recommendation for a new computer for image analysis

[rona baron]

Hi all,

We would like to purchase a new computer that will be used mainly for image
analysis.
We use it for tracking cells and usually the movies are very heavy.

Any recommendation?

Thanks,

Ron

[Mario Emmenlauer-3]

Hi Ron,

my recommendation is: get as much RAM as you can. With large datasets,
CPU is typically not the first bottleneck, any newer Core i7 or Xeon or
AMD will do ok. But its very good if you can have a full dataset in RAM
in floating point precision, and some software requires a second copy
for temp. computations etc. 16 GB of RAM are usually good, and newer
Desktops can do 24GB.

Cheers,

    Mario

> Hi all,
>
> We would like to purchase a new computer that will be used mainly for
> image
> analysis.
> We use it for tracking cells and usually the movies are very heavy.
>
> Any recommendation?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron
>
>

[Wolfgang Schechinger]

Hi Ron,

if your software supports multithreading, you might consider as many cores as are supported (maybe some more). Also, when some other things are running in the background (eg data acquisition), more cores can speed up things when your OS permits to assign programs to CPU cores.

If your software supports to use certain GPUs (esp for vector/matrix calculations), get an appropriate graphics card.

In general, try to use common hardware, that makes your system easier to upgrade if necessary and cheaper to repair.

Consider a UPS as back up for power interruptions if they will kill long running calculations.

HTH

Wo
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> Datum: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:19:38 +0200
> Von: rona baron <[hidden email]>
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> Betreff: recommendation for a new computer for image analysis

> Hi all,
>
> We would like to purchase a new computer that will be used mainly for
> image
> analysis.
> We use it for tracking cells and usually the movies are very heavy.
>
> Any recommendation?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron

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[Gary Sellani]

AMD is by far the cheapest way to go if you want 6 cores. The 790 chip set has an IOMMU for virtualization, though not every desktop bios can use the feature.

A UPS is a good idea, though I'd suggest the more expensive double conversion type. These run full time, but supply true sine output. This is the type used in data centers. For a small office, OPTI-ups is fine. Noisy though, since they run continuously.
 
 
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:09:07
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Subject: Re: recommendation for a new computer for image analysis

Hi Ron,

if your software supports multithreading, you might consider as many cores as are supported (maybe some more). Also, when some other things are running in the background (eg data acquisition), more cores can speed up things when your OS permits to assign programs to CPU cores.

If your software supports to use certain GPUs (esp for vector/matrix calculations), get an appropriate graphics card.

In general, try to use common hardware, that makes your system easier to upgrade if necessary and cheaper to repair.

Consider a UPS as back up for power interruptions if they will kill long running calculations.

HTH

Wo
-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:19:38 +0200
> Von: rona baron <[hidden email]>
> An: [hidden email]
> Betreff: recommendation for a new computer for image analysis

> Hi all,
>
> We would like to purchase a new computer that will be used mainly for
> image
> analysis.
> We use it for tracking cells and usually the movies are very heavy.
>
> Any recommendation?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron

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