stevenyhof Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 Just now, TheKitchenAbode said: That's done from within OneDrive. Just assign the CA Auto Archive folder to OneDrive and it will back it up to the cloud every time it sees a change. OneDrive is very efficient so it's unlikely you will notice a difference. Other users use Google Drive, DropBox and iCloud. Ah! I will look into that. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 I do you google drive, so I could just connect that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, stevenyhof said: I do you google drive, so I could just connect that That will do, just make sure there's enough space. Most of these services only provide about 5GB free and if you need more they have paid subscriptions. I think if you could clean-up your existing system from those resource hogs you will definitely give it some more air to breath. Hey, I ran your plan on my Spectra, it's CPU is about the same as yours and I only have an integrated graphics chip and 8GB or Ram. It was not a problem and I still had my browser, email and excel running at the same time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 Just now, TheKitchenAbode said: Most of these services only provide about 5GB free and if you need more they have paid subscriptions I have a paid subscription. Quote Hey, I ran your plan on my Spectra, it's CPU is about the same as yours and I only have an integrated graphics chip and 8GB or Ram. It was not a problem and I still had my browser, email and excel running at the same time. Very good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 ok, google is now backing up. I am shutting down Code42 - Thank you for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Just now, stevenyhof said: ok, google is now backing up. I am shutting down Code42 - Thank you for your help! Great. The other program was that Audio one. Looks like you have a program called Loom running. I'd turn it off if you don't really need it as it was using almost 7% of your CPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 Thank you for everyone's help on this forum and even in messages. This is what my son put together... https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Jordhof/saved/#view=rHK2mG I'll need to update my signature when he gets it built. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 5 hours ago, TheKitchenAbode said: That's done from within OneDrive. Just assign the CA Auto Archive folder to OneDrive and it will back it up to the cloud every time it sees a change. OneDrive is very efficient so it's unlikely you will notice a difference. Other users use Google Drive, DropBox and iCloud. Do you prefer OneDrive over google? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 31 minutes ago, stevenyhof said: Do you prefer OneDrive over google? I prefer OneDrive myself as it is fully integrated into the windows operating system. It's always been fast and reliable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 That makes a lot of sense! I think I will check it out. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 14 hours ago, stevenyhof said: Thank you for everyone's help on this forum and even in messages. This is what my son put together... https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Jordhof/saved/#view=rHK2mG I'll need to update my signature when he gets it built. Steve My suggestion at this time would be to wait a month or two. NVidia is just releasing their RTX 3000 series cards, these offer at least a 30% or more performance improvement over the RTX 2000 series and are expected to be priced under the RTX 2000 series, seems like a win win situation, better performance at a lower cost. CPU looks good, alternative might be the I9 9900K. I would suggest you strongly consider a liquid cooler. To get the most out of those CPU's you will want to overclock them so they will run constantly at their higher frequency across all cores. A liquid cooler will do a better job of keeping temperatures in line to prevent the CPU from throttling down. 32 GB or RAM is more than sufficient, overkill for Chief but you may have other programs that might benefit from this. Regardless, as RAM is so cheap why not go for a bit more. MNVe drive looks good, might consider the Pro series for a bit more throughput. There are some faster ones that use PCle 4.0 but I believe that at this time only AMD CPU's & motherboards support this. I know there can be some satisfaction in building your own but why not consider say a Dell Alienware Aurora. These are solid machines and when tested/reviewed they are always in the top tier. They do a good job of matching up components to deliver consistent performance and quality, all at a very competitive price and they are always running special discounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, TheKitchenAbode said: My suggestion at this time would be to wait a month or two. NVidia is just releasing their RTX 3000 series cards, these offer at least a 30% or more performance improvement over the RTX 2000 series and are expected to be priced under the RTX 2000 series, seems like a win win situation, better performance at a lower cost. CPU looks good, alternative might be the I9 9900K. I would suggest you strongly consider a liquid cooler. To get the most out of those CPU's you will want to overclock them so they will run constantly at their higher frequency across all cores. A liquid cooler will do a better job of keeping temperatures in line to prevent the CPU from throttling down. 32 GB or RAM is more than sufficient, overkill for Chief but you may have other programs that might benefit from this. Regardless, as RAM is so cheap why not go for a bit more. MNVe drive looks good, might consider the Pro series for a bit more throughput. There are some faster ones that use PCle 4.0 but I believe that at this time only AMD CPU's & motherboards support this. I know there can be some satisfaction in building your own but why not consider say a Dell Alienware Aurora. These are solid machines and when tested/reviewed they are always in the top tier. They do a good job of matching up components to deliver consistent performance and quality, all at a very competitive price and