Re: Computer specifications for Fiji/ImageJ

Posted by Gabriel Lapointe-4 on
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I recently built a similar computer for image analysis and it is working
great with 2 dual six-core and 146 Gb of ECC-registered RAM and RAID0 SSDs
on WIndows 7 64bit. Fiji is even putting Imaris to shame on this baby as it
often uses the 12 cores while Imaris is only using 1.
The only thing I would says is that I find that the price difference
between a Quadro and a GeForce is probably not worth it. Personnaly I would
invest the money in more RAM or a pair of faster CPU.

AS for the single 8 core vs 2 six-core question. I'm by no mean an expert,
but with multitrheaded applications I believe that all cache being equal
more core will be faster than slightly faster clock. The key words here is
"multithreaded applications". If you intend to use single threaded plugins,
then thats another story.


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2013/2/1 Zach Freyberg <[hidden email]>

> Dear all,
> I am in the process of building a relatively high-powered computer imaging
> workstation for processing microscope-acquired images. I plan on doing a
> lot
> of fast time-scale image acquisition which will result in image stacks of
> >9,000 images per stack. I also plan on using the computer for creating 3-D
> reconstructions/movies of some of these images. To handle these demands, I
> had originally planned on building a computer including:
> 64GB, DDR3 RDIMM Memory, 1600MHz, ECC (8 x 8GB DIMMs)
> Dual Six Core XEON E5-2630, 2.3GHz, 15M, 7.2 GT/s,Turbo
> 2.5GB NVIDIAR Quadro 5000 graphics card
> Windows 7, 64-bit
>
> Based on reading a recent thread, my first question is whether Fiji and/or
> Image J will run normally on a set up like this, particularly with a dual
> processor setup and >32GB RAM? Secondly, does it make sense to get a single
> processor running faster with fewer threads (i.e. a single 8 core Xeon
> processor with 3.1GHz, 20M, 8.0 GT/s)? Any insights would be greatly
> appreciated!
>
> Best regards,
> Zach Freyberg
>
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