new rendering machine components

[joeyg2391]

Hi, i have a buget around 1,800. What computer parts would you recommend i have in order to build a fast rendering machine. I use Viz and sketch up to do architecture stuff. Currently i have a spare 400 watt chieftech case, 1 Gig cas2 memory, and dvd burner. So you could exclude these things. I would like to stick towards AMD if that's possible. Any help i will grreatly appreciate it thanks

[prathapml]

AMD? great.

Get any nForce3 (or 4) based MoBo.

AMD AthlonFX 53.

GeForce FX6600 (or the Quadro series)

SATA drive - 250 gig (or higher) 7200rpm, 8 MB cache

Note that no manufacturers are mentioned above - just any decent one with the right price will do. As for the 1 gig of CAS2 memory you have, it would be right to ask what type is it. (is it DDR? what speed?)

[joeyg2391]

PC3200 DDR

[prathapml]

Yup, that's fantastic then.

Go for AMD. The config mentioned above is a general outline of what should be good....