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Hi Alex, glad you found it useful a) I'm slowly moving my stuff over on my NAS, but still have my main stuff on the workstation's network mapped drive. I haven't seen any slow downs with having stuff on the NAS and I don't think you will run into any problems there when it's just you accessing the NAS. Without knowing your NAS/server type, things might start to slow down, if you expand and have many connections trying to fetch data from your NAS at the same time. For now you should be good. - As a bonus info Corona Renderer has an option in the coming 1.6 version that will send missing assets to the node (unless they are on an available network drive). b) I can't answer this for sure, but sooner or later you'll be forced to update to win10 anyways. So I would just go with win10 on both

oh dear... thanks for the laugh though Jan! I hope you'll enjoy the new node now

I'm not sure if there is a question hidden somewhere in your message, but if you want to get rid of all those unused maps, you can use the Relink Bitmap script to purge them all. Here's how: Install the script: http://www.colinsenner.com/scripts/relink-bitmaps Open your asset browser, mark all your unwanted maps, right click and "strip path" Open the Missing bitmaps script and press the button: "Delete all missing maps". Hope this can help you

Huh, that's odd. I'm sure Jeff can explain what's going on

Have you tried Fstorm? It's in beta and only for 3ds max, but seems like there's a lot of hype to it atm. It's still free and I see great results from people already. It's material converter is also pretty good: http://www.fstormrender.ru/

That is really interesting! Can't find a local dealer though and I need it on monday...

I agree with you on the workstation type of PC laptops and that the Macs are indeed more stylish. However, I want a laptop that I can integrate seamlessly in my workflow when needed. So it has to be a windows one. I don't see the idea of getting an expensive mac and run bootcamp on it. Thanks Ramon, glad to hear it. Seems the integrated HD520 gpu should suffice for me to use. I don't like trackpads for 3D/photoshop work, so will always bring a mouse for those times

You're welcome. You can rest assure that Juraj is spot on in his answer (Thanks Juraj). Hi Gudrun, I'm glad it was helpful to you! Enjoy your new node

Hi guys I need a laptop that I can bring to client meetings, use on travels and workshops (light 3ds max and photoshop work) and also just on the sofa at home. Not at all a portable workstation. So it needs to be portable and light (thinking 14" and under 1.7kg). Have a good screen 1920p will be fine, but needs good color accuracy). Good battery life. No fancy gaming laptop. Simple design. 8gb ram minimum. I'm not sure what is needed cpu/gpu wise for my needs. Will an i5/i7 with the onboard HD520 gpu suffice for light 3ds max and photoshop work or is it totally hopeless? I'm thinking that the discrete GPUs loose out on battery performance/portability. The Dell XPS is too expensive. I'm currently looking at the Lenovo Yoga 700/710. What are you guys using / any advice? Thanks.

Check the Corona forum: https://corona-renderer.com/forum/index.php/topic,10696.0.html Also, you should upgrade to 1.4 and try the new denoiser feature. You'll be amazed of how few passes is needed now

Wait a month or two. Nvidia is releasing their new cards atm and AMD will follow soon. So prices on all cards should drop a little. You might even consider getting a used card now that many gamers will be upgrading. The GTX 970 as Francisco mentions should suffice. Brand doesn't matter much. Try and get one with a good cooler on it though. Asus, Gigabite and MSI comes to mind.

Hi Matt I'm very happy with the build. There is always a risk when buying second hand items. That is part of the price, but the value of these chips for the current prices are second to none. I'm not sure on the failure rate of xeon cpus, but I can't imagine they are close to anything worth worrying about. They are meant for server/heavy workstation use after all. So if you are able to find trustable people on ebay, I'd go for it. What racks are you using? The motherboard I chose had to fit in to a normal atx case. You might have more options when going with a rack build. Check the CPU clearance level of the rack. Noctua provides many different cooler sizes. My choise is actually meant for 3U racks. Temperature wise I don't worry about it any more. The "conclusion" from the great people through this thread is, that I'm okay as is. That said, I haven't had the time yet to mount the new case fan, reapply the thermalpaste and try a 3rd airflow approach. I'm thinking it could result in a reduction of a few degrees. Might not be worth the trouble, but I find it fun to tinker with. Depending on where you'll have the racks placed, you could just have all fans go 100% all the time and probably see much better temps. My node is right behind me on the shelves, so that's not something I do (due to the noise level). Good luck, please feel free to contact me if you have any other concerns/questions.

Hi Adam Was the first time I did so too. I just looked for a seller with good reputation and where the item description looked good and not lacking/hastefully written. Also make sure that your seller ships from inside the US (in my case EU) so you won't get any annoying customs tax on top of the price + long shipping time and cost. I think eBay can help you with a refund if the item is faulty, but make sure so check the seller's "return policy". All in all, it was a pretty good experience and the item came quickly+well packed, but I guess thats really up to the seller.

Noted on the thermalpaste, will redo both of them soon. Thanks for the case fan examples, sadly I just ordered a single 120mm Noctua case fan (NF-S12A PWM at around 107m³/h). It will replace the right side single Fractal one for either intake or exhaust. Probably exhaust as I'm planning to revert to my org. air flow setup and redo the thermal paste at the same time. Thinking the two left side Fractal 120mm are sufficient in providing air straight to the CPU Noctuas, and then having the new 120mm Noctua case fan with much better airflow, being able to exhaust all that heat. I'll remove the two 80mms again, as they just seem to dirupt the flow. Atm. the temps are with the fancontroler set on medium, so I'm guessing its only around 8-900rpm on the Fractal fans. The case/node i've chosen has a max height for CPU coolers at around 13cm, so these were the best ones I could fit. Again, I know its not an optimal case performance wise, but I chose it for the form factor, stackability and looks. Nice to see others wanting to try a build with the 2670s, best of luck and let us know how it goes

Feeding the Noctuas enough cold air and let it seep out where possible, seems to work better than trying to remove the hot and not having enough cold air comming in. Any recommendations on one good 120mm that could pull in lots of cold air but without sounding like a hair dryer? Yeah that too Scott, I'm not sure if the one CPU running a bit hotter is the one I added the tiny bit extra to or not. Might also just be the same. I'll keep an eye on it. Didn't clean any of it off, the node have only run for a day or two in total so far. But should I? There is a systemp on the HWmonitor program and it stays around the 39-40degrees constantly. Guess that might be the one, but don't know where its placed on the motherboard. Pretty much sums up my thinking atm. Should spend all this time on getting assets sorted instead Thanks again guys for all the great advice.