alfabruce wrote:Sounds like the 6700k could be a good choice. Paul, does Rhino benefit from 6 cores being a modeller?
That faster SSD you recommend, that sounds awesome and is news to me. Is that the same as an M2+ or is it a PCI-e slot. Is there a motherboard you would recommend to make the most of this and possibly several graphics cards in the near future?
Thanks again guys
Tim
G'day, Victorian here: though I think Paul is a local too!
I'll jump in for a sec: drawing and drawing onscreen of 3D elements is for the most part a single threaded process; this is well documented across various 3D & CAD platforms. There are a lot of multi threaded operations linked to the rest of the UI & the more clever (adaptive) tools that can be multi-threaded but generally the hardest bits of 3D work rely on just one core.
https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/does-rhi ... ssors/8360Google search 'rhino hyperthreading multithreaded' or replace 'rhino' with 'cad' or '3D' or 'photogrammetry' etc...
short answer: go with the 6700k as it's 20% faster (
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-6 ... ntel-6800K)
Re: M2 & NVMe;
M2 is the interface but implies nothing about the protocol used; you can have (slow) Sata drive that has an M2 connection or a fast NVMe via M2.
M2 drives also come in several different lengths; 42, 60 & 80mm from memory (aka 2242, 2260 and 2280)
NVMe is a protocol for allowing a pice device to act as an ssd.. there's info around if you more interested: but I recommending just learning what you need to about the interface & performance spec you require...
To answer your original question: NVMe will likely be noted on both M2 and PCIe slot storage products listed..
Lastly, regarding the Cintiq: I just bought myself one of these: I got it on sale for just over $1500 as configured.
http://www3.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/th ... 2TP2TSS46016gb ram, 2gb 940m & i7 6500u (also has a 6600u with slightly faster processor if you don't want the 940m).
It's not advertised (well) as such but it has a Wacom digitiser built-in with 2048 pressure sensitivity & can get upgraded pens from Wacom/others that are better than the built-in one(softer nibs etc).. highly recommended if you want a soft entry into that space without sinking 5x GPUs worth of cash on a cintiq.
Hope that helps!
Next time I'm in SA we can have a coopers together