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[Adam]

I'm not actually rendering. (At this stage) so probably don't need that much grunt

[Adam]

Dell U.S, half the price of OZ.    http://configure.us....cap3610w7p0048d

[Tim.]

Ha! that's the new model of machine that i'm working on now - I have the T3600.

You do realise the Dell I posted a link to yesterday has 2x processors? and a starting price new from Dell of $7999!

[Adam]

No I did not realise

 

Bit worried about that graphics card though? Guess I could just upgrade that and I'll be on about 2k

[Tim.]

Just pickup a 2GB gaming graphics card for a couple hundred. That will be plenty for 2D/3D CAD. It's really the full on rendering where a workstation card comes into it's own ie. Maya and Solidworks.

Here's a pretty good comparo
http://www.tomshardw...ard,3493-3.html

[Adam]

Apologies, I should have mentioned, I'll be running solid edge/inventor/solidworks

[Tim.]

Oh, as you were then. Quadro or Firepro

[Adam]

That ebay model would still be a good base I think, Just needs that upgraded card for optimised viewing

[Tim.]

Yeah with two Xeons, it'll be a workhorse. And because there's a second CPU you get an extra 4 RAM slots.

There's also the Z range from HP, like the Z600. Plenty to choose from.
http://www.ebay.com....=item35ca505b7a

[Adam]

Been having some speed issues today

 

[Tim.]

CPU looks fine at 14%, but you're running out of RAM which in turn is smashing the pagefile on your hard drive.

More RAM!!

[Barbbachello]

Can never have too much ram

[CodeBurn3r]

Yup.. you needs more RAMs

 

 

+1 for the Z600 workstations..

 

i pretty much exclusivly sell Dell Systems but when it comes to CAD stuff i always prefer to push the HP Z's
They are great and priced well too..

 

better warranty too.. usually you get onsite next day way cheaper than Dell..

 

Raidam, just puchase a full system and write it off on tax.

 

doing it component by component is cheaper short term but if you have a "dedicated work machine" you can write the lot off and you dont have to stuff around with the "i used the system for Xy% personal and ZY% work..

 

and then they are all certified CAD machines.. so no stuffing around making sure drivers are compatible etc..

the number of times i have had to stuff around with incompatible drivers because of AutoCad.. Faaaark.. 

oh and the systems come without all teh Bloatware BS

[Adam]

Thanks for the tipsssssssssssss!

[skillionaire]

Hi,

 

Is this as huge of a deal as I am being told it is?

 

http://edition.cnn.c...tbleed-openssl/

 

Cheers,

Nik

[Zac]

Seeing as it is a flaw in OpenSSL, it will be a problem for quite a lot of sites, but I'm guessing there will be a fix in the form of a patch very soon.

[Tim.]

Yes it is pretty huge. Basically any site that uses an Openssl certificate to encript your data could be leaking your password/credit card details unknowingly to a third party.

That being said, SSL encription has been broken on IOS (iphones) and OSX (mac computers) for a while. There was a patch to fix that only just recently albeit quietly.

[skillionaire]

Hi,

 

I have the understanding that it cannot be patched; but that is simply from reading, also came across this - stay off Redtube yO!

 

https://github.com/m...ter/top1000.txt

 

Cheeers,
nik

[Samwise]

PayPal isn't vulnerable. No issues there then.

[Tim.]

Can't be patched, the site has to have new SSL certificates generated and applied.