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Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #46667

From:	Greg Balint <greg@delrazor.com>
Subject:	Re: [AE] 32core AMD build
Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:27:19 -0500
To:	After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>

This is largely a warning, but i just wanted to get this out there since I saw it was on your list.

Unless you already have the HAF X case, I'm going to give you this slight warning about it.

The case is super nice and there's tons of room inside, but I ran into a huge issue when building that I've read a lot of people have.

Basically the 6 sides of the case aren't completely square in a lot of the builds. This doesn't hurt much of the build, the motherboard seats fine and all of that, but what it did affect is my video card mounting/seating. Because the connection to the motherboard is on one plane, and the rear of the card is supposed to be perpendicular but was slightly off, they wouldn't line up properly. If i wanted to screw the video card into the rear slot area, it would unseat the card from the PCIe connection some. Ever so slightly mind you, but enough that it caused some issues and I kept having to check what the heck was going on. Eventually I settled for the rear of the card being a bit offset/angled inside of the rear slot area. It's not horrible, but it's not perfectly aligned.

I bought mine a year ago with this issue and people had issues with it for months beforehand. It may be sorted out now, but just a word of caution. if you're a perfectionist, this may get under your skin.

////Greg Balint
///Art Director / Motion Graphic Designer
delRAZOR.com/

On Friday, November 16, 2012 at 6:17 AM, lsslss wrote:

hi List,

I am planning on building a 32core machine next week.

It's going to be a :
Supermicro H8DG-6-F AMD server
AMD Opteron Interlagos 6272 (2x)
Kingston KTD-PE316K4/32GB kit (2x)

Coolermaster HAF X tower case
Antec True Power Quattro 1200 EC
Noctua NH-U9DO A3 Cpu Cooler (2x)

Intel SSD 520 series 180GB (2x)

I still have 2x Quadro FX 4800 cards, that will go in.
And some other stuff, like BluRay burner etc.

I'm planning on running Windows 7 Pro 64bit (that will allow for up to 192 Gb of Ram)

It's mainly for Adobe Master CS6 (AE, AME, PR), Cinema4d and for creating DCPs.

Is there anything that I should think of, before ordering the build ?

Thx a lot !

kind regards,

Marcel van Berk

Hoge Bomen/LSSLSS

info@lsslss.nl

www.lsslss.nl