Recent content by maverick212

Rian's one of the best directors today, with Nolan, Fincher, Cohen's. Really don't get the SW hate. Abrams brings the nostalgia and fan service and little else. And hey, he's bookending this trilogy, be happy then. You don't have to think, during 2/3rds of it. Rian is more of a filmmaker where...

Ohh ok, I see. I trimmed the USB devices, went from 2 to 1 7200rpm drive, and cut out the PCI sound card out of the equation, and it goes from 109 to 93. I was padding the devices a bit in case of expansion. Trimming each one of those, one by one, lowered it each time. Very interesting, I...

Interesting, I don't know much so I would never know if something's off, but I used: https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator It gave me these recommended amounts for a PSU: +3.3V: 10.0 A +5V: 15.0 A +12V: 26.1A +3.3V & +5V combined: 109 W +12V: 314 W

I was wondering how "serious" this combined load is. I have a system specced out (i7-8700k, Z370 board, gtx 1060 6gb, 32gb DDR4, M2 & 7200rpm drives) and the psu calculator online has an estimated 109 watts for 3.3v and 5v combined. I was really liking the Seasonic SSR-550RM G series 550w, it...

Amaze seems pretty good. I abandoned ES and overall don't use that sort of thing as much now, but I've been pleased

No argument here, just a tidbit

32 ain't enough for me at times. Some dense 3d scenes in Maya or heavy video or compositing works eats it up. 64 or even 128 is legitimately usable for these situations, especially with even more ambitious work (ie heavy foliage work in Maya)

I don't understand the purpose for the vagueness on the seller's part. Well actually I do, thinking from his/her perspective. But that should raise some flags, no?

Nice. I've been liking the Toshiba drives lately. If the tax kills it for you (like me), its currently $189.99 at Microcenter: Micro Center - Computers and Electronics

They have the 6800k at $400 too. I'm really into the extra cores and more memory (do some intense 3D stuff with Maya). The 6700k seems like great value though.

Very good point. Similar to movie reviews and other stuff.

Nice. Some atmospheric effects will help the top one. The Hortons cup could use some stuff like specular where those wet marks are, some improving of the lip where the white is pretty blown out, the seam of the cup could come out, etc. Looks like a repeating issue with the texture on the side...

Do decent deals still exist for those? I don't remember many the past few years. At least not for something juicy like a nice SSD or HD.

IS IT? DID YA? SHOULD WE? WILL IT?

Quite simply, because some people :) But really, multitasking with programs like Photoshop/After Effects/Nuke/Maya/Houdini/ZBrush/etc, you want as much as you can get. Obviously you don't want ALL those open at once, you're the problem then, not your machine. Some students/artists have 50...