A few ideas: I have a 30$ geforce in one of my boxes and even though I don't work with it full time it does the job. If you want performance for your main hdd you can go for a 10,000 rpm instead of a ssd. WD Velociraptors are great. Basically you're trading space for better speed. 8 gigs of RAM is very little nowadays, especially if you're going to do rendering. That i5 along with ASRock H61MV-ITX is a good deal IMO. If I was to build such a machine here in Canada it'd cost ~700$ plus monitor, plus backup drive + taxes. I think your best bet if you're on a tight budget is to carefully pick second hand parts or look for a package deal. Sometimes studios give away their older machines for different reasons. They can still be okay for simple work and you know they're configured for 3d. my 0.02c, Good luck!
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Johan Forsgren <johan.forsg...@edithouse.se > wrote: > Hey all, I'm currently hold a permanent position i small studio, but I'm > starting to wonder if freelancing isn't the way to go for me, This brings > me to the question of hardware, and I'm wondering if any of you freelancers > can't give your input on what the minimum spec for a workstation should be. > > I cant afford anything beyond basic, really the no 1 reason that I'm > thinking about freelancing is the complete lack of zero's on my bank > statement. But it also limits my options equipment-wise quite a bit. I'm > thinking something-ish like this: > > intel i5-3350P > 8 gig ram > geforce 640 gtm > no ssd :( > > So I guess my question here is if there's possible to do simpler 3d work > on a personal workstation like this? I understand that its POSSIBLE but how > badly will I want to chew my arm of after say 6 months of freelancing doing > product viz and motion graphics? > > -- > JOHAN FORSGREN CG ARTISTPhone + 46 31 752 20 00 > johan.forsg...@edithouse.se Direct + 46 31 752 20 07 Follow Edithouse at > at twitter.com/edithouse <http://www.twitter.com/edithouse> [image: > example's logo] <http://www.edithouse.se/> Edit house Film Works > www.edithouse.se Lilla Bommen 4a, S-411 04 Göteborg, Sweden > www.twitter.com/edithouse >
