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Hey all! I'm not sure where this post should go, but I was wondering what you all were creating on, hardware wise. It's a general question about your computer hardware and why you think it works well or doesn't. My real question though: I want to buy a 10" tablet for sketching on the go and was looking for suggestions, what you all are using as you travel.

Aside note: IS there a thread here somewhere about workstaton hardware (not specifically for rendering)?

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  • Dataday
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    joessmithy wrote: »
    Hey all! I'm not sure where this post should go, but I was wondering what you all were creating on, hardware wise. It's a general question about your computer hardware and why you think it works well or doesn't. My real question though: I want to buy a 10" tablet for sketching on the go and was looking for suggestions, what you all are using as you travel.

    Aside note: IS there a thread here somewhere about workstaton hardware (not specifically for rendering)?

    Mainly I use a workstation at home which I built from scratch. 6 core AMD, 16 gigs of RAM and a Nvidia GPU (560ti), and a few terabytes of HD space. Cost less than $900. For non home use, a Dell Precision M6400.

    I would avoid spending money on a non pressure sensitive tablet for on the go sketching...but you might be interested in the Modbook or one of the few wacom linked tablet PCs such as the fujitsu lifebook.

    This is just my opinion though.
  • EarthQuake
    My workstation is an aging Q6600 quadcore, 8gb ram, SSD for OS, 560TI.

    I've got a laptop for mostly non-game-art stuff, but do a lot of photo processing etc on it, Lenovo X220 with IPS screen(good viewing angles). Lenovo makes a tablet version of it that would be really good as a sketch pad, as it can have up to an I7, but its still quite small with 12.5" screen. The I5 in mine benches about as well as the Q6600 quad core in my workstation, and it really shows in heavy photo or video editing.

    http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&current-category-id=329576204C9E42289967E79E0E7C9A2D&tabname=Features

    Not keyboardless-tablet small, but small and light weight at 3.6lbs. More versatile than just a tablet with a proper keyboard and customization options etc. Pressure sensitive Wacom based pen. I haven't done any 3d on mine but I bet some light modeling/sculpting would be fine, the on-cpu video stuff isn't as bad as it used to be a few years ago, especially with one of the higher end cpus(i5, i7).

    3d on X230: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHhLejv6kp4"]Lenovo ThinkPad X230 Gaming Demo - YouTube[/ame]
  • R3D
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    R3D interpolator
    4core AMD
    HD 4870
    6GB of ram
    Two monitors
    Wacom 4 Large

    Works fine for me, but kinda wish i had a DX11 card.
  • ZacD
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    ZacD ngon master
    Q9450 Core2Quad
    9800GT w/ 1 gig vram
    8 gigs ram
    2 monitors
    Wacom 4 Medium

    Wish I had a Dx11 card as well.
  • Ged
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    Ged interpolator
    Q6600 quad, 8gb ram, geforce gtx 260( doesnt want to work in dx11 I dont know why maybe its my crappy vista)
  • aajohnny
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    aajohnny polycounter lvl 14
    i7 930 processor
    GTX 680 2gb
    12 gb ram
    2 monitors
    2 ssd's ( One for OS and One for programs )
    1 TB HDD for storage/ other stuff I don't want on SSD's
    Wacom Bamboo pen haha
  • joessmithy
    Dude! You guys rock! I hadn't realized how limited my research had been until I followed your ideas. Thanks!

    My home build:
    i7 2600k
    Gigabyte mobo
    16gb ram
    4 500gb HDD's in raid 0 (WD r4 enterprise hdd's)
    2 550Ti in SLI (just for games, only 1 used with rendering)
  • D4V1DC
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    D4V1DC polycounter lvl 18
    i7 930
    Gigabyte mobo
    6gb Ram/ wants more... :(
    2 Monitors
    HD 5770 x2
    HD's wit TB's
  • The0ry
    i7 920
    Gigabyte x58-ud5
    4gb ram(need more...)
    gtx295 co-op
    7900gto
    three 2048x1536 crt monitors
    HDDs(1 for OS, 1 for Programs, 1 for Artwork, 1 for other media)
    6x8 wacom tablet
  • Kwramm
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    Kwramm interpolator
    some Dell Precision box using Xeon 2.6, 8 gb ram, some random HDD, quadro FX 1800 at work, with 2 not quite full-HD res dell screens and some pre-bamboo Wacom (I'm a tech artist, don't really need it that often).

