hi all,
I got a very tempting offer for a nice HP Z1 setup but I have a few doubts about it, if I can clear them out I will get it.
gonna keep it short and get to my questions:
I am not gonna edit video or do such things, I will just use autocad and 3dsmax and I'll mostly do cpu renderings. since this thing is almost fit to be in a monitor panel, I have serious doubts about the cooling. if I'm going to pay big bucks for this machine I certainly don't want it to go bad after a year of heavy use. (this is unfortunately an inevitable fact for such hardware with small fans)
the cooling system very much looks like a laptop cooling system which I am absolutely not comfortable with... I will leave the computer to rendering for long hours (10s of hours) which will need serious cooling...
right now I use a do-it-yourself pc with custom cooling systems for every component, a very good case with good air circulation (antec1200) and everything needed to keep the system down at good temperatures. only problem is the rams. they don't last more than a year. no matter the brand or quality of the components, I need to change all of them because they die every year or so. I replaced the rams twice in 4 years. now I use my third set of rams... I don't even know if this is a normal thing or not but I'm pretty sure it's the heat which is causing it..
would I have the same problem with these ECC rams included in the Z1 build?
third thing is it's a lga 1155 which is a dead technology now so upgrading it in the future looks like an empty dream...
would a normal pc with a lga 2011 socket be better? (which will perform a little bit faster than the Z1 build I'm gonna get)
a little performance difference is not an issue if the thing is gonna remain stable for 3-4 years no matter what because I know from my own experiences that normal pcs do not last that long for stability after years of almost abusive heavy work load (which is the way I must work like...)
I don't play any games. anything that favors gaming is not needed. I just need the raw power as well as stability for long hours-days of use... this is my only concern...
it's hard to get a good workstation in my country so advice on another brand of ws or another model is not needed. if there are Z1 users who read this I only need an answer to get the Z1 or not regarding my concerns..
thanks..
I got a very tempting offer for a nice HP Z1 setup but I have a few doubts about it, if I can clear them out I will get it.
gonna keep it short and get to my questions:
I am not gonna edit video or do such things, I will just use autocad and 3dsmax and I'll mostly do cpu renderings. since this thing is almost fit to be in a monitor panel, I have serious doubts about the cooling. if I'm going to pay big bucks for this machine I certainly don't want it to go bad after a year of heavy use. (this is unfortunately an inevitable fact for such hardware with small fans)
the cooling system very much looks like a laptop cooling system which I am absolutely not comfortable with... I will leave the computer to rendering for long hours (10s of hours) which will need serious cooling...
right now I use a do-it-yourself pc with custom cooling systems for every component, a very good case with good air circulation (antec1200) and everything needed to keep the system down at good temperatures. only problem is the rams. they don't last more than a year. no matter the brand or quality of the components, I need to change all of them because they die every year or so. I replaced the rams twice in 4 years. now I use my third set of rams... I don't even know if this is a normal thing or not but I'm pretty sure it's the heat which is causing it..
would I have the same problem with these ECC rams included in the Z1 build?
third thing is it's a lga 1155 which is a dead technology now so upgrading it in the future looks like an empty dream...
would a normal pc with a lga 2011 socket be better? (which will perform a little bit faster than the Z1 build I'm gonna get)
a little performance difference is not an issue if the thing is gonna remain stable for 3-4 years no matter what because I know from my own experiences that normal pcs do not last that long for stability after years of almost abusive heavy work load (which is the way I must work like...)
I don't play any games. anything that favors gaming is not needed. I just need the raw power as well as stability for long hours-days of use... this is my only concern...
it's hard to get a good workstation in my country so advice on another brand of ws or another model is not needed. if there are Z1 users who read this I only need an answer to get the Z1 or not regarding my concerns..
thanks..
