Hi Guys,
In about 2-3 months I am planning to get a new workstation that will serve as a workhorse for my 2D work (Photoshop) , 3D work (Alias software mainly) and rendering work ( Keyshot & possibly VRED), I will also use it for Adobe AE which needs quite a lot of RAM.
Nevertheless main requirements I would say are best CPU power as possible for the budget and a lot of RAM(upto 192 max i believe, but probably 64 or 128 might be enough too). I am not sure about the GPU what kind of card would a need but as far as i know for example Keyshot is CPU based anyway. From my knowledge I know i would need a decent card just to run those software's and up-to 4 monitors.
I would also need some decent SSD as a primary hard drive and possible just a secondary big HHD ( for archive)
What is needed is only the workstation all other stuff like monitors and other accessories i got.
Budget is about : 5-7K GBP so about 7000-10000$ ( obviously I would prefer the options closer to the 5000GBP as im not totally sure if i can stretch all the way to 7000GBP).
I did a small research by myself on various workstation providers, and it just seems that usually their configurations are a bit overpriced comparing to the component prices and just wondered if it might be cheaper just to build this new beast by myself. My current workstation was build with the help of my friend just by gathering components and putting them together and it did work fine for all those years so far. the only worry would be that I wont have any warranty then and if I want to spend so much money on this beast possibly would be better to be more secure if something goes wrong.
Moreover I am slightly confused , should i buy just a normal PC or maybe think of a RACK system ?
What do you think guys ? and what advantages or disadvantages do you see in both ?
Please do let me know what are your suggestions and opinions, as I am not a hardware specialist so I bet you will have a better understanding how I can get best possible machine for that budget.
Thank you in advance for every sensible response.
In about 2-3 months I am planning to get a new workstation that will serve as a workhorse for my 2D work (Photoshop) , 3D work (Alias software mainly) and rendering work ( Keyshot & possibly VRED), I will also use it for Adobe AE which needs quite a lot of RAM.
Nevertheless main requirements I would say are best CPU power as possible for the budget and a lot of RAM(upto 192 max i believe, but probably 64 or 128 might be enough too). I am not sure about the GPU what kind of card would a need but as far as i know for example Keyshot is CPU based anyway. From my knowledge I know i would need a decent card just to run those software's and up-to 4 monitors.
I would also need some decent SSD as a primary hard drive and possible just a secondary big HHD ( for archive)
What is needed is only the workstation all other stuff like monitors and other accessories i got.
Budget is about : 5-7K GBP so about 7000-10000$ ( obviously I would prefer the options closer to the 5000GBP as im not totally sure if i can stretch all the way to 7000GBP).
I did a small research by myself on various workstation providers, and it just seems that usually their configurations are a bit overpriced comparing to the component prices and just wondered if it might be cheaper just to build this new beast by myself. My current workstation was build with the help of my friend just by gathering components and putting them together and it did work fine for all those years so far. the only worry would be that I wont have any warranty then and if I want to spend so much money on this beast possibly would be better to be more secure if something goes wrong.
Moreover I am slightly confused , should i buy just a normal PC or maybe think of a RACK system ?
What do you think guys ? and what advantages or disadvantages do you see in both ?
Please do let me know what are your suggestions and opinions, as I am not a hardware specialist so I bet you will have a better understanding how I can get best possible machine for that budget.
Thank you in advance for every sensible response.
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