    I just hate the slow HDD performance of that thing because there's tons of crap bogging it down - Hansoft project manager, symantec's bloated antivirus, skype, msn, bloatlook, etc.

    at home I have a Dell Studio XPS 8100 with a 3 year old Core i7 at 2.8 Ghz, 8 gb ram, SSD raid of two older intel SDDs, intuos 3 A5, radeon 6970, and a 30" Samsung TFT. Works well for UDK, Zbrush and gaming. Holds up pretty well and I'll plan to keep if for the next 2 years.

    For the couch I have a macbook pro 15" from 2010 - gfx performance blows though. Might replace it with a retina one rather than upgrading to SSD, 8gb and whatnot.
  • Kbrom12
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    Kbrom12 polycounter lvl 14
    i7 2600k OC to 4.2ghz
    16GB of G skill sniper ram ( 32GB in the mail, thank you for newegg deals! )
    ASUS P8P67 LE Motherboard
    Palit 2GB GTX 560 Ti
    2 1TB Western Digital HDD (not an ssd believer yet)
    2 HP 2311x monitor's you can pick up at best buy for $180


    I love every bit of it. Next upgrade would be grabbing another 560 once they get even cheaper than they already are but I am in no hurry.
  • rockstar6
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    rockstar6 polycounter lvl 11
    i7 2600k
    16gb ram
    2x 1tb HDD's
    2x Samsung 24 inch monitors
    2x 560Ti in SLI (instead of buying the second 560, I should have gotten the 670 or so xD ).
    Wacom Intuos 4 tablet

    cheers,
  • chrisradsby
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    chrisradsby polycounter lvl 15
    i7 3770k
    16gb RAM 1600mhz DDR3
    EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2GB PhysX CUDA
    MSI Z77A-GD65, Socket-1155
    Seagate Barracuda® 1TB
    Intel® SSD 520 Series 120GB 2.5"


    and a

    Fractal Design Define R3 Black Pearl case

    because they're frickin slick.
  • biofrost
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    i7 2600k
    16 GB of ram DDR 3
    Gtx 670 2GB
    Asus P8Z77-V LK Intel Z77 DDR3 LGA 1155
    2 TB HDD
    128 GB SSD
  • arrangemonk
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    arrangemonk polycounter lvl 17
    i5 3450
    16 GB ddr3
    gigabyte gtx560
    (some gigabyte mainboard)
    64gb ssd
    old hdds (320 + 640 gb)
    2 22" screens
  • metalliandy
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    metalliandy interpolator
    Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07GHz
    18.0 GB DDR3 RAM
    ASUS P6X58D-E
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 1280mb

    2x1TB Samsung HDD
    1x250GB Seagate HDD
    120GB OCZ OCZ-AGILITY3 SSD (OS)
    500GB Samsung HDD

    2x Samsung SyncMaster 2443
    Wacom Bamboo Touch
    Logitech mx5500
  • Skillmister
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    Skillmister polycounter lvl 11
    Phenom II Quad @ 3GHz
    6GB RAM
    ATI 4850

    I need an upgrade badly.
  • Goeddy
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    Goeddy greentooth
    Quadcore with 2,7GHz
    4GB RAM
    GTS 450

    hes now one year old, and was even back then cheap as shit, but it gets the job done. also does DX11.
    also working on a single 4:3 screen. tend to get less distracted when i have only enough space for work, and nothing besides that.
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