Hardware

[IceT]

Hello,
If you read this please post a reply with your hardware info and your opinion.
I am planing on buying a new computer therfore I would like to hear your opinion/thoughts about anything related to this.

So currently I am looking at:

• i7-3770 # of cores 4 # of threads 8 clock speed 3.4 ghz max turbo frequency 3.9 ghz intel smart cache 8 mb
• MSI GeForce GTX 680 OC, 2GB DDR5 (256 Bit), HDMI, DP, DVI
• asrock/gigabyte/msi s1155 B75 ddr3 usb3 sata2 matx
• 8192mb, kingston technology 2x4gb 1600mhz ddr3 non-ecc cl9 dimm kit2 HyperX
• 1tb, wd western digital caviar green 3. 5" sata3 ip 64mb
• sony opti 5280s, dl dvdrw 24x black sata
• jns output power 750 watts 14cm fan
• gigabit, 10/100/1000 mb/s
• hd5. 1, high definion audio 5.1 channel

I might be looking at GTX 660 as well.

How much RAM would be the best case for vray? I read that windows can only use up to 8 GB of RAM.

Also I forgot to add that I'm planing on using it for animations as well as image renders.

Have a nice day!

[valerostudio]

The i7's are the best way to go for rendering horsepower. I have a 6 core (12 threads) at home and it was well worth the few extra bucks to get the additional threads. At work, I have an Intel Xeon E5-2665 @ 2.4Ghz which gives me 16 threads but is really only a little faster than my i7 at home.

[IceT]

@valerostudio said:

The i7's are the best way to go for rendering horsepower. I have a 6 core (12 threads) at home and it was well worth the few extra bucks to get the additional threads. At work, I have an Intel Xeon E5-2665 @ 2.4Ghz which gives me 16 threads but is really only a little faster than my i7 at home.

Do you have Intel Core i7-3930K at home? Or 3770? And what about your video card and RAM?
Are you just rendering images or also videos?

Thank you!

[IceT]

Anyone else please?

[panixia]

@valerostudio said:

At work, I have an Intel Xeon E5-2665 @ 2.4Ghz which gives me 16 threads but is really only a little faster than my i7 at home.

seriously?? everyone i know says multiple xeon is way faster than i7.. but i don't know.
i only work on 3 computers and they are all quad core i7.
actually i've never seen a couple of xeon in action.. i'm curious..

[valerostudio]

This is the resource I used when building my machine http://www.cpubenchmark.net/

[IceT]

@valerostudio said:

This is the resource I used when building my machine http://www.cpubenchmark.net/

Ok thank you. I'm using it as well when I want to compare things.

FOR EVERYONE: Do you have a SSD? How does it help vray and does it help rendering as well? Does/Could it play a similar role like RAM just a bit slower?

And what are you experience with SSD?

Thank you in advance.

[jiminy-billy-bob]

It helps :

• When loading heavy bitmaps at the beginning of the rendering.
• When you run out of memory, and vray has to swap a lot on the hard drive. (It's easy to see, your CPU is not at 100% in that case. It's limited by the HDD)