Memory and SSD for Office/Work Productivity Build

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  deme on 02/04/2023 - 18:42

  +1

  Sounds like you need a gpu

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    theacekiller888 on 02/04/2023 - 18:53

    Thank you! Do you have any recommendations for a gpu? Havent really explored that side 😅 thanks!

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      bazingaa on 02/04/2023 - 19:47

      Other instances will be for creating cloud based video editing.

      what is your video editing software ?

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        theacekiller888 on 03/04/2023 - 00:06

        Invideo, pictory or wave video.

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  AustriaBargain on 02/04/2023 - 18:59

  Why do you need 10 Windows at once?

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    theacekiller888 on 03/04/2023 - 00:27

    I dont exactly need 10 Windows but its just a provision in case I need more. Right now, I probably will only 3 but not sure if I can install Windows after if I only partition the drives into 3 drives. So I think best to partition into 10 drives then just install more Windows as I need more. Not sure if that makes sense but let me know if you have any suggestions. Thanks!

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  rumblytangara on 02/04/2023 - 20:03

  +3

  Sounds like you need to be asking this on a much more specialist forum than Ozbargains. Stackexchange might have a hardware subforum.

  Personally, I don't see how brand matters that much. Specs might. Warranty support might (but sounds like you're talking consumer parts on a consumer motherboard, so warranty is likely a wash). SSD endurance might be a factor if your swapping to disk, really depends on use though.

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    theacekiller888 on 03/04/2023 - 00:24

    Thank you! Appreciate your inputs.

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  deme on 02/04/2023 - 23:31

  +2

  OP may I suggest you just rent a https://www.hetzner.com/ dedicated box and see how you go?

  Some instances will be running the whole day for pulling data to update tables here and there.

  Isn't helpful, for example I run a forum on a vps but I also run a cyber security service that has it's entire database in memory spread across multiple machines.

  Also think about what happens if your machine or a drive dies.

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    theacekiller888 on 03/04/2023 - 00:08

    Thanks for the suggestion. I'm also considering this option.

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  OMGJL on 02/04/2023 - 23:55

  5-10 people —- let's do a average, say 8 people will be using it.

  5950x — 16 core CPU, say you "over selling" it to your 8 people, giving them 4 core each, hoping their peak time won't be the same. you are giving out 8*4= 32 vCPUs, minus 16 real cores = you over selling 1 times the available cores. That's quite a stretch.

  64G RAM —- You can't over selling RAM, 64/8 = 8G each user, deduct overhead and VM host itself, you'll give out 7G or so each user —- good luck video editing on a 8G RAM machine.

  even then you are only giving 4 core/8G RAM per user. You want them to video editing on that?

  GPU acceleration is out of question too —- GPU doesn't virtualise to multiple instances like CPU —- not for the not crazy expensive ones at least.

  How about get some dog shit DDR3 RAM from rubbish bin, i7 4770/ e3 1230/ ql3x/ e5 2673 v3 or something like b350+r7 1700 + ddr4, like cheap low end dumpster bin build that still have decent multi-thread performance (by sacrificing power and single core performance)

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    theacekiller888 on 03/04/2023 - 00:16

    Thanks for your inputs. I havent done a build before which is why I'm asking for feedback.

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  OMGJL on 03/04/2023 - 00:02

  +3

  If you are the IT support/ owner of a company, please let us know which company it is.

  Working for your company should definitely be avoided.