Company is looking at going Mac to Z

[sn1p3r845]

Hey there,

So we've been holding off on upgrading our machines for probably 2 years now, and it's getting to the point where we just have to get something new.

Here's what we need:

2 main powerhouse machines for 3D, compositing, 6k editing and motion graphics

Maya/C4D
Adobe Premiere
Adobe After Effects
Davinci Resolve
Red Cine-X​

2 machines for editing (raw 6k red epic)

Adobe Premiere
Adobe After Effects​

Which Z's would you get and how would you spec them? There's way too many processors to choose from and I have no idea what's better than what anymore (thanks Apple).

 

[sn1p3r845]

Here's my initial builds that I put together.


2x Main Powerhouse Machines
HP Z840 Workstation
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Intel Xeon E5-2620v3 2.4 1866 6C – 1st CPU
Intel Xeon E5-2620v3 2.4 1866 6C – 2nd CPU
HP Z840 1125W 90 Percent Efficient Chassis
64GB DDR4-2133 (8x8GB) 2CPU Registered RAM
HP Z Turbo Drive G2 512GB PCIe
3TB 7200 RPM Sata Drive
Operating System Load to PCIe
No Integrated Graphics
HP 15-in-1 Media Card Reader
9.5mm Slim SuperMulti DVDRW Sata Optical
HP X520 10GbE Dual Port Adapter
$6,429.60

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB DDR5X (purchased separately)
$919.99

HP DreamColor Z27x Studio Display x2
$2998

TOTAL: $10,347.59 ea



2x Editing Machines
HP Z640 Workstation
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Intel Xeon E5-2630v3 2.4 1866 8C 1st CPU
16GB DDR4-2133 (2x8GB) 1CPU Registered RAM
512gb SATA SSD
3TB 7200 RPM Sata
NVIDIA Quadro K1200 4GB
HP 15-in-1 Media Card Reader
9.5mm Slim SuperMulti DVDRW Sata Optical
HP X520 10GbE Dual Port Adapter
HP Thunderbolt-2 PCIe 1-port I/O Card
$4209.76

HP Z Display Z27i 27-inch IPS LED Backlit Monitor x2
$778.00

TOTAL: $4987.76 ea

 

[Hank Carter]

I'm not sure if this still is an issue with HP boxes but make sure the power supply your machine ships with is big enough to support future upgrades, like if you decide to drop a second or third GPU in there.

I would also look at some other companies like Supermicro, which are pretty popular in West coast post houses . There are several vendors out there (www.thinkmate.com etc) shipping machines based on this set of boards and components. In general they offer more bang for your buck compared to HP. Just make sure you can get Thunderbolt as an option if you already have invested in drives etc.

 

[sn1p3r845]

I'm also looking into ProMAX. Anybody have experience with them?

*edit*

Holy ****, are they only storage now? No work machines?