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THIS IS A BEAST!!! Built by myself a professional PC assembler Very/super/ultra powerful desktop PC (ideal for CGI/graphics/heavy music production/gaming) New other: Used for one week to test build stability Intel Core i7 6800K, S 2011-3, Broadwell-E, Six Core, 12 Thread, 3.4GHz Clock...

Dear Forumers, I have a tower with two possible settings for, I believe, the external fans. My question is: How much difference could setting it to the higher setting make for performance? (generally) Thanks, 5DN.

I got two Kingston Hyper-X 8GB DDR3 1600 RAM modules. VERY VERY annoyingly I managed to mostly scratch off one of the gold "bits" (where the RAM connects to the slot) on both modules in the same place (don't ask!). I've been to two computer shops who both said the damage is unfixable. My...

hows... PNY QUADRO K2000 - 2GB GDDR5, 384 CUDA CORES ????

Confused... simulations and rendering are different things. I mean dynamic rigid/soft body or fluid simulations. I thought GPUs were never used for this and GPU rendering technology was in its infancy. Correct me if I'm wrong please. PS: I use Maya, Realflow, and Nuke to composite.

Dear Forumers, I am planning purchase a computer for CGI purposes. I have some questions: 1. I want to run large, complicated dynamic simulations, so I have chosen the fastest 8 core Xeon processor. Is this wise? I also chose the fastest RAM. This is best for that right? 2. A graphics card...