Hi everyone, so I have recently joined the ever growing pool of laid off artists. I was about 2 weeks into working on some new portfolio pieces when i realized my home computer isn’t going to cut it, what can i say when it rains it pours…
Sooo it’s time to purchase a new computer. Being that I currently don’t have a job and I’m working on a pretty tight budget, I’m really trying to keep it under $1500. I feel pretty confident in my Zbrush skills but not so confident in my hardware skills or general computer knowledge for that matter. I’d like to stick to a Dell computer and not go the Frankenstein route. The system I put together is as follows:
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[Dell Precision T3500, CMT, Standard Power Supply](javascript:to_page_mod(1,%201))<o:p></o:p>
[Genuine Windows® 7 Professional, with Media, 64-bit, English](javascript:to_page_mod(1,%2011))<o:p></o:p>
[No Energy Star](javascript:to_page_mod(1,%2025))<o:p></o:p>
[Quad Core Intel® Xeon® E5506 2.13GHz, 4M L2, 4.8GT/s](javascript:to_page_mod(1,%202))<o:p></o:p>
[Mini-Tower Chassis Configuration](javascript:to_page_mod(1,%2015))<o:p></o:p>
[6GB, 1066MHz, DDR3 SDRAM, ECC (6 DIMMS)](javascript:to_page_mod(1,%203))<o:p></o:p>
[3 Year Basic Limited Warranty and 3 Year NBD On-Site Service](javascript:to_page_mod(1,%2029))<o:p></o:p>
[512MB NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 580, DUAL MON, 2 DP & 1 DVI](javascript:to_page_mod(1,%206))<o:p></o:p>
[C1 All SATA drives, No RAID for 1 Hard Drive](javascript:to_page_mod(1,%209))<o:p></o:p>
[Integrated Intel chipset SATA 3.0Gb/s controller](javascript:to_page_mod(1,%2024))<o:p></o:p>
[250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ and 8MB DataBurst Cache™](javascript:to_page_mod(1,%208))<o:p></o:p>
[16X DVD+/-RW w/ Cyberlink PowerDVD™ and Roxio Creator™ Dell Ed](javascript:to_page_mod(1,%2016))<o:p></o:p>
[No Monitor](javascript:to_page_mod(1,%205))<o:p></o:p>
[No Floppy Drive and No Media Card Reader](javascript:to_page_mod(1,%2010))<o:p></o:p>
[Resource DVD - contains Diagnostics and Drivers](javascript:to_page_mod(1,%2027))<o:p></o:p>
My Accessories<o:p></o:p>
[No Speaker option](javascript:to_page_mod(2,%2018))<o:p></o:p>
[Dell QuietKey Keyboard](javascript:to_page_mod(2,%204))<o:p></o:p>
[Dell USB 2 Button Optical Mouse](javascript:to_page_mod(2,%2012))<o:p></o:p>
[Documentation, English, with 125V Power Cord](javascript:to_page_mod(2,%2021))
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some other info…
I work in :
Zbrush 3.5r3
photoshop cs3
maya 2009
max 2009
Typically i work with any two of these programs opened at the same time.
This is pretty close to my budgets limits. If any of you all, have suggestions, see where I might be running into some problems or if you see where I’m spending on some things I might not need please let me know. Hopefully next time I post it will be some new character work for critique not a question. Thanks for your help your input is greatly appreciated.