Possible Maya for my school

# 1 26-09-2012 , 04:12 PM

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Hi there,

So I am a total newbie at Maya and have been offered the opportunity to be trained on Maya for a possible course of studies to be created at my school. So while I know I have a boatload of other stuff to learn/do, I do have a few questions...

I am being offered the possibility to get a new computer lab and seeing $$ is always an issue , I am trying to get an Idea of what I would need to run Maya, at an introductory...semi advanced level (this is all high school based).

What specs would run it competently enough for educational purposes... I mean would builds with 8gb ram... 512/1gb video card, etc be viable????

Any suggestions are appreciated ( looking for PC builds ) and while I know from what I have read what is needed to run it at a Pixar" level... I don't need it for that, so I'm keeping a budget in mind... especially when I am buying 25 systems!!

Many, many thanks in advance!!

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# 2 26-09-2012 , 07:28 PM

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What kind of budget are you looking at? You said "buying", is it safe to assume you're having them pre-made (via Dell or the like) and not building them yourself?

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# 3 26-09-2012 , 08:04 PM

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quad core. 8gb ram. low-mid range workstation video card.
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# 4 27-09-2012 , 03:17 PM

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Basically they mentioned buying Macs (15) with ipads... not that this was going to be functional for me as I asked for "Wacom (sp?) tablets" for our illustrators. So I mentioned to them that with PC's and drawing tablets I bet we could end up with 25 systems for a larger class and for 1/2 the budget... seems the town has allocated 125K per year for "tech upgrades" to take us out of the stone age... hell I'm writing this from a Dell built in 2000 right now and this is a "better system" !!

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# 5 30-09-2012 , 05:52 AM

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quad core. 8gb ram. low-mid range workstation video card.
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Originally Posted by Ataraxy

For high school? For a high-school, a dual-core processor with 4 gb of ram, and an on-board video card will do just fine.

Trust me, Maya takes a VERY long time to learn, as it's such a massive application. Getting to a "semi-advanced" proficiency takes years.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Last edited by NextDesign; 30-09-2012 at 05:54 AM.

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# 6 30-09-2012 , 11:25 AM

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Well for the sake of versatility a decent i5 processor with a lower end gaming card would be a good setup and that will last for a while. Most worthwhile workstation cars cost a pretty penny and I don't think it's needed. RAM is cheap enough, you can do the 8GB.

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# 7 30-09-2012 , 10:16 PM

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Hey Lordan, We also run Maya at our school here, We use generic i5 / i7 core processors, a workstation motherboard (you can go for mid level segment), 8 Gb Ram, a decent mid range graphic card (Quadro range of Nvidia is what we use: you can choose out of your budget), basic Wacoms or Mouse.

Runs more than perfectly and suffices the demand of the segment.

hope it helps

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