Hi everyone. This is my first post to this board. I am about to enter college (Carnegie Mellon's Art School) and am interested in both 2D and 3D animation. I think I am going to end up piecing together a completely new system. I would like to cap my self on the low end... around 1.5k including a new monitor. I am not expecting to get top notch stuff for that price, but I would like to have a machine that has good expandibility.
Can anyone recommend a system broken down in to components? Things I know what I am alkread getting already are: CD-RW, Ethernet, floppy, and speakers
But advice on anything else is greatly appreciated. I look forward to learning a lot from this community in the future!
If you want to invest money into a system that you can upgrade then I suggest you get a dual proc board with either one Athlon or one PIII proc(Dual PIII motherbaords are the cheapest route). Buy two 256mb memory modules leaving you room to upgrade to a gig later(If you are serious into 3D you'll need it). Get a fast ATA100 ide drive. Video cards vary on what soft you are going to use.. basically you should beable to get a great card for around $300. As far as monitors I would try to find a used one .. asl ong as it ahs a high refresh rate (over 60) and will display at least 1280x1024 you are set. You should nto have to pay more than $300 for a 22" monitor unless you want something new.