Hello, everybody, With me being new to the Forum I don't know where to Post the reason I cam to the forum. It was recommended to me, for getting information on what I need to build a computer that uses Blender for someone that wants to get in to 3d animation. Could someone tell me what topic i should go to?

Thank You

Hello @BigJayBoogie! Welcome to Renderosity! We have both a Blender forum as well as an animation forum. I can manually move this thread over to either forum. But, I think the Blender forum would be more beneficial for you. Thanks!

Hope Kumor

Editor-in-chief of Renderosity Magazine

Thank you, I'll start a new topic in there. Let's face it Hello, Where do I go, is not a title for what do i need for a computer?

I'll move this to Blender now. Thank you so much.

Hope Kumor

Editor-in-chief of Renderosity Magazine

Thank you, but I was going to just make a new topic... Do I start one now???

I hope that I am reading the question correctly, but you are asking how to build a computer for 3d graphics and animation. Is that correct? If so almost any of the mid range gaming systems will work off the shelf for most softwares and even most of the more advanced softwares. I run simulations on an old Acer Aspire with little issues and relative speed. There are some crash issues if I try to do anything else but that is to be expected from a 10 year old computer. The bits and pieces are up to the individual because budget always plays a massive part. There are no 1 stop answers that say "this one" because just like the modelers the systems have to fit the user.

I was looking for more of guide lines, a parts list so to speak(I think) because my research kept on giving me contradicting evidence. To tie that in with what you said, some of the info I was told was don't use a gaming graphics card, but at the same time it said use a gaming case to help keep it cool. Do you think I should get fully assembled of the shelf or get the parts and put it together myself?

I think I'm afraid, It took me a year to save up the money I did and I don't want it to melt 6 months later on me.

http://www.blenderguru.com/articles/the-ultimate-guide-to-buying-a-computer-for-blender/ I dont know if it will link or not but that is an article about selecting a system for blender and cycles(works for all softwares like it). It talks about the hardware and software needs versus the budget.

I'll check it out thanks.