I have around 2400-2800$ to spend on a new system. The main use for the computer will be rendering with Mental Ray, Pixar Renderman and other 3d rendering engines.
Here are the main parts I am thinking about so far.
QX6700 Extreme - 970$
GeForce 8800GTX 768 MB - 560$ (x2 SLI? Is it worth it for rendering?)
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 - 2x = 4GB - 180$
MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - 150$
1860$ total so far
I would really appreciate any suggestions on changes to this setup and other information about these that would be helpful. I may grab a 10k RPM drive as well for the main drive.
But mainly I am wondering, which case/water cooling system would you suggest? Which water cooling system would be best without spending to much on it and also having it fit in the case if possible.
Would it be better to wait till July 22nd for the price changes? If so, how much of a difference on these parts would you foresee? There is also a new processor coming out, would this new one be much better when it comes to rendering with the use of all cores.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Here are the main parts I am thinking about so far.
QX6700 Extreme - 970$
GeForce 8800GTX 768 MB - 560$ (x2 SLI? Is it worth it for rendering?)
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 - 2x = 4GB - 180$
MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - 150$
1860$ total so far
I would really appreciate any suggestions on changes to this setup and other information about these that would be helpful. I may grab a 10k RPM drive as well for the main drive.
But mainly I am wondering, which case/water cooling system would you suggest? Which water cooling system would be best without spending to much on it and also having it fit in the case if possible.
Would it be better to wait till July 22nd for the price changes? If so, how much of a difference on these parts would you foresee? There is also a new processor coming out, would this new one be much better when it comes to rendering with the use of all cores.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.