Skip to main content
massimo76292260
massimo76292260
Participant
June 30, 2018
Question

Workstation for a student

  • June 30, 2018
  • 3 replies
  • 695 views

Hi all,

I am going to buy a workstation for my 15 years old daughter to let her to learn Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Character Animator, Premiere Pro) and additional VR software.

Questions:

1. Do I really need 10-bit color depth? (If yes, budget goes up)

2. Regarding the HW configuration two possible choices are:

NO 10-BT COLOR DEPTH (€2300)

i7

16GB

Nvidia GTX 1080 or Nvidia GTX 1080ti

SSD 256

27" 4K Monitor

10 BIT COLOR DEPTH (€3700)

Xeon

16GB

Nividia Quadro P2000

SSD 256

27" 10bit color depth suas as Asus ProArt PA279Q

Please consider we are not going to generate revenues. We need a workstation to learn. Any suggestions or advice is greatly welcome?

Thanks

Massimo

Italy

This topic has been closed for replies.

3 replies

R
RjL190365
Legend
June 30, 2018

In addition to John's recommendations, keep in mind that the GPU in the second system option (a Quadro P2000) is a cut-down version of the GTX 1060, with only 1024 CUDA cores and only a 160-bit memory bus (versus 1280 CUDA cores and a 192-bit memory bus for the GTX 1060).

massimo76292260
massimo76292260Author
Participant
June 30, 2018

Thanks RjL. To upgrade to a P4000 the HP Z4 workstation goes up to around €3600 and I am sure that the HP EliteDesk 800 Virtual Reality Ready workstation (the first €1700 choice) will still be faster for half the budget. So if 10bit color is not a must I definitely stick with the first choice.

R
RjL190365
Legend
July 1, 2018

It also depends on which i7 CPU that's in that first system. If that system has only a quad-core i7 such as the previous-generation i7-7700, then even the GTX 1080 is overkill. A GTX 1070 or even a GTX 1060 6GB would be a better match for such a CPU. That GTX 1080 Ti demands an i7-7820X 8-core CPU just for the CPU / GPU balance to be anywhere close to optimal. Any lesser i7 will result in a balance that's a bit lopsided in favor of the GPU, which can result in corruption in renders which may appear in the finished video.

John T Smith
Community Expert
John T SmithCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 30, 2018

I would select the first option

WITH at least one extra hard drive for the data files so the system drive doesn't fill up

Also read Drive C space http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1007934?tstart=0 see reply 4 for the setting that you need to manually change to a different drive

massimo76292260
massimo76292260Author
Participant
June 30, 2018

Thanks John. As a data drive we are going to use an external Toshiba 1TB USB HD. On the C: drive we are going to keep the live prj. and once completed, or not enough C. drive space, we are going to move them on the external HD. Anyway I belive that a 512GB SSD would be a safer choice.

kglad
Community Expert
kgladCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 30, 2018

[moved from Creative Suites to Hardware Forum]

Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices