New Year, New computer....
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Lol, bit dramatic eh?
Whatever works. Aesthetically I wouldn't like it at all; but if you're not OC'ing and things aren't failing or causing crashes, who cares if it looks like a case designed by Home Depot?
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So it turns out that I didn't buy my system when I originally posted as my wife bought a laptop for home so my work system stayed put....
But now its on!! Things haven't seemed to have changed much since unless you all have some updated tech info....
So here's what I'm ordering:
i7 2600k 3.4Ghz
12Gb 133MHz DDR3 RAM
240GB SSD
1TB Hard drive
Nvidia GTX580 GPU
800W Power supply
Win 7 64-BitThe only thing I am not convinced about ia whether to go with a GTX 680 rather than the 580. Had a look here again http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html and also here: http://www.hwcompare.com/12366/geforce-gtx-580-vs-geforce-gtx-680/
Not sure what 'Texel rate v Pixel rate is or even if I would notice it but would love to know anyway... Also, the cost difference is not much so either way it doesn't make much difference.Anyway, close to sending off final specs so if any of you have comment they are all welcome!!
Oh, and I'm thinking a bigger monitor.... yes, yes I know I have said in other threads that my 24' is sufficient but I am now coming around to something bigger..... HOW BIG???
Cheers,
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Utiler, this looks like a nice machine... I'm pretty close to putting a system together but was leaning towards an i7-3930 (or maybe come back to a i7-3820), but otherwise very similar to yours. I was wondering how you came to your decision regarding CPU? I've also been bouncing the graphics card thing around - originally Quadro 2000, but now reconsidering the same choices as you. Cheers - Mick
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Hey Mick, actually I this CPU was quoted to me a little while ago so I should ask about a the i7 3930.
From what it seems the Quadro cards are priced to target professional CAD users where as the GTX cards perform just as well if not better for what SU needs as you'll see by the links I provided.
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@utiler said:
Hey Mick, actually I this CPU was quoted to me a little while ago so I should ask about a the i7 3930.
From what it seems the Quadro cards are priced to target professional CAD users where as the GTX cards perform just as well if not better for what SU needs as you'll see by the links I provided.
Don't get me wrong, what you have looks good - I was just wondering if there was something particular that swung your decision, as it's pretty hard trying to make a decision with all the choices out there. Having looked at it more, I think the 3820 isn't really a great option, so for me it seems its between the 2600 and 3930.
With the video card, I figure that I can always buy something like the gtx580 and if it doesn't work out for me then I'm sure someone will buy it off me for a reasonable price, but not sure I could say the same for the quadro. As a side note, it seems the gtx580 is being discontinued... so is already old
Cheers
- Mick
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Thanks for that, Mick. I'll ask my tech guys whats hot in cards at the moment....
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@utiler said:
Thanks for that, Mick. I'll ask my tech guys whats hot in cards at the moment....
I'd be interested to hear what they say. From what I can work out the new gtx680 is the pick of them (less wattage, more triangles per sec), but I had a look online and there seems to be a lot of "out of stock" here in Oz, so not that confident of grabbing a cheap one any time soon.
Just to keep the door open on this topic.... I have yet to find anyone who actually has used both the quadro2000 and gtx580 and can offer any first hand comments.
Cheers
- Mick
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@sketchymick said:
"out of stock" here in Oz,
You sounded a little Aussie, Mick!!! Must be the way we write posts...
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Hey Utiler, yep aussie and proud of it
Any advice from your tech gurus?
I can't believe the amount of on-going debate all over the internet regarding Quadros and GTX's, even for apparently quadro optimised software.
Cheers
- Mick
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Hey Mick, we just bought a new system in the office. This is what we went for:
i7 2600
16Gb RAM
Nvidia GTX 580
240Gb SSDAnd it really hums!!!!
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Ok, it's time to buys again.... The one we bought a month of so ago is a beauty but even in that short time things go out of date.
The GTX 580 is obsolete; the 680 is apparently the current pick.
The i7 3930 is the top end processor (apparently) although the Xeon E5 series are the next step up....
RAM is cheap as chips so maybe 24mb...?Any news that I should know about before spec'ing up a new piece?
BTW, we bought an AOC 27" 3D screen which seems pretty good although I do like to stay with Samsung (only because I have always had them...) any others you have good things to say about?Cheers,
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The GTX 580 is is far from obsolete if you are going to use it for cuda calculations, it will beat 680 that is actually heavily optimized for games. Before all nvidia cards tend to play better for GPGPU, if they where "latest", now the game has changed.
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Maybe obsolete was not the right term notareal.... rather old stock. [well here in Australia anyway...]
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Hi utiler... I added an update on my build at http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=45071&p=414555#p414555, partially in response to this thread but thought it probably belonged better there.
Cheers
- Mick
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Cheers Mick!
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