How will this setup fare?

D3luxe · 07-02-2009, 08:03 PM

I'm building a new PC for college (studying Digital Animation), and I wanted to see what some people thought of my new setup. Any suggestions as to where I could change some hardware would be appreciated, if it's for the better.

Case:

Gigabyte P45 Dxxx Mobo
Geforce GTX260 superclocked (626core/2106memory 896MB)
Core 2 Quad Q9550 (2.83GHZ) processor (OC'ing to 3.5ghz+)
630W PSU
4gb DDR3 1600mhz ram
320gb SATA drive
320gb Western Digital passport external HD (school files kept here)
320gb IDE Internal Drive (school files backup)
1tb external HD (everything else kept here)

How will this run games such as Crysis and Far Cry 2, and rendering scenes from Maya or 3DS Max?

**bomberboysk** · 07-02-2009, 08:04 PM

Id recommend going phenom II or i7, as socket 775 is end of life and will see no new processor releases, and what power supply. 630W means nothing, make sure you get a decent brand such as corsair/FSP/Antec/BFG/OCZ/Thermaltake/pcpower&cooling/etc.

D3luxe · 07-02-2009, 09:42 PM

I actually had to change a few things, since the mobo I had picked out went out of stock.

New setup:
EVGA 750I SLi
GTX275
Q9550
Cooler Master 550w PSU
4GB Corsair DDR2 800

**bomberboysk** · 07-02-2009, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by D3luxe

I actually had to change a few things, since the mobo I had picked out went out of stock.

New setup:
EVGA 750I SLi
GTX275
Q9550
Cooler Master 550w PSU
4GB Corsair DDR2 800

Id try to get a corsair power supply, but i would still highly recommend switching to a phenom II or i7 based system, depending on budget.

mrjack · 07-02-2009, 10:04 PM

As long as you have a powerful CPU and quite a bit of memory you should be able to render just about anything fairly quickly with good quality. Depending on the renderer (VRay, POV-Ray, Mental Ray, Maxwell etc.) the GPU can be used in the rendering process as well.

funkysnair · 07-02-2009, 10:23 PM

i think for the price you would pay for the q9550 i would rather go phenom II 955, if price isnt an issue go with the i7...

socket 775 is being replaced, socket am3 is new so when time to buy new cpu etc you wont need to replace whole setup

Fatback · 07-02-2009, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by funkysnair

i think for the price you would pay for the q9550 i would rather go phenom II 955, if price isnt an issue go with the i7...

socket 775 is being replaced, socket am3 is new so when time to buy new cpu etc you wont need to replace whole setup

+1 for the Phenom II 955 best CPU to get right now if you don't won't to spend a lot on an i7 rig. For the GPU you should look at an ATI Radeon 4890 there the same as the GTX 275 plus cheaper and they overclock like a beast. I would go with a different power supply. What is you budget for all of this.

07-02-2009, 08:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
D3luxe New Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2	How will this setup fare? I'm building a new PC for college (studying Digital Animation), and I wanted to see what some people thought of my new setup. Any suggestions as to where I could change some hardware would be appreciated, if it's for the better. Case: Gigabyte P45 Dxxx Mobo Geforce GTX260 superclocked (626core/2106memory 896MB) Core 2 Quad Q9550 (2.83GHZ) processor (OC'ing to 3.5ghz+) 630W PSU 4gb DDR3 1600mhz ram 320gb SATA drive 320gb Western Digital passport external HD (school files kept here) 320gb IDE Internal Drive (school files backup) 1tb external HD (everything else kept here) How will this run games such as Crysis and Far Cry 2, and rendering scenes from Maya or 3DS Max?

07-02-2009, 08:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
bomberboysk Moderator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Northeast Ohio, But mainly infront of computer Age: 16 Posts: 7,846	Id recommend going phenom II or i7, as socket 775 is end of life and will see no new processor releases, and what power supply. 630W means nothing, make sure you get a decent brand such as corsair/FSP/Antec/BFG/OCZ/Thermaltake/pcpower&cooling/etc. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.95Ghz Custom Water Loop \| Mobo: EVGA 790i Ultra SLI \| GPU: 9800gtx and GTS250 in SLI\| Ram: 4GB(2 x 2gb) 1333Mhz ddr3 \| Case: Xclio WTBKAdvanced \| Sound: X-fi Fatal1ty Championship, Z-5500 5.1 Surround\| HDD: 2x Raid 0 7200.11 500gb \| PSU: Zalman ZM-1000HP \|OS: Windows 7 Enterprise x64\| Dont skimp on a power supply,if it fails, it usually takes out other components alongside it. New? Dont forget to read the rules, Ignorance is not a defense. My Heatware

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mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 18 Posts: 2,590	As long as you have a powerful CPU and quite a bit of memory you should be able to render just about anything fairly quickly with good quality. Depending on the renderer (VRay, POV-Ray, Mental Ray, Maxwell etc.) the GPU can be used in the rendering process as well. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3.45GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Western Digital Caviar 160Gb SATAII Samsung Spinpoint F1 320Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar 500Gb SATAII Samsung Spinpoint F1 750Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Antec Truepower Trio 550W Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

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funkysnair VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newcastle-England-uk Age: 27 Posts: 2,713	i think for the price you would pay for the q9550 i would rather go phenom II 955, if price isnt an issue go with the i7... socket 775 is being replaced, socket am3 is new so when time to buy new cpu etc you wont need to replace whole setup __________________ intel i7 920@3.6ghz-foxconn flamingblade-6gig gskill ddr3 1600mhz-ati 4890-coolermaster 700watt psu-intel mx25-m ssd 80gig-samsung spinpoint f1 1tb-custom liquid cooling-windows7 64bit

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07-02-2009, 09:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
D3luxe New Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2	I actually had to change a few things, since the mobo I had picked out went out of stock. New setup: EVGA 750I SLi GTX275 Q9550 Cooler Master 550w PSU 4GB Corsair DDR2 800

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