Help me build an animation PC under 70k

[Pravas]

Hi all ,i want to assemble a desktop pc for Animation Purpose, please suggest me good hardware for the same under 70k

Give me all details and quality of hardware and
a good rendering monitor
4 gb ddr2 ram
a good graphics card
sound card
160 gb harddisk
DVD writer
keyboard and mouse
firewire port
usb port

Give me the best Hardware under the Price and also anyone knows what Direct x10 purpose. If you think other things are necessary.

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by Pravas

Hi all ,i want to assemble a desktop pc for Animation Purpose, please suggest me good hardware for the same under 70k

Give me all details and quality of hardware and
a good rendering monitor
4 gb ddr2 ram
a good graphics card
sound card
160 gb harddisk
DVD writer
keyboard and mouse
firewire port
usb port

Give me the best Hardware under the Price and also anyone knows what Direct x10 purpose. If you think other things are necessary.

C2D 6300/6320....~8000 if you can't OC go for 6600
ASUS P5B-Delux Wifi......~10,000
2 GB Transcend DDR2 800 Mhz RAM........~10-12K
XFX 7800GT........~12,13000...for DX10 8800......35-40K
19" CTR I wont suggest an LCD if purpose is rendering and animation
2x160 Segate SATA II (Raid 0)........~5000
Sony DVDRW.............~2000
PSU.....Powersafe/VIP/Zebronics......500W......2500-3000
Cabbie.............Zebronics....2200

[dOm1naTOr]

A 7900GS would be much better than a 7800GT as 7900 runs much cooler nd better oc and perfomance.
XFX 7900GS@13k
Get 2x250 seagate ones(it has 16MB buffer but 160 ones have only 8MB).
Liteon 20X DVDRW.

[gxsaurav]

Core 2 Duo E6600
Intel or Asus motherboard. You can over clock with Asus though
U need a graphics card with good OpenGL 2.0, go for a 7900GS, anything higher is not required for non-gamin purpose. Go for atleast 256 MB RAM it helps a lot in the viewport
The Intel & Asus mother have 4 RAM slots, so get 4X1GB RAM DDR2
Get an 19" CRT monitor, cos 19" LCD cost a bomb
Raid isn't required in rendering, you won't get performance due to RAID but u will get performance due to another CPU or RAM, just get the 250GB SATA 2 HD mentioned above by arvind
Stick to onboard audio, unless u want audio production.

By the way, what applications do u intend to use? Windows Vista is new so u better stick to Windows XP SP2 for workstation tasks, due to this you don't need to worry about DirectX 10, it is not for workstation tasks it's for gaming

[assasin]

^^^ its true dat RAID wont increase performance in redering tasks but it'll surely help in copying huge amt of data very fast.

[gxsaurav]

well, yeah it sure will. But like he said it's for animation. Copying huge ammount of data is not done frequently so he won't miss anything by skiping RAID.

if you have money, go for RAID

[shashank4u]

Raid is used for bakup purposes and he need a pc for animation..
what u guys talking abt...
no raid is necessary in his case..sata2 will do ..

[Pathik]

C2D e6600
ASUS P5B-Delux Wifi
2 GB Transcend DDR2 800 Mhz RAM
XFX 7600GT *2 (SLI mode)
17" CRT
400 GB Seagate SATAII
Sony DRU830A
Powersafe 500W smps
Zebronics ATX cabinet

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by shashank4u

Raid is used for bakup purposes and he need a pc for animation..
what u guys talking abt...
no raid is necessary in his case..sata2 will do ..

RAID 1 is used for back up not RAID 0. Raid 0 is purely performance intented.
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Originally Posted by gx_saurav

Raid isn't required in rendering, you won't get performance due to RAID

RAID 0 will benifit any process that requires heavy reading/writing on to the disk, so copying, application Loding/closing time, multitasking, rendering all would be benifited. (Gaming is something that does not take much of an advantage). However as the data is stripped in to two HDDs for better performance, you always run the risk of loosing your data, even if any one of drives fail. Though the risk is low the best solution is to get hold of Norton Ghost (DOS one)or any another good drive imaging program – to take a “snapshot” or image your drive, to restore later in case of any problems.
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Originally Posted by aravind_n20

Get 2x250 seagate ones(it has 16MB buffer but 160 ones have only 8MB).

This one is a good suggestion, a practical one.

[assasin]

Originally Posted by aravind_n20

Get 2x250 seagate ones(it has 16MB buffer but 160 ones have only 8MB).

WD 160GB hav 16MB buffer.