Finally gone back(i mean forward) to a PC!
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Enjoy the new machine!
I had a super machine with liquid cooling before, it's great but worrying about springing a leak got to me after about 18 months, back to (good) air cooling after that. Now moved onto beefier laptop rather than HULK desktop, suits my needs fine at the moment. I still have two workstations at home that I can use to network render whenever I require.
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Haha yeah I know. I've been rocking a dual core for far too long!! A Raspberry Pi is probably more powerful!
I did have a macbook pro that seemed to have built-in planned obsolescence. One day everything just broke and I really looked after it. I'm done with Apple.
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Welcome back to the PC Master Race
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Thanks! Feels good to be back.
Can't wait to press Control Alt Delete!
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Do a render and show us what your temps are running?
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will do, need to set up all my render software first
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120GB SSD if this is your working drive is going to send you crazy mate! My biggest wish now is I had gone bigger!
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Nah. The bigger the storage space you got, the more useless junk you pile up.
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I use a 120gb SSD and I get by ok. I also have 1.5 tb of 7500rpm disk hard drives for more menial software and storage.
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Make sure that the Samsung 840 EVO has the latest firmware installed! Otherwise you will experience big slowdowns with older data.
http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/de/html/support/downloads.html
(the "Samsung SSD 840 EVO Performance Restoration Software")And welcome back!
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Thanks numerobis, I'll get my brother to look into that. (He's the IT geek)
Thanks guys. Yeah the SSD is purely to load software, it's almost instant. I don't have a huge amount of software anyway. Just rendering and trading stuff really.
I have a 1TB hard drive for normal storage and an external network 1TB hard drive vault to save more stuff.
Did you know you can get 1TB pen drives now?!!!!! Crazy! They are very expensive though, but wow!
I'm completely done with Apple. I can't tell you how many pen drives and hard drives I've ruined by plugging them into my iMac. It has the tendency to corrupt the drives so they never work again!
It can be something as simple as forgetting to eject the drive before you unplug it. I lost 4 years worth of textures and architecture work that I had amassed onto a WD hard drive....even if I plug it into a windows PC it won't recognise the drive. Gonna have to take the hard drive out the case and plug it directly into the board with some recovery software. The data is definitely on the disc itself, I just can't see it.
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@richard said:
120GB SSD if this is your working drive is going to send you crazy mate! My biggest wish now is I had gone bigger!
But that's the beauty of a PC. If I ever need more, just take it out and bang another in! I'm not concerned, I probably won't even use half that SSD anyway.
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DESERTER!!!!
Only kidding, sounds like a beast. I hope it goes well for you.
Who was the company? And were their prices good?
Mike
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SCAN computers. Appointed to HRH don't you know.
Yes they were well priced, EXTREMELY knowledgeable and had all the parts in stock. I built it in an afternoon with my brother. The sales guy even went on the Thea website to check specs so I got the most bang for my budget.They know their stuff.
It basically worked out cheaper than any imac and probably twice as powerful. And I have 4 screens. And I can update. And I don't have to deal with Apple when it goes wrong. It's a no-brainer. Apple just can not compete with processing power.
Go into SCAN and look at the prices of the components.....Apple basically sell old components for 2-3 times what they are worth. They are that cheeky.
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Do you know when I said a Raspberry Pi is probably more powerful than my old iMac. Well, it is!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/02/raspberry_pi_model_2/
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Oli, if you have the time, do post your cores temps, when you render. I'm very curious about Haswell temps under that task.
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OK. Not had chance yet but I will do.
Is there a Thea test scene anywhere?
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Yeah Oli, I'm inclined to agree with you when it comes to upgradability on Macs. A person now has to decide on what ram to go for on a MBP before buying as its not possible to upgrade afterwards. Much the same with the iPhone.
Still Apple must be doing something right, Apple: what do you do after becoming the world’s most profitable company?
http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2015/02/01/apple-what-do-you-do-after-becoming-the-worlds-most-profitable-c/It looks to me that its Apple's sealed tight system that makes the company so successful. This appeals to non techie folks, like myself to a certain extent I would add. Its the techie folks that can manage to solve the 'blue screens' of the world of Windows. There are still far more independent Windows repair shop on the scene that Apple repair shops.
I'll probably stick with Apple until I see Windows running as problem free as OS X
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Yeah OSX is pretty stable but sounds like you haven't tried a later version of Windows. It's very slick and quick. Negligible difference between mac and windows in terms of usability IMO. Apple appears "friendlier" to me. Pretty sexy looking machine too, I appreciate what they do....but that's about it. They became so successful through their excellent marketing of mobile devices; not their computers.
I believe Apple are going to fade out of desktops and laptops, pretty much concentrating all their efforts on mobile iOS it seems. My iMac feels like an oversized iPhone now anyway.
Even if a mac pro was half the price I still wouldn't get one. Doesn't even come with a keyboard! Or screen, or mouse, or anything for that matter.
And it's already outdated by the time you buy it. Plus you have to see a "genius" to fix it.I suppose this could go on forever. When it comes down to processing power, a PC will destroy Apple. Shame it took me so long to see it!
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