What kind of hardware do I need?

[SvartaNatten]

Hello!

I am looking for tips on what kind of hardware I should be buying for my new computer. 

My budget is around 1000-1200€. I mostly use my computer for gaming, programming and school. I'm pretty new to programming but I have done some machine learning, arduino(sensors,radios and other tech stuff) and game development with sfml. I would like to learn more about machine learning and especially deep learning so I guess a nvidia card will be required.

 

I'm probably going to install Linux alongside windows on my computer. Any suggestions?

[Haro]

42 minutes ago, SvartaNatten said:

Hello!

I am looking for tips on what kind of hardware I should be buying for my new computer. 

My budget is around 1000-1200€. I mostly use my computer for gaming, programming and school. I'm pretty new to programming but I have done some machine learning, arduino(sensors,radios and other tech stuff) and game development with sfml. I would like to learn more about machine learning and especially deep learning so I guess a nvidia card will be required.

 

I'm probably going to install Linux alongside windows on my computer. Any suggestions?

What resolution are you planning on playing in as well as are you gonna be running Linux on a VM or on a separate drive as an actual os ?

[SvartaNatten]

1080x1920, I'm planning on having it on a drive.

[Slashfunk]

You should have separate storage devices if you are planning on having 2 os in your system. But if I were you I would invest in a powerful cpu maybe the new amd line and a gpu that would not bottleneck with the cpu but everything else is up to you 

[SvartaNatten]

14 hours ago, SvartaNatten said:

 

I'm thinking about buying the rtx 2060.

[Haro]

2 hours ago, SvartaNatten said:

I'm thinking about buying the rtx 2060.

Depends on your storage in this case

Are you planning on using Linux alot to the point where you'll need more than a TB of storage ?

[SvartaNatten]

I think I'll need somewhere between 1Tb and 2Tb. So I could always just buy a 2Tb harddrive.

[Slashfunk]

Now buying buying a powerful cpu

[igormp]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£280.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.53 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£89.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£141.98 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£99.99 @ Box Limited) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card  (£499.98 @ Technextday) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.99 @ Box Limited) 
Total: £1202.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-15 03:30 BST+0100

 

You can try to grab an extra HDD for your data, or another SSD to use as a scratch drive while mangling through your datasets. You can easily dual boot both windows and linux on the same nvme drive. Be aware that those 8gb of the 2070S might not be enough for most modern models, those usually require tons of VRAM (and RAM), but there's not much you can do about it other than jumping the gun with a Quadro/Tesla or going into the cloud.

[Haro]

3 hours ago, igormp said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£280.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.53 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£89.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£141.98 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£99.99 @ Box Limited) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card  (£499.98 @ Technextday) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.99 @ Box Limited) 
Total: £1202.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-15 03:30 BST+0100

 

You can try to grab an extra HDD for your data, or another SSD to use as a scratch drive while mangling through your datasets. You can easily dual boot both windows and linux on the same nvme drive. Be aware that those 8gb of the 2070S might not be enough for most modern models, those usually require tons of VRAM (and RAM), but there's not much you can do about it other than jumping the gun with a Quadro/Tesla or going into the cloud.

A 3700x with a b450 board isn't necessarily recommended sure there are great ones but those usually don't have good enough vrm and capacitors layout and the hyper 212 id say is a little weak for that cpu even if your not cooling it's nice to have ample support do I'd go with an nh-u12

[igormp]

11 hours ago, TofuHaroto said:

A 3700x with a b450 board isn't necessarily recommended sure there are great ones but those usually don't have good enough vrm and capacitors layout and the hyper 212 id say is a little weak for that cpu even if your not cooling it's nice to have ample support do I'd go with an nh-u12

Agreed on both, but then the build would be above his budget. That B450 is good enough for a 3700x in stock, and can handle some OC with adequate airflow. The Hyper 212 is also cheap and good enough for stock (and can even handle some minor OC to 4~4.1Ghz).