The $1000 Workstation – Intel i5 Edition
CGI Artists, architects and engineers often seek to improve on their workstations, or build one from scratch meeting performance and most likely budget criteria that cannot be met by off the shelf...
View ArticleCG Workstation – The “Apprentice”
Stepping up the game from both a n intel i5 and a AMD FX-8350 alike, the 4770K/3770K i7 “duo” is thet all-around processor for the demanding user. This build is aimed to fulfill the role of a mid-range...
View ArticleCG Workstation – The “Pro”: Getting serious
Each generation of CPU architecture has its limits…so much MHz, so many transistors per mm2 . What if we want more power? Well, according to intel and nVidia, pack more of the same! The recipe seems to...
View ArticleThe fuzz around low profile RAM heatspreaders
PC builders with limited experience around the modern air cooling beasts that high-end CPUs require in order to be overclocked are troubled with me insisting on low profile memory dimms. In this short...
View ArticleCG Workstation – The “Pro”– Overkill edition
“If brute force is not the answer for your problem, you are not using enough”. This appears to be the way of thinking for both intel and nVidia when they’ve pieced together the leading characters in...
View ArticleCG Workstation –“The Powerhouse”– Q1 2015
Based on Intel i7-5960X – Q1 2015 With the coming of the Haswell-E last summer, Intel introduced the first “consumer” grade Octa-core, replacing six-core flagship “Extremes” that were leading the i7...
View ArticleThe $500 Render Node – Q3 2016
Intel i7 & 16GB RAM – Q3 2016 This configuration is aimed to act as a dedicated CPU rendering node. The components are chosen so that the hardware – excluding OS – will be right around the $500...
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