Software Development Build

[jchavezeufemio]

Hi! 

 

Need some advice here. I am building a PC for software development. I am getting an ASUS B350 and a Ryzen 7 1700X, 32GB of RAM 2400, and an RX580 8GB graphics card. 

 

Not gonna overclock. 

 

Thoughts? Thanks! 

[Uptivuptiz]

32GB of RAM seems sort of overkill for a software dev build. It depends of course on what you a planning to develop with it  

[speed258]

7 minutes ago, jchavezeufemio said:

Hi! 

 

Need some advice here. I am building a PC for software development. I am getting an ASUS B350 and a Ryzen 7 1700X, 32GB of RAM 2400, and an RX580 8GB graphics card. 

 

Not gonna overclock. 

 

Thoughts? Thanks! 

This pc will be workstation on which you develop software or test machine on which you test your software?

[jchavezeufemio]

12 minutes ago, speed258 said:

This pc will be workstation on which you develop software or test machine on which you test your software?

Develop and Test. I'll be running emulators and simulations and GPU compute. 

[jchavezeufemio]

18 minutes ago, Uptivuptiz said:

32GB of RAM seems sort of overkill for a software dev build. It depends of course on what you a planning to develop with it  

Gonna run VMs, emulators and simulations. 16 may be enough right? 

[Uptivuptiz]

Just now, jchavezeufemio said:

Gonna run VMs, emulators and simulations. 16 may be enough right? 

Depends on how many VM's you are gonna run at the same time. If only 1 or 2 then 16GB is fine  

[jchavezeufemio]

Would appreciate if you can suggest a build as well.

[speed258]

2 minutes ago, jchavezeufemio said:

Develop and Test. I'll be running emulators and simulations and GPU compute. 

 

1 minute ago, jchavezeufemio said:

Gonna run VMs, emulators and simulations. 16 may be enough right? 

Extra ram is always good to have, unless your budget says otherwise, I'd personally recommend Xeon cpus since more multithreaded job could be done, but ryzens are ok too.

[jchavezeufemio]

1 minute ago, Uptivuptiz said:

Depends on how many VM's you are gonna run at the same time. If only 1 or 2 then 16GB is fine  

Running 6 at most. 

[jchavezeufemio]

Just now, speed258 said:

 

Extra ram is always good to have, unless your budget says otherwise, I'd personally recommend Xeon cpus since more multithreaded job could be done, but ryzens are ok too.

Can't use Xeon though. Kinda expensive ?

[speed258]

1 minute ago, jchavezeufemio said:

Can't use Xeon though. Kinda expensive ?

Well try to use Xeons with LGA1366 socket, take Asus motherboard with OC capabilities 32GB DDR3 ram and 500GB SSD and 1-3 Tier PSU from PSU Tier List, and 2x 970 or 980Ti and you have powerful build for work. Since Asus let you do crazy OC with Xeon CPU, you should fit in 800-1000usd range.

[speed258]

Here: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/speed258/saved/HvKf8d only need Intel Xeon Cpu you can find in ebay for 40 usd+-

And here is your build: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/speed258/saved/HvKf8d

Actually it would be enough single GPU, so your price stays under 1000 usd, but its up to you.