3ds Max + Autocad + Music Editing - what computer is for me?

Question

I have a sony laptop but I want to buy a desktop to do stuff with 3ds Max , AutoCAD, Adobe Software but I don't want it to be slow.

What are the specs I should pay the most attention to when buying a new computer? If you know please give me a brief description of how these specs would help me.

Answer 1

you have to go dual cpu for 3ds max. period.

get a dual 64 bit duo core cpu system.
quad cores look promising along with hypertransport technology (1.5 ghz frontbus)

max out your memory.

in 3d studio you never have enough. Its designed to work in a render farm ya know. unlimited resources basically when you string dozens of computers together on the same project

Vid cards only help you with the manipulation of objects, not rendering .time.
you can get away with a cheap vid card but I think directx 10 offers some new posibbility in versions of 3d studio in the future.

I agree 1200 sounds about right

Answer 2

You should head for a dual or quad core processor depending on your budget. Also, 3+ Gb of RAM should be enough for anything you want to do on it in your various programs. Get a nice video card with 512 mb dedicated video RAM (DDR2 RAM). Also, ample hard drive space for all of the audio, 500+ gb should suffice. Id say this whole thing will cost around 1200 to 1400 USD if you build it yourself and probably around 2000+ USD to buy from Dell or HP.

Answer 3

LOL
I have Sony VAIO too and i wanna get a Desktop too
As a matter of fact i do graphix too :P
3ds max, CAD, photoshop, illustrator nd premiere :))
weird

look I am planin to spend around 3500 bucks... this is what imna buy soon in 2-3 months time...

AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 x2 (2 of em :D)
L1N64-SLI WS Asus Mother board
Nvidia GForce 8800 768mb x2 (2 of em)
Corsair DDR2 (8 Gb)
750GB HDD

now the reason: I go with AMD not because am just an AMD guy... I work with Opteron and Intel Xeon at work , during rendering, AMD opteron works perfectly without crushing, but Intel XEOn bores the hell out of me, lot of noises nd crushed several times...
and i chose dual core processor since i do lot of graphix nd i need multitasking processor like sual core, nd i chose, DUAL CORE with DUAL PROCESSOR
u may ask why two processors? I would say 2 processors=2 GODs...

the motherboard is ASUS specialy designed for 2 processors, u would see if u check the mobos picture out
and it has slot for 2 VGA cards...

graphic cards doesnt really matter if ATI or NVIDIA, both rock, bt in this case u have to go with NVIDIA since MOBO supports only NVIDIA...

RAMS, u need at least 4 GB for VISTA, so y not 8GB since u do rendering shits...

HDD i was gonna go with 1 terabyte HDD bt it was too expensive. u might say 750 GB is too big, bt trust me one file of Premiere is around 1.5 GB rendered... so u do the math...

Good luck bruv ;)

Answer 4

if i was you i would get a special built computer, theres not a real brand to get, you just tell them what you want and the build it for you, but its very expensive, my mother did that when she started her own business