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I thought about this too (an Ubuntu workstation), but there are so many options as to what to buy. Seems overwhelming. Any suggestions?

benmcnelly 10y ago
I am afraid I am net an expert in AI and OpenCV, but I do know how to build a custom desktop. I would research what hardware other people are finding effective, and then just double check Ubuntu/Debian will have the driver support (its pretty good nowadays) for what you want. Building a rig is a great experience and quite fun too!
- jason_slack 10y ago
  a recommendation on a motherboard that supports a number of GPU's and a decent amount of RAM? When I built a Bitcoin mining rig a long while back I had to use riser boards and this took a log of custom work on my end :-) Looking to avoid that now.
brudgers 10y ago
This describes the machine I am in the midst of building for my boy: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11884519 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11884519 I'm in the US and it the used Dell Precision T7500 [1] was about $300 including shipping. There's another ~$40 apiece in a new 120gb ssd and a new Nvidia GeForce 710 GPU from NewEgg. The 710 does ~350 gigaflops which is about $0.11 per, and better than anything else at a price that's rounding error on a high end GPU. So why am I a fan of the Dell's? They're seriously robust machines. I've got a dual E5405 T7400 that's 8 years old. Last month on a whim I looked at the SMART stats for the original disk drives: more than five years powered on. Still whisper quiet. Never a hardware problem. These are machines Dell ships with a three years Next Business Day warranty. They're designed and built accordingly. [1]: http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/precn/Dell_Precision_T7500_Brochure_1_en.pdf http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/precn/Dell_Pre...

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I thought about this too (an Ubuntu workstation), but there are so many options as to what to buy. Seems overwhelming. Any suggestions?

by jason_slack 10y ago

benmcnelly 10y ago
I am afraid I am net an expert in AI and OpenCV, but I do know how to build a custom desktop. I would research what hardware other people are finding effective, and then just double check Ubuntu/Debian will have the driver support (its pretty good nowadays) for what you want. Building a rig is a great experience and quite fun too!
- jason_slack 10y ago
  a recommendation on a motherboard that supports a number of GPU's and a decent amount of RAM? When I built a Bitcoin mining rig a long while back I had to use riser boards and this took a log of custom work on my end :-) Looking to avoid that now.
brudgers 10y ago
This describes the machine I am in the midst of building for my boy: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11884519 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11884519 I'm in the US and it the used Dell Precision T7500 [1] was about $300 including shipping. There's another ~$40 apiece in a new 120gb ssd and a new Nvidia GeForce 710 GPU from NewEgg. The 710 does ~350 gigaflops which is about $0.11 per, and better than anything else at a price that's rounding error on a high end GPU. So why am I a fan of the Dell's? They're seriously robust machines. I've got a dual E5405 T7400 that's 8 years old. Last month on a whim I looked at the SMART stats for the original disk drives: more than five years powered on. Still whisper quiet. Never a hardware problem. These are machines Dell ships with a three years Next Business Day warranty. They're designed and built accordingly. [1]: http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/precn/Dell_Precision_T7500_Brochure_1_en.pdf http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/precn/Dell_Pre...