might need a workstation..

[infiniteks]

so, i am working on something on my gaming computer (which is not gaming), and it involve opening a process many times and let it run on the background, the thing is, my gaming laptop isn't strong enough, someone told me i might be interested in a workstation, but i never even heard that term before, so.. i wanna know how much such a thing will cost, here is a picture i took from my task manager:

 

so, 64 GB memory was enough, maybe just add a bit more to be sure in case it get effected overtime

GPU was also able to handle it.

 

but the CPU... jesus... the CPU was freaking dying.

each process use about 1.3% CPU-3.8% CPU, averaging about 2.4%, but i did see a 14% one when i opened a lot at once.

in average, ill be opening 48 processes together, which is a lot considering that the more i open, the more each process use cpu%, and considering that except those processes, i have the regular computer processes, which will also take a chunk.

 

here is a picture i took with only 9 processes opened:

 

 

 

utilisation go anywhere from 40%-62% spikes.

 

 

 

 

so, please explain me how this works, what can handle those stats i showed, and how much budget is to be excpected.

 

also, i heard that you can make/buy a server or something like that, and basically can access it from my own computer without it taking my resources, if anyone understand how it works, will also be nice to learn that.

edit:

its called dedicated servers.

 

 

thanks in advance.

 

[Tristerin]

What is it that you are opening?  And if you click the graph, and break out the core usage what does it look like?  My guess is someone smarter than me will suggest VM's etc to dedicate cores to tasks.

 

I have a workstation laptop (first PC in sig) but yours should outspec mine if I google it, and its a fucking beast at anything I throw at it.

[infiniteks]

16 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

What is it that you are opening?  And if you click the graph, and break out the core usage what does it look like?  My guess is someone smarter than me will suggest VM's etc to dedicate cores to tasks.

 

I have a workstation laptop (first PC in sig) but yours should outspec mine if I google it, and its a fucking beast at anything I throw at it.

with only 9 processes:

[boggy77]

so you might need something like this

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor	$737.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$86.46 @ B&H
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard	$299.00 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$319.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Silicon Power A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$129.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	PNY GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB XLR8 Gaming Overclocked Edition Video Card	$699.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$98.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply	be quiet! Straight Power 11 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$136.69 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2509.10
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-18 08:59 EDT-0400

 

[infiniteks]

31 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

so you might need something like this

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor	$737.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$86.46 @ B&H
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard	$299.00 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$319.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Silicon Power A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$129.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	PNY GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB XLR8 Gaming Overclocked Edition Video Card	$699.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$98.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply	be quiet! Straight Power 11 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$136.69 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2509.10
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-18 08:59 EDT-0400

 

do i really need such a gpu though? i barely use any of my gpu % in the task manager, mine is a bit overkill, and when i opened 48 tasks i didn't even reach 45%

[Shrekpad]

1 minute ago, infiniteks said:

do i really need such a gpu though? i barely use any of my gpu % in the task manager, mine is a bit overkill, and when i opened 48 tasks i didn't even reach 45%

Yes, it doesn’t have integrated graphics. You can go with a cheaper gpu like a rtx 5700xt or rtx 2060(s).

[boggy77]

12 minutes ago, infiniteks said:

do i really need such a gpu though? i barely use any of my gpu % in the task manager, mine is a bit overkill, and when i opened 48 tasks i didn't even reach 45%

agree. changed gpu

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor	$737.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$86.46 @ B&H
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard	$299.00 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$319.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Silicon Power A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$129.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO ULTRA GAMING Video Card	$284.99 @ Newegg
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$98.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply	be quiet! Straight Power 11 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$136.69 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$2114.10
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$2094.10
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-18 09:43 EDT-0400

 

[infiniteks]

ohh that's way easier, saves a bunch lol!

 

 

anyone have experience with dedicated servers? as i understood its just servers that run windows that i can connect to remotely, did anyone try it?

[igormp]

5 hours ago, infiniteks said:

ohh that's way easier, saves a bunch lol!

 

 

anyone have experience with dedicated servers? as i understood its just servers that run windows that i can connect to remotely, did anyone try it?

A dedicated server is just an entire server that you can use (instead of being handled a VM inside a server that's shared with other people). It can run windows or linux.

 

You can build one yourself, rent one somewhere from hetzner or somewhere else, or just go with a regular, shared server from the likes of GCP or AWS and throw tons of cores at it. Both GCP and AWS even have EPYC options available.