Workstation/Gaming Budget 800

[Hahnphooey]

Approximate Purchase Date: December

Budget Range: 600-800 (Does anyone ever get their rebates?)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Maya, Zbrush, Mental Ray, Diablo 3

Parts Not Required: Sysem is from scratch, but monitor, keyboard, and mouse not needed.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: New egg

Country of Origin: US

Parts Preferences: Nvidia GPU because ATI has some hiccups in maya for windows 7.

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: Cheaper the better

Considering a AMD phenom II x4 955, with nvidia 560 ti

Have not built a computer in awhile, but going to finish my education in CG.

Specifically i'm going to be modeling/texturing/lighting. No complex animation/rigging...

Thanks!

 

[aznshinobi]

Check out the $850 build in my siggy it should be pretty much good enough for you.
http://www.squidoo.com/electronicandmore

 

[008Rohit]

Processor : i5 2400 - $185
MoBo : ASRock H61M-GE - $63
RAM : 2x4GB Corsair DDR3 1333 XMS3 - $42
Graphics : MSI N570GTX-M2D12D5 GeForce GTX 570 - $270
Hard Disk : Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB - $60
Optical Drive : LG 24X DVD R/W - $20
PSU : CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 - $60
Case : Rosewill CHALLENGER-U3 Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower - $60

Total : $760 after rebates

 

[Hahnphooey]

Thanks!