Pixinsight Specs

[Stev0 (Steve)]

Hey there fellow Astro Nerds!

I am embarking on my editing journey and wanted to ask what others have experienced re CPU /RAM performance w/pixinsight. I have reviewed the pixinsight website and the recommended specs include some very serious and expensive kit!

So, how have others found performance with older CPUs ie i7 /32gig of RAM. I had hoped someone may have experience to share of old versus new-ish and can provide insight into comparative difference. Noted that the question is subjective and would depend on kit. Just looking for thoughts/ insights.

Thanks in advance.

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Try this

https://pixinsight.com/benchmark/

[LewisM]

8 year old i7 with 16GB - no issues whatsoever. Can take a while to crunch some things but it gets done. Just walk away, have a coffee, come back.

[Bart]

I am using and an old AMD FX8120 eight core processor with 16Gb of ram. This system is quite old now. I also converted my C drive to an SSD as well as my Astro drive which helps a bit and then use the Astro drive for swap file.

Same as Lewis, takes a bit on some processes, gives me the chance to go talk to the Minister of War, Finance and all Things Domestic.

[RobF (Rob)]

What sort of data will you be processing most often? (camera, mono/OSC, file size)

[Zuts]

I have a two year old Razer gaming laptop

10th Gen, 6 Core, 12 thread I7
32 Gb Ram
Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti GPU (PI will use this with the CPU)
1 Terabyte M2 SSD

1. Weighted Batch Preprocessing (Register, Align, Stack..) of say 100 ZWO 2600 MC 50 megabyte images takes around 5 minutes.
2. Star removal on the transformed image takes a few minutes
3. The actual operations like Noise removal, Curves, Colour Balance etc are near instantaneous

[Stev0 (Steve)]

Thank you to everyone for your responses. I ended up getting a second hand Ryzen gaming desktop with loads of power. I appreciate your support!