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Chewingun
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hey guys, belive it or not i got a gf .

i just bought a new computer for editing : intel core i7 6800k

asus stix 1070

32 gb of  corasiar vengeance 2400 MHz 

ssd : 2x256 gb  samsung 850 regular and  850 pro 

and i want to share this computer with her. we both edit and want to do it on the same time in 2 different setups.

can i do it? using 2 monitors and 2 sets of keyboard and mouse ofcourse. 

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If you just hook up two kbds and mice, you're still going to have one pointer only and what you type is going to end up in the only text box highlighted. My best suggestion would be to have two discrete PCs, but if it's inapplicable to you, (as ScratchCat said)

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Look up Linus' 2Gamers 1Cpu.

He uses unraid.

With unraid tho, you're gonna need two GPUs and the CPU power and RAM are going to split in half.

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Just now, LionSpeck said:

If you just hook up two kbds and mice, you're still going to have one pointer only and what you type is going to end up in the only text box highlighted. My best suggestion would be to have two discrete PCs, but if it's inapplicable to you, (as ScratchCat said)

With unraid tho, you're gonna need two GPUs and the CPU power and RAM are going to split in half.

i understand, ill check the video out

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1 minute ago, Chewingun said:

anyone else got any other suggestion. there go to be easier way 

"At the same time" is your real issue.   If you mean "one at a time" with different (private even) setups, that is certainly doable ... but both "at the same time" needs two different PC instances (done with virtualisation software like unraid).

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21 minutes ago, Rohime said:

"At the same time" is your real issue.   If you mean "one at a time" with different (private even) setups, that is certainly doable ... but both "at the same time" needs two different PC instances (done with virtualisation software like unraid).

i know that is the problem. its not openning new account on the same one. common you guys got to have a nice solution for me

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1 hour ago, Chewingun said:

i know that is the problem. its not opening (a) new account on the same one. Come on, you guys got to have a nice solution for me

A simple solution - build another computer. :)

(You said "simple", not "cheap")

 

It's most likely that one of you can get by with a lot less computer, such as an i5-6500 with 8Gigs of RAM and an RX 470 or GTX-1060. Except for "render times" you'll never notice much difference between them.

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On 07/09/2016 at 0:46 AM, Quaker said:

It's most likely that one of you can get by with a lot less computer, such as ...

 

Well obviously BOTH of them can get by with HALF the computer they currently have ... 

So maybe sell it and buy two at half the price?

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