mnm0710

Thanks everyone! I’ll take the general advice and just sell the parts and get a more efficient system for a NAS

UPDATE 6
 
Alright, here we go!  Got the DeepCool LS720 and now ready to rumble!
 

 
 
Case is ready
 

 
Prepping the Motherboard
 

 
 
Cool box that the i9-13900K comes in
 


 
CPU Installed
 


 
RAM installed in the A21 and B21 slots of the ASUS Z790 MOBO

 
 
Put some Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Paste on the CPU
 

 
 
MOBO Installed in the Case
 

 
 
Power Supply Installed

 
 
3 x Lian Li AL-120 fans installed on the front bracket of the Core P3 TG Pro

 
 
DeepCool LS720 installed on the MOBO side exhausting through the rear side panel. Replaced the fans that came with the AIO with the Lian Li AL120 to match the case fans
 

 
Vertically Mounted the ASUS RTX 4090 TUF GAMING OC
 

 
 
Got all the power cables, ARGB cables and fan cables all plugged in.  The AIO is plugged in to the AIO Pump;  The Lian-Li fans on the radiator are plugged in to the CPU fan;  
 

 
 
Power Cable and PSU button turned on!
 

 
 
Pressed the button for the first time....and it posted! On my Samsung QN900A 8K TV
 
 

 
 
 
COMPLETED
 

I know right! Just for giggles I ran Cinebench, Heaven and Crystal before I wiped my old computer. Just for a fun comparison when the new one is done. 

UPDATE 5
 
Okay the first step in actually building was to assemble the case which comes in what looks like a normal mid-tower sized box but is in pieces. 
 
First, I have to say, ThermalTake's instructions are horrible.  I had to use some build log videos on YT with the original Core P3 owners and try to compare with the Pro reviews and the manual. 
 



 
 
The screws are all mixed together and 1 set of the same screw was split between 2 tiny ziplocs (wtf). So the first thing I decided to do was separate all the screws and figure out what was for which.  They provide a bunch of ones that you will only use depending on the configuration and the different types of hardware you install.  For example I will likely not have any HDDs or 2.5" SSDs. 

Probably a little extra but sorting and labeling the screws made my life way easier during the assembly process and likely will keep it simple for the computer build as well. 
 


 
 
 
Then I installed the PSU brackets, the 2 PCI-e brackets and the arms that hold the tempered glass panel in place.  For the smaller PCI-e bracket (the one that has the input shields/thumb screws), you can decide how you want to orient them based on if you're going with horizontal GPU alignment or vertical.  I am planning on vertical with a riser cable so this is how it was installed. 
 

 
 
Then I installed the fan bracket - you can install this on the front or top depending on what you want.  I am going to put the AIO radiator on the motherboard panel so I decided to do a front mounted fan bracket to put another set of fans for intake for all the rest of the components. 

After that it was the tempered glass panel that has rubber grommet inserts and rubber washers that you put on both sides so that none of the metal actually touches the glass. 
 
 

 
 
 
That is pretty much it for now until I am ready to build the computer itself.  I did keep my screws organized into the same baggies but labeled them based on my number scheme. 
 

 
 
Here are some done shots.  You'll notice I did install the rubber feet on the right side panel.  Typically that's only if you want to do horizontal configuration for the case.  I just put it on there because it makes it easy to lay the computer flat and build on that side - when I get to building the computer at my office desk or something.  This way the side panel doesn't get damaged and the metal doesn't damage any of my desks.  I'll remove the rubber feet once I'm done done. 
 

 

 

 

 
 

I know right! Just for giggles I ran Cinebench, Heaven and Crystal before I wiped my old computer. Just for a fun comparison when the new one is done. 

UPDATE 2
 
Picked up the memory and some storage from Microcenter.  Hopefully next is the PSU.  Once I get that, I'll be able to get the MB and CPU. 
 
NEW RIG LIST UPDATE
Processor:TBD
MB: TBD
CPU Cooler - TBD
Memory -  G.SKILL TTrident Z5 RGB 2 x 16GB DDR5-7200 
Graphics Card - ASUS RTX 4090 TUF OC
PSU - TBD
Storage - 1 TB Samsung 980 PRO NVME SSD && 2 TB WD_BLACK SN850x NVME SSD
Case - TBD

Alright here we go.  This will be a work in progress over a few months as I want to wait for some things to come out but excited to get back into the game!  If anyone has any thoughts/recommendations please shout. 
 
