BornAgainBrony 2,362 Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 21 hours ago, -Solstice- said: @Millennium Shadow I do mean 128GB, yes. I am thinking you should use an SSD as a backup. And about Windows 11 - I don't understand what people have against it, it works perfectly for me. Why would you want to use an SSD as the backup drive? HDD's are much more suited to sitting around doing nothing for extended periods of time (which is why most of the big MyBooks are HDD). SSD's are much more suited to being subjected to tons of read/write, which is why they're recommended for the system drive. 21 hours ago, Splashee said: I got my computer back in 2013, dream setup, dual Nvidia cards, but the memory is still on the low side (just 4 GB), and I have been doing Blender, and Photoshop, and all kinds of advanced things even this year! It seems that you do need a lot of memory to really be able to work. And also, like the comment above, SSD drive is a -must have-, especially for the boot drive, but also if you are doing like 4K video and need to access stuff from disk. That's surely going to send the cost of the PC waaaaay up. 4K is terribly expensive to do. You'd probably need a RAID system (for the benefit of OP, that's basically an array of hard drives sitting in a box, working together to form one wicked-fast giant hard drive), to store all the data, and some of those monsters can cost as much as the PC. I haven't even tried to touch 4K yet, but my current hybrid gaming/media studio PC still puts a lot of strain on the hard drives, just from doing HD. @Millennium Shadow Unless you've got a really big budget, I wouldn't recommend 4K video, especially if you're just starting out with learning how to do this stuff. The data storage demands for 4K are just insane, especially once you start doing complex multi-layer composites. I keep the SSD for system files and applications, and occasionally put media source files there if they're going to be accessed constantly. But the rest of the rig consists of four HDD's. Three of them I use to store various source files for the video projects. If I know certain files are going to be accessed simultaneously during playback or rendering, I'll spread those out across the three HDD's so the drives don't have to do extra work jumping back and forth (which slows everything down, and wears the drives out faster). The final drive is where I output the renders. Sure, a bunch of big SSD's are preferable (if you can even find them), but if you're not running a professional studio, they're just not very cost-effective. SSD prices haven't come down nearly far enough yet. A Western Digital Blue 4TB SSD costs $400. A Western Digital Blue 4TB HDD costs $64. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium Shadow 1,095 Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 Quote It's a case I want to spend as little as possible, but I'm willing to pay for what I need, if that makes sense. @Sophie H. You know what I mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophie H. 425 Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 16 minutes ago, Millennium Shadow said: @Sophie H. You know what I mean? I do! but a good laptop for that isn't cheap though, they start at $1000+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium Shadow 1,095 Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, Sophie H. said: I do! but a good laptop for that isn't cheap though, they start at $1000+ This is the laptop I've had my eye on for a while: [LINK] How accurate would you say that Macs are good for creative works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophie H. 425 Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 13 minutes ago, Millennium Shadow said: This is the laptop I've had my eye on for a while: [LINK] How accurate would you say that Macs are good for creative works? "Page not found" D: Macs are perfect for the work you want to do but I told you already that I don't have much experience with it since the programs I use are perfect for windows systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Props Valroa 22,526 Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 @Sophie H. @Millennium Shadow I have a 2020 Skytech PC, it has survived quite well but one of the fans broke and would make a loud grinding sound so I had to take it out. Upgraded to 32GB ram and a new CPU cooler, I had a few moments where it almost died though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium Shadow 1,095 Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 29 minutes ago, Sophie H. said: "Page not found". Oops. Sorry. Try it now. [LINK] —————————————————————————————— 29 minutes ago, Sophie H. said: Macs are perfect for the work you want to do, but I told you already that I don't have much experience with it since the programs I use are perfect for Windows systems. I do want the "perfect for creative works" qualities of a Mac for this Windows computer, but IDK how to do it, if it even can be done in the first place. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— 29 minutes ago, -Solstice- said: I have a 2020 Skytech PC. It has survived quite well, but one of the fans broke, and it would make a loud grinding sound, so I had to take it out. Upgraded to 32GB RAM and a new CPU cooler. I had a few moments where it almost died, though. What a Skytech PC like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Props Valroa 22,526 Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Moments ago, Millennium Shadow said: What a Skytech PC like? It works quite well, comes Pre-built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium Shadow 1,095 Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, -Solstice- said: It works quite well. Comes prebuilt. How much space and RAM does it have? And what OS does it use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Props Valroa 22,526 Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Millennium Shadow said: How much space and RAM does it have? And what OS does it use? 32GB, 500GB SSD, Windows 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium Shadow 1,095 Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, -Solstice- said: 32GB, 500GB SSD, Windows 11. What about the processor? I was thinking of going with a 5.0GHz processor (unsure of which brand), if not higher, is there is a higher, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Props Valroa 22,526 Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Moments ago, Millennium Shadow said: What about the processor? I was thinking of going with a 5.0GHz processor (unsure of which brand), if not higher, is there is a higher, that is. AMD Ryzen 5. No clue what the Hz is on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium Shadow 1,095 Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 1 minute ago, -Solstice- said: AMD Ryzen 5. No clue what the Hz is on this one. Is that a good processor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Props Valroa 22,526 Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 1 minute ago, Millennium Shadow said: Is that a good processor? Works well for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium Shadow 1,095 Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, -Solstice- said: Works well for me! Glad to hear. Dunno if you've answered this or not, but do you know how/why Macs are good for creative works and how to get those qualities into a Windows 10 PC, if possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splashee 28,448 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 2022-07-25 at 2:55 AM, Millennium Shadow said: Dunno if you've answered this or not, but do you know how/why Macs are good for creative works and how to get those qualities into a Windows 10 PC, if possible? What an awesome question...... Windows 10 with enough RAM, enough CPU cores, and all the top programs, will get you everything you need. Apple will give you everything you need for enough money (they choose how much, not the market). It will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium Shadow 1,095 Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, Splashee said: Windows 10, with enough RAM, enough CPU cores, and all the top programs, will get you everything you need. Apple will give you everything you need for enough money (they choose how much, not the market). It will work. So, does it really matter whether I use a Mac or a Windows computer for my creative works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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