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SoulArcanium
08 August 2012, 12:06 PM
I am going to study 3D animation next year in Uni and I am going to need a good rig. I am also interested in gaming but the main reason I am getting a new pc is 3D field. So far I found one good rig that would work well for 3D work and gaming [tell me what you think]:

Rig 1: http://www.novatech.co.uk/pc/range/novatechblacknti11.html?th=g

Rig 2: Case- STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3820 (3.6GHz) 10MB Cache
ASUS® P9X79: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011
16GB SAMSUNG QUAD-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 610 - DVI, HDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready
250GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
INTEL SOCKET LGA2011 STANDARD CPU COOLER
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
£889 Total with VAT

Rig 3: http://imgur.com/31tDG £920 with VAT
tswalk
08 August 2012, 11:44 PM
the link is broken, but i can say that for "learning"... you really do not need a top of the line system and can go pretty economical.

i'm re-learning maya and am using a system that's 5 years old and it works just fine...


E6850 Core 2 Duo CPU @ 3GHz
4GB RAM
Windows 7/64bit
300GB HDD
GeForce 9800 GT 512MB

(recently upgraded to EVGA GTX 560 2GB, Mudbox works much better with more video ram)

granted render times a little slower than i would like, but i'm learning still... not doing production work.
SoulArcanium
08 August 2012, 12:18 AM
Fixed the link
tswalk
08 August 2012, 11:50 PM
i would check to see if you are able to upgrade the video card to atleast a 2GB version... that would be my only suggestion for it.
SoulArcanium
08 August 2012, 01:18 AM
i would check to see if you are able to upgrade the video card to atleast a 2GB version... that would be my only suggestion for it.

GPU is not really that important. A simple AMD or Nvidia 1gb card will be sufficient at least until I can afford Quadro GPU's.
CKPinson
08 August 2012, 01:37 AM
Yeah, I use the ATI HD 5850 still and it's chugging along perfectly although I've heard that Nvidias have been gimped since the 400 series so that includes your choice
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