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Somewhat off-topic, but I need to replace my ancient workstation and would love a recommendation. I prefer to max cores and do not care much for clock speeds (I
by ptero 9y ago
Somewhat off-topic, but I need to replace my ancient workstation and would love a recommendation. I prefer to max cores and do not care much for clock speeds (I work mostly on algorithm development and can parallelize experiments relatively easily but often run multiple unrelated tests). 10-15k budget.
I was thinking of dual-CPU Z840; are there better options?
- dsr_ 9y agoYou can get 64 cores, 128 threads on a 2P EPYC7551 with 256GB of ECC RAM in a rackmount server with redundant power supplies for that much money. e.g. SiliconMechanics.com
- ptero 9y agoThank you for the suggestion, I will look at SiliconMechanics. I need a tower, not rack mounted, but I see capable systems with 24-28 cores there. The site seems to be in a disarray, at least for high performance workstations (two rightmost options of the four, which I would assume to be the most capable are showing up as discontinued when I click on them, etc.).
- e12e 9y agoI don't know them, but in a Web search for dual cpu workstations, I came across Velocity micro: http://www.velocitymicro.com/desktop-workstation-pc.php http://www.velocitymicro.com/desktop-workstation-pc.php Might be worth a look, unless you can make do with a second-hand dual xeon workstation from eBay (possibly adding in an nvidia 1080 or two).