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# 1 02-04-2014 , 01:56 AM

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New Animation/Render/Simulation Station Help

Hey guys, my current rig is very old (2006 i think) and im looking into buying a new one. I've looked into some parts to build my own but I was just wondering what I should be looking for when buying. I need it to run Maya (2012 and up), Houdini FX, and some Adobe stuff. Product suggestions and specs would be greatly appreciated. My Price range is $1000-1500 CAD.

Some of the stuff i've been looking at:
- ASUS 750ti
- Intel i5 3670 (3.8 TurboBoost)

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# 2 05-04-2014 , 09:45 AM

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That budget seems light to me for a render station and animation, i can't see you being able to get the right CPU , RAM and Graphics card in that price bracket. I am not saying you can't build a good PC for that budget but maybe not a workhorse workstation, you could blow that budget on the GPU alone although i can say that the Quadro K2000 is a really good option for a low budget.

Really you will need a min of 8GB of Ram too so you are looking at

$500 for the Processor
$425 for the Quadro K2000 card
$75 approx for 8GB RAM
$300 approx for a good MB

That's $1300 right there and still no Case, Power supply, CPU fan/Cooler and Optical Drive.
My latest build cost me just over $ 4000 so you can see why i am skeptical.