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Need Help Building Computer

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King 0f Kings

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Autodesk Revit, Twin Motion 2 for computer renderings, and Photoshop
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
around $800 tax & shipping not included
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.

Stony Point, NY USA
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
Good CPU and Grpahics card to do fast renderings, and maybe 4-8gb of RAM
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
none
6) Will you be overclocking?
maybe
7) 7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
don't have one yet
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
soon
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video? etc.
any
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Windows 7 64bit


I need this computer for studio work for Revit and to do fast high quality renderings. Any help would be appriciated.
 
Your answer to sticky question 4 is confusing: Do you need the entire computer system, including monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers, for $800 shipped?

And you do realize that a "good" graphics card would likely be a workstation card that is considerably more expensive than its consumer-level "equivalent," right?
 
Sorry I thought that was for parts are the most important ones I need. I need everything excluding the monitor for the $800. For graphics card I would probably want something like a Nividia geforce GTX 520 or better.
 
Adding the monitor, and including shipping and taxes, what's the most that you're willing to spend on this system?
 
You're budget is a little low for your requirements unless you just want the fastest that you can get with that budget, otherwise if you want a capable machine to be a workhorse doing what you plan to do I'd recommend no less than an i7 2600 w/ 570 GTX. Too my knowledge, there is no such thing as a 520 GTX.

Also you need to list out ALL the parts you need. If you only need a CPU, GPU and RAM then we'll need to know what motherboard, case, hard drive and PSU you already have, but you list you aren't reusing any parts so are you going to need the motherboard, case, psu, hard drive?
 
He mentioned that he needs all components except a monitor so I'm assuming he needs help with a complete build. He's not reusing any parts so it's safe to assume that he needs the following:

CPU
Motherboard
GPU
RAM
Hard Drive
Optical Drive (?)
Case
 
So you don't need an OS, right?

If you're not gaming, go for a midrange pro card instead of a gaming card. It should still be better than a high end gaming card for rendering.
 
$215 - Intel Core i5-2500K CPU
$120 - Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 Intel Z68 ATX Motherboard
$100 - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series F3-12800CL9Q-16GBXL 4 x 4GB DDR3 1600 RAM
$190 - MSI N560GTX-M2D1GD5 GeForce GTX 560 1GB Video Card
$108 - Samsung Spinpoint F3R HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$18 - Samsung SH-222AB SATA DVD Burner
$70 - Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W PSU
$53 - NZXT Source 210 Elite White with Black Front Trim ATX Case
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Total: $874 shipped.
 
Yes I need all the parts and I have an OS already so I don't need that. I'll look into the parts that you guys posted. If I wanted to make it a little cheaper what parts should I downgrade?

EDIT: also I people are telling me that an Intel i5 2500k CPU when overclocked is better than an Intel i7 2600. Anyone know if this is the case and would be be better to get the i5?
 
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If you really want to "downgrade" parts, you can get away with downgrading the processor (to a non-overclockable i5-2300 or i5-2400), motherboard (buy a cheap H61 or P67 board), RAM (buy an 8GB dual-channel kit instead of 16GB total), and power supply (get a 500 to 550 watt power supply from a reliable name-brand like Antec or Corsair).

You should be looking at a workstation graphics card for your renderings. You should be looking for something along the line of an AMD/ATI FirePro V4800.

Based on raw clock speeds, the i5-2500K is nearly identical than the i7-2600K. The latter processor is only 100MHz faster. However, the i7-2600K is more useful for your needs as it has Hyper Threading, which allows it to run multiple tasks as if it was an eight-core processor (though performance benchmarks make the i7-2600K with Hyper Threading comparable to a six-core processor). With your budget and your immediate needs, however, it doesn't make sense for you to pursue the i7-2600K and a workstation graphics card.

Are the monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers part of a separate budget?
 
tiraides said:
If you really want to "downgrade" parts, you can get away with downgrading the processor (to a non-overclockable i5-2300 or i5-2400...
Click to expand...

Actually, the non-K i5 CPUs are "not-so-overclockable", not "non-overclockable".
 
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