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Hardware / Re: New Workstation Help

« on: 2018-04-17, 13:37:32 »

okay, wow...I had no idea on both those subjects....the PSU and the Ebay Licenses...I will check on that!

And yeah, just between us, I think the IT guy is just...well lazy. he's used to being asked workstations that need AutoCAD and Office mostly...so this new "AMDs and PSUs" Stuff is a little overwhelming.

Thank god you guys helped me out, I will pass along the information!

I'll come back with the full specs of the new machine soon! =D

Cheers!

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Hardware / Re: New Workstation Help

« on: 2018-04-10, 11:58:32 »

Hmmm I'll ask. Not sure what case he is referring to (can't even find it online) but I'll pass that along. Maybe the B350 and a PSU.

Just out of curiosity, what is the problem witn an in case PSU?

(Once again, thank you all for the prompt replies....made me look like I know what I'm talking about here at the office! ahah)

Cheers!

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Hardware / Re: New Workstation Help

« on: 2018-04-06, 13:08:39 »

Ahah, that's sound advice. I'm gonna convince them to go with 32 dual channel do be able to expand to 64 later on.
Thank you so much for the asnwers so far, I think I learned more in these conversations than I had searching teh net for hours. I'm even gonna change my home workstation when the Ryzens 2700 hit.

On the office front, here's what the tech guy proposed based on my (our =D) feedback:

WorkStation  Ryzen 7 1700

Case Matrix GM8007-BB C/ fonte 500w 80 plus
Motherboard Asus Prime AM4
16Gb DDR4 2400Mhz       ---------- I'll convince them on the 32!
Graphics 1050 Ti 4Gb DDR5
SSD 480Gb Sata3
HDD 1Tb 7200 Sata3
Monitor BENQ 27” GL2760H
Windows 10 Profissional
 
Price  1191€

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Hardware / Re: New Workstation Help

« on: 2018-04-04, 17:00:56 »

Wow I didn't know RAM usage was limited to that.

So if the scene does load all into the existing RAM, extra RAM won't speed up rendering at all...
Meaning for relatively small scenes, even 16 Gb can do the trick...

I really thought there was a balance on rendering speed between RAM and CPU.

Thanks for the clarification!!!

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Hardware / Re: New Workstation Help

« on: 2018-04-03, 16:36:25 »

Thank you for the prompt reply!

Yeah I was looking at some stats on the new Intel "8th Gen" / Ryzen / Threadripper on this now and I see what you mean...
Pretty cool article (https://www.pcworld.com/article/3230369/components-processors/core-i7-8700k-review-prices-specs-benchmarks.html).

I undesrtand now a little better that core number is essential and quite frankly, the Ryzen beats the i7 by a long shot in both performance and price...I honestly had no idea.

And about the RAM, whats the importance of it in render speed? I know Corona speed depends on Cores / Processor AND RAM but I do not understand the ratio or which is more important...(or why, but I'm guessing that's a far bigger explanation that I should probably search on my own =P)

Thank you once again guys!

Cheers!

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Hardware / New Workstation Help

« on: 2018-04-03, 14:06:50 »

Good afternoon Corona people!!

My studio asked me for advice on buying a new machine that could run corona effectively at around 1200€ and I was looking for some help...
I have always assembled my own PCs and I have done them with mixed use in mind (gaming / rendering) but this one is work only and, looking around, I'm a little confused.

Here's what the IT Guy suggested and they asked me to check (he knows nothing about rendering, I'm the one always rendering but I wanted to not mess this up. If it was for me, no problem, I'd find a way to either make it work or sell what I bought wrong but it's for the studio so I need your help.)

WorkStation  Gen7 i7-7700
Case                            Matrix GM8007-BB C/ fonte 500w 80 plus
Motherboard                 Asus Z170M Plus
RAM                            16Gb DDR4 2400Mhz
Graphic                        Nvidia Quadro K620
SSD M.2 Pcie NVMe 256Gb  (Ultra Fast)
HDD 1Tb 7200 Sata3
Dvd-rw
Monitor BENQ 27” GL2760H
 
Price  1300€

I wanted to refute on some things but I don't know enough to do so...for example, I know from reading the forums that Threadripper might outperform the i7 and I know for personal experience that I need at LEAST 32GB RAM (I had 16 at my house, was constantly running into RAM problems, now I got 32, no more problems) I also know that an SSD M.2 is overkill and I know this might be ungrateful to ask because you can tell me that, if I scour the forums, I will find the answers to both but I was hoping some of you guys might have an easy answer and that it might also help future people who want to round up these questions...

Thank you so much for your time!

All teh Best!