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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: Hardware Setup with MacBook Pro as Master

« on: 2023-02-06, 13:54:06 »

Thank you for your answer, Tom. My intention was the case number two: running C4D on Mac while PC would help with rendering.

I use IR quite a lot to refine material settings and my question was aimed exactly at such obstacles. That's a pity, I was not aware of that.

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[C4D] General Discussion / Hardware Setup with MacBook Pro as Master

« on: 2023-02-06, 13:12:41 »

Hello everyone,

I'm a long-time Mac user and I am trying to find the most effective way to render mid-size/large architecural exterior and interior scenes while using MacBook Pro 16" as a master machine.

I am aware of limitations and disproportional costs of Apple hardware for rendering, but I can't leave the workflow of macOS. Therefore I started to think of building a PC, which would serve as a slave while MacBook being the master.

I believe it must be a pretty common setup for many people and I would like to ask those, how does it work for you and what it all entails in terms of hardware evtl. software. Are there any limitations (such as interactive rendering) or does everything work smoothly and I won't even notice that the task is being processed by a PC under the desk? And is it possible to build a reasonable setup under 2000€ (excl. MacBook Pro, of course)?

Thanks a lot in advance for your inputs and wish you a nice day.

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Hardware / PC Configuration Opinions (Ryzen 5 3600)

« on: 2019-09-02, 16:37:24 »

Today I asked an assistant in computer store to advise me a PC build configuration for CPU rendering of architecture exteriors/interiors in Cinema 4D+Corona. My budget is 1000€ and we ended up at this configuration (see below). Do you find it reasonable in relation to power/cost or would you change some of it to get more performance for the same price or same performance for less price? Or is there something completely wrong?

AMD RYZEN 5 3600
208€

RAM: HyperX 64GB KIT DDR4 2933MHz CL17 Fury Black Series
332€
→ I checked other stores and found some for the same price but with higher specs, such as: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT Grey 64GB (4x16GB) DDR4 3200 CL16
Would be worth buying this one or is there no difference between these?

Water Cooling: Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 240
65€
→ I was advised to pick water cooling instead of air

Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK
108€

Graphic Card: MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OC
117€
→ I asked for some cheaper one since I think I don't need it that much. Is is alright?

Power Supply: SilverStone Strider Essential 80Plus ST60F-ES230 600W
46€

HDD WD Blue 1TB
46€

SSD ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro SSD 256GB
46€

Case: EVOLVEO Ray 2
38€

Thank you for any helpful reply.

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Hardware / Refurbished workstation for 1300€ or building my own?

« on: 2019-08-31, 19:15:53 »

Hello everyone.

I’m a student of architecture and I’m going to do some arch. renders as a freelancer. I would like to get the best “bang for the buck” within a budget of 1300€. Since I’m not an expert about computers and haven’t built any yet I was looking for some refurbished workstations such as this:

HP Z820 Workstation
2x Intel Xeon E5-2637 v2, 3,50 GHz, 500 GB SSD + 500 GB SSD + 500 GB SSD + 3 000 GB HDD, 131 072 MB RAM, nVIDIA Quadro K4000 3GB, Windows 10 Professional

Is it a reasonable computer to buy or will I get much better performance with a computer that I build myself? And if so, what would be the best configuration for 1300€?

As I said I will mainly do architectural renders of interiors and exteriors, the scenes may be quite large (containing 3D plants and trees), I’m not going to do animations.

I would appreciate any opinion or help. Thank you in advance.

Vojta