DarkMatter
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Processor | Intel C2Q Q6600 @ Stock (for now) |
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Motherboard | Asus P5Q-E |
Cooling | Proc: Scythe Mine, Graphics: Zalman VF900 Cu |
Memory | 4 GB (2x2GB) DDR2 Corsair Dominator 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15 |
Video Card(s) | GigaByte 8800GT Stock Clocks: 700Mhz Core, 1700 Shader, 1940 Memory |
Storage | 74 GB WD Raptor 10000rpm, 2x250 GB Seagate Raid 0 |
Display(s) | HP p1130, 21" Trinitron |
Case | Antec p180 |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi PLatinum |
Power Supply | 700W FSP Group 85% Efficiency |
Software | Windows XP |
- Why go with a Quad? Because if he really does 3dsmax rendering it will save him A LOT of rendering time. My recomendations are not based on what mlee49 has called generic photoshop. Because he mentioned Maya along with 3dsmax and PS, I think he is more serious on editing than some generic photoshoping. The loss in gaming performance is nowhere near what you loose in 3Dmax with a dual core. If you want a bit more gaming performance you can always overclock, quads will go to 3.5 Ghz easily, duals to 4 Ghz so pretty much all the clock advantage is gone. Anyways I did some overclocking tests and CPU overclocking has very little impact on gaming performance (Crysis, COD4, UT3, Bioshock) and performance on stock was enough anyway..
-Why go with the Q6600? First of all why not? And secondly price/performance: the next cheaper Quad, the Q9300 was like $70-$80 more last time I checked and it performs marginally better. I myself wouldn't pay more for the same and I would never recommend it neither. Next one is Q9450 at $300, a prohibitive price considering the Q6600 is for $170. With those prices you could buy the Q6600 now, save up the rest and when/if the Q6600 is not enough in one year time, buy the Q9650 for the difference.
@Binge
I don't have any special preference for any brand but when he specifically mentioned Crysis and bang for the buck is his goal, the only way to go is Nvidia. Now if you don't care about Crysis things can change, but not neccesarily as those OCed GTX260's with 216SPs will eat any Ati card alive in a 22" monitor...
-Why go with the Q6600? First of all why not? And secondly price/performance: the next cheaper Quad, the Q9300 was like $70-$80 more last time I checked and it performs marginally better. I myself wouldn't pay more for the same and I would never recommend it neither. Next one is Q9450 at $300, a prohibitive price considering the Q6600 is for $170. With those prices you could buy the Q6600 now, save up the rest and when/if the Q6600 is not enough in one year time, buy the Q9650 for the difference.
@Binge
I don't have any special preference for any brand but when he specifically mentioned Crysis and bang for the buck is his goal, the only way to go is Nvidia. Now if you don't care about Crysis things can change, but not neccesarily as those OCed GTX260's with 216SPs will eat any Ati card alive in a 22" monitor...