I am a CG artist and I am putting together a system build that will be able to handle 3d modeling and animation rendering and play pretty much any game I through at it...Money isnt a big concern but I want to try and stay under $2500.00.
This is the plan so far:
Motherboard: EVGA 790i Ultra SLI.
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650.
Video Card:2 EVGA Geforce 9800 GTX +1GB 256bit GDDR3
Ram: Mushkin 6GB 3(3x2GB) DDR3.
PSU: Xclio Stable Power 1000w.
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932.
Optical Drives: Lite-on x20 DVD Burner, Lite-on x18 DVD ROM.
Storage: 300GB Velociraptor in RAID 0, WD 1TB in RAID 1.
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster XFI.
Cooling: Not decided.
Monitor: 22" ACER.
OS: Windows Vista Home 64bit.
So this is what I was thinking. I am not sure about the Video Card setup and the benefits of running dual. Not sure on the cooling setup and what is best!
Question #1: What is the best video card setup for what i want to do and what benefits do i get with a dual SLI setup?
Question #2: What heatsink would be best?
Any suggestions or improvements PLEASE!!
This is the plan so far:
Motherboard: EVGA 790i Ultra SLI.
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650.
Video Card:2 EVGA Geforce 9800 GTX +1GB 256bit GDDR3
Ram: Mushkin 6GB 3(3x2GB) DDR3.
PSU: Xclio Stable Power 1000w.
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932.
Optical Drives: Lite-on x20 DVD Burner, Lite-on x18 DVD ROM.
Storage: 300GB Velociraptor in RAID 0, WD 1TB in RAID 1.
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster XFI.
Cooling: Not decided.
Monitor: 22" ACER.
OS: Windows Vista Home 64bit.
So this is what I was thinking. I am not sure about the Video Card setup and the benefits of running dual. Not sure on the cooling setup and what is best!
Question #1: What is the best video card setup for what i want to do and what benefits do i get with a dual SLI setup?
Question #2: What heatsink would be best?
Any suggestions or improvements PLEASE!!