Hey all,
I’m an animator who uses Maya, and I’m about to buy my own hardware. My number one concern is to get the greatest FPS response from character rigs. What does Maya uses to calculate rig changes? Where should I be putting in my money? In the CPU or GPU?
I’m trying to keep things around or under $1000. I will also be using After Effects and Premiere, so it needs to handle HD footage well.
Right now I’m thinking of getting:
A79-6100 ::AMD FD6100WMGUSBX FX-6100 Processor - Six Core, 8MB L3 Cache, 6MB L2 Cache, 3.30GHz (3.90GHz Max Turbo), Socket AM3+, 95W, Fan, Unlocked, Retail(1.55 lbs)
A177-5000 ::AMD FirePro W5000 100-505635 Video Card - 2GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0(x16), 1x Dual-link DVI-I, 2x DisplayPort, DirectX 11, AMD Eyefinity, Single-Slot(1.55 lbs)
M452-6253 ::MSI 970A-G46 AMD 9 Series Motherboard - ATX, Socket AM3+, AMD 970 Chipset, 2133MHz DDR3 (O.C.), SATA III (6Gb/s), RAID, 8-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, USB 3.0, SLI/CrossFireX Ready (970A-G46)(1.75 lbs)
P33-7253 ::Patriot PGD316G1333ELK Gamer 2 Series Desktop Memory Kit - 16GB (2 x 8GB), PC3-10666, DDR3-1333MHz, 1.5V, 9-9-9-24 CAS Latency, XMP Ready(0.12 lbs)
TSD-1000FAEX ::WD Black 1TB Desktop Hard Drive - Designed for performance users - 3.5", SATA 6Gb/s, 7200RPM, 64MB Cache, 5-year warranty - WD1002FAEX(1.65 lbs)
M17-7306 ::Microsoft Windows 7 Professional FQC-04649 Operating System Software - 64bit, DVD(0.4 lbs)
fan, power supply, etc
Any advice is very much appreciated!