So I want to build a brand spanking new rig within the next couple months and am looking into various ideas and design paths. I read Tom's daily and know that the site tends to favor the hardcore gamer community and whatnot. I see and recognize the importance put into graphics when I read the system builder marathons and various other articles. But I will admit that I am far from the hardcore gamer. I don't care if I play a game at max resolution or if its on a multiple monitor setup. The only gaming I would ever do is to play some MW3, Battlefield 3, or some other game that may spark a splurging/sudden interest. I would never sit down and play any of these games for more than 3 hours. Hell, I don't have to time to play but a couple times a week. So I feel like when I go to build my rig I shouldn't put such an emphasis on graphics. Is that justifiable?
However, as an engineering student I will be doing 3d modeling. So maybe I should put a heavy emphasis on graphics? I don't want to if I don't have to because I would love to include a nice sandy bridge CPU and an SSD (the article the other day convinced me about installing one). So any $ I can reserve for those things the better. But I never see anything on Tom's about what kind of graphics 3d modeling needs/utilizes. Can someone enlighten me on that?
This is generally what I'm thinking. I like the $1000 rig in the recent system builder marathon.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-cpu-ssd,3027.html
But I want to chop the graphics $ in like half, or more, and put it toward a larger SSD and hopefully a little into a monitor/keyboard/mouse. Obviously that all depends on how much graphics power 3d modeling and casual gaming will need.
Any other suggestions for a rig that would potentially help an engineering student would be appreciated and welcomed.
However, as an engineering student I will be doing 3d modeling. So maybe I should put a heavy emphasis on graphics? I don't want to if I don't have to because I would love to include a nice sandy bridge CPU and an SSD (the article the other day convinced me about installing one). So any $ I can reserve for those things the better. But I never see anything on Tom's about what kind of graphics 3d modeling needs/utilizes. Can someone enlighten me on that?
This is generally what I'm thinking. I like the $1000 rig in the recent system builder marathon.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-cpu-ssd,3027.html
But I want to chop the graphics $ in like half, or more, and put it toward a larger SSD and hopefully a little into a monitor/keyboard/mouse. Obviously that all depends on how much graphics power 3d modeling and casual gaming will need.
Any other suggestions for a rig that would potentially help an engineering student would be appreciated and welcomed.
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