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  1. Guys, forgive me the late reply... I've stopped my research for a new workstation, the "big work" that was ready to start will be delayed... I'll probably buy something after the summer... I'll take in serious considerationthe possibility of upgrading my workstation... in this way I could save a lot of money. But I would have loved the possibility of working in one machine and rendering in another at the same time.... thanks a lot Gaby
  2. Hi Dimitri... so you say that with less money I could upgrade to a 4930 with 6 cores ...instead of the 5820...(what is the differecnce with the 3930?) I've had a offer with a I7 5960 (8 cores), that would cost rough 600 euro more than the 5820... The speed gain worth the price? One more question... Better to use 2133mhz Ram or I could use cheaper RAM? Until now I've no problems with 24 gb of ram... and don't think that I should have ram problems with my old ws working as a render node... sometimes I use more ram with chrome than with max ... The only concern was about a motherboard that could show some problems in the near future... thank again
  3. Thank you Nikolaos. My mother board is an ASUS P9X79 , don't know what type of pc cooling I have... Sure the SSD is small, but there is obiovously the SO on it , and reistalling all it's a pain ... XD I'm writing here 'cause I will sure have very good advice, as I've had in the past... My budget? Well, I would like to have some more rendering power . If I should buy a new ws, I'd like not to spend more than 1500 euro... Buying a xeon render node sure will cost me more... 3000 at least, I suppose. My principal concern is about my actual ws and its "faulted" mother board.
  4. Thanks Art, I've read lots of thread alredy I've tried anything on my machine, clean re-installing, new drivers.... only when I've move off the ram slot, all was smooth and perfect again... I know that the gain in terms of speed it's not huge... that was my first concern... and cause my idea of picking instead a dual xeon machine...
  5. Thanks you for your speed reply.. I don't think that was a limit of the mother board... After the upgrade my pc had LOTS of problems, continuos crashes in lots of situations (blue screen every now and then) and was freezing without gaving to me the possibility of Control/alt/canc. My old hardware seller (because I don't want to see it anymore) was unable to understand the problem... I made a memtest (o_o) and had thousand of errors. In case of a new WS, the I7 5820 is good enough? Three years ago I've made the choice to pick a more powerful processor to have a durable machine , and that was a good choice. What is the best choice in terms of cores/money/speed ? thanks Gaby
  6. Hi guys, I'm here to ask for some good advice to buy a new workstation in order to upgrade my little office. I have an I7 3820 with 24 gb ram, GTX 980 and 128 SSD ( and 1 TB Hdd) I need to upgrade , in order to have more rendering power... I work mostly with 3ds max and Corona Render (and some vray). PS, Lightroom . The principal problem is that I've changed the video card and added some ram to my ws some months ago, and after lots of problems I've discovered that the motherboard had a faulted slot, so I've had to stick to 24 gb ram. Now I need some more rendering power in order to cover some new jobs ..and I'm a bit confused. Should I buy a double Xeon render node and continue using my old ws to model... or It would be better to buy another I7 (5820? 5930?) , with 32 gb Ram, and use my old ws as a render node? In this last case I will for sure save some money (I could move the video card to the new ws and buy a very cheap one for the other) and could think to buy a Xeon node in the future when my good old ws would die or became too old (i'm a bit worried about the dead ram slot...) Please help.
