).

This is what I would build:

HAF 912 $60: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119233

2x Xeon 5506 $ 470: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819117186

OCZ Vertex 2 120GB SSD for OS + programs $240: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227551

XFX 650W $110 (Note, needs separate Molex to 8pin CPU, ~$5) : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817207002

ASUS Z8NA-D6C $260: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131378

2x 500GB F3s for storage in RAID1 $110: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152181

2x 3*2GB Crucial DDR3 ECC RAM $325: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820148259

EVGA GTX460 (mainly due to good OpenGL performance, swap to a workstation card if needed) $170: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130562

Total: $1,742.06 before rebates. Obviously, this Newegg is not available in UK, but this is what you should aim for, basically something similar.

Exactly. I know for a fact that 3DS will benefit from the extra core and threads. 8C/16T FTW! You will take a bit of a hit for single threaded apps, but that shouldn't change much.

edit:
Note: My above build will need CPU fans, that should add about $60-100 to the cost.

You CAN hae 2 GPUs on that board, but realize that there is only one PCIe x16 slot. The other are PCIe x8s are actually only x4 electrically. In most cases, you won't benefit much from 2 GPUs for renderings. For a workstation/rendering build the CPUs matter more than the GPUs in almost all cases.

I've finally hit the thread which is close to my concern. Shadow, you say that the cpu's power is much more important than the gpu when rendering. Is this standard for all rendering programs? Are there any programs that rely on the gpu to render or are there any software modifications that can draw the rendering power from a gpu rather than a cpu? With this being said, i'm interested in finding out weather i should look into downsizing the cpus and focusing my attention on a larger workstation quadro. And does anyone know the benefit of intel xeon processors over amd opertons? Thanks for anyones input.