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As the title states, I'm looking for the smallest, cheapest plattform where you can setup your whole infrastructure. Some guidelines: Multiple services (with some redundancies) Access from anywhere Cheap quiet Maintainer friendly Repair friendly High Up-time Backup I have some Ideas in my mind, but I'd like to hear your suggestions first

Hey everyone! Anyone know of a good, cheap, GPU for floating point operations? I've been looking a bit at some of the the older Quadro's, like the M4000 3Gb, but I wanted some input from the community on good cards. Looking for something under $200. Thanks! Purphoros

I recently bought a Nvidia Tesla 2075 gpu computing card to boost performance, but to tell you the truth i have no idea how to test the funtionality, it's showing up on my control panel all drivers are in, it's running, but how do i track the progess of the processes, anybody have a clue? #noobfromoldschool

So with the presence of PCIe lanes on modern processors and the need for powerful dedicated GPUs to compute the visual signal to displays/perform 3D work... exactly how much does a processor do when it comes to graphics in laymen's terms? Does it tell the GPU "I need a figure at these game coordinates in these object coordinates with these image textures and these lighting effects with these conditions of objects in the way, please do it and feed me back the data?" Do these textures stream or pass through the processor before going to the GPU? Do they go through DRAM sticks at all, or just memory on the GPU itself? I'd like a discussion on this because I might need to narrow down my question but possibly need some guidance on how to do that.

Hello dear community, i'm searching for a GPU that will be used for Rendering and Encoding. Rendering: - Premiere Pro - After Effects - Photoshop CC Encode: - OBS h.264 (While recording/streaming) 232 Euros - Sapphire Nitro 470 8G Mining Edition - 5063Gflops 211 Euros - Zotac GTX 1060 AMP Core 3GB - 4140Gflops 100 Euros - Sapphire Pulse RX 560 2GB - 2662Gflops 117 Euros - Zotac GTX 1050 OC 2GB - 2008Gflops I don't know if i should look at Gflops or at something else.

Hi guys , Ill go to Dubai in Jan 2018 to start my university to get a bachelor's in Computer Science . I wanna buy a new pc for around 1000$ for mainly my education (involving mainly scientific computing , modelling simulations and light use of graphics and animation software) and gaming i will play new age of empires , gta v and some new AAA games but gaming is not a priority . I really need help from You guys so I know how to get the best deal . so here's what i need to know 1 . Would buying a used PC reduce performance ?Im really really afraid of buying a used i7 that performs worse than new i5(specially as data crunching is my thing) or even reduced performance of graphics card right now , im very afraid of buying a used pc, if u ever bought one plz share ur experience 2. a. how much difference would a processor make eg 7th gen i5 vs 7th gen i7 (would i5 make my simulations noticeably slow ??? cant find any benchmarks) b. what specs on a processor of the same series like i7 are most important for performance in scientific computing and simulations (mainly number crunching and calculations) c. should i buy the new ryzen instead ? i have no idea how they work. 3 . how much difference can memory on Ram make for me ? 4 . a. what could be my minimum graphics requirements ? i think GTX 1050TI would be enough for high - med settings on most games (40-60 fps) , as i checked on youtube b. what If i wanna make neural nets(type of machine learning that utilises GPU) i might get into it 2-3yrs from now after taking my first AI class , how much effect would a GPU have then 5. Any other specs that i may wanna consider ? Any help would be appreciated !!!! How good is this new dell xps for me? http://deals.dell.com/productdetail/jqg 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-7700 Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.2 GHz) Windows 10 Home 16GB Memory NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050Ti with 4GB GDDR5 Graphics Memory and what does 16GB Intel® Optane™ memory accelerated 1TB 7200 RPM HDD mean ? (besides 1TB HDD :P) BTW , last time i bought a dell optiplex only knowing that it was i7 with 16gb ram and it sucks !!!!! I cant even use blender or Photoshop or any game after 2005 except tf2 (i think i have Intel hd graphics) However , im happy with its speed in data analysis and scientific computing (having intel i7 2600 3.40 Ghz)

Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/huawei-kirin-970-ai-soc-ifa-2017,35381.html I think that this is an interesting platform, considering the size of the processor and how much processing power it packs inside of such a small size, this could bring a strong competition between the phone companies in terms of price to performance. I am also amazed that they can fit an 8 core processor in such a small form factor and still have lots of processing power at the same time.

Hello all, I was wondering as to which of these are better: DDR4 2400 CAS 10, or DDR4 3200 CAS 14? If I understand the formula correctly, a first would have an effective score of 240, whereas the latter would be at 229? Can anyone verify this? Price and quality are roughly the same.

