I was told the 820 can hold max 2GPUs. Did you remove the "air tunnel" ? Someone on the RS forum couldn't fit 2 cards, he had to let the case open... My 620 is full with one TitanZ. My next computer will be a big case, so that I can put whatever cards and up to 4.
2017-06-06 20:11 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Moore <[email protected]>: > I run three Z series workstations each with three GPU's (2 Z620’s and one > Z840 as my main rig). The Z840 has three 1080 Ti’s. > > What’s bad about the Z series workstations with GPU’s? > > The only things you need to look out for is ensuring you have a strong > enough power unit and you pick XEON’s with reasonble single core speed > (Redshift is heavily reliant on CPU for memory/asset management). I fitted > Z840 power supplies into my Z620’s as they come with 900W supply as > standard (enough for 2 GPU’s but three is a stretch). > > Both of the Z620 and Z840’s are reasonably old now but the litmus test for > me is that they run Oculus/Vive apps at maximum quality settings so I > believe I’ve still got a few more years in my investment. > > On 6 Jun 2017, at 19:00, Olivier Jeannel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Forget the Z if you're going gpu > > 2017-06-06 19:57 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Moore <[email protected]>: > >> Agree with Rob. For a comparable budget, you’re far better going with a Z >> series workstation from HP. Even better get into a lease arrangement where >> you’re guaranteed the latest hardware for a manageable monthly agreement. >> >> I’ll probably pick up a 27” iMac for family use though. I’ve upgraded the >> family iMac every 24/36 months since 2011. They’re an expensive luxury but >> a wonderful piece of kit for general household computing needs. And the >> older models get recycled through the family. >> >> On 6 Jun 2017, at 18:50, Rob Wuijster <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It has a bunch of impressive specs, but it's a closed box with a very >> difficult repair/replace curve. >> I rather spend that money on a nice HP workstation&monitor or alike, with >> the possibility of changing/adding parts once in a while. >> >> >> >> ------ >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >
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