racer Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Well boys, I think this PC is about to take a capital shit so I wanna build a new one. My current setup is a frankenstein'd Dell from '04 with 1.7ghz. OUCH! Luckily I will be 'needing' this one for school since Im about to get into some 3-d modeling. SO take a look at what I have compiled and see what you think, the target price is under a grand. Intel 2.4ghz quad core processor, model Q6600, with an asus AI lifestyle motherboard/built in Wi-Fi. From there on I dunno. I want at least 2 gigs of ram, but am willing to start there to have upgrades elsewhere. I want a Geforce 8500GT videocard for its multi-out capabilites, TV and such. I'm going to run my current hard drive, and case/ power supply if I can. Does anyone see anything wrong with this for Solidworks or Pro-E? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeDan Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 Well boys, I think this PC is about to take a capital shit so I wanna build a new one. My current setup is a frankenstein'd Dell from '04 with 1.7ghz. OUCH! Luckily I will be 'needing' this one for school since Im about to get into some 3-d modeling. SO take a look at what I have compiled and see what you think, the target price is under a grand. Intel 2.4ghz quad core processor, model Q6600, with an asus AI lifestyle motherboard/built in Wi-Fi. From there on I dunno. I want at least 2 gigs of ram, but am willing to start there to have upgrades elsewhere. I want a Geforce 8500GT videocard for its multi-out capabilites, TV and such. I'm going to run my current hard drive, and case/ power supply if I can. Does anyone see anything wrong with this for Solidworks or Pro-E? i think that sounds like a killer system to me..... only thing is you dont need an 8500GT to get good video for cad work. the cad work isnt as demanding on a system as some of the new games out there and most games will run fine on a 256MB card such as a 6800GT or 6600GT but if you are gonna run a PCI-E board you may have to go to at least a 7 series nvidia card. as far as a power supply goes....i wouldnt run anything less the a 750 watt supply for a 7 series or above g force card.....there power hogs. and for the price of new SATA HD's its sensless not to get one......the data transfer difference from a ide to sata drive is like the HP difference between a stock cyl shee and a cub motor.....lol ive been building pc's out of my house for years..... and my motto has always been quality not quantity. if you buy quality components you dont need high-end everythig to have a very well performing machine. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajogejr Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 Dan...are you talking about the new SATA II hard drives...? Last I looked, SATA 1 and IDE were very close to each other... SATA is only rated at 150 Mb/s, IDE either 100 or 133 Mb/s...but the hard drive can only send as much data as the bus can handle...often 66 or 100 Mb/s... Unless you're talking Raptor...the 10K spindle speed sure is nice... If you're gonna do cad and 3d modeling, you don't want a gamer type grahics card, you don't need the performance...you need the accuracy... What kind of card do they call that in the cad/drafting workstations Dan? there's a specific name for them...can't remember, though... I think ATI calls them the Fire series, but I"m not sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansh-eman Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 the gaming cards will do fine with cad. they just have better resolution and faster refresh rate. but the accuracy of the graphics isnt any worse. i have my old setup that had a 6800gt sitting in my closet ill sell you for cheap. its an agp slot card. i also have the old mobo and cpu but your looking at better then what it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted October 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Cool. Thanks for the tips guys. My only problem is it took so long to talk my dad into paying for it that the processor already went up! Oh well, I guess you snooze you lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted October 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 I got: 2 gigs PC2 - 6400 RAM Seagate 500 GB H/D Intel 2.4 GHz quad core processor Q6600 Asus P5K deluxe with built in wi-fi And a BFG Tech 8600 GTS vid card. 256mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansh-eman Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 I got:2 gigs PC2 - 6400 RAM Seagate 500 GB H/D Intel 2.4 GHz quad core processor Q6600 Asus P5K deluxe with built in wi-fi And a BFG Tech 8600 GTS vid card. 256mb there used to be a sweet scam my buddy did with BFG video cards. The new gaming video cards drop every 6 months. and are always the same price. So my buddy would pay full price for one and get the 1 year extended warrany. when the new card dropped he would fry his card and take it back. they would give him a giftcard for the full purchase price and he would use it to get another card. he did this for like 6 years. so he only had to pay like 30 bucks every 6 months to stay on top of the video card updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted October 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 That's a sweet deal. Went and picked up this monitor today, http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1170290765723 and this disc drive, http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1186003899050 it was the cheapest one I could find, but should work perfectly for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted October 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 heres the build: 8600 GTS OC, the 2.4 quad core, asus P5K deluxe, 650w PS, 500 gig HD, 2 gigs ram, dual 19in wide screen LCD's, DVD-RW. should be a nice machine. BTW, the dual LCD's is a gift from god himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansh-eman Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 heres the build:8600 GTS OC, the 2.4 quad core, asus P5K deluxe, 650w PS, 500 gig HD, 2 gigs ram, dual 19in wide screen LCD's, DVD-RW. should be a nice machine. BTW, the dual LCD's is a gift from god himself. lol dual screens is hard to work on... we have them at work and i hate trying to find which screen has the mouse lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeDan Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 lol dual screens is hard to work on... we have them at work and i hate trying to find which screen has the mouse lol well if nothing else it will be a BAD ASS gamer!!!! should suit youre needs perfectly man. only thing you might want to do in the near future is bump th powers supply to 750 or higher with the 8600 gts....there power hogs big time! Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted October 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 lol dual screens is hard to work on... we have them at work and i hate trying to find which screen has the mouse lol pssh, it totally worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justintoxicated Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 pssh, it totally worth it Hmmm for me it is hard to work on a single screen lol. But it's ok at home with the 37" I do miss my dual 37's though... Everything up and running ok now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted October 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Hmmm for me it is hard to work on a single screen lol. But it's ok at home with the 37" I do miss my dual 37's though... Everything up and running ok now? Yes, assembly was very quick and had no hang ups. The big thing for me is installing software. It seems like every time I got on the internet for the first week I needed to add a program there or a plugin here. I pretty much have it all done up now. The DYIY method of computer purchase is definitely the way to go. Get a solid case and power supply and those you can keep forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justintoxicated Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 (edited) Yes, assembly was very quick and had no hang ups. The big thing for me is installing software. It seems like every time I got on the internet for the first week I needed to add a program there or a plugin here. I pretty much have it all done up now. The DYIY method of computer purchase is definitely the way to go. Get a solid case and power supply and those you can keep forever. Unfortunately I usualy end up upgrading power supplies because they always hange connectors and amperage requirments on new stuff. My newest PSU I wanted to switch to modular as well because having lots of cables will block some serious airflow. I can't see regular plugs being viable in the next run of MB's that will support 2 quad core processors for example. Probably going to need over 750 watts for those. but cheap PSU like to burn up or explode if you load them up. Hell even my newest Enermax Modular exploded and let out some smoke. Also cheap/free PSU's generaly do not put out their rated wattage which can cause random lockups blue screens and even death of components. You could honestly have a 350 watt PSU capable of putting out mroe power than a cheap $50 700 watt PSU. Thats why if you have to research and find someone who has bench tested the Power Supplies for Noise, and pwoer output, as well as taken it apart to verify it's overall quality (Cheap caps etc). Cases for sure last the longest which is why I would recommend spending some extra cash there. It does not make it faster but going cheap is like tricking out your banshee and putting some old purple and yellow beat up plastics on it with a worn out K&N filter. Dells are ok, but once you realize they are really just crap inside (Cheap Junk unless you pay top dollar for one) your not really saving much money on anything decent. Edited October 25, 2007 by Justintoxicated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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