Last time I built a computer for myself was back in early 2009 right when the famous Intel Bloomfield had launched.  Only thing I've changed is some fans and the graphics card. 
 
If you have any idea what to do with these old parts let me know (everything works).  I'm also really confused as to why the X58 PRIME is selling for like $200+ on amazon/ebay.  Maybe I should repurpose into a NAS? 
 
OLD SPECS:
Processor: Intel i7 920
MB: ASUS X58 Prime
CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-D14
Memory -  6 x 2GB OCZ Gold PC3 12800 1600MHZ 1.65V Triple Channel
Graphics Card - EVGA GTX 670
PSU - Thermalake Toughpower 750W
Storage - 2 x 1TB WD Black in RAID 0 and 1 x 2TB WD Black
Case - Cooler Master CM690 II
Extras - A bunch of fans and a disgusting amount of dust
 
NEW RIG LIST UPDATE
Processor:TBD
MB: TBD
CPU Cooler - TBD
Memory -  TBD
Graphics Card - Chosen
PSU - TBD
Storage - TBD
Case - TBD
 
 

 

Alright here we go.  This will be a work in progress over a few months as I want to wait for some things to come out but excited to get back into the game!  If anyone has any thoughts/recommendations please shout. 
 
Last time I built a computer for myself was back in early 2009 right when the famous Intel Bloomfield had launched.  Only thing I've changed is some fans and the graphics card. 
 
If you have any idea what to do with these old parts let me know (everything works).  I'm also really confused as to why the X58 PRIME is selling for like $200+ on amazon/ebay.  Maybe I should repurpose into a NAS? 
 
OLD SPECS:
Processor: Intel i7 920
MB: ASUS X58 Prime
CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-D14
Memory -  6 x 2GB OCZ Gold PC3 12800 1600MHZ 1.65V Triple Channel
Graphics Card - EVGA GTX 670
PSU - Thermalake Toughpower 750W
Storage - 2 x 1TB WD Black in RAID 0 and 1 x 2TB WD Black
Case - Cooler Master CM690 II
Extras - A bunch of fans and a disgusting amount of dust
 
NEW RIG LIST UPDATE
Processor:TBD
MB: TBD
CPU Cooler - TBD
Memory -  TBD
Graphics Card - Chosen
PSU - TBD
Storage - TBD
Case - TBD
 
 

 

I agree with DocSwag.  Any type of gaming would require a GeForce card.  It's a tricky thing mixing work and play here funny enough.  The best "balance" I think would be a high end quadro but obviously that becomes really expensive really fast.  If there's a decent gaming life involved and not a ridiculous budget, then get something to what you had specced out earlier - GTX 1060 and the like.  In that case I would try to stay in the 3GB/4GB VRAM because that will help with CAD.

Not really. CAD likes high frequency single cores.  If you go on Autodesk's website for example it shows that multiple threads are only used in specific instances such as ray rendering.  The core CAD executables don't take advantage of multiple cores.
 
Nice! Good luck!

I agree with DocSwag.  Any type of gaming would require a GeForce card.  It's a tricky thing mixing work and play here funny enough.  The best "balance" I think would be a high end quadro but obviously that becomes really expensive really fast.  If there's a decent gaming life involved and not a ridiculous budget, then get something to what you had specced out earlier - GTX 1060 and the like.  In that case I would try to stay in the 3GB/4GB VRAM because that will help with CAD.

Thought you guys might like to see another workstation build on my part. I got a new machine a few weeks ago - it's pretty badass and definitely a lot faster than the last workstation I had (which you can see at the link below) 
 
NEW SYSTEM
CPU: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2667 V4 8 core Processors
GPU: Quadro K6000
Memory: 256GB DDR4
SSD: Intel P3700 1.6TB NVME SSD
Hard Drive: 2 x 10TB in RAID 1
 
Total Cost was round $14K I think
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Thought you guys might like to see another workstation build on my part. I got a new machine a few weeks ago - it's pretty badass and definitely a lot faster than the last workstation I had (which you can see at the link below) 
 
