Revised PC spec

# 1 29-07-2011 , 10:01 PM

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Getting a little closer to ordering my pc just wanted you guys to take a look and see if there is anything else you would change???

Would my quadro 3700 fx be compatible also???

bear in mind I have maya, zbrush , after effects and photoshop all to go on it.

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Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-980 (3.33GHz) 4.8GTs/12MB

Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D PREMIUM: DDR3, USB 3.0 & SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI

Memory (RAM)
12GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (3 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
60GB OCZ VERTEX 3 SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 535MB/sR | 480MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card
Sound Blaster® Audigy™ SE (£19)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£19)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)

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# 2 29-07-2011 , 10:28 PM

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Would my quadro 3700 fx be compatible also???

bear in mind I have maya, zbrush , after effects and photoshop all to go on it.

Originally Posted by silverspawn

zbrush doesn't use the graphics card
maya's website has a page that lists which graphics cards it was tested against
such a page might exist for the adobe stuff

i think it looks like a good build

that's a "Ch" pronounced as a "K"

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# 3 02-08-2011 , 03:47 AM

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Do you really need that CPU? Im jealous user added image

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# 4 02-08-2011 , 05:59 AM

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I would wait just afew more months for intel to release their new flagship or there a rush on the pc

Sandy bridgr 2600k performs almost at the same level as the 980x

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# 5 03-08-2011 , 09:06 PM

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After doing a little homewok I maybe swapping the i7 980 chip as I noticed that intel actually do a chip aimed at workstations which is the xeon E3 series the 1270 or 1260 which are within my budget and also will be getting the asus revolution motherboard which is also aimed at workstations.

What do you guys think about these components??

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# 6 03-08-2011 , 10:23 PM

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are these not good any more?
https://www.boxxtech.com/

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# 7 04-08-2011 , 07:31 AM

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Do these retail in the UK?

Update : WOW they are expensive like for like for a spec like mine , we are talking £1000 more

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# 8 04-08-2011 , 09:47 AM

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hmm, i thought they might be pricey. They are used in the industry, i guess thats why.

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# 9 15-08-2011 , 08:19 AM

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This is it put my order in this morning this is the final spec,maybe ordering a blueray drive for it, but this will be it for the next few years now well,so hopefully this will do me proud

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Processor (CPU)

Intel® Xeon® Quad Core E3-1240 (3.3 GHz, 4.80 GT/s)

Motherboard

ASUS® P8P67 WS REVOLUTION (NEW REV 3.0) - ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s

Memory (RAM)

8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)

Graphics Card

PNY QUADRO 4000 2GB GDDR5, 256 CUDA CORES, 2 x DP, 1 x DVI-I

Memory - 1st Hard Disk

500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk

750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive

24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply

CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)

Processor Cooling

TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card

ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities

ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£19)

USB Options

8 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

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