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Production companies will not be 'speccing this to the max'. This computer is an extremely bad ROI. If anything this segment of the market cares more about this than any other. This is the gucci of computers. One of the most intense compute task is 3d rendering, in VFX this is dominated by CPU...

I've got a corsair rm1000x that I'm using to power a GPU externally to the PSU in the system, the PSU works fine with testing equipment, I've tried to short it by using the pin method and I can get it to turn on and the fan to spin but it seems to turn off shortly after. Is there a way I can...

Cheers. I imagine if my home gets hit by lightning and my NAS enclosure is plugged in it'll still be fried though.

I didn't even think of that actually... so cheers. I guess RAID isn't really what I'm looking for. Couldn't I pull off what you're talking about with another internal HDD? Wouldn't the write speed be faster than using NAS or an external USB drive?

I've never setup a RAID array before and am looking to back up the data I have using this system. I'm hoping to just pop in a new HDD into my tower and have it copy all the data across and then following that update it as new files are written to the original drive - this drive won't contain...

Yeah same, I only spent 1500 on my workstation but kind of feel like I should've just invested in a bunch of smaller quad core machines, especially since i'm using VRAY and the distributed render is so good.

Nice one - thanks for that. Is the cooler gonna be adequate for a decent overclock?

The specs are coming from the system builder's website - you probably know who they are - I think they're one of the main OEM's in the UK, they mainly do gaming rigs by the looks of it. I can PM you the site if that helps? Cheers for the pointers on hardware.

Ok so I think this is the one... £764

Absolutely - apparently it's the best price performance ratio for render nodes actually. I specc'd a fx8350 system for this purpose too, I just kind of wanted a more discrete mini PC rather than another tower, which was the only option for an AMD build with the OEM I use. Would you say the...

Yeah for sure, if I was to go down the 4930k route I'd just build a replica of my current workstation with a crappier graphics card which comes in at £1036. OR - on the bay of dreams there are re-furbed ex corporate machines with dual xeon hex core X5650s for £750~. Really good price but...

:cool::cool::cool: Thanks guys - great advice, really appreciate it. I have the option to switch up the mobo with my current OEM, but now i'm pushing £800 plus. I'm guessing an OCUK build will total around that too. I can do another 4930k node for a grand so, i'm thinking - is it really worth...

I'm looking at getting a pre built Mini-PC with a watercooled 4790k for use as a render node - rendering only - don't need a graphics card. I've never overclocked before, so no idea what will create bottlenecks in overclocking and what temps I can expect on water. I'm looking for it to compete...

geforce gt540m is the card by the way.

I got my new dell xps l502x from outlet delivered yesterday, booted up, naturally go straight to configuring the graphics settings. i find that whatever i do, i cannot set the card as the primary display adapter - it always defaults to the intel integrated graphics, no options in bios to change...

Cheers for the replies, yeah that acer looks pretty good! Also I just checked out the dell outlet, some pretty good stuff. I think I can get what I want for under £500 if i'm prepared to go to 6gb ram. I've never opened up a laptop before, is it relatively easy to install a new ram module? When...

I'm looking for a new laptop to replace my current pc and laptop. I'll be using it to run adobe creative suite, 3dsmax etc and other such demanding programs :rolleyes: What i'm looking for is a quad core system, with 8GB ram, and half decent graphics card. I found something on the bay for 450...

a better graphics card will not decrease render times, it will give you an FPS boost in the viewport. to decrease render times you need a faster cpu!

Nope, it makes no difference. Your artwork won't cover the entire page unless your printer can print borderless. Either way it's probably cheaper to use a professional printer than your own.

Yup, mines gone too now, same issue as everyone else it seems, screen goes black with vertical lines everywhere. It's about 20 months old. What are my options?