Suggestions for workstation build

[theseavenger]

Hey all,  I need suggestions for a workstation build for my research lab.  We do FEA/CFD simulations, mainly running ANSYS and Abaqus.  However we do have DNS codes that we solve on HPC clusters on campus (those need lots of cores and lots of GPUs).  I am being tasked to price out a workstation build ($2k - $3k) and I am thinking about going bold and asking for the Threadripper 3970X (what the hell kinda cooler do I use??).   It will be used for the CFD/FEA solutions where high core count is good but overall clockspeed is better.  We have a couple of older servers that are reaching the end of their lives (one with 4x Xeon E74870 and one with 4x X7560) and at this point my desktop with a ryzen 2700X solves the CFD problems in the same time-frame.   I may put a weaker Quadro card on it but at least I know ANSYS can only utilize a TESLA card which probably is not in the budget, so graphics card is not that important. I am not an Intel fanboy and like the cost savings of the new AMD CPUs but I am curious what everyone recommends.

[tech.guru]

tela cards will be 3x your budget. if you can afford 3970x its a good choice with the cores.

however 3970x retails for 2k on its own. TRX40 motherboard will be 600-800 depending on board.

 

expect to be in the range of 4k-5 if you go that route.

 

something like?

assuming you need storage for your research

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Threadripper 3970X 3.7 GHz 32-Core Processor	$1999.00 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	EVGA CLC 280 113.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$99.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Gigabyte TRX40 AORUS XTREME XL ATX sTRX4 Motherboard	$853.98 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$314.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Intel 660p Series 2.048 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$189.99 @ B&H
Storage	Seagate EXOS Enterprise 16 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$409.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate EXOS Enterprise 16 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$409.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB Video Card	$399.99 @ Best Buy
Case	Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case	$149.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$147.41 @ Walmart
Optical Drive	Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer	$19.89 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$5035.21
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$4995.21
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-13 16:38 EST-0500

 

[mana.hv]

Hello, according to your text, I realized that you are a professional person in ABAQUS software, I also wanted to start working in this field with this software, do you think the  https://caeassistant.com/  website packages are suitable for learning?
Thank you for your help

 

[Ben64]

I'm familiar with the https://caeassistant.com/ website and read some of its blog and that was helpful. I asked around about its tutorial packages and got a good review.