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That's just over $31,000 in 2022 dollars. I don't think I can even imagine what kind of modern desktop you could build for that much money.
by guyzero 4y ago
That's just over $31,000 in 2022 dollars. I don't think I can even imagine what kind of modern desktop you could build for that much money.
- jeffbee 4y agohttps://zworkstations.com/configurations/3010617/ https://zworkstations.com/configurations/3010617/ 24x 4.5GHz cores, 96GB memory, 48TB NVMe storage, 2 giant GPUs, etc.
- guyzero 4y agoThat's wild, although it seems to be server parts in a workstation case. I guess none of Intel's "desktop" chips support a dual/quad CPU configuration though, so that's your only choice. Quad 8 TB NVMe drives is definitely one way to get to $30K of parts pretty quickly.
- sbierwagen 4y agoNeither Intel or AMD support SMP with consumer chips. To go dual-processor with AMD you have to buy EPYC skus, which are several times more expensive than their threadripper core-count equivalents.
- nullc 4y agoFWIW, EPYCs sell on ebay with $/core prices much closer to threadripper prices-- presumably that's closer to what AMD is selling them for to large companies after discounts. The MSRP on them is ... quite staggering though!
- Sohcahtoa82 4y agoI'm not even sure you could build a $31,000 desktop computer even if you wanted to without resorting to some ridiculous "expensive for the sake of being expensive" parts. Even quad RTX 3090 Ti's would only set you back $8,000 if you got them at MSRP. EDIT: Just saw the other comment and I stand corrected.
- pram 4y agoQuad RTX A6000s would be $24k and that’s what would go in a “workstation”
- Sohcahtoa82 4y agoVenturing off-topic a bit here, but what exactly makes a "workstation" GPU? What's the difference between an RTX A6000 and an RTX 3090?
- jeffbee 4y agoThe A6000 has ECC memory and the 3090 does not. I think that's the chief differentiation between workstations and any other kind of desktop computer. Like a server, they will have ECC everywhere.
- dagw 4y agoThe main difference is you get twice the memory. If you don't need that, there is very little reason to get an A6000.
- justinlloyd 4y agoECC RAM, different cooling setup (blower vs side fans), very different thermal characteristics, 24GB or 48GB, more bus width usually, optimized paths for data load & unload, GPU interconnects for direct GPU to GPU communication, shareable vGPUs between VMs, GPU store & halt, h/w support for desktop state, GPU state hand-off to another machine. It isn't just a "more memory" kind of thing.
- my123 4y ago> GPU interconnects for direct GPU to GPU communication Note that nvlink is also available on the 3090, which does also have the same bus width as the A6000.
- justinlloyd 4y ago
- greggsy 4y agoYou can easily get well past $40k once you start adding some Quadro GPUs, 192gb RAM and a few TBs of PCIe storage into any of the mainstream manufacturers’ workstation products.
- nazgulsenpai 4y agoCould easily get there with a Mac Pro: https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-pro/tower https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-pro/tower
- justinlloyd 4y agoWell dual XEON SP2 CPUs, multiple RTX A5000 GPUs, 30TB of SSD storage, 512GB of RAM and dual BlackMagic quad-input 4K capture cards can get you pretty darn close when it comes to your computer vision work.