"new"desktop i'm putting together for DS 4.8 use - opinions pls

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• Mistara Posts: 38,675

  July 2015

  would suggest 16gb ram if you could manage it.  

  i'm currently at 4gb, lotsa a page swapping. >.<

   
• Esemwy Posts: 578

  July 2015

  Concur on the memory. Backup drive?

  Remember, hard drives are cheap; time is expensive and you can never get it back.
• Ikyoto Posts: 1,159

  July 2015 edited July 2015

  I've got the 250gb, am putting in a dvd  burner, a stack of other older hds and I can crank the board up tp 8gb. Next week is the install for all the daz stuff from here, rosity and rotica. I hope to have all of the stuff I use installed by thanksgiving.

  Post edited by Ikyoto on July 2015
• Mistara Posts: 38,675

  July 2015

  and organizing it so yoo can find it again 
• Richard Haseltine Posts: 108,091

  July 2015

  Also bear in mind that that video card will not do much for Iray, if you want to render with it. A 4GB 740, if it will fit your budget, would be better.
• mtl1 Posts: 1,508

  July 2015

  I'd suggest a 960 4GB, but I'm kind of biased because that's what I'm using right now :D
• Ikyoto Posts: 1,159

  July 2015 edited July 2015

  MistyMist said:

  and organizing it so yoo can find it again 

  I acually have a notebook listing stuff I use alot by scene/genre. good old paper and pen. Othewise I'd be SO much more confuselled than usual.

  Post edited by Ikyoto on July 2015
• Ikyoto Posts: 1,159

  July 2015 edited July 2015

  mtl1 said:

  I'd suggest a 960 4GB, but I'm kind of biased because that's what I'm using right now :D

  Richard Haseltine said:

  Also bear in mind that that video card will not do much for Iray, if you want to render with it. A 4GB 740, if it will fit your budget, would be better.

   Both very good and vakid points, But I'm an old, cheap grump.

  Post edited by Ikyoto on July 2015
• fastbike1 Posts: 4,078

  July 2015

  @Ikyoto

   

  Still and all, you haven't even mentioned the processor. What attributes of 3d are important to you? If you are considering Iray, a (much) better video card will do more for you than the second monitor. Your specs imply a low end general purpose, e.g. Budgets, internet, email home computer rather than a machine intended for 3D rendering.
• Testing6790 Posts: 1,091

  July 2015

  Based on your build, I would recommend maybe losing a monitor to get more RAM. You won't really see much performance on IRAY with that card. What processor are you looking at? You're probably going to get some slow renders.
• Bendinggrass Posts: 1,380

  July 2015

  I would go for a Xeon processor with a decent number of cores, say 10 cores. Forget the SDD, and the small monitor and get as much RAM as possible. 2 X 1T HDD easily for back up..... just thinking.....