Ok geeks, help me build a 3D monster PC :D

[Downforce]

SCSI drives are worthwhile if you can afford them. The throughput is much greater than IDE and you will notice the difference with applications that need fast drive access. 3D Rendering uses alot of system resources and alot of the response time will depend on the slowest part of the IO system, which is your hard drive. The faster the drive, the better your system response time. Some people may disagree but SCSI has a definite advantage for this type of system.

You could get away with using cheaper SATA drives for a RAID setup, probably RAID 10 would be best (speed benefits of RAID 0 with the redundancy of RAID 1). The downside is you will need more drives and only use half the space on them if you want redundancy. I still say go for SCSI drives Either way this system is going to cost you more than $2k

[adznight]

Yeah 2k retail

Let me put it this way for you

Seagate 73gb SCSI hard disk - $770.00ex cost price

Seagate 80gb SATA hard disk - $83.75ex cost price

the choice is simple

[adznight]

BTW nice pic there Matt, looks mean!

[SS8_Gohan]

SCSI ten times the price!!!!

As cool as it would be, i don't think i'll be going the SCSI option. Might just get someone to setup up RAID for me properly.

[adznight]

Yeah, if you want speed then you could set up a striped array with 2 disks but IMO it's overkill. I build fast PC's every day and have never used them on any desktop systems, olny low cost server solutions.

[SS8_Gohan]

righteo. Well what would you suggest then considering a budget of close to $2000 and 2 X 19" CRT's, good audio card (keep hearing about AISO drivers or something), 3D mainly, but also After Effects (so i guess it's gotta be a mid-way between HD and CPU priorities i guess)

As you can see, i've got a sem-complete list already, but interested to see what you think.

cheers.

[Downforce]

Yeah 2k retail

 

Let me put it this way for you  

 

Seagate 73gb SCSI hard disk  - $770.00ex cost price

 

Seagate 80gb SATA hard disk - $83.75ex cost price

 

the choice is simple

Just slightly inflated prices there? Depends what RPM drive you're quoting.. You can buy a 73Gb Cheetah Ultra320 10,000rpm... for $455

http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_product...HD-SEST373307LW

It's true, a SCSI system will cost alot more than Serial ATA drives.. plus you would need a SCSI controller card too (another $300). but hey, you get what you pay for

BTW nice pic there Matt, looks mean!

Thanks, the big version looks awesome! Photo courtesy of Nick's Canon EOS 300D.

[ferni]

I think the tape on the headlights make it look mean

raid will be more trouble than its worth for you, and not much performance gain, its best used with scsi stuff in servers