Yeah a 10k RPM drive will definately be good for performance(loading programs, loading/saving files). As far as the video card, i think you will see pretty similar performance in 3d work, and either of those cards will be good gaming. I wouldn't buy a high-end 3d card from some place like dell, because you'll probabbly pay…
What? All 2-3gb of it?! D: Tbh you can pick up a fuckton of coolshit from the reference thread here and; http://redbeardead.com/c9/viewforum.php?f=18 http://gingerbox.spiteshow.com/viewtopic.php?t=2888 And various other forums! Go nuts.
Ok so after some more snooping and thinking I got something thats still within my range, although slightly more expensive. I cut back on some things and uped a few others that I will be able to keep when i get a bit more cash to upgrade a bit more. Case - Antec 300 Versatile Mini Tower - $70…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect_%28psychology%29 They lack the naturalness at that point if they know you are doing it. Worst is doing it on a bus. Enviably someone parks their fat ass head (or worse behind) in front of whom you were drawing. That or the bus's crappy suspension fails to cushion a pothole so…
As long as what you're doing doesn't need 'bleeding edge' that's fine, go with whatever you think makes the most sense for you. But for some things like Rendering you can never have too much cpu power. edit: Just to compare price vs. performance, here's benchmarks of the 2500k ($225) vs the Phenom II X6 1090T ($230):…
The retopo tools are my favorite part of 3d coat but I can see the paint tools have matured alot. some people are getting some quite well refined sculpts out of voxel mode but I should imagine they used a very high res voxel shape http://www.3d-coat.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2873
Software to slow down your pc speed. Duh! Not "duh", some older software has problems with fast PCs, some DOS games cause a GPF if you have anything faster than a 133MHz IIRC and some don't limit their speed at all and run at 2000% speed on modern systems (especially those meant to be run on a 286 when run on a 2GHz…