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General Category => General CG Discussion => Hardware => Topic started by: jonjonbaker on 2019-09-27, 10:59:55
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Hi there new to the forum here,
I have been working in CGI for more than 10 years now, I am thinking of buying a server machine below is the spec for it. Can anyone here tell me whether or not its worth the £3000 price tag.
Or are there any pros and cons to it? One con is the noise it makes when rendering (sounds like an F1 car) but I will get a noise reducing case to put it in. x4 processors and that much ram seems almost too good to be true! Thanks for your help!
Specifications:
HP ProLiant DL580 Gen8 Server
Compute
x Intel Xeon E7-880 V2 - 15-Core 2.50Ghz , 3,10 Ghz Turbo ( 60 Cores , 120 threads ) + NVIDIA GTX 1650 ( GB GDDR5 Graphics Card, 896 Cuda Core )
Memory
256GB PC3 Memory
Storage
3 x HPE Enterprise class 400GB SSD
Backplane
1 x 5 Bay 2.5” SFF ( takes up to 5 x SAS / SDD Drives)
RAID
HPE Smart Array P830i/2G FBWC Controller
Optical
Not included
Power Supply
2 x Power Supply 1200W Platinum
Networking
Quad Integrated GB NICs HP 331FLR Quad Port - 1GbE RJ45 FLR Ethernet
Rack Rails
Not Included
Management
iLO 4 Remote Management
Front Bezel
not Included**
Condition
Refurbished
Warranty
12 Months RTB Warranty
OS (Evaluation ver)
Tested with windows Server 2019 / 2016 / Windows 10
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Any advice at all and I would be extremely grateful don't be shy ;-)