High End Mac for 3d CGI and Rendering using Sidefx Houdini 3d Coat and DAZ Studio

[osiyostudio]

okay - thank you!

 

[louiefriesen]

okay - thank you!

To be safe, you might want to contact the SideFX and see if the Radeon VII would work.
If not, then you could be safe and get a Vega 64.

 

[osiyostudio]

Perfect idea!

 

[osiyostudio]

here they're reply to using Radeon VII:

Hello Tony,

As long as it meets the over requirements:
-A GL4.0 compliant graphics card is required. GL3.3 cards will have missing features and lower GL versions will not run Houdini 18 at all.

-4GB VRAM or more is required. Less than this can result in display errors such as blank windows. High DPI displays (4K, 5K) or multiple monitors require a minimum of 4GB.

-Graphics card must support OpenCL version 1.2.

It should be good to use with Houdini.

 

[louiefriesen]

Ok. Sounds good. FYI the Radeon VII has 16GB of VRAM.

 

[osiyostudio]

the more the better...

 

[osiyostudio]

Hi Louie, this system will run Catalina?

 

[louiefriesen]

Yes.

 

[osiyostudio]

this is out of stock: Seasonic Focus PX-850, 850W 80+ Platinum Full-Modular

 

[louiefriesen]

Ok. Then any 850W PSU from Seasonic, Corsair or EVGA would work well.

Make sure it is fully modular.


These are the ratings for the power supplies that I would recommend.

Best: 80 Plus Titanium
Great: 80 Plus Platinum
Good: 80 Plus Gold



Options are like these ones are really good (in no order):

Corsair RM850x
Corsair HX850
Corsair AX850
Seasonic FOCUS GX-850
Seasonic PRIME TX-850
Seasonic PRIME PX-850
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G5
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G+
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 P2
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 T2
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 GA
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G3

Edit: I have a Corsair RM850x and really like it. I think out of all of them, Corsair has the best looking stock cables.