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General discussion

Hard drives on 3D build

Aug 11, 2018 10:01AM PDT

I am building a desktop for Animation and 3d modeling/simulation. Currently I have a AMD Ryzen7, MSI BX470 MB, AMD WX7100 GPU, 32 Gig ddr4 RAM, 500 GIG SSD. If I get a large Disc drive 4-8Tera for file storage and use the SSD for software, will I have to manually move files to the SSD for optimum speed, or will the software automatically load the file while it is in use? I am also wondering which version of Win 10 would be best for what I will be doing.

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Storage
Aug 11, 2018 10:33PM PDT

The app your using will know where the needed file is and load it on an as needed basis.

If you start moving things around you might make a mess.

W10 version......look at w10 pro just for gpedit and it's ability to block msft from feeding you stuff you don't want.

Why did you get that gpu?.....you could have got a gtx 1080 for about the same price and had far more video power.

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GPU.
Aug 12, 2018 8:42AM PDT

I haven't put one together since about 2000, hence all of these questions. If I had gone with an Intel cpu I would have gone with Nvidia . I'm sure it's better now, but back in the 90's trying to use Nvidia with AMD was a nightmare. For me having an AMD CPU/GPU combo made sense. I have a smaller INVIdia on an AMD box I using now and it didn't improve much. I upgraded processor and Ram on it prior to installing the card and it just didn't make much difference. Some things actually seem to be slower. Windows 10 pro for workstations worth the extra 100?

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Extra
Aug 12, 2018 9:09AM PDT

I'm seeing about 30 bucks going from home to pro.

Worth it to me if I'm building.

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Win 10.
Aug 13, 2018 11:09AM PDT

On the Microsoft Site there is a Win 10 Pro, and then for $100 more, there is a Win 10 PRo for Workstations. This will be a workstation, not a gaming machine. Which leads to the question of whether or not it would be worth the extra money for Ecc Ram.

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Ram
Aug 13, 2018 12:52PM PDT

If you go with ecc ram it's more expensive and your selection of mobo's will be limited.

It's your call.

I suppose if I was running a server with 100's of users hourly and data integrity was critical then I would go that extra step.

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Win 10
Aug 13, 2018 1:30PM PDT

I run ACAD and am going to move to Revit on this computer. From time to time on my current machine I will get the blue screen of death informing me of a memory error and I will lose my work since the last save, a few times it has corrupted the drawing file. I have auto save turned off because if it tries a save at while in a command it will cause a crash. Was wondering if ECC may help with this. In my reading it said for servers and workstations. At the same time it said it slows the RAM down a bit.

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Ram
Aug 14, 2018 1:47AM PDT

In the multi years of using these machines I have never seen a ram failure.

So for me ecc is just an unneeded expense

Shop around for a mobo that supports ecc and has the features you want.

Then shop around for ecc ram.

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I deal with broken PCs a lot
Aug 14, 2018 7:58AM PDT

And a RAM failure is rare. More often the memory error is caused by heat or a bad driver or app. For AutoCAD you usually have to check out the heat and GPU drivers when the owner yelps like this.

As to the speed loss of ECC since it's for a workstation such as CAD what's the big deal? It's not like they are playing video games. It's work so the few percent speed loss is no big deal.