[frosty_ramen]

My boss wants to know what computer specs. would be for a good rendering computer, he doesn't want to spend a lot for it, so i'd would like to keep the price close to $1,000 (us).
any and all suggestions please


-Dan

[Stinkie7000]

Hmm, that's € 684,275.

I'm fairly confident that's not nearly enough cash for a decent computer. To give you an idea: mine cost, without the render software etc, little less than € 6000 ($ 8.768,4).

No, I haven't got that kind of cash myself. My employer paid for the bulk of the hardware (I only bought extra RAM -and software, of course).

[frosty_ramen]

i really dont need any software, im just looking for hardware

[frosty_ramen]

also 1,000 $ is not the cutoff it is just a rough estimate

[glebe digital]

a HP Pavilion Q6600 if you need something already built:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 883107515R

You won't get 8-cores on your budget, so I reckon a q6600 is the next best thing.

[Stinkie7000]

i really dont need any software, im just looking for hardware

I realize that. Still, $ 1000 (or even $ 1500) won't cut it, AFAIK.

EDIT: maybe two of them quads?

[frosty_ramen]

sorry, my boss is also looking for a computer to be assembled, so i just need the pieces (Hardware) that would be best with in a budget.

[frosty_ramen]

Stinkie7000
what quads?

anyone else??

[Stinkie7000]

See the link posted above.

[mverta]

It's $1000, not 1000$. !It looks weird when you do that ?Know what I mean



_Mike

[ivox3]

I know the joke is cliché, ..but the evolution of technology is amazing.

And I bet that at the time you couldn't touch it for a grand.

[frosty_ramen]

i currently have a
Pentium 4 2.80 GHz
2.81 GHz, 2.00 GB of Ram
with in mind that i have a limited budget should i just try to expand my current computer?

Ivox3 yeah i dont think we can afford that one!!

mverta hehe i did it on purpose...though i'm unsure why.

[Frances]

It's $1000, not 1000$. !It looks weird when you do that ?Know what I mean



_Mike

[hyltom]

Can you explain me what is funny here?....i don't get the joke at all. What is weird with 1000$?

[ivox3]

Well, .. at least in the US, ..the standardized way it's normally written is $ xxx.xx.

And I'm with Mike, ....... it looks very very strange written the other way.