rendering computer

[bissa]

I put together this build for someone that wants to do rendering, what do you guys think of it, and what changes would you suggest to make it fold?


MotherBoard 301.45
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CPU 339.92
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RAM 295.89 X2 591.78
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Video card 949.99
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PSU $229.99
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OS drive $249.99 + $9.99 $259.98
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Storage drive $129.97
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Disk drives $34.48 X2 $68.96
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Case $55.98
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OS $224.01
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Total 3470.90
they set a limit of $4000 so this is within limit.

[ayah]

I would price match everything to save alot of money. You could drop down to an i7 920 and overclock it up to 4GHz. Or hell, overclock the 960.

[Sushi Warrior]

I would get an i7 920, a better case (Lian Li Lancool K62?) and price match everything. That should save you at least $200 on PM'ing alone.

EDIT: lol, I'm a bit late.

[gingerbee]

only things i would change is the ssd to a NCIX.com - Buy Patriot PFZ64GS25SSDRC Torqx 64GB 2.5IN SATA2 Solid State Disk Flash Drive SSD - PFZ64GS25SSDRC In Canada. NCIX.com - Buy Seasonic M12D 750W EPS12V 20/24PIN ATX Modular Power Supply Active PFC 80PLUS 8PIN PCI-E 120MM Fan - M12D SS-750 In Canada. 10 and 5 year warranty's that they come with
EDIT just overclock a 920 to 3.2

[bissa]

they dont want to OC at all. and Ya I guess I could PM it all and maybe get another GPU

[bissa]

that seasonic PSU is more expensive than the corsair even after PMing.

[bissa]

well I got the total down from 3470.90 to 3040.68 or 3952.67 with 2 of those GPUs

[Sushi Warrior]

What program will you/they be using? Nvidia and ATI perform much differently depending on the program.

[ipaine]

After looking at a bunch of reviews for SSD's I would go and change that ssd to the NCIX.com - Buy OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5IN SATA2 Solid State Disk Flash Drive SSD - OCZSSD2-1VTX60G In Canada.

Those Vertex drives are always at or near the top of the benchmarks and reviews.

[bissa]

I will have to find out what program they will use, how does it affect certain programs?
and that SSD brings the cost down to 3930.07.