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Building a Resolve Machine using BM’s specs
Hi everyone,
I know there hasn’t been much love around here for Windows based Resolve machines. Lots of complaints about stuff not working.
I’m at the point now where I am going to build myself a new machine. I’ve presently been doing the vast majority of my creative work on Macs since ’89 but I have built over a dozen PC and UNIX boxes over the past 15 years for a number of reasons.
Seems to me that Blackmagic is specific about what motherboard to use, what video cards, capture cards and so on.
Has anyone actually built a Windows box using their specs? If so how did it go in terms of Resolve working?
Do you actually need a GTX 580 for CUDA running 2K HD jobs? Aside from bragging rights, these puppies are known to be power hogs and noisy as all get out.
-Andrew Stone
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Here’s an old post about a successful Z800 Resolve built.
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/277/15347#15841
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Thanks Chris! That is a huge help.
Guess I will be ordering a 6 to 8 pin molex cable today to have at the ready should the power supply be short on cabling.
That thread is also a cautionary tale to check the specs on the power supply before you buy it. Most online computer places will list the number and type of molex and/or PCI-E connectors.
I’m getting a 1050w Corsair power supply that is obviously designed for the extreme gamer types that would have a array of heavy duty graphic cards, so it has lots of power cables coming out of it. I will still need to buy a 6 to 8 pin cable though.
-Andrew
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Steadicam & Camera Operator
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