Hi Fellas, I´m putting together a 3D animation workstation, mainly for use for Maya. I´ll also be using Adobe CS5 Suite as well (Photoshop, After Effects, and Premiere) and Foundry Nuke. I´m considering putting Autodesk Flame on this guy as well.
Approximate Purchase Date: this week
Budget Range: $4,000 usd
System Usage from Most to Least Important: 3D Animation, Compositing, Editing, Unity3d Development.
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS, HD drives, tablet
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com
Country: Colombia
Parts Preferences:
Nvidia Quadro workstation card, thinking about quadro 5000:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133325
Still debating whether to go with dual opteron 6274´s for 32 cores -- something like: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113038
or with a single, 6 core i7:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116491
actually, while posting, just saw this other one, which looks almost exactly the same, except $400 cheaper:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492
if i went with i7, the rest of the build would be as follows:
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme LGA 2011 Board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131802
G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 32 GB (8x4GB) DDR3 2133 Ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231504
2x Intel 120GB SSD -- (one for OS drive, one for "active projects" drive) (I have close to 2TB of available storage in other drives for "passive" files)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167050
Overclocking: Maybe, if not too complicated or risky.
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: Highest Possible
Additional Comments: No idea as to what power source I should be looking at, or whether additional cooling will be necessary. I´ve checked that the parts (in case of the i7 build) are compatible with each other, but there could be things that I´ve missed. Any thoughts/opinions are welcome. I think I have a good price range and want to make sure I get the best workstation possible.
Best Regards,
-Jac
Approximate Purchase Date: this week
Budget Range: $4,000 usd
System Usage from Most to Least Important: 3D Animation, Compositing, Editing, Unity3d Development.
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS, HD drives, tablet
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com
Country: Colombia
Parts Preferences:
Nvidia Quadro workstation card, thinking about quadro 5000:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133325
Still debating whether to go with dual opteron 6274´s for 32 cores -- something like: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113038
or with a single, 6 core i7:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116491
actually, while posting, just saw this other one, which looks almost exactly the same, except $400 cheaper:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492
if i went with i7, the rest of the build would be as follows:
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme LGA 2011 Board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131802
G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 32 GB (8x4GB) DDR3 2133 Ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231504
2x Intel 120GB SSD -- (one for OS drive, one for "active projects" drive) (I have close to 2TB of available storage in other drives for "passive" files)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167050
Overclocking: Maybe, if not too complicated or risky.
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: Highest Possible
Additional Comments: No idea as to what power source I should be looking at, or whether additional cooling will be necessary. I´ve checked that the parts (in case of the i7 build) are compatible with each other, but there could be things that I´ve missed. Any thoughts/opinions are welcome. I think I have a good price range and want to make sure I get the best workstation possible.
Best Regards,
-Jac