Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Quick-check my proposed PC's specs...am I missing anything?!

pdog opened this issue on Dec 30, 2005 ยท 17 posts


pdog posted Fri, 30 December 2005 at 10:30 AM

Hey gang, just about to purchase a new system...I've got roughly $2,000 to spend and hope some Poser power-users might comment on my proposed specs or any other missing matters. I'm leaning toward a major vendor for peace of mind (which probably means either a Dell XPS 400 or an HP 4300 Series Workstation...and the multi-year support charge). CPU: Any 2.8+ GHz processor...if the Dell, probably an Intel dual core model (I know, Poser won't use it, but I may run Maya on this system later). I'm told the most important factor here is to confirm L2 Cache is included here, right? RAM: 2 Gigs of Dual Channel SDRAM at 533MHz. Is this the best type of RAM? OS: XP Pro (again, anticipating Maya) Harddrive(s): Lots of confusing choices here... 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache, or DataSafe 160GB (Includes main hard drive plus a hidden reserve hard drive), or 320GB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 160GB SATA HDDs). Regarding these harddrive configs, I guess "Serial ATA" and "SATA" are the same? I'm only considering the latter RAID option because I hear Poser likes its own drive. Well, I think those are my main concerns! Getting the right CPU, RAM and Harddrive configuration...any suggestions or other considerations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!