10.000 Budget

[solderburn]

Ok guys, so I just got 10.000 tax back and I want to use it to build a workstation / storage PC.

I want to get the most Bang for my bucks. 

The mainboard is just a placeholder mainboard. The two socket mainboard from Supermicro (Supermicro H11DSi-NT) is costing about the same.

 

Its just that this build seems kinda lame. Is this the best I can do with 10.000 bucks?

 

 

 

[Guest]

But why waste 10k on a computer? Get a single 32c epic, and keep your money for the future.

Or better yet, invest the 10k.

[Lurick]

Oh look, another one of THESE threads =/

 

 

Edit:

Misread this originally. If you're going to use this as storage and workstation what sort of workflows will you be doing on it?

[solderburn]

4 minutes ago, Some Random Member said:

But why waste 10k on a computer? Get a single 32c epic, and keep your money for the future.

Or better yet, invest the 10k.

As I wrote its a placeholder Mainboard. The Supermicro H11DSi-NT is not available on that site yet and I had to place a mainboard with a similar price to keep an eye on my budget.

[brob]

Workstation is a generic term that covers an awful lot of different work. Only a few types of work would benefit from the OP configuration. Some workloads will actually do worse than with an i7/i9/Ryzen.

 

I suspect 850W is at best marginal for the build. The case has a psu shroud, so an RGB model seems pointless.

 

I don't believe the EPYC 7401P supports dual processors. I believe the 7401 is required.

 

I expected ecc memory for this sort of build.

 

I don't believe the cpu cooler is compatible with socket SP3.

 

A workstation in this price range should really be using Pro, not Evo M.2. Also, 500GB seems fairly small. A couple of 1TB 970 Pro would make more sense to me. Multiple, to allow for load splitting.

 

It doesn't look like the case will support two radiators. 

 

 

 

[solderburn]

3 hours ago, brob said:

Workstation is a generic term that covers an awful lot of different work. Only a few types of work would benefit from the OP configuration. Some workloads will actually do worse than with an i7/i9/Ryzen.

 

I suspect 850W is at best marginal for the build. The case has a psu shroud, so an RGB model seems pointless.

 

I don't believe the EPYC 7401P supports dual processors. I believe the 7401 is required.

 

I expected ecc memory for this sort of build.

 

I don't believe the cpu cooler is compatible with socket SP3.

 

A workstation in this price range should really be using Pro, not Evo M.2. Also, 500GB seems fairly small. A couple of 1TB 970 Pro would make more sense to me. Multiple, to allow for load splitting.

 

It doesn't look like the case will support two radiators. 

 

 

 

Amazing points, Completely forgot this basic stuff. Haven't build a system for ages. Will check out if the CPU is supporting dual Socket and if I can run non ECC Ram with it.

 

Im running a Software development company. Have been using iMac and MacBooks because of the low maintenance. Running the services on servers (ubuntu and macOS).
Doing some 3D modelling and rendering in Keyshot recently, so I would need lots of cores. Also 10x 8TB would be lots of storage. 

 

What I thought about was:

Why not build a system with lots of cores, lots of ram and lots of storage and GPUs. Then I can run VMs on it and work multiple PCs on it. Like in this Video:

 

[brob]

I don't particularly like this sort of approach. The big failing in a commercial environment is that a single hardware failure can end up bringing all work to a halt. It also has the disadvantage of having limited scalability.

 

You might consider instead a separate storage server/NAS, a number of render stations and if needed, a VM server or two. This architecture reduces the impact of a hardware failure. It can be more easily increased/upgraded to meet new demand. Hardware can be tailored to  particular work. For instance, render stations can have lots of cores and ecc memory while VM serververs can have fewer but higher performance cores for better VM performance.

[solderburn]

Ok, how about 3 of those? Ram prices are really stupid at the moment.

[brob]

There are a number of issues with the build. I would suggest using pcpartpicker.com to assemble a list. You can replace prices with CHF ones. The tool will point out incompatibilities, like the motherboard, gpu and psu not fitting in the case. It will also note issues like a missing cpu cooler. See https://pcpartpicker.com/list/skFJyX, I've adjusted the pricing to show Swiss francs.

 

Other than the psu, case, and missing cpu cooler the build is reasonable. Although it's not clear to me why a station that does cpu based rendering needs such a powerful gpu.

 

Consider something like this, (I've removed the US pricing):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor  ($0.00) 
CPU Cooler: Enermax - LIQTECH TR4 280 80.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($0.00) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X399M Taichi Micro ATX TR4 Motherboard  ($0.00) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($0.00) 
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($0.00) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($0.00) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define Mini C MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($0.00) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Platinum 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($0.00) 
Total: $0.00
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-04 10:14 EDT-0400

[I-r0k]

Bro, get a titan v and a threadripper 1950x. You could run crisis at 60fps!

 

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