Threadripper build for programming

[raxvan]

Hello,

This system is intended to be used for programming. Amazon links and price are not provided since i don't live in the US and i have to deal with local suppliers.

I only require the pc (i already have the rest, keyboard, monitors, etc) and i already chosen a couple of components. I need some help with the stuff i'm not sure about.

 

Requirements:
1: 8-10 hours/day use
2: fast SSD that will be under heavy use
4: 32 gb ram is a must; 64 would be great; ECC maybe ?
5: cpu with decent single threaded performance
7: must handle 2 monitors (maybe 3 in the future) 4K

What i have chosen:
POWER SUPPLY: Corsair Professional Series AX760W, 760W, 80 PLUS Platinum; https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Power-Supply-Units/ax-series-config/p/CP-9020045-NA
MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE X399 Designare EX; https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/X399-DESIGNARE-EX-rev-10#kf
CPU: AMD Threadripper 2920X
CPU COOLER: Cooler Master Wraith Ripper; http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-air-cooler/wraith-ripper/
GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ RX 590; http://sapphirenitro.sapphiretech.com/en/590-SE.html

 

What i'm not sure about or i don't know what to pick:
HDD1: Samsung 970 EVO 500 GB M.2
HDD2: 1 TB mostly for cold storage.
RAM: ?
CASE: Something with no glass panels.

 

Thanks,

Raxvan.

[r2724r16]

6 minutes ago, raxvan said:

I need some help with the stuff i'm not sure about.

What's your budget and location? Will you be gaming on your PC?

[NelizMastr]

I think it's a good idea to find out what your IDE wants most with compiling, a lot of cores or just fast cores. If it doesn't scale to all the threads, there is little use case for Threadripper and a regular R7 would suffice.

 

If you're set on TR:

 

CPU: 1920X rather than 2920X because of the price. It's like $450 now which is insane value

Board: No comment, that designare looks quite nice

RAM: 32GB in a 4x8 config would be the fastest option, or 4x16 when going with 64.

 

ECC will add significant cost and will lower your memory speed, lowering overall system performance. If you think your work benefits more from ECC than from sheer speed, your funeral.

 

GPU: This one isn't that important if it's just coding. Might as well step down to a RX580 as it's a lot cheaper usually.

Case: Define R6 or Define XL R2. The XL R2 is a super nice workstation case with noise dampening. Not sure if you can still get it somewhat easily, though. 

[Granular]

8 minutes ago, raxvan said:

HDD1: Samsung 970 EVO 500 GB M.2

HDD2: 1 TB mostly for cold storage.

The 970 EVO is not an HDD and 'cold storage' means storage where the drive is powered off most of the time and powered on for rare reads or writes is that what you really intend?

[raxvan]

17 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

What's your budget and location? Will you be gaming on your PC?

Location: Romania

Budget: ~2000 euro

Maybe gaming, but probably not much.

[raxvan]

22 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

I think it's a good idea to find out what your IDE wants most with compiling, a lot of cores or just fast cores. If it doesn't scale to all the threads, there is little use case for Threadripper and a regular R7 would suffice.

 

I'm using visual studio 2017 with c++ code base. Compiling c++ requires all the cores in the world and fast storage access (i was even thinking of using a ramdisk but the project is too big). Linking c++ projects requires fast single threaded cpu.

 

20 minutes ago, Granular said:

The 970 EVO is not an HDD and 'cold storage' means storage where the drive is powered off most of the time and powered on for rare reads or writes is that what you really intend?

No. I need one ssd that will hold the project. Compiling on this requires a lot of disk operations and it's usually a bottleneck. Also another 1 TB hdd to store large files. This disk will not be used that often.

 

22 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

RAM: 32GB in a 4x8 config would be the fastest option, or 4x16 when going with 64.

 

DDR 4 ? What speed should i be looking at?

 

 

Thanks,

Raxvan

[r2724r16]

2 minutes ago, raxvan said:

I'm using visual studio 2017 with c++ code base. Compiling c++ requires all the cores in the world and fast storage access (i was even thinking of using a ramdisk but the project is too big). Linking c++ projects requires fast single threaded cpu.

Then a 9900K build is more sensibile than a Threadripper one.

[raxvan]

18 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

Then a 9900K build is more sensibile than a Threadripper one.

I chose TR because of the following:

- I used a ryzen 1700 and was ok with the single core performance. 

- Considering local prices, if i choose a 1920x (which i initially considered to use) the price 0.8 compared to I9900K

- 2920X is slightly more expensive here but it has much more performance https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i9-9900K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-TR-2920X/4028vsm625966

 

Having multiple cores and more cpu power and is more important and single core performance in my case.