  7. I can't use longer cables. The bedrooms are in another floor of the home, the distance is not very long but not at the same floor. Any other ideas? thanks Gabry
  8. Good Evening, I'm here to make perhaps a "strange" question. I normally work in my home office, in a dedicated room. Now I need to make some renovations in my home , and I need to temporarily move my working space. The largest room i could use for this purpose Is my bedroom.... But the problem is... how to deal with the noise of the pc rendering overnigt???? This will not occur every day, but could be frequent during the week. There is the possibility to work from a room to another in remote? Using a Monitor, a keyboard and a mouse, but with the machine in another room?? I see that there are programs that allow to use a remote desktop, but I will need two pc.. and I suspect a delay/lag in working with a 3d file... There is an hardware that can be used with this purpose? I foud this one, but is only for watching TV .. and there is no mouse and keyboard to be connected.. http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/intel-wireless-display.html Thanks in advance, I hope I made myself clear. Gabriella
  9. Thanks for your Reply, Dimitris.. I've heard of these new processors... but I din't get that they were SO different from the others. In your opinion, when will be released the first laptop with the new architecture? I assume (I hope) that they are already testing them... Thanks, Gabriella
  10. Thanks a lot, Krisztian!! I found the zenbook UX51vz , that is the big brother of the one you listed, and has ALL I need 8gb RAM, nvidia Gt 650M 2 gb RAM dedicated, i7 quadcore, 15,6' HD panel ( there is also a touch version) , good battery life, two 128gb ssd Very light, less than two kilos! It's a bit pricey, but still lower than the Mac.. ( 1500 euro more or less) I've only to find where to see/buy it.. The asus site has not a direct online shop. Thanks again Gabriella
  11. Good morning to all.. You have helped me a lot, when I was looking for a desktop pc... Now I need again your precious help. I'm looking for a notebook ( ultrabook?) very light ( less than two kilos) to work with. I'll do mostly Photoshop and lightroom work, only occasional 3dmax/vray render, so i need a good processor and 8 gb RAM, at least.. 13' screen could be enough, I need it very portable, and at home I'll use external monitors. There are notebook or the new ultrabook that have these specifications? I know that one possible answer is the MacBook pro retina.. But I would spend less than 2200 euros... Thanks in advance, Gabriella
  12. why not choose render farm?

  13. Indredible to say, the i7 3820 has the same price of the i7 2700 K... I only need a bigger fan cooler. The i7 2700 can be overclocked, but I think that It's not a safe thing to do with a machine that could render hours (or days...) The motherboard has 4 free more slots, I could expand to 32 gb .. If I'll need it. Probably I'll go for the GTX 580, some people had some problems with the radeon drivers (7850)... and I still remember the nightmare with the 5770 two years ago. Here in Italy the GTX 580 has the same price of the V5900 FirePro. Thanks again Andrew, You have been SO helpful. Gabriella
  14. Thank you so much for your replies. I will definitively switch for a faster Cpu, I've asked a New quotation. @alynn I agree completely with you, but here lots of People Are saying " only the quadro Are certified with Max" " the radeon and the gtx Are for gaming and not for professionals".. They scared me a bit My radeon is a good card, but I had two years ago some problems with the drivers ( catalist) and had to refurbish a broken card. That series Really unlucky. What kind of radeon would you suggest? In your amazon's list you put the firepro v5900.. You still suggest that card? Thanks again in advance Gabry
  15. Good evening to everyone I work with 3dstudio max, Vray (not RT) and photoshop, most of the time. I need a new workstation, I'm a freelancer and I'm starting to have a good amount of daily job (oh well, I hope It will improve, but these are hard days...) I will transform my current pc in a render node, and I need a better pc... I started with the Andrew Lynn's List on amazon in order to achieve a pretty good configuration ... I asked to some vendors, but they can't really give a good avice... These were my ideas... please advice, I'm a bit stuck... processor -- i7 2700 or 3770 or 3820 ?? graphics -- Nvidia GTX 570 / 580 (1280 mb or 3,4 ?? ) or FirePro V5900 ?? (one vendor said that it's better to have a complete intel configuration, so i7+ nvidia or AMD + Firepro ... Other says that's quadro would be a better solution... but I DON'T make CUDA renderings so far and the only affordable quadro for me is the 600 that is REALLY old... I'm also a bit scared for the non-supported drivers for max using the NVIDIA... But on the other end I'm a happy user of a 5770 Radeon...) 16 Gb ram DDR3 SSD 128 gb corsair HDD Seagate 1Tb 7200 rpm (I also have a backup 4Tb Western digital) motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V-PRO/GN3 (this was reccomended from a vendor...) Thanks in advance, Gabriella
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