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Hardware / Re: Threadripper & Ryzen builds

« on: 2025-06-19, 11:33:04 »

I would probs spend that €1,050 on a different system, you can build a much better spec render node for almost the same price.
7950x system which is pretty much twice as fast as the 5950x. Added a tiny gfx card just to use as a display card, you can upgrade if someone needs to use this as a workstation. 

Sourced all of this on Amazon but you can customise.

CPU: 7950x
MOBO: ASUS Prime B650-PLUS WiFi
RAM: Crucial Pro 96GB DDR5 RAM Kit (2x48GB)
SSD: Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD 1TB
COOLER: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 240 mm (already owned)
PSU: Thermaltake GF1 (2024) Fully Modular ATX 850W
GPU: MSI Gaming GeForce GT 710 2GB
CASE: NZXT H5 Flow 2024

$1,162.33/ €1013.06

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Gallery / Re: 🌄Bringing the spirit of adventure to life!

« on: 2025-02-02, 13:47:54 »

Great work! Thanks for putting together that timelapse, great to see the process :)

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Rayswitch material and Material Override

« on: 2024-05-27, 08:49:18 »

I have used a rayswitch material to create a water material that can generate caustics via a bump map and not have the bump map show on the surface of the water.
Basically set up as follows.

GI: has a water material with a bump map for caustics
Reflection: water material with no bump map
Refraction: water material with no bump map
Directly visible: water material with no bump map

If you render the scene normally everything works fine, water has a flat surface with no bump visible but if one is using Material override, excluding the water object, and have preserve bump selected the bump map from the GI slot becomes visible, which isn't ideal. Is this a bug or a limitation of the Rayswitch Material and Material overide?

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Hardware / Re: Threadripper & Ryzen only builds (3rd Gen starts on page 50)

« on: 2024-02-21, 01:11:05 »

Needing some advice regarding my workstation.

I've had my current 3990x computer since they came out and it has performed great until recently.  It's a prebuild from PC Specialist, which isnt quite the build I wanted as I requested a Noctua fan cooler for the CPU, but was told that it wasnt compatible with the chip.  So ended up going with the Coolermaster MasterLiquid ML360 RGB TR4.  Every now and again it will just shut off without warning, losing work in the process.  I ignored it for awhile thinking it was just a glitch, but it has happening more frequently now.  I suspect it is overheating as temps were reaching 95degrees underload and around 75 degrees idle, i've since switched off PBO, which has reduced the temps a little, but still having occassions were the computer just turns off.

I'm looking to replace the cooler and having done some reasearch purchased the beQuiet silent loop 2.  However, having now received this I dont think its going to do the job as it doesnt cover the whole chip.  So looking to return it and replace it with something else.  I'm looking at one of the following options:

Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3
Icegaint ProSiphon Elite
Silverstone IceGem 360

The icegaint seems to be the best for cooling, but man that thing is ugly.  I was thinking of getting the Icegem as it covers the whole die and from what I've read on this forum from dfcorona seems to perform well.

Any thoughts, help or suggestions appreciated.

I had the same issue a while ago and it turned out it was my power supply, worth a look perhaps?

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Corona Academy / Re: Cannot access the videos

« on: 2023-11-02, 03:41:55 »

3. What browser are you using and are you using some kind of adblocker plugin? Try disabling it on the Corona Academy website.

This is what solved it for me, my blocker was blocking vimeo cookies.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: DR Render Problem - Failed to send render results back to master.

« on: 2023-02-12, 23:33:14 »

I seem to be having the same issue as this, was there a solution?
Corona 9

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: Corona Subscription Update by CHAOS

« on: 2022-11-08, 11:29:41 »

Would be great if you also looked at region pricing because not only are we getting screwed by your price increase, paying in $ while having a shitty currency is adding extra pain.

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Hardware / Re: Black Screen with Ryzen 5900X (Corona Renderer/3dsMax)

« on: 2022-07-15, 13:43:43 »

The event viewer should give some insight into this, I had a similar problem with my 2990wx machine and it ended up being a faulty power supply.

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Gallery / Re: Work Life Balance

« on: 2022-02-14, 11:20:04 »

Good work man :)

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General CG Discussion / Re: Crazy blinking UI

« on: 2022-01-25, 16:01:13 »

If the whole screen was flashing I’d say video card, but since it’s just 3ds max and certain windows flashing it looks like maybe you haven’t disabled control flow guard and a few of those other protections that can actually hinder 3ds max especially on AMD cpus and can cause exactly this behavior. 

There’s a few threads on this forum about disabling CFG and similar tweaks that really help reduce similar issues.

Just my $0.02, hope it helps!

I had a similar issue a while ago and disabling CFG sorted it out.

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Gallery / Re: My hometown

« on: 2020-08-05, 15:37:45 »

Wow 😍

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Hardware / Re: Threadripper Builds

« on: 2019-11-25, 10:38:21 »

Ciao guys I am kinda new in this hardware mess, but recently I purchased a PC with these components:
     - AMD Threadripper 2990WX 3 GHz 32-Core Processor
     - Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME ALPHA EATX sTR4 Motherboard
     - Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory
     - Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
     - Corsair 1600 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
     - Enermax Liqtech TR4 II 280 80.71 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
     - Asus GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB STRIX GAMING Advanced Video Card
and the operating system is windows 10 pro but unfortunately, after running it for the first time and installing drivers the pc is freezing every 10 mins and i cannot update the windows and I cannot install Nvidia drivers it gives me a message that it is not compatible with the windows.
if anyone can help guys would be so appreciated since the client will kill me soon.
Thanks ! ":)   

Might be a longshot but I have a similar system to yours, I had issues installing windows and drivers, these all disappeared when I disabled the wifi in the Bios. Your mobo box should have a peice of paper explaining there is a wifi compatibiliy issue that causes system instability.

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Hardware / Re: Threadripper Builds

« on: 2019-11-07, 15:16:51 »

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Gallery / Re: The Depression Short Film

« on: 2019-10-23, 10:54:41 »

Great work :O

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[C4D] I need help! / Re: Trying to make this Oxidized type Brass material

« on: 2019-10-05, 16:56:04 »

Have you taken a look at this?
Might give some clues :)