they are always running special discounts. Thank you for the feedback and info. Concerning Dell, I have had them all, even Alienware, and ASUS out performed for both laptops and desktops. I can always upgrade the video card, but as it is, I am getting too much lag with Chief and need to get something in place. I will update my Signature with new info once I have it in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, stevenyhof said: Thank you for the feedback and info. Concerning Dell, I have had them all, even Alienware, and ASUS out performed for both laptops and desktops. I can always upgrade the video card, but as it is, I am getting too much lag with Chief and need to get something in place. I will update my Signature with new info once I have it in place. No problem. Even though the RTX 3000 series is not currently available, suggest moving up one level from the RTX 2060. Your new CPU will at times bottleneck the RTX 2060 one level up should prevent this and provide an improved CPU/GPU balance. Regardless, you will definitely notice a big difference. Cheers, Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 I checked my order and it shows the RTX 2060... EVGA 06G-P4-2068-KR GeForce RTX 2060 KO Ultra Gaming, 6GB GDDR6, Dual Fans, Metal Backplate Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC $329.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Steve - Not sure you saw the Thread from Rene "SLOWWW plan file suddenly" posted yesterday. Worth taking a look at as it's a great example of how just one or two elements in a plan can bring even the best of system to it's knees. Really important to keep this in mind when ones system starts to slow down. Also, as mentioned before camera settings can have a significant impact on performance, when working on basic model structure I never have lights, reflections, bloom, shadows or sun follows camera turned on. Makes a big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 BTW, Graham, I was in my late teens when we owned a Kitchen store. We built houses and did lots of remodels. (I'm the youngest of four brothers). Back then, I was the "processor" I drew all the perspectives of the kitchens we sold and even added grain to the cabinets. That was over 40 years ago... This would be a close example of a perspective back then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, TheKitchenAbode said: Steve - Not sure you saw the Thread from Rene "SLOWWW plan file suddenly" posted yesterday. Worth taking a look at as it's a great example of how just one or two elements in a plan can bring even the best of system to it's knees. Really important to keep this in mind when ones system starts to slow down. Also, as mentioned before camera settings can have a significant impact on performance, when working on basic model structure I never have lights, reflections, bloom, shadows or sun follows camera turned on. Makes a big difference. I did see that. I will continue to fine tune my template(s) for this. I do have the sun follow, but that is the only change I made to camera - that I am aware of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, stevenyhof said: I did see that. I will continue to fine tune my template(s) for this. I do have the sun follow, but that is the only change I made to camera - that I am aware of. Turn that off. When it's on CA has to recalculate the shadow projections every time you move or change the model. The camera features I mentioned are really only need if you are preparing final renderings. Personally when working on primary structure I find all of these added effects distracting and tend to draw ones focus away from more important aspects. Not really very efficient to be focused on a particular shingle when the physical roof structure is not yet complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, TheKitchenAbode said: Turn that off. When it's on CA has to recalculate the shadow projections every time you move or change the model. The camera features I mentioned are really only need if you are preparing final renderings. Personally when working on primary structure I find all of these added effects distracting and tend to draw ones focus away from more important aspects. Not really very efficient to be focused on a particular shingle when the physical roof structure is not yet complete. Very good. I will turn that off. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 11 minutes ago, stevenyhof said: Very good. I will turn that off. Thank you Also, don't forget about the Display Layer options. Turning off unnecessary layers has a big impact on performance. Again, when working on structure there is no need for furniture, cabinets, electrical, plants, trees, terrain and the likes to be displayed. Under most circumstances CA only processes what is defined as displayed. You can define your own Display sets so this only has to be done once and then you just have to assign this to the camera you are using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Yes, I am taking advantage of the Shell layers to do my design, roofs, etc. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 So I have my new computer set up and my libraries, hotkeys, toolbars, etc. all transferred over. So far things are running along fine and smoothly. I also added two top monitors to my system so I could use both large monitors for Chief. I love it! I will upload my computer details and my signature soon. My son, who built the computer said he would buy my graphics card once the newer cards come out that should help with rendering. Thank you again for everyone who offered advice and direction on the computer details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermot Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 I highly recommend sunscreen. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Dermot said: I highly recommend sunscreen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownTiger Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Code42 scanning / backup takes a lot of resources I do not believe it matters how powerful your CPU is. When It does the full scan you will fill it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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