Reddit mentions of PNY NVIDIA Quadro 2000 Graphics Card 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (Retail)

My main rig has a 3.3ghz i5 in it and my beast PC uses a 3.5ghz i7

Processing and memory tend to mostly affect simulations. The graphics card handles most of the processing done during modeling and rendering. Getting the best graphics card you can afford is generally the best solution


Here's what I like:

Video Card

Mobo

CPU

Memory

Of course you still need case, power supply, hard drive, dvd drive, etc. But all the above rings in at £767. So you might consider going to a Quadro 4000 series