Hello, i have 12 GTX 1060 6gb which i bought from someone who was doing mining and decided to stop, all cards are operational i tested each one of them, usually i do computer graphics ( modeling simulations and rendering ) i use maya after effects and sometimes cinema 4d, i was wondering if it is possible to use all of them in my work , not for playing games or mining. Is there a way i can use all of them to render ?

Hey guys! I just want good bang for the buck suggestions for a laptop for computing. What computing you ask? Iam currently working with a project using a modelling and simulating software for materials, and Ive been running the software in my PC, which is an I3 6100 4gb rx 460 graphics card 8gb ram However, from my findings, running the software doesnt use gpu as its processing source (unlike bitcoin mining and hashing) and as you can see in the picture, Iam running it on 4 parallel cores, but it still takes a long time. So I want to find a bang for the buck suggestions for a laptop, so i can bring it anywhere and get the results easily. i need atleast maybe atleast an i7. Thank you

Let's say processors are a person and their performance is determined by their IQ. Someone with greater IQ would do easy task more efficiently without draining to much energy but someone with lower IQ may use their maximum performance and drain a lot of energy in doing the same task. Does this concept also applies on computer hardware which isn't only CPU but also GPU, RAM, etc? Yes, I know this isn't a good analogy at all and I'm sorry for that

So I've got a PC that I want to upgrade this is the specifications so far: AMD FX-4300 Radeon HD6960 2GB Graphics card 4 x 4gb Vengeance Memory Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 500 Watts 1 fan in case.. (not including graphics cards fan and the CPU's fan) 1 TB Hard drive (No SSD) And a Case I will be upgrading (To a bitfenix case) And i'm wondering what should I change on it? if you leave a comment on what to change (Mature answers only) Thank you so much for your help!

Hi everyone, Maybe i should introduce myself : I'm a French Student studying in the University of Rouen, in Normandie (France of course) more particullary in the Networking and Telecommunications departement. I'm 20 and really passionate by new technologies and want to continue my studies in network security (in a first time), and i'm currenlty writing this because i think you could help me : To validate my degree, i have to do a 12 weeks training course in a company which is relied with networking (or at least computing) but to have a better résumé and mostly a better experience, i want to do this training course in Canada (Or US). It could help me to improve my english and see how company works in another country. But i don't know which company could accept internship, i'm currently searching, and this is why i'm here. This community seems good (the few posts i've made have received goods answers with pleasant people) i wanted to know if some people could tell me some names i should check, or any other information that could help me ! To make my Visa in a good lapse of time, i've to find a company before december. Thanks for help Sincerely, Blanchard Maxime PS : Please note i have added some links (unfortunately in French) of my University's Website, and the educationnal program of my degree. If you need further information, i'm available at any time. Email : maxime.blanchard@etu.univ-rouen.fr

I have not seen anyone having more than 1 gpu in a virtual machine OS. Almost always 1 gpu is allocated to each VM OS, is it because sli is not possible with Unraid. As you know, 4 way sli is terrible in performance per dollar. To instead create 2 VM's with 2 way sli each, to cut your work in half and then render half what you need rendered on 1 VM and other half on the other one. This is especially interesting since GTX 1080, Titan XP only supports 2 way sli. This is aimed at computing and rendering at professional level. Not for gaming.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-launches-first-quantum-computer-cloud-service-2016-5 IBM has released a publicly available, cloud quantum computer with a user interface to allow anyone with some algebra skills and some programming knowledge to create programs for it. The computer is 5 qubits, on par with a regular computer. The industry is expecting IBM and Google to race to somewhere around 50 qubits, much more powerful than today's super computers. This article focuses primarily on explaining the race between Google and IBM with some background on Quantum computing and specifics of this computer. As someone who is new to the world of quantum computing (for those like me see Tech Quickie-Quantum Computing), it seems like this is next leap forward in processing power, especially as we hear Intel tell us that processing innovation is slowing. I appreciate the opportunity the IBM is offering the public to use this intro to the technology via a cloud service. The article seems to frame this milestone as a possible put down to Google as a way to for IBM to say "haha we're here first." It's going to be an interesting playing around with this though, is there a Programming in Quantum for Dummies yet? Source 2: http://www.wired.com/2016/05/ibm-letting-anyone-play-quantum-computer/

