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Hi all. I hope you are having a good day.

 

My name is Manolis and I am PhD student studying cardiovascular disease in the UK. Our department is finally putting in the funds to purchase the software Imaris, a powerful 3D software (super expensive), very useful for research. My supervisor is in charge of purchasing a computer strong enough to support this software and she asked me if I had any suggestions. I built my gaming PC last year but I am thinking that a different kind of computer is needed for this. Any ideas on what kind of components would make a significant difference in the performance of the software? Lots of people are going to be using this and benefiting from the software.

 

Thank you guys in advance.

 

Note: Budget from funding can reach 2500 british pounds but spending less is preferred.

 

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3 minutes ago, Manolis said:

Hi all. I hope you are having a good day.

 

My name is Manolis and I am PhD student studying cardiovascular disease in the UK. Our department is finally putting in the funds to purchase the software Imaris, a powerful 3D software (super expensive), very useful for research. My supervisor is in charge of purchasing a computer strong enough to support this software and she asked me if I had any suggestions. I built my gaming PC last year but I am thinking that a different kind of computer is needed for this. Any ideas on what kind of components would make a significant difference in the performance of the software? Lots of people are going to be using this and benefiting from the software.

 

Thank you guys in advance.

 

Note: Budget from funding can reach 2500 british pounds but spending less is preferred.

 

you will need a 6 or 8 core, and a 1080, just think OP gaming machine and you have what you need for CAD, pretty much also more RAM the better, to a point. Wait for Ryzen though before you build it, just incase they offer good performance

 

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The Toasted Controller (i5 4670, R9 380, 24GB)

The Semi Portable Toastie machine (i7 3612QM (was an i3) intel HD 4000 16GB)'

Bread and Butter Pudding (i7 7700HQ, 1050ti, 16GB)

Pinoutbutter Sandwhich (raspberry pi 3 B)

The Portable Slice of Bread (N270, HAHAHA, 2GB)

Muffinator (C2D E6600, Geforce 8400, 6GB, 8X2TB HDD)

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loaf and let dough (A printer that doesn't print black ink)

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The Toaster (C2D, intel HD, 4GB, 2X1TB NAS)

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5 minutes ago, Manolis said:

a computer strong enough to support this software and she asked me if I had any suggestions

he should ask the people who made the software, they usually have a "we recommend this kind of system" they can give you to start from.

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1 minute ago, manikyath said:

he should ask the people who made the software, they usually have a "we recommend this kind of system" they can give you to start from.

This is a good suggestion

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3 minutes ago, manikyath said:

he should ask the people who made the software, they usually have a "we recommend this kind of system" they can give you to start from.

Multiple cores and threads 

 

http://www.bitplane.com/systemrequirements.aspx

 

High End System

  • Windows 8.1 x64 / Windows 10 x64
  • RAM: 64 GB or much more
  • 3.4 GHz CPUs (Intel) total 8 core
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon 
    RX 480 8.0 GB
  • Multiple PCIe SSDs
  • Monitor: single 1280 x 1024 pixels up to dual 1920 x 1200
  • Mouse: 3 button wheel

You're looking at the X99 platform and probably something like a 6900K, doesnt look like a GTX1080 is necessary though (Makes sense to me, most of these programs rely on CPU, not GPU, I''m a CAD techniciam so I would know)

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3 minutes ago, grimreeper132 said:

you will need a 6 or 8 core, and a 1080, just think OP gaming machine and you have what you need for CAD, pretty much also more RAM the better, to a point. Wait for Ryzen though before you build it, just incase they offer good performance

 

i'm debating wether to ask you how much experience you have with this specific piece of software, or to ask how far up your ass you needed to reach to pull that advice out.

 

for all they say on their website the multithreaded optimization may tank down the drain after 4 cores, and seeing they have OSX on their list of supported hardware i wouldnt be surprised if they dont expect more than an R9 something in terms of graphics.

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3 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Multiple cores and threads 

 

http://www.bitplane.com/systemrequirements.aspx

 

High End System

  • Windows 8.1 x64 / Windows 10 x64
  • RAM: 64 GB or much more
  • 3.4 GHz CPUs (Intel) total 8 core
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon 
    RX 480 8.0 GB
  • Multiple PCIe SSDs
  • Monitor: single 1280 x 1024 pixels up to dual 1920 x 1200
  • Mouse: 3 button wheel

You're looking at the X99 platform and probably something like a 6900K, doesnt look like a GTX1080 is necessary though (Makes sense to me, most of these programs rely on CPU, not GPU, I''m a CAD techniciam so I would know)

i couldnt find that one, damn their website is a mess :P, that said, the bolded piece of your message was something i expected even without that spec sheet :P

 

EDIT: i'll dink around in pcpartpicker to see what i can do for you.

