Hi!, I never done that and I have to spend all money I have for a workstation so I am a little scared and I am kindly ask for your guidance 
I have 5k$. These are huge money for me and I need it to be perfect I am working with Creative Clouds and Autodesk programs, Zbrush and rendering softwares. First of all- 3D, but also making movies and design.
If I had to determine the characteristics of my ideal workstation, it would be (in this order):
1 Stability
2 The possibility of further expansion
3 Performance
After hours of reading, I would like to go for a workstation based on 2 xeon processors.
When it comes to motherboard - I would like it to be the most "future-oriented" - the point is that I want for example after 5 years sell my Xeons and invest in better ones, without changing all the equipment. So the motherboard is for me the most important part. I am thinking about Supermicro - there are models where you can expand ram to unimaginable magnitude.
However, I am a complete noob so I could be wrong.
As for the graphics card - I know that I should aim for quadro, however, all these articles that showes advatage over other cards is not enough to convince me to go for it. Maybe you can?
I also heard about "tesla" ones but did not find too much information (at least not those that I understand) that would explain to me what they are better.
When it comes to cooling, power supply, memory, case - I have no idea. I am rellying on you guys
Best wishes,
Paulina
I have 5k$. These are huge money for me and I need it to be perfect
I am working with Creative Clouds and Autodesk programs, Zbrush and rendering softwares. First of all- 3D, but also making movies and design.If I had to determine the characteristics of my ideal workstation, it would be (in this order):
1 Stability
2 The possibility of further expansion
3 Performance
After hours of reading, I would like to go for a workstation based on 2 xeon processors.
When it comes to motherboard - I would like it to be the most "future-oriented" - the point is that I want for example after 5 years sell my Xeons and invest in better ones, without changing all the equipment. So the motherboard is for me the most important part. I am thinking about Supermicro - there are models where you can expand ram to unimaginable magnitude.
However, I am a complete noob so I could be wrong.
As for the graphics card - I know that I should aim for quadro, however, all these articles that showes advatage over other cards is not enough to convince me to go for it. Maybe you can?
I also heard about "tesla" ones but did not find too much information (at least not those that I understand) that would explain to me what they are better.
When it comes to cooling, power supply, memory, case - I have no idea. I am rellying on you guys
Best wishes,
Paulina
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