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Need help for building a budget 3dsmax/c4d system

jrtarsoly

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Jul 12, 2013
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Hello & good day to all,

My father and I are both planning to get deep into 3d modeling & animation, my father being forced by his job to switch from autoCAD to 3DS Max, and I plan to further study the inner workings of Cinema 4D for the purpose of creating 3D animations.

Our idea is to build a budget rig that would be capable of a decent render time, we don't require blazing fast ultimate i7 rendering speed but we also don't wanna fully compromise the system when it comes down to filters or effects, etc and render time .. We're looking for a very well balanced middle path, because our budget is fixed.

Our fixed budget is precisely 650 usd, and we already own an ATX compatible Case for our future system, so ..with all this said, I'm here to ask you guys to help me build the rig.

Note : I'd appreciate if the people who reply on my thread have a general or even in-depth knowledge or has worked a decent amount of time with 3ds max or c4d, since I'd know what I'm buying. Also, we can go for either AMD or Intel rigs, as long as the overall system's price doesn't exceed our 650 usd budget.

Thank you all for your attention and if you have any other questions regarding my situation I'd be more than happy to answer,

JrT