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2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

i couldnt find that one, damn their website is a mess :P, that said, the bolded piece of your message was something i expected even without that spec sheet :P

 

EDIT: i'll dink around in pcpartpicker to see what i can do for you.

I just google (software) requirements. That site is a mess I agree

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1 minute ago, TVwazhere said:

I just google (software) requirements. That site is a mess I agree

if they can survive with such a messy website i guess their software must be really good tho :D

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PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JkxHbj
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JkxHbj/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6900K 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  (£967.54 @ More Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£119.93 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£199.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£229.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£48.33 @ PC World Business) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£63.45 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£63.45 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card  (£428.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  (£125.70 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£108.54 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £2354.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-16 14:56 GMT+0000

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You guys are of great help. Haha the website is indeed a mess but the software is awesome (but so overpriced....)

Some of the things you can do: 

 

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3 minutes ago, Dawson Wehage said:

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JkxHbj
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JkxHbj/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6900K 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  (£967.54 @ More Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£119.93 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£199.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£229.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£48.33 @ PC World Business) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£63.45 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£63.45 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card  (£428.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  (£125.70 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£108.54 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £2354.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-16 14:56 GMT+0000

this is their balls to the walls recommendation:

10 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Graphics: AMD Radeon 
RX 480 8.0 GB

what the flip is a GTX1080 doing in there?

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5 minutes ago, Dawson Wehage said:

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JkxHbj
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JkxHbj/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6900K 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  (£967.54 @ More Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£119.93 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£199.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£229.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£48.33 @ PC World Business) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£63.45 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£63.45 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card  (£428.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  (£125.70 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£108.54 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £2354.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-16 14:56 GMT+0000

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  • NVIDIA Quadro M4000
  • NVIDIA Quadro M2000M
  • NVIDIA Quadro K5200
  • NVIDIA Quadro K2200
  • NVIDIA Quadro K6000
  • NVIDIA Quadro K5000(M)
  • NVIDIA Quadro K4200
  • NVIDIA Quadro K4000
  • NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
  • NVIDIA Quadro K2000
  • NVIDIA Quadro 6000
  • NVIDIA Quadro 4000
  • NVIDIA Quadro 600
  • NVIDIA Quadro K3100M
  • NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
  • NVIDIA Quadro 3000M

Nvidia Game Boards

The 10 series (and 9 series in fact) is not listed as supported, and even the older generations seems to also show poor ratings within the software. I'd go RX480, and then use a PCiE SSD, faster access to data adn all that. I imagine they have a data center to store information as well so they might need as much on board storage (just my own experience, I could be wrong)

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Also the RX series need win10 to work according to the website!

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I would love to say Ryzen but it only supports 4 dimms.

3600X @ stocke | 5600XT TUF OC @ 1850 | 2x16 + 2x8 RAM 3200 HD | 1tb Samsung 970 EVO Plus | Lian Li 205M | TT Toughpower Grand RGB 850 | throwaway b450 asus mobo | BQ cooler

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17 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

 

 

High End System

  • RAM: 64 GB or much more

L O L

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  (£398.73 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D9L 46.4 CFM CPU Cooler  (£42.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus X99-E ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£204.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£338.22 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Intel 750 Series 400GB PCI-E Solid State Drive  (£419.99 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Toshiba 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£83.34 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£83.34 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 8GB ARMOR 8G OC Video Card  (£199.98 @ Novatech) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£95.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£116.11 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Full - USB 32/64-bit  (£147.50 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £2131.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-16 15:12 GMT+0000

 

probably far from ideal, but i havent slept in something like 20 hours so this will have to do :D

quick run trough specs:

- i7 6800k, i dont think more would be ideal within budget

- slapped a noctua on there, she'll be right

- some asus board that didnt look overly gamer-y, GOD is the mobo market getting stale and filled with terrible crap..

- i'm "starting you out" with 64GB ram, with the option of maxing out the cpu's supported 128GB

- pcie SSD for OS and "the work files"

- 2x 3TB spinning rust, put these in raid 1 trough the mobo for mass storage

- RX480 8GB, i dont think you'll be needing more than this :D

- fractal design define R5, both because i'm a fanboy, and because they're a pleasure to work in while staying extremely "hello i fit in an office" on the outside.

- corsair RMx 750w, more of the #GoodEnough variant

- windows 10 pro, because you shouldnt be buying these keys off reddit.

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