Hi all,

I'm looking for a new computer, i have about £800 to spend. Could someone point me in the direction of a good PC. I'm fairly new to the whole PC thing as i've used macs for many years.

I'm looking for something that will handle Maya, Shake, PFtrack and Zbrush. So i guess i need a Quad Core, 4GB Ram and a Nvidia graphics card. I'm not bothered about an OS, i'll use Linux.

would a gaming PC from PCworld do the job? I also had a look at this site, but i don't have a clue about cooling systems or motherboards or whatever.

Any help would be appreciated,

thanks

Buy a mag on it, theres loads that have reviews/best for the money etc, they should give you an idea.

You might struggle to run Zbrush on linux.

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"No pressure, no diamonds" Thomas Carlyle

Is this any good for £615?


Intel® Core™2 Quad Q8200 (4 X 2.33GHz) 1333MHz FSB/4MB Cache
4GB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz - (2x2GB)

ASUS® P5QL: DDR2, SATAII, PCI-e x16, 3 PCI, 2 x PCI-e x1

1000GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
20x DUAL LAYER LIGHTSCRIBE DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

512MB GEFORCE 9800GTX+ PCI Express + DVI + TV-OU

ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
450W Quiet Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card


...Good point about zbrush and photoshop for that matter! i'll probably use XP in that case, i've never used vista before.

Seems ok.

I would have a look about though, PC world aint too hot.

Evesham do good systems that have a pretty good rep.

Like I said have a look in some mags (theres ruddy loads)

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"No pressure, no diamonds" Thomas Carlyle

isn't shake only for mac?

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Computer skills I should have:
Objective C, C#, Java, MEL. Python, C++, XML, JavaScript, XSLT, HTML, SQL, CSS, FXScript, Clips, SOAR, ActionScript, OpenGL, DirectX
Maya, XSI, Photoshop, AfterEffects, Motion, Illustrator, Flash, Swift3D

nope, the last version of shake on windows was 2.something...

But isnt the "latest" and thats used loosely as its been what 2006 since apple dropped it version 4 or something, so it is not for mac's only?

Maybe try fusion instead???

Also look out for the i7's as there faster than the core 2's, and they should be in your price range, though you may struggle running linux on it as there really new, have to have a look up for that.

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"No pressure, no diamonds" Thomas Carlyle