Hi, and thank you in advance for any advice or help you may give me.
I am currently an exhibit designer, and in the process of completing a new rig for work at home. My preferred program is 3ds Max.
Currently my machine at home is in some major need of over haul, so much to the point, that it is apparent I need to just start completely from scratch.
Currently this is what my machine will be equipped with.
- Intel BOXDZ68BC LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
- OCZ ZX Series 850W Fully-Modular 80PLUS Gold High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandybridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom
- Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K
- CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B
Eventually I will upgrade my memory to max out my mother board at 32GB
But my question is this. I understand that the graphics card does not really help with the rendering process but instead helps with the viewing of the view ports while modeling. If I am looking at spending no more then $400, what would you suggest?
Please also keep in mind I will be doing some gaming on this machine as well, since this is more for personal use...I.E personal models, gaming...but it will be used when I work from home from time to time.
I am currently an exhibit designer, and in the process of completing a new rig for work at home. My preferred program is 3ds Max.
Currently my machine at home is in some major need of over haul, so much to the point, that it is apparent I need to just start completely from scratch.
Currently this is what my machine will be equipped with.
- Intel BOXDZ68BC LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
- OCZ ZX Series 850W Fully-Modular 80PLUS Gold High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandybridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom
- Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K
- CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B
Eventually I will upgrade my memory to max out my mother board at 32GB
But my question is this. I understand that the graphics card does not really help with the rendering process but instead helps with the viewing of the view ports while modeling. If I am looking at spending no more then $400, what would you suggest?
Please also keep in mind I will be doing some gaming on this machine as well, since this is more for personal use...I.E personal models, gaming...but it will be used when I work from home from time to time.
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