i7 Builds - Specs and Results

[Skwaidu]

Originally Posted by DonaldM

One other question I'll ask here. For things like my iLok key, or my WiFi USB device, and other dongles, can I use one of those powered USB hubs? Will that create any issues?

As far as dongles, sure, but personally I'l keep a wifi dongle attached directly to the machine. You can grab a Wifi-supporting motherboard(so no need for dongles), btw.

[Kris75]

Originally Posted by Shan

Congrats on your newest Beast Build, Kris! What an amazing spec!

Shane

DUDE!!! I still remember putting together the "Jet" aka the dual Opteron 265 with you! This new machine is louder than I'd like, but nowhere near as loud as that! haha.

[Wilfriedd]

Originally Posted by Wilfriedd

I didn't really know about that. So the motherboard here has already an integrated GPU that could do the work (fluent screen for composing and editing) ?



Okay , i will erase the Nvidia one which was the cheapest from the list here.
Will save 75€ .


But what's your opinion guys overall about this ?

Hello everybody . Any thoughts ?


Thanks !

[EGS]

Originally Posted by Wilfriedd

Hello everybody . Any thoughts ?


Thanks !

Built-in graphics vs dedicated graphics card?

If you have a modern/fast CPU (with integrated GPU), then offloading general graphics tasks to the CPU should work. Try it! Having said that ... if budget allows, get a graphics card.

[Skwaidu]

Originally Posted by EGS

Built-in graphics vs dedicated graphics card?

If you have a modern/fast CPU (with integrated GPU), then offloading general graphics tasks to the CPU should work. Try it! Having said that ... if budget allows, get a graphics card.

Agreed, that you can always try it with the iGPU first - it's anyway good to have the option as a fallback, IMHO. You can always add a discrete GPU later (second hand options can be very smart price-wise).