Hello,

I’m new here, i’m starting my own bussines soon. And i need a new computer.

At first i used Autodesk 3D Studio max for a few years but not proffesional. Now i’m starting to work as a pro and starting a bussines. I was thinking to buy Autodesk Maya because of some functions and i will be using it for film etc. i’m not a computer expert so i need some advice.

Programs i will be using,

Autodesk Maya 2012
Pixars renderman.

The local computer store has a nice computer instore but is it any good or maya. It sure is a very good computer.

Heres the computer spec
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
Inter core i7 990X 3,47GHz 12mb S1366 Extreme Hexa core
Asus P6T Deluxe V2 Socket 1366 TC
12MB Corsair dominator DHX + DDR3 1600MHZ
2X intel SSd 80GB SATA II
Hitachi SSD 2TB 3.5” sata-600 7200RPM
Bluray burner
DVD burner
2x NVIDIA Geforce GTX580/ 1536MB(SLI)
MSI USB 3.0 Controller 2port
Few coolers.

Is this any good setup for rendering etc? Or is 2x2.4GHz Xeon processor better? Something like HP z600-Z800

I was looking for a price not higher than 4000 euro(about 5000 dollar with today exchange)

From the specs, it sounds like a gaming oriented machine…

For fast rendering, you want as many cores as possibly - with as high of clock speeds as you can afford (as well as a healthy chunk of memory to support it). Your specs say 12’MB’ of RAM, but I assume you mean 12’GB’, right? I’d factor at least 2 to 4 gig per core (this is an 6-core machine?) The i7’s use triple-channel memory, so you’ll have to upgrade in multiples of 3…

The dual video cards will not be utilized by Maya (though some hardware based renderers are starting to support these).

The dual SSD drives I’d probably do without (unless you also plan to do video editing) - harddrive prices are still pretty high following the eastern floods late last year…

The Bluray burner - do you forsee authoring Bluray discs from this machine?

Those are the areas I’d look at cutting - but then it really depends on what else you plan to use this machine for…

n8skow [FA]