What Kind of Computer Do You Need? (Step-by-Step)

by Alex ⋮ Updated November 26, 2019 ⋮ 25 comments

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Are you thinking about buying a new Computer or Laptop, or want to upgrade your existing one, but don’t really know where to start?

You have come to the right place!

In this 4-Step Beginner’s Computer Guide you will find out what type of Computer you should get, by answering just a few important questions:

Type: Do you want a Desktop PC or a Laptop?
Purpose: What will you be using your brand new PC for?
Budget: How much are you willing to spend?
Assemble! Order a Pre-Built PC or build it yourself?

Benchmarks

Cinema 4D Viewport Performance Benchmark & Scores (Updated Results)

by Alex ⋮ Updated December 2, 2019 ⋮ 91 comments

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Our Cinema 4D Viewport Performance Benchmark measures how snappy and smooth your Active Work inside your 3D Software will be.

While this Benchmark uses Maxon’s Cinema 4D for measuring performance, these Scores are helpful for Users of other 3D Software as well, as they all utilize the Hardware in very similar ways.

In Cinema 4D and most 3D-Software, the Processor is responsible for a smooth Viewport experience and is rarely bottlenecked by the Graphics Card.

More on this below, but first let’s take a look at the Scores:Continue Reading

Benchmarks ⋮ Hardware

Single vs Dual vs Quad Channel Memory on Ryzen Threadripper (Benchmarks)

by Alex ⋮ Updated August 17, 2019 ⋮ 8 comments

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Does Single vs Dual vs Quad Channel Memory impact performance on Ryzen Threadripper CPUs? Ever since AMD has introduced the glorious new Ryzen Family of CPUs, there has been lots of talk about Memory Compatibility with said Processors.

Intel CPUs have been able to use pretty much any kind of RAM but with Ryzen and Threadripper CPUs, XMP, Memory Clocks, Latency, Infinity Fabric, Single Channel vs. Dual vs. Quad Channel and other buzzwords have turned out to be quite confusing, especially when choosing a new System for your 3D Rendering, Video Editing or other kinds of Graphics Design needs.

In this Article Series that will analyze Threadripper CPUs to see how they can be optimized as much as possible, let’s start with how memory channels affect Ryzen Threadripper.Continue Reading

Benchmarks

Cinebench R20 Scores (Updated Results)

by Alex ⋮ Updated November 26, 2019 ⋮ 95 comments

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Cinebench R20 is based on technology of the well-known Digital Content Creation Software, Cinema 4D, but now utilizes the R20 Version’s Render Engine.

This updated rendering Benchmark now supports the AVX command set which will give us more realistic results of how modern Processors behave in multi-threaded workloads such as CPU Rendering.

Cinebench R20 is also great for finding the best CPUs for lightly-threaded workloads such as 3D Modeling and Animation and Video Editing.
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CAD ⋮ Laptops ⋮ PC Builds

Best Workstation PC / Laptop for CAD, Autocad, Solidworks, Revit, Inventor

by Alex ⋮ Updated September 23, 2019 ⋮ 90 comments

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What is the best Computer or Laptop for CAD Software such as Autocad, Solidworks, Inventor, Revit or many others?

What is CAD Software anyway, and why is it so difficult to find reliable information on what type of Hardware Components you need to build a greatly performing PC for CAD?

Well, let’s dive right in!Continue Reading

Hardware ⋮ PC Builds

Parts Needed to Build a PC (Computer Parts List & Explanation)

by Alex ⋮ Updated December 9, 2019 ⋮ 84 comments

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What Computer Parts do you need to build a PC, you ask? Does this mean you want to build your own PC? That is absolutely splendid! 🙂

Building your own Computer from individual PC Components has so many benefits compared to just going out and buying a pre-built PC:

It’s a lot of Fun! The anticipation of the individual Parts being delivered to your House, the shiny Boxes with all the different components in them, not to mention researching what parts you actually need, which you are doing right now!Continue Reading

CPU		SSD
GPU		HDD
RAM		USB

What Kind of Computer Do You Need? (Step-by-Step)

Cinema 4D Viewport Performance Benchmark & Scores (Updated Results)

Single vs Dual vs Quad Channel Memory on Ryzen Threadripper (Benchmarks)

Cinebench R20 Scores (Updated Results)

Best Workstation PC / Laptop for CAD, Autocad, Solidworks, Revit, Inventor

Parts Needed to Build a PC (Computer Parts List & Explanation)

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