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Hello everyone！ Due to some factors, I only have two choices, AMD R5 4500 and AMD R7-2700, mainly need to be able to run Houdini software smoothly and do some small calculations. Please give me some advice. If it were you, which CPU would you choose? Thank you
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Hello, Over the summer, I'm planning to build a new PC for doing FX work (and also just general purpose). My brother put together this spec on pc part picker, (since he's more knowledgeable than me when it comes to hardware) but I thought I'd ask for advice as to where I should spend my money. Here's what I'm currently looking at: I've never built my own PC before so any advice you could give would be really helpful!
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Hey guys, I'm gonna buy a new PC and wanted to ask here for some suggestions. My budget is u$d 3000 to $5000 max My daily apps, Octane, Cinema 4D, Zbrush, After Effects, and currently learning Houdini, wanna do some heavy particle / volume based animations. Saw a friend list on amazon and gave me some ideas: 1) A solid state disk for the OS. Samsung 850 EVO - 2TB - 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E2T0B/AM) 2) Geforce gtx 980 (whats better, 3 gf 980 6gb or 1 titan z 12gb? 3) Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2 2.60 GHz Processor - Socket FCLGA2011 BX80635E52630V2 4) Motherboard? and RAM? These specs are more for the octane/c4d side, not sure how houdini works, if I need great ram, or great video card, any input will be appreciated Thanks! -
Hey Guys, I posted a build last week on reddit and got a lot of great responses. So I reworked the parts lists and now would like further advice and feedback from some houdini users! Bottomline Goals: -Stability and Power -Built for Effects simulation and rendering -3D Rendering - Below 5 Grand Thoughts: - I am prob going to move my mother board down to a Gigabyte UP4 - I want to go with a high end GPU but not a Quadro (There Price Performance still seems off to me) but you guys may have experience with better cards too! My biggest concern is GPU be far the only thing holding me back. I have read the system requirments for h13 and looked through the OdForce Wiki but I wanted to get more opinions on the GPU and see what everyone else is using. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3y87E Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3y87E/by_merchant/ Benchmarks: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3y87E/benchmarks/ CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($636.98 @ Newegg Canada) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($119.99 @ Memory Express) Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.20 @ DirectCanada) Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition EATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($519.98 @ Newegg Canada) Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($447.48 @ Newegg Canada) Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($175.98 @ Newegg Canada) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Superclocked Video Card ($1169.99 @ Memory Express) Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($152.91 @ DirectCanada) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Memory Express) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) ($149.99 @ Canada Computers) Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor ($549.00 @ Canada Computers) Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor ($549.00 @ Canada Computers) Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($34.99 @ Memory Express) Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($22.99 @ Memory Express) Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($22.99 @ Memory Express) Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($22.99 @ Memory Express) Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($129.99 @ Memory Express) Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse ($64.99 @ NCIX) Total: $4866.43 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-25 04:24 EDT-0400)
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I am about to build my first workstation which will be Houdini orientated, I did an extensive research on hardware and I though it may be useful to share it for people who may be in the same place. Also I would like to submit a couple of question which I didn't manage to answer myself. First of all, lets start with my build. Because currently I am not in a place to spend a large amount of money in a super workstation, I have designed two different builds, the first one "budget workstation" is going to use few hardware which I am currently own and it will build on top of those and keeping in mind the second build "ultimate workstation" as an update which may come next year. Why not waiting until have all the money? Because my current pc it's so slow, which is impossible to do anything with houdini. here is the hardware of the two builds: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZAVK_vq2cCobbnTsV2ryMokLOaKSBBpK48gX8xX8H74/edit Questions: 1. What is best combination of nvidia? (one for OpenCL and the other for display) 2. Tesla C2075 and GTX 680 can be in the same setup? 3. Is it true that is better to go with the best (Noctua) air cooling than a cheap (Hydro Series™ H60) water cooling? 4. Any suggestion? Please share your experience on the listed hardware or your own setups. cheers
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Hello All, I am new to these forums and this is my first post. I am almost as new to Houdini as I am to these forums, so I am just learning Houdini using Apprentice. Houdini works just fine on my current computer, but it is pretty outdated at this point. It was built back in 2007! So I'm looking at upgrading with a completely new build. I've done a good amount of research related to a computer build that would work pretty well with Houdini and based on that I've put together a build. I would like to get some thoughts as to how this build looks and any suggestions and/or recommendations for what to change. The build is linked here: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/lhI9 I do have some questions related to some of the info that I've found in my research: - Is 64 GB of RAM overkill for someone just starting to learn Houdini? I'm thinking of dropping the extra set of 32 GB to save some money. Although $30 off seems like it is a good deal... - I am most likely going to remove the second GTX 680 from the build to save money. How valueable is it to have that second GPU? If I keep (or add later) the second GPU, should the two GPUs be connected via their multi-GPU connector (SLI for nVidia)? Or should the 2 cards be left unconnected? I've never used a multi-GPU setup so I'm not 100% how to configure them. - I've read about different combinations of SSDs and HDDs. What is a recommended setup? In the build you'll see that I've included 1 SSD. Is it worthwhile (value wise) to get a second SSD and have them in Raid 0? I already have 2 1TB 7200 rpm drives in my current computer that I can use. How should I utilize those in this new build? I read a mention of setting up the SSD as a local cache and using regular HDDs for files. Does Houdini use the OS disk as a default local cache, or does that need to be configured? Any suggestions and insight here is very helpful! - This is kind of a random question...I've read that nVidia cards are better for the viewport while AMD cards perform better with OpenCL. What about installing an nVidia card as the main GPU for viewport and installing an AMD card as a second GPU. Then set Houdini to use the AMD card as the OpenCL card? Does this even make sense or is it just a silly idea? What would the advantages and disadvantages be? - I am very much in need of a new mouse and keyboard. You'll see the ones I selected in the build. What input devices do you guys use? Which mouse and keyboard? - Displays. I currently own a BenQ 241W and use a very old Dell 2005FPW as a second monitor. I'd like to upgrade my displays, though I'm not sure what to do yet: get a second 24" or upgrade to a 27"? Which displays and display setups are suggested for Houdini work? Many thanks for your time and suggestions. I look forward to learning much about Houdini from all the awesome info and people in this forum. Hopefully I'll be able to give back one day. Cheers.
