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Does anyone know much about PC's here :P
23. December 2011 - 5:26
Canada OK now i have your attention! 
I'm buying a new PC but i have practically no time for myself to research what to buy in order to make a valid decision on purchase. So i was hoping one of you lot could point me in a good direction
I want it to work well with Maya/zbrush/udk in general. I will be doing a fair amount of rendering, however what need mainly is smooth Viewport rendering.. so good real time graphics.
I myself know a little about hardware in general but way to little in order for me to comfortably spend my budget which is anything under a £1000 or 1200 euro. The figure has little bit of leeway.
Please bear in mind i have never built a PC before but if it means better value which I'm sure it does i will ofc build it. either that or someone to do it for me .. i no plenty of people x)
also i guess i should point out some things Ive heard which i myself have not said but i would respect you lots opinions.
-Don't go for an i7 go for a nice i5 instead as their is not much difference concerning the performance however the prices go up dramatically
-Sandy bridge is good. ?
Apart from that i could buy it as a one piece instead of separately. So i also ask do you guys however an idea of who to buy from. for example dell, etc
Peripherals wise i don't need a mouse, keyboard, speakers, mousepad.
I need a wireless card and at least 3 usb 2.0. The case can look as ugly as fuck i don't really care as long as it does the job. I will be on for long hours so i would like to make sure it don't overheat and auto shut off so an ok cooling system as well i guess but i don't really know much about this area.
I don't need it to come with an operating system as i can get mine free anyways.
(oh and BTW i can get away with butchering the English language 
because i'm English! )
Anyways thx in advance people with advice! P:
23. December 2011 - 8:48
#1
Czech Republic
Re: Does anyone know much about PC's here :P
Intel i5-2500K is nice in price/performance ratio. I recommend you to combine it with Gigabite or Asus mobo with chipset P67 or Z68. Add min. 8GB of RAM, some good GFX, PSU, SFX, SSD, HDD and youre happy PC user 
23. December 2011 - 12:44
#2
Re: Does anyone know much about PC's here :P
If you wanna work with your computer, I can advise you 16GB of RAM, at least 1333MHz.
2 monitors is a must have, I'd go for Samsung SyncMaster F2380M.
Basically, if you wanna render HD pictures etc, have a look at profesionnal GPU, but will be expensive.
Get and SDD ofc, Crucial M4 is a good one !
23. December 2011 - 12:57
#3
Re: Does anyone know much about PC's here :P
wrote:
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Get and SDD ofc, Crucial M4 is a good one !
SSD is a must, ofc if you can afford.
recently tested A-DATA S511 series, 500MB r/w transfer, w7 loads for 6-7 secs
23. December 2011 - 13:55
#4
Re: Does anyone know much about PC's here :P
Hi meteor,
I guess, I will buy for me 1 of them:
1. http://www.ebay.de/itm/330633156357?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
2. http://www.ebay.de/itm/290632892134?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
3. http://www.ebay.de/itm/230554605361?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
4. http://www.ebay.de/itm/230573533819?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
3 and 4 have a OS (Win 7 64 bit)
no 1 have a SSD, but this is not a problem. for 150 EUR u/I can get a 128GB SSD.
later than the end of February I'll buy one, mby no 1 from them BUT something like this
Cheers
Have a great Xmas Meteor
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23. December 2011 - 17:29
#5
Re: Does anyone know much about PC's here :P
i will pick intel i5 ore i7 . amd will bee more noise . gl
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VIBOX-SATURN-F1-INTEL-CORE-i7-QUAD-CPU-2TB-16GB-RAM-WINDOWS-7-DESKTOP-PC-TOWER-/220870402840?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item336ce6e318#ht_10213wt_1139
23. December 2011 - 17:44
#6
Re: Does anyone know much about PC's here :P
why you don't inspect things more careful, for example: 'J' choosed a MB that supports tweaking of RAM, so his RAM runs on... , pff, don't remember exactly about 1866 Mhz DDR3, and this system drives are mechanical, i just noticed your budget, go for SSD!
23. December 2011 - 22:54
#8
Canada
Re: Does anyone know much about PC's here :P
Ok i got some friends on skyp saying i should wait a month for the 7000 series to come out then i can get this kind of pc for cheaper.
24. December 2011 - 1:51
#9
Re: Does anyone know much about PC's here :P
this is what i bought but grapic card is more for game than video rendering etc
Intel QuadCore i7-2600K 3,4Ghz Socket H2 LGA 1155 8Mb cache TRAY 278,52
ZOTAC ZT-50301-10M GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB 256-bitZT-50301-10M 215,04
Asus P8P67-M Pro Rev. B3 Intel P67 Socket 1155 DDR3 Pci 2xExpress 120.90
TeamGroup TED34096M1333HC9 DDR-3 1333 ELITE 4Gb. 37.21 x 2
HD 1000gb Western Digital SATA 6 7200RPM 32Mb. 52.60
24. December 2011 - 7:31
#10
Canada
Re: Does anyone know much about PC's here :P
nice j how is the gtx 560 ti ?
so far i have this
Asus nVIDIA SLI GeForce GTX 570 DirectCu II Graphics Card (1.28GB)
Dell ST3750330NS Seagate 3.5 inch 750GB 7200RPM SATA Raid Edition Hard Drive
Corsair CML16GX3M4A1600C9B LP Vengeance 16GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3
Corsair CMPSU-750TXUK TX Series, 750 Watt, ATX, PS/2,
Sony 24x Internal DVD Rewriter - Black
Asus P8P67 PRO REV 3.1 Motherboard
Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K Unlocked Core i5 Quad-Core Processor (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache, Socket 1155)
Cooler Master CM Storm Enforcer
Samsung 21.5 inch Monitor LCD
but im alittle confused about mother boards and compatibility im not sure if this stuff workd together. also the gtx 570 is damn expensive i might consider the gtx 560. How do they compare?
also all that stuff costs £950 but i might have to take the 560 gtx so i can afford a second screen
Im ruling out ati cards for the moment as they are not great with maya (to my own experience in the lab)
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This seems like a nice deal. I see no SSD but i might be able to pick that up later.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CORE-i7-2600K-Z68-16GB-DDR3-2TB-850W-ATI-6950-2GB-NO-OS-Quad-Core-PC-/310362207160?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item48430773b8
I'm not sure about buying from ebay however. The warranty service from SquareTrade seems good tho.
The pages you gave me Apollo are in geman
i cannot read it however i search for uk based company's and i get nice results. ebay seems like a good place to buy especially because of the protection offered, which would be what i thought would let it down.
The ATI/AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB
seems to benckmark fairly well as well.