New System

[Da_elf]

The last time i built a system was a while ago and was a quad core Q6600 system with 8 gigs of ram and i was able to keep the cost under $1300 USD. is it still possible to build a system at those kinda prices that would be any where near usable level? (for rendering)
EDIT
Specs
1 Corsair Force Series CSSD-F60GB2-BRKT-A 2.5 Corsair Force Series CSSD-F60GB2-BRKT-A 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
$109.99

1 Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5 Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$79.99

2 CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B
$191.98

1 ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
$204.99

1 Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K
$309.99

1 ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
$349.99

1 Antec Lanboy air Blue Black / Blue ATX Mid Tower Computer Modular Case Antec Lanboy air Blue Black / Blue ATX Mid Tower Computer Modular Case
Item #: N82E16811129093
$179.99

total $1,426.92 canadian

[super gnu]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=2051&subcat=


add a good gpu = £ 250
psu = £60
hdd = £50- £250 (depending if you can afford an SSD as system drive)

case (could use your old one or get a cheap one for £50..)

total £1000 - £1200 for a beast of a system.

ah.. hehe, us dollars.. hmm the direct price conversion doesnt look good, but then things usually cost the same in usd as in £.. we get ripped off here.

you could shave £200 off that by going for a less meaty bundle..

basically you can definitely get a usable system for under $1300..

assuming you dont want to include monitor, keyboard and stuff in that price?

[Six8]

Yes. Built a node a couple of months ago for a little over 1K USD: i7 2600K with 16 GB ram.

[Da_elf]

i used to buy my parts from newegg

[Da_elf]

ah ha! found this based around the chip you mentioned. added on another 8gb to bring it to 1.3k canadian which is almost the same in USD... hmmm just realised there is no graphics card
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ComboBu...t=Combo.673762

added this for a grand total of $1,705.14 with shipping
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16814121432

i think i went overboard lol

[Da_elf]

put the specs up top

[Six8]

Nothing wrong with that build. Is this going to be your main workstation or a node?

I like ASUS MBs but saved about $50 going with a MSI this time. Also saved on graphics card and went with an Antec Three Hundred case for about $50. And no SSD.

[Da_elf]

initially i was thinking a render node but then decided ill stick my Q6600 as a node and make this a work station

[tecsun]

Aha, I'm gonna build my new system as well, maybe we can share some info? Take a look at my thread:
http://www.chaosgroup.com/forums/vbu...649#post526649

As for your spec, I usually go with lower end motherboard to save some money for RAM and graphics card, that isn't much $$ tough

Btw, are you gonna get a better cooling for your CPU? I'm not sure how much it helps, but mine is attached with Corsair H50 and it keeps the OC 2600k @ full speed overnight cool in a closed room without fan/aircon.

[Da_elf]

i was wondering about swapping out the heatsink on the chip for something higher end. the system will be run in an AC room all the time