3D Workstation config info

3DGE · 06-10-2004, 01:23 AM

Hello guys,

I'm planning to totally upgrade my machine.

I'm currently thinking about the following combination:

AMD Athlon 64 3200
1 GB of RAM
ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mo-bo...

Anyone with a similar config out there? Do you think it will be good? Keep in mind that I'm upgrading from a (sigh :\) Celeron 300A @ 450 and 256 megs of RAM :P So ANYTHING will be better

Got anything to say?

Cheers,

Seb

Trappist Funk · 06-10-2004, 01:58 PM

Get more RAM would be the first things that pops into my head!

I'm not that familiar with the ins and outs of motherboards and so on myself though - does the one you mention have a built in graphics card? If not, what are you going for? You want something hefty to improve your viewports and your render times.

vladimirjp · 06-10-2004, 08:13 PM

what is your budget?

ross_coe · 10-10-2004, 09:08 AM

yeah definately try to get as much ram as possible.
altho it has to be said that if you're doing a lot of 3d rendering, the ram wont directly affect your render speed (i have 1.5gigs but max only ever uses about 600-800megs of physical memory). i believe the processor has more to do with render speed

ummmm....i also have an AMD (only an athlon 3000xp tho). so far i've only had a few small teething problems with it....first was the BIOS being set wrong which gave me regular blue-screens-of-death. so be careful there.
next prob was overheating, but a new cpu fan soon fixed that problem

luckily keeping the processor ice-cool doesnt cost too much extra, and it'd be worth paying a bit more just to make sure you don't fry your system

i guess it all depends on your budget tho

Der Meister · 13-10-2004, 11:40 AM

if your budget was not an option i would go for 2gig of ddr2... but thats me... and asus makes really good mobo's...
around where i am i can get 1gig of ddr2 for $279

06-10-2004, 01:23 AM	#1
3DGE Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Koper, Slovenia Posts: 45 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	3D Workstation config info Hello guys, I'm planning to totally upgrade my machine. I'm currently thinking about the following combination: AMD Athlon 64 3200 1 GB of RAM ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mo-bo... Anyone with a similar config out there? Do you think it will be good? Keep in mind that I'm upgrading from a (sigh :\) Celeron 300A @ 450 and 256 megs of RAM :P So ANYTHING will be better Got anything to say? Cheers, Seb

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ross_coe formerly Ross-3DT =P Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Glencoe Scotland UK (London atm) Posts: 723 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	yeah definately try to get as much ram as possible. altho it has to be said that if you're doing a lot of 3d rendering, the ram wont directly affect your render speed (i have 1.5gigs but max only ever uses about 600-800megs of physical memory). i believe the processor has more to do with render speed ummmm....i also have an AMD (only an athlon 3000xp tho). so far i've only had a few small teething problems with it....first was the BIOS being set wrong which gave me regular blue-screens-of-death. so be careful there. next prob was overheating, but a new cpu fan soon fixed that problem luckily keeping the processor ice-cool doesnt cost too much extra, and it'd be worth paying a bit more just to make sure you don't fry your system i guess it all depends on your budget tho __________________ __________________ PasteyFace - Online Folio (W.I.P) My CGS Folio Page __________________

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06-10-2004, 01:58 PM	#2
Trappist Funk Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Nottingham, UK Posts: 67 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Get more RAM would be the first things that pops into my head! I'm not that familiar with the ins and outs of motherboards and so on myself though - does the one you mention have a built in graphics card? If not, what are you going for? You want something hefty to improve your viewports and your render times.

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