NEW SYSTEM
CPU: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2667 V4 8 core Processors
GPU: Quadro K6000
Memory: 256GB DDR4
SSD: Intel P3700 1.6TB NVME SSD
Hard Drive: 2 x 10TB in RAID 1
 
Total Cost was round $14K I think
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Thought you guys might like to see another workstation build on my part. I got a new machine a few weeks ago - it's pretty badass and definitely a lot faster than the last workstation I had (which you can see at the link below) 
 
NEW SYSTEM
CPU: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2667 V4 8 core Processors
GPU: Quadro K6000
Memory: 256GB DDR4
SSD: Intel P3700 1.6TB NVME SSD
Hard Drive: 2 x 10TB in RAID 1
 
Total Cost was round $14K I think
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Not to resurrect an "old" thread. 
 
But just got this bad boy in to put into my machine.  It's the 5110p.  should be getting the 7120x soon as well.  Going to compare this against GPU Compute with the Tesla K20x that I have in there right now.  We'll see what the verdict is on our particular application.  Sadly I can't put both in there at the same time .  3 dual slot cards and a raid card definitely won't fit in a midtower system.
 

Just something a little different than the gaming and video editing builds that's on here.  This is a compute workstation (for those of you who know, CFD, FEA and other engineering analysis) that I built for work
 
It looks tiny here

 
But when you look inside..

 
2 x E5-2650 v2 8 Core Processors
8 x16GB Samsung DDR3 1600 ECC (128 GB of RAM)
NVIDIA Quadro K5000 Video Card
NVIDIA Tesla K20x GPU Compute Card
2 x 120GB Samsung Enterprise SSD in RAID 0
4 x 600 GB SAS 15k rpm in RAID0
 
Off Computer Backup of course. Can't afford to lose files here
 
 

As promised guys here's the full set up right now.
 
Here's what my space looks like:
 
2 Workstations
42" Westinghouse LED TV
3 24" Dell Monitors
Dell Precision M4700 Laptop
Apple iPad (i know, but useful for travel)
 

 
Workstation 1
 
2 x AMD Opteron 6380 16 core Processors @ 3.4Ghz Turbo (32 Core System)
8 x 16GB of Samsung ECC 1600 RAM (128GB of RAM)
AMD Firepro 3D V5800 Grahpics Card (GPU not important in this one)
LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Card
4 x 1TB Western Digital SAS in RAID0
2 x 2TB Western Digital SAS in RAID1
1 x 500GB Western Digital SAS
 

 

 

 
Workstation 2
 
2 x Intel E5-2650 v2 8 Core Processors (16 core System)
8 x 16GB of Samsung ECC 1600 RAM (128 GB of RAM)
NVIDIA Quadro K5000 Video Card
NVIDIA Tesla K20x Compute Card
2 x 120GB Samsung Enterprise SSD in RAID 0
4 x 600 GB SAS 15k rpm in RAID0
 

 

 

 
External Backup
Seagate External 2TB Drive
Thermaltake External Drive Bay with 2 2TB Western Digital Green Drives
 

 
 
What else would you guys like to know about this?  I might do some compute benchmarks on the CPUs and the K20x when I get time.  I'm pretty loaded with travel and reports right now.

Just something a little different than the gaming and video editing builds that's on here.  This is a compute workstation (for those of you who know, CFD, FEA and other engineering analysis) that I built for work
 
It looks tiny here

 
But when you look inside..

 
2 x E5-2650 v2 8 Core Processors
8 x16GB Samsung DDR3 1600 ECC (128 GB of RAM)
NVIDIA Quadro K5000 Video Card
NVIDIA Tesla K20x GPU Compute Card
2 x 120GB Samsung Enterprise SSD in RAID 0
4 x 600 GB SAS 15k rpm in RAID0
 
Off Computer Backup of course. Can't afford to lose files here
 
 

As promised guys here's the full set up right now.
 
