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Jayzer Neurotic (0) Inmate Newly admitted From: Insane since: Aug 2004	posted 08-03-2004 05:25 I'm looking for a desktop deal on a good multimedia PC, don't care what OS, but I want it to cost under $1000 USD and I want it to be able to handle programs like Flash, Maya 5, and Photoshop. I'm looking for something with enough space that later I can add a 7-in-1 media reader and some faster DVD and CD drives than what I have. I'm a high school student, I want to start doing CG as a hobby to see if I'd like to try it as a career, so I have no idea what I REALLY need, just what I want. So any advice at all will be better than none, IMO. You can leave a post here or e-mail me @ BOBA22288@aol.com Thanks
Jestah Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Long Island, NY Insane since: Jun 2000	posted 08-03-2004 06:29 Well, to run the Personal Learning Edition of Maya the following is needed: Intel® Pentium® II or higher, AMD Athlon? processor, Macintosh® G4 512 MB RAM CD-ROM Drive Hardware-Accelerated OpenGL® graphics card 3-button mouse with mouse driver software 450 MB of hard disk space For $1059 (+tax), you can buy a Dell Dimension 8400 w/ 3GHz Pentium 4, 512MB DDR2 SDRAM, 160GB HD, 17in monitor, etc. Of course I would suggest spending a bit more money and building your own system from scratch. It could be a fun experience and you'd get more power for your money. [ulist] (Edited by Jestah on 08-03-2004 06:32)
Jayzer Neurotic (0) Inmate Newly admitted From: Insane since: Aug 2004	posted 08-04-2004 04:38 thanks. Anyone else have a suggestion? Maybe I should just ask- what's your PC setup, as far as graphic card, RAM, and processor?
synax Maniac (V) Inmate From: Cell 666 Insane since: Mar 2002	posted 08-04-2004 04:51 quote: Jayzer said: I want to start doing CG as a hobby to see if I'd like to try it as a career Before you dish out $1000+ on a new system, why not work with what you have first and make progressive steps? Build up your experience before you build up your assets. "Nothin' like a pro-stabbin' from a pro." -Weadah
norm Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: [s]underwater[/s] under-snow in Juneau Insane since: Sep 2002	posted 08-05-2004 20:08 you may want to look into an eMac. It's got a nice price, plenty of power for the apps you mentioned, and OS-X.....
Jayzer Neurotic (0) Inmate Newly admitted From: Insane since: Aug 2004	posted 08-06-2004 07:33 @ synax: Well, right now I have a Dell 4600, with Photoshop Elements and Windows XP Home. If I want to use REAL Photoshop, that means dishing out money for a license, or stealing one from the local university. If I want to run Maya 5, I need XP Pro. Half my problem right now is software, and the computer this is on is my family's home computer and I want something I can take to college with me. So I'm getting ready to buy/build a PC anyway, I just wanted some advice. I've made do with MSPaint longer than necessary, believe me. Also, what makes more sense: A Wacom tablet, or a Tablet/notebook PC? I'm thinking Tablet, just because it's cheaper and doesnt' come with an attached laptop with a relatively slow processor. (I'm thinking Acer's and Compaq's models.)

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Jayzer
Neurotic (0) Inmate
Newly admitted

From:
Insane since: Aug 2004

posted 08-03-2004 05:25

I'm looking for a desktop deal on a good multimedia PC, don't care what OS, but I want it to cost under $1000 USD and I want it to be able to handle programs like Flash, Maya 5, and Photoshop. I'm looking for something with enough space that later I can add a 7-in-1 media reader and some faster DVD and CD drives than what I have. I'm a high school student, I want to start doing CG as a hobby to see if I'd like to try it as a career, so I have no idea what I REALLY need, just what I want. So any advice at all will be better than none, IMO. You can leave a post here or e-mail me @ BOBA22288@aol.com

Thanks

Jestah
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Long Island, NY
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted 08-03-2004 06:29

Well, to run the Personal Learning Edition of Maya the following is needed:

Intel® Pentium® II or higher,
AMD Athlon? processor, Macintosh® G4
512 MB RAM
CD-ROM Drive
Hardware-Accelerated OpenGL® graphics card
3-button mouse with mouse driver software
450 MB of hard disk space

For $1059 (+tax), you can buy a Dell Dimension 8400 w/ 3GHz Pentium 4, 512MB DDR2 SDRAM, 160GB HD, 17in monitor, etc. Of course I would suggest spending a bit more money and building your own system from scratch. It could be a fun experience and you'd get more power for your money.

[ulist]

(Edited by Jestah on 08-03-2004 06:32)

Jayzer
Neurotic (0) Inmate
Newly admitted

From:
Insane since: Aug 2004

posted 08-04-2004 04:38

thanks. Anyone else have a suggestion?

Maybe I should just ask- what's your PC setup, as far as graphic card, RAM, and processor?

synax
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Cell 666
Insane since: Mar 2002

posted 08-04-2004 04:51

quote:
Jayzer said:

I want to start doing CG as a hobby to see if I'd like to try it as a career

Before you dish out $1000+ on a new system, why not work with what you have first and make progressive steps? Build up your experience before you build up your assets.

"Nothin' like a pro-stabbin' from a pro." -Weadah

norm
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: [s]underwater[/s] under-snow in Juneau
Insane since: Sep 2002

posted 08-05-2004 20:08

you may want to look into an eMac. It's got a nice price, plenty of power for the apps you mentioned, and OS-X.....

Jayzer
Neurotic (0) Inmate
Newly admitted

From:
Insane since: Aug 2004

posted 08-06-2004 07:33

@ synax: Well, right now I have a Dell 4600, with Photoshop Elements and Windows XP Home. If I want to use REAL Photoshop, that means dishing out money for a license, or stealing one from the local university. If I want to run Maya 5, I need XP Pro. Half my problem right now is software, and the computer this is on is my family's home computer and I want something I can take to college with me. So I'm getting ready to buy/build a PC anyway, I just wanted some advice. I've made do with MSPaint longer than necessary, believe me.

Also, what makes more sense: A Wacom tablet, or a Tablet/notebook PC? I'm thinking Tablet, just because it's cheaper and doesnt' come with an attached laptop with a relatively slow processor. (I'm thinking Acer's and Compaq's models.)