PC recommendations

[jrharvey]

Re: PC recommendations

Little bit late here, but...

Yea, I can't image why anyone would choose 32bit over 64....it just doesn't make sense anymore...

The only downfall with building your own is that you can't just call somebody to see what the issue is, its almost always much more involved then getting something from dell. That being said, I'm glad I've built my own system and I would certainly do it again.

Wow...Quad socket...the cost of that MoBo alone has to make it completely not worth while, since its probably upwards of $750...can't I get a full quad core machine up for that??...part of me still wants it though

Very OT here (and something for John and I), I'm going through with installing XP, Win7 and Linux on my new HD either today or tomorrow....we'll see how it goes. BTW release date for win7 is slated for Oct 22nd...

I imagine a quad socket MB would be over $1000 since the current dual socket motherboards that are worth a crap are around 500+. to about 700 not to mention how expensive the CPU's are. Its not very cost effective but I guess its more for people that cannot distribute the load across multiple computers like Vray can. I suppose if your limited to only one computer then it makes more sense. Good luck with your tri boot setup. Ive seen some impressive numbers from windows 7 and Cad/OpenGL apps. Ive also seen some fantastic numbers coming from the latest version of Ubuntu. I still have not upgraded from the last version but I have no problems with it so I may just leave it.

[dalomar_cg]

Re: PC recommendations

$750 was being very optimistic....I built my last machine with a dual opteron Tyan board which was about $450 I think (that was almost 3 years ago). Great moBo, but definitely up there.

I think those setups are more for servers that HAVE to process the data locally. When dealing with hundreds if not thousands of requests, even shuttling processes off to other computers take time. Some times I wonder if the days of dual moBo systems will come back into fashion (not that it ever really was) as a way to cram more processing power into a more cost effective system.


I'm quite excited to see what happens with getting the new OS's up and running...first order of business is getting XP to a point where I can work on it as I kinda need to do that. Then its getting Win7 together so I can start playing around. I'm very interested to see what V5 does on win7. Ubuntu is just for fun, provided that I get relatively bored with win7 somewhat quickly. I'm goin all open source for Ubuntu though...Blender here I come

[jrharvey]

Re: PC recommendations

$750 was being very optimistic....I built my last machine with a dual opteron Tyan board which was about $450 I think (that was almost 3 years ago). Great moBo, but definitely up there.

I think those setups are more for servers that HAVE to process the data locally. When dealing with hundreds if not thousands of requests, even shuttling processes off to other computers take time. Some times I wonder if the days of dual moBo systems will come back into fashion (not that it ever really was) as a way to cram more processing power into a more cost effective system.


I'm quite excited to see what happens with getting the new OS's up and running...first order of business is getting XP to a point where I can work on it as I kinda need to do that. Then its getting Win7 together so I can start playing around. I'm very interested to see what V5 does on win7. Ubuntu is just for fun, provided that I get relatively bored with win7 somewhat quickly. I'm goin all open source for Ubuntu though...Blender here I come

Ubuntu for fun? Dont forget about Vray for linux now Anyways, BOXX makes dual Motherboard quad nehalem systems and you can buy them now.

[dalomar_cg]

Re: PC recommendations

No V-Ray for Linux, but spawners might be running on Linux with the next full version... We'll see though.

Yea, BOXX has been doing dual MoBo systems for years now...however those tend to be the ones that are like 20 grand...not exactly in my price range (I'm still paying off my car )