New Build: 1000-1500 Graphical rendering computer.

[Damorian]

Hi All,

As the title says I need a new computer for graphical rendering (more detailed explanation below)
The thing is that I dont exactly know what to look for, do I need a SSD so I can store the cache on it instead of in RAM or do I need a Graphics card with loads of RAM or should I look for HDD's with loads of cache or loads of RPM's?

Anyways below is what I got sofar, anny suggestions would be massivly appreciated

The prices below are the prices of the parts in Holland so they might differ a bit from newegg’s but usually it shouldn’t differ too much.

Approximate Purchase Date: Tomorrow or the day after.

Budget Range:As cheap as possible without losing too much performance.

System Usage from Most to Least Important:
Main purpose is the usage of creative suite from Adobe but multiple applications at the same time.
These include: Bridge, Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign.
Allot of rendering of high quality PDF’s (300DPI) with allot of page filling (A4) Photographs
And usually this includes the use of a panoramic stitcher.
NO movies
NO games
The computer will also function as a server for an administrative program so other computers will connect to it and retrieve costumer data from the database which is hosted on this computer.

Parts Not Required:
Keyboard,
Mouse,
Monitor,
Cables

Preferred Website(s) for Parts:
4launch.nl (But since it’s dutch I used the neweggs equivalent)

Country of Origin:
The Netherlands (Holland)

Parts Preferences:
■CPU 207 euro
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT90ZFBGRBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849

■Motherboard 169 euro
ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131644

■Graphics card 236 euro
Palit NE5TX470F09DA GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261070

■PSU 95 euro
COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M600 RS-600-AMBA-D3 600W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
(Only I’m going for the 700W version but I couldn’t find it on Newegg)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171036

■RAM 2x 102 euro = 204 euro
2x CORSAIR XMS 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX8GX3M2A1600C9
2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145324

■Case 138 euro
Corsair Graphite Series 600T Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139003

■HDD (SSD) 281 euro
OCZ RevoDrive OCZSSDPX-1RVD0120 PCI-E x4 120GB PCI Express MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227578&Tpk=OCZ%20SSD%20120GB%2c%20PCI-Express%2c%20Revodrive

■Dvd/CD drive 17 euro
SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA CD/DVD Burner - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151192

■HDD (Platters) 2x 81 euro = 162 euro
2x Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533&cm_re=WD1002FAEX-_-22-136-533-_-Product

Total price: 1558

Overclocking:
NO!

SLI or Crossfire:
Nah

Monitor Resolution:

Additional Comments:
As silent as possible (hence the case)
I need the performance to be able to compute the above mentioned actions however the price is a bit steep, if I could cut down on parts here and there that would be great.

Thanks in advance,
Greets,
Damo

 

[ScrewySqrl]

you probly don't need the Crosshair IV formula if you are using a single 470. I'd suggest getting the 570 instead of the 470, and you only need an 870 motherboard.

 

[HeyImGodly]

if youre not gaming just get the 460 and invest in a SSD and try and find lower latency ram if you can.

 

[Damorian]

Hi Screwysqrl and HeyImGodly, thanks for your replies.

Getting the 570 instead of the 470 will significantly increase the total price of the computer while I actually would like to lower the price.

For the motherboard i'll follow your advise and change to
ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131647
88 euro's in Holland (http://www.4launch.nl/shop/#p-4-productid-092301)
it be better to get a w
I'v checked out the 460 graphics card but it doesnt go above 1Gig RAM and they all have a 256bit bus, wouldnt a wider bus be better plus more ram for the cache while rendering?

Besides the Motherboard is there a way that I can cut down on costs?

And again, thank you for your replies.

 

[ScrewySqrl]

yes, a 460 will do most things nicely. I was suggesting the 570 over the 470, becaus ethe decrease in price to go to the 770 motherboard is much more than teh increase from 470 to 570. a 460 is also a way to go and will be fine at rendering.

 

[HeyImGodly]

actually Cuda in most Adobe products at the moment is NOT 100% at its full potential meaning a 1gb card would be fine, and rendering is mainly CPU and RAM intensive, so a hexacore processor should help with that and you have 8gb of ram which should also help. so the GPU wouldnt really have a lot to do when it comes to helping you render.