Hey everyone, I am looking into GPU computing related comparisons for my personal academic purposes (Electrical Engineering), and am wondering if anyone is willing to share their numbers. Basically, I have been digging into distributed computing, real-time machine learning, Neural Networks, and computing cloud services (i.e. Amazon AWS, and Google GCE) -- and if it is possible to make a dedicated FPGA to compete with GPUs, but with a lower power consumption and heat output. I mean, heck, think of four GTX Titan X's in one system....and then multiply that by four systems. The circuit breaker for my house will kill itself. If anybody is curious: http://pjreddie.com/darknet/hardware-guide/ Please, if anyone is willing to spend 3~5 minutes, and run AIDA64's built-in GPGPU Benchmark, and post their results. I understand this won't give "bananas-to-bananas" values, due to so many system variables, but it will give me a "quick-and-dirty" comparison. It is better than for me to spend money on one of every AMD or NVIDIA GPU just to get some quick numbers -- I am not like ol' Linus with containers of GPUs...though I might have to do so if I eventually get serious, and fully commit to this. EDIT #1: Please, have a clean environment, if possible, so the GPU can dedicate all/most of its resources, cores, and priorities to the benchmark. EDIT #2: The .txt doesn't indicate WHAT GPU you are using, (and the frequencies) so I will need to know that. Thank you for the results so far, you beautiful people! A screenshot of the results will be fine, but it would be amazing if you could include the .txt results file as well. For an example, with my R9-Fury (see attached files) Thank you!! gpgpu_1.txt

Hey guys im back with another question for my school assignment, What can quantum computing do for Space exploration? searching through large amounts of data? Also if you want to, please state your option on what you think quantum computing can do for gaming?: Thanks heaps Ruard

So I was cruising kickstarter and stumbled across this....headache https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1784334872/4-dimensional-operating-system/description And I was thinking that as a Comical episode would be a funny addition to either Channesuperfun or the main channel to "Educate" people on....Why this....t..thi...urgh...This video...will not work. To thoes hom are familiar with computer Tech, it could be an amusing...and painfull thing to watch. But to people who may not be computer savvy, it could be wasted money.

Australian researchers at the University Of New South Wales have announce a new breakthrough that could bring viable quantum computing closer to reality, they have developed a quantum programming language that can take advantage of the quantum effect in quantum chips. Professor Andrea Morello, project leader, told The Sydney Morning Herald, "The advancement proves that we can write the most unique type of computer code that a quantum computer can support," "In other words, we have now shown that we can access the full 'quantum vocabulary' He further stated, "Things become more interesting when you have two quantum bits, like in the case of our experiment: there you can write '00', '01', '10','11' [like in an ordinary computer], but also combinations of them, like '00 + 11', '01 + 10', and so on," Morello says. It's not all good news however. Professor Andrew Greentree of RMIT University told Fairfax Media that this is by no means a silver bullet, "They've looked at entanglement between two spins on the same atom: one the spin of phosphorus nucleus, and the other the spin of a lone electron attached to the atom," he said. "This is not scalable, because the phosphorus really doesn't have any more spins. What they need is to entangle one phosphorus with the next phosphorus atom," Regardless, this is still viewed as an important step to bring quantum computing closer to reality. Source (Sydney Morning Herald): http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/unsw-researchers-make-another-quantum-computing-breakthrough-20151116-gkzv4b.html

Hello, here's the link to the pcpartpicker site with the parts list, and here it is displayed: PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7TX4zy Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker....zy/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($364.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 240M 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Newegg) Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($86.49 @ SuperBiiz) Storage: Crucial BX100 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($161.84 @ Amazon) Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB AMP! Extreme Video Card ($659.99 @ Amazon) Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($87.43 @ Amazon) Power Supply: Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.99 @ Newegg) Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit) ($124.99 @ SuperBiiz) Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor ($259.99 @ B&H) Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire XT Wired Slim Keyboard ($69.95 @ Newegg) Total: $2330.61 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-27 12:02 EST-0500 I'm looking for a general-minded workstation that can do many different tasks and run different professional software, from Avid to Blender to Maya to Autodesk Inventor. My budget is just over $2k, my parts list tops out at just below $2,400 with peripherals included (monitor and keyboard, already have headphones). I'm not planning to get speaker monitors and subwoofers just yet, but if you have suggestions for cheap speakers, feel free to say them. I'm quite content with the performance of the 5820k, and how it easily overclocks to 4.4 GHz. I'm not willing to dish out the money for the 5960x, although I'm marginally concerned with the PCIE lanes. The 5820k has 28. I might eventually SLI or introduce a workstation graphics card into the computer, so 16 lanes go away. I will also probably introduce a PCIe SSD, taking 4 more lines, a 10 Gb NIC, taking away 4 more, and a new sound card, taking another lane. That leaves me with just 3 lanes, and I don't know if my concern is validated. I read somewheres that PCIe SSD's and sound cards don't use direct CPU lanes. The monitor looks excellent for the price, but I've heard that it's wobbly. From the review the display is great. I could go down to around a 21.5 inch display, but not want to really go much over 25" for my eyes' sake. I might introduce a workstation graphics card at some point of a software that I use requires double point precision, like Maya. I read that CAD is unreliable with desktop graphics cards, but we use CAD without fail at our school with consumer laptops and desktops. I guess that it's just for more advanced designs. I'm also considering doing a raid 0 for the SSD. I'm going to take the Samsung Pro 512 out of this laptop and put it into the desktop, and putting the bx100 into this laptop, and eventually getting another Samsung Pro to put in there; I'm sure that 1 TB of storage will be plenty for all projects that I'll be concurrently working on. I am aware that I don't have a backup system, and I'll probably get a 4 TB backup drive and program it to back it up every so often, or have a raid 5. I'll take suggestions for that. Also not sure if the cooling solution should stay as is, or if a fan is good enough or quieter. Def. not going to get a custom water cooling loop. I might actually have the computer downstairs and just connect it upstairs and add an USB bus. Looked at different motherboards and motherboard guides, and still not sure if any choice really trumps the rest or is worth the extra cash. Still kinda clueless about the importance of push/pull fans, and whether or not I should really have a full tower case for optimal airflow, and therefore better overclock-ability and stability. If I do stick with the AIO water cooler, and if it's not too bad for the three-fan GPU or workstation GPU I might plop in there, I'd rather stick with the mid tower to save some portability and adaptability. Revisiting what I wrote, I'm considering putting a full tower case and perhaps downgrading the power supply. Not sure what fans would be compatible with what case, and at this point, that is my only real concern. That's it. Thanks a lot for the help!

