No Laptop for animation and Graphics- Comments please

[Dash1]

the more I look into it , the more I see that She'll[ and my wallet too] will have an e-zier
time with a new desktop...

And If so, I will be happy to get your comments for an XP and up to 22" Samsung or LG...for Animation and graphics work [no OC]

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (S775) - 2.4GHz 1066MHz 8MB Shared Cache 64bit Box - 3Y Warranty
Or should I wait for Q9300/9450 ???
Arctic Cooling Freezer AM2 64 PRO
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel Socket 775 ATX Motherboard and 1394 connect.. [Or Abit pro for the Q9300 ???]
DDR2 3GB[or 4G] Dual Channel kit 2X2048MB PC6400 OCZ\G. Skill etc... - Life Time Warranty
320GB- SATA-II - 7200RPM - 16MB - Western Digital WD2500AAKS - 3Y Warranty
160GB - SATA-II - 7200RPM - 8MB - Western Digital WD1600JS - for system and programs
Samsung DVD-RW S203B Sata Black X20
ty PCX - Quadro FX1500 256MB 256BIT DDR III - Leadtek Professional 3D Card- 3 Year Warranty.
do I realy need It or 8600GT is OK ?
Antec Sonata 2 /3 + 450W smartpower PSU - Silent Case ?
Logitec G5 and keyboard

Thanks a lot

[Dash1]

It now looks like I need to order it ASAP !!!

Please advise

[guns1inger]

I am very happy with my Quad. Runs 3DS Max and Houdini very nicely. Photoshop is fast where it is multi-threaded (not all plugins are). Vegas renders very quickly.

Depends on the software as to whether or not the Quadro is the way to go. For most 3D work it will still outdo the 8600, however it will lag for games. In this case I suspect that won't be an issue.

I would add a second 320 GB drive if she is doing any post work on the animation. Rendering from drive to drive gives a performance boost over working from a single drive.