Dell Precision T5400 question?

[The4thAggie]

Wait for a bit. The new Dells are coming out soon (or are already out). They will be using the Nehalem Core i7 architecture Xeons which are a alot faster than the ones in model you are talking about. They are at the same price point (I think).

Read more at http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/24/dell-unveils-nehalem-based-precision-t3500-t5500-and-t7500-wor/

[Charsiu]

I couldn't really wait for any longer since I really need this in a hurry :(
Guess I may need to stuck with this older version for a little while ><

And I am afraid the new dell won't be out until later this year :(...

[3DMadness]

I used to work on a T5400 and it's a nice workstation, but it's not compatible with Nehalen since it uses other socket with onboard memory controller. But if you want to put another processor you can, since the T5400 motherboard is a dual socket.

But do you have to buy a Dell workstation? The boxx workstation with dual xeon nehalen is already out and they also have a single core i7 workstation that is much cheaper and also with a great performance. Also, if you do modeling most of the time you don't really need more than four cores unless you do rendering as well.

[Charsiu]

I've just check the boxx's workstation. But I think it's a little bit too out budget for me XD...
with the options I pick, it cost close to $4500 in total :(...

In fact, I will mainly use my computer for learning only, since I am only a 3D animation student, are there any good machine around the same price as the T5400?

(I've looked into Dell XPS 435 also, they use i7 cpu but only allow me to choose HD 4870 512mb for the video card, I am not sure if it will good enough for me to do my Maya work)

Thank you very much :D

[3DMadness]

Since prices are different from here (Brazil) to there in USA, I don't know witch boxx you've seen that cost $4500, but you should check the Boxx 4800 series with core i7, they must be cheaper because the new xeon nehalen are really expensives.
But a good gaming machine can also be a great machine to work in 3D animation, I would just try to pick an nvidia card, I've had some trouble with ati drivers recently on a friend's workstation.
You can also check alienware Area-51 X58, it starts with a core i7 2.66ghzm 3gb of ram and a GeForce 9800GT (similar to a Quadro FX3700) for $1,649.00, it's a gaming machine but it will be pretty fast to work. ;)

Cheers!

Flávio

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