# Desktop Computer Setup adequate?

**URL:** <https://community.pix4d.com/t/desktop-computer-setup-adequate/3866>\
**Category:** PIX4Dmapper Questions/Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [July 17, 2017, 8:46am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/desktop-computer-setup-adequate/3866 "2017-07-17T08:46:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Geo\_Metrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@Geo\_Metrik](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Geo_Metrik)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 8:46am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/desktop-computer-setup-adequate/3866/1 "2017-07-17T08:46:13Z")

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Hi,

sorry for coming up with the same topic once again, but:

We want to purchase a good workstation that will allow us to process our projects in a reasonable amount of time.

Our projects are computing point clouds and orthomosaics from 300 to 3000 (P4P) images.

After looking through forums and recommendations we’ve ended up with this setup:

Is there anything wrong with this? Any ‘bottle necks’?

What do you guess the processing time with standard settings would be for a project with about 1000 images?

Thank you very much in advance for your thoughts!!

Lukas

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**Author:** ![Arturo\_Sosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Arturo\_Sosa](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Arturo_Sosa)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/desktop-computer-setup-adequate/3866/2 "2017-07-18T20:23:40Z")

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Only “bottle neck” I see would be with the GTX 1060. Should get at least a 1070.

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**Author:** ![Pierangelo\_Rothenbuhler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/pierangelo_rothenbuhler/32/2439_2.png) [@Pierangelo\_Rothenbuhler](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Pierangelo_Rothenbuhler)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 8:30am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/desktop-computer-setup-adequate/3866/3 "2017-07-19T08:30:21Z")

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Hi Lukas,&nbsp;

The configuration seems good to me. It is difficult to give an estimate of processing time as it depends on many factors, my estimate with this configuration would be a few hours of processing for 1000 P4P images.

Maybe someone from the Community has a similar machine and could give us a more accurate estimate?&nbsp;

Probably you have read the article before, but just in case, here are a few example configurations we recommend:&nbsp;[https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/202559159-Recommendations-for-Hardware-and-Software-Configuration  
 ](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/202559159-Recommendations-for-Hardware-and-Software-Configuration)

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**Author:** ![Geo\_Metrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@Geo\_Metrik](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Geo_Metrik)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/desktop-computer-setup-adequate/3866/4 "2017-07-20T11:33:54Z")

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Hey,

thank you for the answers! I had read the article, but there are just too many options out there…

And yes, if anyone else has an opinion on that, feel free to let me know! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Arturo\_Sosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Arturo\_Sosa](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Arturo_Sosa)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/desktop-computer-setup-adequate/3866/5 "2017-07-20T11:59:16Z")

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Geo,

Pix4d scales very well. So the max you can get for your money do it. I have notice that ram is the one item that doesn’t scale (more will be better). The more processing cores and faster video cards will always benift you.