Re: PC requirements

Posted by Avi Jacob on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/PC-requirements-tp7587774p7587780.html

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 I just wanted to mention, that not every program knows how to use the GPU
- many modern programs can (e.g. the Huygens version on my Hyvolution
machine (note that it's a separate license for the capability to use CUDA),
ImageJ usually can't - but there are plugins designed for GPUs.)

I  also advocate for self-building high-end stuff.
Avi



On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 5:06 PM, Menelaos Symeonides <[hidden email]>
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> Hi Peter,
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> If you have ever built your own PC, or know someone who has, you can
> benefit greatly from building it custom. Off-the-shelf systems can be
> upmarked considerably and often use outdated components or skimp on
> important things like a good power supply. Of course, the benefit of that
> would be presumably a warranty on the whole system, in case you are not
> able to diagnose things yourself, but if you build a custom system, each
> component will come with its own warranty. It would just be up to you to
> determine which component is faulty and claim the warranty on it yourself.
>
> I recently built such a computer for light sheet data acquisition and
> processing/analysis. Here is the configuration:
>