Afrodite-Ohki posted at 8:00PM Fri, 17 January 2020 - #4376956

hornet3d posted at 2:18PM Fri, 17 January 2020 - #4376936

Although I had my computer built you selected a base system and then there were a lot of choices over the configuration, such as case, motherboard, CPU, Graphics Card, memory, hard drives and so on. I had a number of choices like two or three case styles, may be three different motherboards and a choice from around thirty graphics card. The limited options were great in that I had a short list of components to research and, of course, all of the parts would work together, no chance of choosing a computer case and then finding the graphics card you had purchased would no fit inside the case. I got a good price on the CPU and graphics card as both had just been replaced by new models, so to a degree my computer was already out of date the day they built it. I spent a few years in the industry and it is so difficult to keep up with all the changes, now retired I find it impossible. I have a machine that works for me and no real money for any thing new so I just don't look.

Services like that here in Brazil are overpriced. You end up paying so much more just to have someone give you a handy list of options, and assemble the final thing for you. Because we're somewhat savvy, and very crafty, we preferred to learn to assemble the stuff ourselves :)

I understand that, I have built my own computer for years, I think about 10 in total and I lost count of the ones I built during the time I spent working in a computer repair shop. It is just that I have reached a point where it is no longer fun and, in the same way I now pay a mechanic to service and repair my car, I would rather pay someone else to do it. There was a time when I had fun building and repairing computers but now it is a pain, I would rather just use them than try to fix them. I do fix them when I need to but I would much rather not. There is also the case that, while I am confident in building your average computer when the processor alone costs hundreds of pounds there is also something to be said for not taking the risk.

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.