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Transistorbrains

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  1. Honestly, I have a powermac G5 case laying around that I would love to use for this, but I don't feel like modding it at the moment.
  2. Yeah, I liked the Cougar MX330 suggested by OlympicAssEater, but couldn't find it when I was looking on pcpartpicker
  3. I apologize it took a little bit to reply. Life got a little busy, you know how it is. Anyways, based off your suggestions, this is what I am thinking now: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qDbmgJ ^^This. Nvidia has been very heavily working on winning over the data science crowd. It's not that AMD doesn't want their business, it's that they haven't done nearly as much I had honestly forgotten about that, but figured if I was going to shell out the cash to build a rig anyways, might as well get the license (plus the constant reminders can get irritating). Honestly wasn't sure what to look for there, all I knew was that Noctua was a good brand. Good thing I went to you guys for advice before just blindly purchasing parts, huh?
  4. Hey guys, new to the forum here. I am an engineering student that would like a sanity check/suggestions on my first build. Also, since it is my first build, if you have any tips for me, I’m all ears. 1. Budget & Location I am based in the United States, and prices listed are in USD. My aim is to stay at or below $1000. I can go above if we can get significantly better performance for not much more. Also, even though I have it listed here (because I do need to purchase it), I am not actually including a Windows license in this budget. 2. Aim I want to build a rig that I can do my engineering schoolwork on at home (mostly SolidWorks). While at school, I can use their computers, but they would get a little upset with me if I took those home... I would also like to do some relatively light gaming (probably the most demanding game in my steam library is RIME). Lastly, I plan on getting back into AI development (tensorflow/Keras, and OpenCV) at some point down the line (though not immediately). As such, sticking to intel/nvidia would probably be better as they have been working very hard at supporting that kind of development. 3. Monitors I have a single 1080p 144hz monitor at the moment. I don’t plan on upgrading anytime soon (space is tight). Don’t get me wrong, I would love an ultrawide or a second monitor (have three at work), just can’t do it right now. 4. Peripherals Peripherals are not included in the budget. I already have keyboard, mouse, and monitor. 5. Why are you upgrading? Part of it is that I have had this urge to build a pc that I have been trying to avoid for months now. I also run a Mac at home, and while I have no intention of giving that up, I would like a dedicated machine for each major group of operating systems. I am using a Raspberry Pi for Linux, obviously already have a mac for OSX, so that just leaves a Windows machine. With the holidays coming up, I plan on waiting on Black Friday/cyber Monday deals before making any final purchasing decisions. This is the build I was able to come up with (not sure how to insert the build right into the post)
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