| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 79778 | 2007-06-01 02:37:00 | New System | jonboy (11457) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 554894 | 2007-06-01 08:01:00 | Ok, so I am putting together a new system and would apreciate some feedback on some of the components I have chosen. Its main use will be 3D Design work. Motherboard: Asus M2N SLI Delux CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Ram: Apacer 4Gb DDR2-800 PC2-6400 Video: 320 Mb Asus EN 8800GTS As for the Monitor, I am looking at a 22" AOC or Samsung. Also, could anyone recomend a good CPU cooler? Thanks An after market cooler isn't necessary unless you plan to overclock in which case ditch the Athlon64 and get a Core 2 Duo. Honestly you shouldn't be buying AMD at all, Intel offer superior performance! Otherwise the rest of your specs seem fine, remember to get a decent PSU the 8800GTS isn't too thirsty but still needs a good 12v rail. |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 554895 | 2007-06-01 08:26:00 | Also a stable reliable 64 bit OS would be more sense than a 32bit system for heavy duty 3D work, since the more RAM you have got the better off you are. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 554896 | 2007-06-01 08:50:00 | Today is extra posts day for me ok? Happy? :p Just a one off . I'm too lazy to click edit today Ahem getting post count up! ahem :p An after market cooler isn't necessary unless you plan to overclock in which case ditch the Athlon64 and get a Core 2 Duo . Honestly you shouldn't be buying AMD at all, Intel offer superior performance! Otherwise the rest of your specs seem fine, remember to get a decent PSU the 8800GTS isn't too thirsty but still needs a good 12v rail . I second that :) The reason I suggested the E6700 is because it is not as expensive as a quad, but a quad would be more powerful . . . all depends on what you want to spend |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 554897 | 2007-06-01 09:19:00 | The reason I suggested the E6700 is because it is not as expensive as a quad, but a quad would be more powerful... all depends on what you want to spend A quad would also allow for a bit of "future proofing" for the next 12 months or so. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 554898 | 2007-06-01 09:31:00 | A quad would also allow for a bit of "future proofing" for the next 12 months or so. Future proofing... pft a lot of CPU intensive programs still don't even utilise dual core let alone quad core, the OPers software might, that would be great, but I know that games (my area of expertise) are not running into dual cores and quad core too fast there are some that use more than half the CPU power available, but not both cores fully and no game does to my knowledge | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 554899 | 2007-06-04 02:57:00 | Thanks for everyones help. What O/S? Cause you probably won't get it to run the full 4Gb. I am using XP pro at the moment and am considering Vista Ultimate 64 bit, but am a little concerned that all the apps I am using wont run on it. Whats the deal? |
jonboy (11457) | ||
| 554900 | 2007-06-04 03:04:00 | An after market cooler isn't necessary unless you plan to overclock in which case ditch the Athlon64 and get a Core 2 Duo . Honestly you shouldn't be buying AMD at all, Intel offer superior performance! Otherwise the rest of your specs seem fine, remember to get a decent PSU the 8800GTS isn't too thirsty but still needs a good 12v rail . Yes I know that the Core 2 Duo will give me better performance now, but I want to build a system using the AM2 socket as I will look to upgrade the CPU at some point . I am looking at a 600w PSU . |
jonboy (11457) | ||
| 554901 | 2007-06-04 03:11:00 | Future proofing... pft a lot of CPU intensive programs still don't even utilise dual core let alone quad core, the OPers software might, that would be great, but I know that games (my area of expertise) are not running into dual cores and quad core too fast there are some that use more than half the CPU power available, but not both cores fully and no game does to my knowledge Any app that can benefit from spreading the CPU load would be able to utilise the processing power, things like 3D work, engineering, video rendering and if they can't do it at the moment I am pretty sure that they will be being coded to take advantage of it in the near future. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 554902 | 2007-06-04 03:16:00 | Thanks for everyones help . I am using XP pro at the moment and am considering Vista Ultimate 64 bit, but am a little concerned that all the apps I am using wont run on it . Whats the deal? 32bit Windows will only recognize a max of 3GB or RAM even with 4GB available(AFAIK) . 64 Bit Windows, Mac and Linux can all address up to 16GB of RAM . For really heavy duty 3D work your going to be needing 3GB of RAM or more to be able to work more effeciently . (assuming your budget will allow) . What apps are you running? |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 554903 | 2007-06-04 03:36:00 | 32bit Windows will only recognize a max of 3GB or RAM even with 4GB available(AFAIK). 64 Bit Windows, Mac and Linux can all address up to 16GB of RAM. For really heavy duty 3D work your going to be needing 3GB of RAM or more to be able to work more effeciently. (assuming your budget will allow). What apps are you running? Solidworks, 3DS Max, Photoshop CS2, Blender. I dont really have a budget, I just want to fit in what I can now while I am putting this together. Is there a 64 bit version of XP pro, or am I better off just sticking with my 32 bit copy for now? |
jonboy (11457) | ||
| 1 2 3 | |||||