Getting into next gen of mobos, chipsets and RAM finally, having been stuck with a dual core and 6 GB of DDR2 for sometime. I'm going to college for game production and decided 3D modeling is my calling, but my rig just doesn't cut it anymore.
I'm trying to decide between an AMD build or Intel. Basically intel has fewer cores with moderately less power, but more efficiency and cooler running, and damn pricey. In addition they also support anywhere from 64-128GB of RAM on some boards with 8 DIMM slots, making this an appealing choice if i were to create a RAM disk and run my modeling programs from it.
AMD chips on the other hand, with 8 cores seem to put out much more raw processing power for less money, at the expense of temperature. But, the AMD boards i've found only support 32 GB of RAM in 4 DIMM slots.
I've noticed in the laptops that my school provides us that students with newer i5 chips and 2-4 GB of RAM seem to have an easier time with 3D programs, than those of us with older dual cores, even me with maxed out 16GB RAM.
Basically, i would just like to hear good solid facts about which platform is better suited to modeling/rendering, with a little bit of gaming thrown in.
One last thing, this build will have to last me for at least a few years before i can even think of upgrading again, so expandability, adaptability and compatibility with future parts is going to be a factor.
Thanks for reading.
I'm trying to decide between an AMD build or Intel. Basically intel has fewer cores with moderately less power, but more efficiency and cooler running, and damn pricey. In addition they also support anywhere from 64-128GB of RAM on some boards with 8 DIMM slots, making this an appealing choice if i were to create a RAM disk and run my modeling programs from it.
AMD chips on the other hand, with 8 cores seem to put out much more raw processing power for less money, at the expense of temperature. But, the AMD boards i've found only support 32 GB of RAM in 4 DIMM slots.
I've noticed in the laptops that my school provides us that students with newer i5 chips and 2-4 GB of RAM seem to have an easier time with 3D programs, than those of us with older dual cores, even me with maxed out 16GB RAM.
Basically, i would just like to hear good solid facts about which platform is better suited to modeling/rendering, with a little bit of gaming thrown in.
One last thing, this build will have to last me for at least a few years before i can even think of upgrading again, so expandability, adaptability and compatibility with future parts is going to be a factor.
Thanks for reading.