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A few of my thoughts: 64GB is probably a bit much initially, but it's much easier to buy all the same RAM at once than it is to track down a kit that matches what you have installed, a year later. I agree you should only have 1 680 installed. SLI only works for fullscreen games, not windowed workstation apps (need a Quadro for that, and Houdini doesn't support that sort of multi-GPU rendering). A common storage config is a smaller SSD for the system and applications drive (100-200GB), and larger HDD's for data (2TB+). Putting SSDs in RAID will often prevent TRIM from working, though I think a recent Intel driver update for their RAID controller resolves this issue. AMD 7000 and FirePro W series seem to cause a driver reset with Houdini 12 when OpenCL is invoked, so it's not a great choice at the moment. AMD is looking into resolving this. Also, having a second card in the system that runs off a different driver is possible, but it might not be worth the setup/driver hassle. An IPS display, either 1920x1080/1200 or higher (2560x1440/1600) is recommended. I prefer 16:10 displays myself, but they can be tough to find. Houdini can run on multiple monitors, though I prefer a single large display myself. Keyboard doesn't matter too much (personal preference), but make sure you get a mouse where the middle button is easy to press; many mice have a wheel/button combo that can make panning a bit challenging. Hope that helps.

ok so we have 3 methods: 1 - save original pos, move all points(match by id), group match ones that are in 0,0,0, move them back to original pos 2 - introduce edit attribute "edit", make a "dinamic group"(?) based on it, match by id, move only those points 3 - create group with python expression on original points by matching "id", transfer pos to only those points results: 1- while fast its sort of risky coz you could have a point(s) that is originally @0,0,0 and was edited, and it makes group with expression 2- makes group dynamically, moves only necessary points, no need to store original pos 3- python expressions for groups are slooow eval time of 100 animated frames(for pos transfer only): 1- 9.447s 2- 9.518s 3- 22min 6.56s i would go with v2