This is why I’ve tried to standardise to having Dell systems. All the office PC’s are Optiplex 7xxx systems, but this is my first look into Precision/Workstation systems.
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Unfortunately, the cost of custom built and the cost of the Dell Precision works out within £50 of each other on this occasion. The only difference would be the Dell comes with a 5GB Quadro GPU and I can’t find any reasonably priced GPU’s anywhere for a custom build.
I just thought I'd post an update on my decision...
I declined the quote for the Dell Precision this morning and have decided to build 2 custom pc's instead.
My reasoning in the end came down to the fact that Dell (and other manufacturers) cut corners in places that I may not even be aware of. The reviews I've seen suggest that the Dell Precisions get incredibly hot and start to thermal throttle, and the power supplies are often proprietary making it difficult to upgrade in the future. I'm not sure about the Precision line up but I know the current home PC's don't even have a 24 pin motherboard connector. Top that with the fact the Xeon CPU was only 6 core vs 8 cores in the i7, it just didn't make sense to get the Xeon.
In the end, I opted for buying two Quadro RTX 4000's off eBay for £525 each) and will build the two PC's around those. I figured that I'll be able to do the full build for around £1300 with a much better GPU than the Dell would have had.
I'm intrigued as to why you need such high-spec graphics cards for a works computer? I have many PS files over 1Gb and they run fine on much lower spec cards and less RAM.Quote:
In the end, I opted for buying two Quadro RTX 4000's off eBay for £525 each ...
I probably don’t in all fairness, but I’ve already tried increasing ram on my current machine to 64GB and that’s not massively helped with the 1GB+ photoshop files and I still end up with Photoshop crashing. Additionally, ‘consumer’/‘gamer’ graphics cards are wildly overpriced at the moment so didn’t fancy spending £400-500 on a graphics card that would have been £200 a couple of years ago.
My plan is though that I’ll try a new system with a GTX1660 that I have (that’s in my home PC) and then with the Quadro and see if photoshop is better in one or the other.
The Quadro cards were at a relatively good price so I shouldn’t have any issues getting my money back if I decide they’re not worth the expense :)
Which version of Photoshop are you running? Some versions have problems with some machines.
For instance, I've just upgraded to v23.0 and am having problems with the text tool causing freezes. I've rolled back to the last 22.x.x version which works perfectly for me. My files over 1Gb run fine on a 32Gb, i5 machine with a basic graphics card.
We use quite a few GT710/720 (and I think some 610) and they're fine doing their job - the computers having dual Xeons @300GHz and 144GB RAM probably makes up for anything they lack.
the main issue we have is load/save times as files are help on a NAS
No issues with PS crashing