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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Finally switched from Mac to PC: And this is what it looks like!!

Asif Limbada

Asif Limbada

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4 years ago I was switching guys from PC to Mac.

Never knew I would have ever done this, but I finally made a decision of using products from people who listen (Yeah, RED, we are selfish :-P)

Here it goes the specs for the new workstation (even though I ordered a GTX690, I am not sure.)

1. Supermicro X9DAi MB
2. Supermicro Chassis 743TQ-1200B-SQ (Black)
3. E5-2687 3.1ghz Sandy Bridge x 2nos
4. Intel 520 120GB x 2nos SATA3 (Boot Drive - Raid 0)
5. 60GB SSD SATA 2 x 8nos for Scratch, Previews, Caches etc
6. Supermicro Memory 8GB ECC x 16nos (128GB RAM)
7. nVidia GeForce GTX 690 4GB x 1nos (Do you guys think I would require one more for better performance)
8. QLogic HBA Dual Channel 8gbps connected to XSAN
9. Decklink HD Exterme 3D+
10. RED Rocket (Possibly in Cyclone 2707)

Now I don't want to buy nVidia Maximus as I think they are changing the cards soon. GTX580 seems to be a popular choice but is PCIE2.

GPU suggestions, usage for:

1. Davinci Resolve, realtime 5K with as many nodes as possible
2. After Effects 5K Native (for things my editor does on it, crazy stuff)
3. Premiere Pro 5K native multi layer.
 
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This thread would of been so much more entertaining had you just had a giant jpeg of a blue screen error...
 
I am getting "Grey Screen of Death" on my Mac Pro when going heavy with 5K :001_tt2:
 
I'm changing the thread name :embarassed:
 
It will be coming in 3 days, will update on the performance.

I am bit concerned with GTX690, its not officially supported by Resolve or CS6
 
Congrats, going the same route is inevitable for me as well, can´t play "waiting for Apple to figure out how to do more than one thing at the time" is not something I plan to do forever.

I mean: how come a company like General Electric can both manufacture the smallest household lightbulbs AND large jet aircraft engines at the same time, yet Apple can´t keep serving the pro-market AND be a leader in smartphones and tablets? Beats me! I haven´t seen an Apple computer that I really wanted to buy in four years, from 1998 (when I got my first mac) untill 2007 any new Mac book or tower would make me drool, and absolutely ace for upgrading (I would sit up late at night watching the commercials over and over, reading the specs, was like christmas eve), not anymore... no enthusiasm, dead... sad!
 
Because Intel.... still has no Ivy Bridge Xeons.... (not an Apple only problem)
 
I feel you man.

Windows 7 is stable, I will miss time machine, finder etc

But for a workstation, when doing edit on n number of screens, its the software that matters.

After they f***ed up with FCPX, people started shifting their software choices (I have both Avid Symphony 6 and Adobe CS6 MC, both of these work on windows 7) Its just made the transition easier.

My MP 09 is getting all clogged with 5K native edits and finishing. :-(
 
Adobe works better on Nvidia cards, with the Cuda hardware acceleration.
If you want to get 100% out of your engine, Nvidia is the way to go for Premiere Pro 6...
It will still work on ATI(AMD) but only software acceleration.
 
Victor Lazaro said:
Adobe works better on Nvidia cards, with the Cuda hardware acceleration.
If you want to get 100% out of your engine, Nvidia is the way to go for Premiere Pro 6...
It will still work on ATI(AMD) but only software acceleration.
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Not true. With CS6 there's OpenCL hardware acceleration with ATI cards, but it's limited compared to what you get with CUDA.
 
Hello Asif,

I'm in the planning stages of building a workstation and is probably going to follow a similar motherboard/processor(s) combination. I'm assuming you installed Windows 7 64bit? How are things running for you? Did you have any unexpected obstacles to overcome? If you could do it again, would you change anything? Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Mike
 
Hi Michael,

There was delay from SuperMicro, I have all the components just sitting there with no Motherboard and Chassis. Tomorrow, is when I will get the remaining components. Will update issues and benchmarks soon.
 
Awww, that's the part I excitedly dread, both getting all the cool components and not being able to test the parts until the other parts come. Definitely not for the squeamish. Best of luck Asif, have a great time putting all the parts together and I hope all goes well! I look forward to hearing the details.

My BT Rocket arrived yesterday and now need to build a computer around it. Probably going to start ordering parts for my workstation in a week or so, still much research to conduct, but eager to see the Rocket in action around a killer set-up. Gotta prep for 6K!
 
I made the leap about 3 months before the FCP X launch ( I must have been seeing the future pretty well! ) and after over 10 years of Mac loyalty, I left. It was hard on my brain, but I built a system myself (my first) that was SO EFFING FAST for not a lot of money. It cost me $1800, is basically an i7 950 based gaming rig, does 4k/5k editing real time with cs5.5. I use a GTX460 (not supported officially, but easily added to the list for a hack) to accelerate Premiere Pro, and it JUST SCREAMS. My current job is getting me a new mac... no choice... so its Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection on a new MacBook Pro for me. But my home system is still amazing.

Asif, you will be very very happy. Looking forward to your results!
 
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