I found this article online on building the best gaming pc on a budget. From the looks of it, it looks pretty strong for a decent price. And I figure if it can handle modern it can handle modelling in maya and zbrush maybe?
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2365959,00.asp
Component Model Price
CPU AMD Athlon II X3 440 $75
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon HD 5670 1GB $90
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2 $50
Memory Kingston HyperX 2GB DDR2-1066 $43
Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB $48
Optical Drive Lite-On iHAS124 DVD burner $23
Case/Power Supply Rosewill TU-155 II 500 $70
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium $99
Total $498
So basically I’m asking 3 things. 1 is this pc pretty good for the price if i want to do simple modelling in maya and heavy modelling in zbrush? 2 Do any of you guys have any tips for building a decent modelling rig at about a $500 price range. and 3 Post your rigs, to see what everyone’s working with.