I've currently ran into some issues with my mouse and lag, it often jitters across the screen and is sometimes immovable. I am using the Razer Naga 2014 (wired mouse) however my other mouse runs into the same issues making me think this isn't a mouse 'wearing out' issue. I noticed my psu was running quite hot so I wasn't sure if that was a cause. My other peripherals are running fine (headset, keyboard etc.) so I'm not sure whats causing the problem. It terms of cooling, i have another exhaust ran rather than just the psu and a front bottom 120mm fan. (my exhaust fan is consistently pushing out cool air, but my psu fan is pushing out hot air. Any help? Ethan

Australian researchers are claiming that they have figured out how to make quantum logic gates in silicon chips. It is believes that this could pave the way to mass manufacturing of quantum processors and making quantum computing viable. Quoted from The Sydney Morning Herald: "For decades scientists have been trying to turn quantum computing — which allows for multiple calculations to happen at once, making it immeasurably faster than standard computing — into a practical reality rather than a moonshot theory. Until now, they have largely relied on "exotic" materials to construct quantum computers, making them unsuitable for commercial production. But researchers at the University of New South Wales have patented a new design, published in the scientific journal Nature on Tuesday, created specifically with computer industry manufacturing standards in mind and using affordable silicon, which is found in regular computer chips like those we use every day in smartphones or tablets. UNSW's Professor Andrew Dzurak. Photo: Supplied "Our team at UNSW has just cleared a major hurdle to making quantum computing a reality," the director of the university's Australian National Fabrication Facility, Andrew Dzurak, the project's leader, said." Source: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/australian-researchers-make-quantum-computing-breakthrough-paving-way-for-worldfirst-chip-20151005-gk1bov.html

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Hiya fellas! This is my first post in this forum and I'm hoping to get some advice from you wonderful peeps out there. So here's my situation: I own a PS4 for gaming and a Macbook pro 13" 2009 as my main computer. I use my PS4 for exclusives and for gaming in general. I'm not picky with resolution and fps just as long as the games play well. I use my MBP (which I upgraded to 8gigs of ram and 120gb of ssd storage (OCZ Vertex 3)) for general computing and youtube watching but lately I noticed a few things. Lately the operating system start up is a bit slower than usual and playing 1080p videos is becoming a pain (oh and forget about playing 4k as it just can't handle it). Now I was planning to build a PC but I'm not looking for the greatest gaming rig. I just want something that'll run smooth, I can watch 1080p/4k videos and maybe play a few games here and there. Hopefully, I can run games like Arkham Knight on details that could be better than playing on the PS4 (but ultra settings wouldn't be totally necessary). Essentially it would be used for light gaming and media watching. I want to know which pc parts and accessories would be necessary for a casual user like me. Mind you I can be flexible in terms of budgeting. Also, I want to get something for my old man since he's been using a netbook for browsing and document viewing. Should I upgrade him to a new windows laptop or get a chromebook? He's not much of a computer guy so something that's easy to use would help. Thanks and hope to here from you guys soon!

Hey Guys, I'm trying to come up with a method for pairing up a CPU & GPU. Is there a way to spec this out? Especially in a gaming rig where you don't want your graphics card to way outperform your CPU & vice versa.