Recommend hardware for 3D rendering

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by danmbuen, Jun 1, 2010.

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    I have the task of verifying our new guy's PC requirement. His main duties would include 3D rendering of various architectural structures (residential homes/palace) using AutoCAD 2006, 3D Studio Max 2009, and VRay 1.5 SP2.

    This guy was asking for the following specs: (most important)
    1. Intel Core i7 930
    2. Asus P6T Motherboard
    3. 12 GB RAM
    4. NVidia GE Force GTX 285 1GB
    5. Windows XP 64-bit

    I found a similar set (HP Pavilion HPE-170 only OS is Windows 7 Home) and it is quite expensive. I want to know if his requirement is too much and if not, what would be the best hardware/software setup?

    Thanks a lot! =)
     
    danmbuen, Jun 1, 2010 IP