For Linux Workstations that will last 4-8 years w/o killing the budget, I
generally focus on:
a) Solid tower case + ultra reliable power supply (too many people go cheap
on this)
b) Asus Workstation Motherboards -- these make it slightly easier to
troubleshoot and fix stuff
c) CPU - I generally go with intel, but power efficiency + number of cores
+ size of onboard cache is much important than clock speed and worth paying
for, Linux can always make use of more cores.
d) Memory, ECC if motherboard + cpu combination allows it and if the clock
freq hit isn't too bad
On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Paul Greindl <[email protected]>wrote:
> OK, I'll specify a bit: I'm an enthusiastic amateur. Currently I'm using
> two screens (21" & 19"). For the moment I'm mostly publishing on the web
> but I'm planning to start printing as well. As for the color issue, I'm
> aware of it and will deal with that later. Currently I'm just trying to
> figure out what internal hardware is best for the job. As for storage I'm
> using HDDs for files (photos etc) and planning to get a SSD for the OS and
> software.
>
> So, the use-case is:
>
> * photo editing (hobby), published digitally, maybe printing soon.
> * film editing (own indie “studio”)
> * 3D modeling (experimental, but I will somewhere in the future use it for
> films)
> * design, mainly with Inkscape and GIMP etc
> * and of course all the normal stuff that you use a computer for
>
> As for color calibration (screen), what would you recommend? Was looking
> at the ColorHUG earlier today.
>
> regards Paul
>
>
>
> On 2013-10-13 16:16, Anton at the-wire wrote:
>
> Paul Greindl said the following on 10/13/2013 09:31 AM:
>
> Hi!
>
> I'm thinking about getting some new hardware for my creative work. That
> is photo editing with Darktable (and GIMP etc), video editing and
> graphical design. A was thinking about the following setup:
>
> CPU: AMD FX 8350
> GPU AMD HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 overclocked
> Motherboard: not quite sure but maybe a ASUS M5A97...?
>
> As OS I'm running different Linux distributions and I'm not planning to
> run any Windows on the setup.
>
> What's your opinion regarding use with Darktable (and in general, as
> well)? Does anyone have any experience with this or similar hardware?
> Opinions? Tips?
>
> I realise any advice will depend on your use-case, for example if all
> you are doing is publishing on the web then printing is irrelevant, but
> some of this gets down to "what are you doing?" Is this a hobby or are
> you a professional? What volume? What kind of processing? That's
> going to affect your decisions and our advice.
>
> But as 'generic' observations ... function and performance
>
> * You don't mention display or printing.
> * Plenty of screen real estate, wide or even dual ...
> * Then there's the issue of how colour appears on screen vs what
> you get printed - corrections to same.
> * You don't mention storage or access speed
> * Oh, and gobs and gobs and gobs of memory on the motherboard!
> That always helps. Especially in the fringe cases ....
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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