Here's what my space looks like:
 
2 Workstations
42" Westinghouse LED TV
3 24" Dell Monitors
Dell Precision M4700 Laptop
Apple iPad (i know, but useful for travel)
 

 
Workstation 1
 
2 x AMD Opteron 6380 16 core Processors @ 3.4Ghz Turbo (32 Core System)
8 x 16GB of Samsung ECC 1600 RAM (128GB of RAM)
AMD Firepro 3D V5800 Grahpics Card (GPU not important in this one)
LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Card
4 x 1TB Western Digital SAS in RAID0
2 x 2TB Western Digital SAS in RAID1
1 x 500GB Western Digital SAS
 

 

 

 
Workstation 2
 
2 x Intel E5-2650 v2 8 Core Processors (16 core System)
8 x 16GB of Samsung ECC 1600 RAM (128 GB of RAM)
NVIDIA Quadro K5000 Video Card
NVIDIA Tesla K20x Compute Card
2 x 120GB Samsung Enterprise SSD in RAID 0
4 x 600 GB SAS 15k rpm in RAID0
 

 

 

 
External Backup
Seagate External 2TB Drive
Thermaltake External Drive Bay with 2 2TB Western Digital Green Drives
 

 
 
What else would you guys like to know about this?  I might do some compute benchmarks on the CPUs and the K20x when I get time.  I'm pretty loaded with travel and reports right now.

Just something a little different than the gaming and video editing builds that's on here.  This is a compute workstation (for those of you who know, CFD, FEA and other engineering analysis) that I built for work
 
It looks tiny here

 
But when you look inside..

 
2 x E5-2650 v2 8 Core Processors
8 x16GB Samsung DDR3 1600 ECC (128 GB of RAM)
NVIDIA Quadro K5000 Video Card
NVIDIA Tesla K20x GPU Compute Card
2 x 120GB Samsung Enterprise SSD in RAID 0
4 x 600 GB SAS 15k rpm in RAID0
 
Off Computer Backup of course. Can't afford to lose files here
 
 

Just something a little different than the gaming and video editing builds that's on here.  This is a compute workstation (for those of you who know, CFD, FEA and other engineering analysis) that I built for work
 
It looks tiny here

 
But when you look inside..

 
2 x E5-2650 v2 8 Core Processors
8 x16GB Samsung DDR3 1600 ECC (128 GB of RAM)
NVIDIA Quadro K5000 Video Card
NVIDIA Tesla K20x GPU Compute Card
2 x 120GB Samsung Enterprise SSD in RAID 0
4 x 600 GB SAS 15k rpm in RAID0
 
Off Computer Backup of course. Can't afford to lose files here
 
 

Just something a little different than the gaming and video editing builds that's on here.  This is a compute workstation (for those of you who know, CFD, FEA and other engineering analysis) that I built for work
 
It looks tiny here

 
But when you look inside..

 
2 x E5-2650 v2 8 Core Processors
8 x16GB Samsung DDR3 1600 ECC (128 GB of RAM)
NVIDIA Quadro K5000 Video Card
NVIDIA Tesla K20x GPU Compute Card
2 x 120GB Samsung Enterprise SSD in RAID 0
4 x 600 GB SAS 15k rpm in RAID0
 
Off Computer Backup of course. Can't afford to lose files here
 
 

Just something a little different than the gaming and video editing builds that's on here.  This is a compute workstation (for those of you who know, CFD, FEA and other engineering analysis) that I built for work
 
It looks tiny here

 
But when you look inside..

 
2 x E5-2650 v2 8 Core Processors
8 x16GB Samsung DDR3 1600 ECC (128 GB of RAM)
NVIDIA Quadro K5000 Video Card
NVIDIA Tesla K20x GPU Compute Card
2 x 120GB Samsung Enterprise SSD in RAID 0
4 x 600 GB SAS 15k rpm in RAID0
 
Off Computer Backup of course. Can't afford to lose files here
 
 

Just something a little different than the gaming and video editing builds that's on here.  This is a compute workstation (for those of you who know, CFD, FEA and other engineering analysis) that I built for work
 
It looks tiny here

 
But when you look inside..

 
2 x E5-2650 v2 8 Core Processors
8 x16GB Samsung DDR3 1600 ECC (128 GB of RAM)
NVIDIA Quadro K5000 Video Card
NVIDIA Tesla K20x GPU Compute Card
2 x 120GB Samsung Enterprise SSD in RAID 0
4 x 600 GB SAS 15k rpm in RAID0
 
Off Computer Backup of course. Can't afford to lose files here