Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #44397
From: Chris Meyer <chris@crishdesign.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] (OT) An example of a PC version of a Mac Pro with today's tech for AE
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:48:42 -0600
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
On Jun 12, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Teddy Gage wrote:

rob - didn't see that. makes more sense now. If I had 8 cores I'd still probably shoot for 48-64 gb RAM :)

See my other reply. If you have a reason to buy that much RAM (longer RAM previews of larger frames, can't fit an SSD inside to hold the cache, etc.), then go for it. But if you're buying it to feed virtual cores during multiproc rendering…save your money.

 - Chris



my current workstation: 

Thermaltake level 10 snow edition case (a real conversation starter and a fantastic case to boot. http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/08/thermaltake-level-10-gt-snow-edition-adds-even-more-flair-to-an/)

Asus p9x79 pro motherboard, great for overclocking

core i7 3930K six core overclocked to 4.7 gHz per core

32 GB 1600mHz RAM

corsair H80 liquid cooling

256 GB OCZ vertex SSD for OS

4TB RAID'd storage (hitachi deskstars)

GTX 580 3GB 

Total build was around $2,300, parted out from newegg, amazon and tigerdirect


On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Gergely Szabo <formic.gergo@gmail.com> wrote:
Teddy,

Can you give us an exact system info?

Thanks
Gary

Teddy Gage írta:
I always turn hyperthreading off on my pc, because I can get at least 300-500 mHz improvement per core with overclocking, with more stability. Not to mention RAM requirements.

And Rob, that build is seriously starved for RAM - 16 GB is not nearly enough for CS6 with an 8 core xeon. you'd be better off going with an overclocked i7 sandy bridge six core and 32 GB RAM for much less.
My recent build, which absolutely screams, was well under $3k

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Brendan Bolles <brendan@fnordware.com <mailto:brendan@fnordware.com>> wrote:

   On Jun 12, 2012, at 11:05 AM, Rob & Jenny wrote:

   > Hmm, makes me wonder if I should turn hyperthreading off then.


   On the Mac if you have the developer tools installed, you can
   install the Processor control panel found in
   (/Developer/Extras/PreferencePanes) and toggle hyperthreading on
   and off.  In my AE tests (mostly involving OpenEXR), keeping
   hyperthreading on always gave better performance.


   Brendan


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