Since I don't know shit about hardware, my friend put this build together for me and I'm considering purchasing everything today.
I will be using it for the following:
- 2d Applications (photoshop, illustrator)
- 3d Applications (maya, zbrush, etc.. - potentially animation / video rendering)
- Video editing applications (adobe after effects possibly)
- Sound Recording/Editing (Cakewalk Sonar and others) - low latency is a must as I trigger samples live with my electronic drumkit
- Gaming (Huge fan of FPS games, ie: COD4, etqw, crysis)
So as you can see, I pretty much cover nearly every major field so this baby needs to deliver...
He told me to dual boot vista 32 and vista 64. reason being, 64-bit has a lot of software/hardware incompatibilities but on some of the big 3d apps and video editing apps it works fine in - and the 8gb ram will be able to be fully utilized in the 64bit environment. And then just use 32bit for applications that otherwise won't work in 64bit.
Here's the build:
1.
ASUS P5E LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard
$226.99
2.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
$279.99
3. 2x -
A-DATA 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory (8gb ddr2 ram)
$255.00 total
4.
COOLER MASTER CM Stacker STC-T01-UW Black/ Silver Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Full Tower Computer Case
$144.99
5.
OCZ ModXStream OCZ780MXS ATX12V / EPS12V 780W Power Supply
$179.99
6.
Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
$169.99
7. 2x -
EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card (2 of these SLI'd)
$539.98 Total
8.
ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T
$39.99
Grand Total: $1,742.00
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Anything you see that I could improve / remove etc.. ?
Thanks!