$10,000 Budget for New Rig

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TheEggOfLight

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Good people, every few years I get a nice big budget from my employer to build a workstation for the analytics and data visualization needs I have. Over the past year I have not been keeping abreast of the most recent advances and find myself lacking in what I should build.

The primary uses are:

  • Data visualization (custom 2D & 3D)
    Data ETL (processing tables with millions of rows)
    Advanced analytics (models, ML, etc.)
    Gaming
I'd also heard a bit of fuss about mining and wondering what the community thinks about using this kind of rig for such.

I already have five 32" 4K Benq monitors so I'm good for displays and I have a reasonable NAS.

General specs I have in mind (though not well-informed):

  • 16 core CPU
    128GB Ram
    2 x Titans
    1,500W PSU
    Intel 750 1.2GB SSD
    2 x Samsung 850 Evo 1TB SSDs
I'm assuming there are some obvious items I'm missing and would appreciate any thoughts you folks might have. I don't have to use up all the budget of course :)

Apologies for anything <removed>, a bit time constrained with work :|

Thank you folks,
Nick

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The nice thing is with recent advances you don't need to spend thousands to get a 16 core rig. The AMD 1950X is around the $1K and the Intel i9-7960X is around the $1600 range.

AMD option:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor ($899.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Liquid CPU Cooler ($199.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X399 DESIGNARE EX ATX TR4 Motherboard ($399.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($975.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($246.49 @ Newegg)
Storage:...
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Barty1884

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Totally out of the realm of my expertise.

I assume you have specific programs you use.... could you give us an idea? While Titan's sound like a sufficient solution, depending on the use cases, consumer-level cards (aimed at gamers) may actually be sufficient - especially if you could get more cards for less money etc.

Equally, does your workload benefit from more cores, or a balance of cores/clock speed?

Given the budget, I'd suspect something like a W-2195 @ $2,500 would be a great starting point....
https://ark.intel.com/products/126793/Intel-Xeon--W-2195-Processor-24_75M-Cache-2_30-GHz

Not aware of them being available just yet, but 18c/36t @ 2.3-4.3GHz.

An alternative may be the Xeon Gold 6138, 20c/40t, lower clock speed(s) though - 2.0-3.7Ghz.
https://ark.intel.com/products/120476/Intel-Xeon-Gold-6138-Processor-27_5M-Cache-2_00-GHz
 
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g-unit1111

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The nice thing is with recent advances you don't need to spend thousands to get a 16 core rig. The AMD 1950X is around the $1K and the Intel i9-7960X is around the $1600 range.

AMD option:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor ($899.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Liquid CPU Cooler ($199.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X399 DESIGNARE EX ATX TR4 Motherboard ($399.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($975.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($246.49 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($125.00 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($749.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($749.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($108.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($199.99 @ B&H)
Total: $4655.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-19 17:29 EST-0500

Intel option:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i9-7960X 2.8GHz 16-Core Processor ($1684.58 @ Newegg Marketplace)
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Liquid CPU Cooler ($199.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - X299 Taichi XE ATX LGA2066 Motherboard ($315.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($975.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($246.49 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($125.00 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($749.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($749.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($108.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($199.99 @ B&H)
Total: $5356.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-19 17:32 EST-0500
 
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TheEggOfLight

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Thank you Barty,

Great point about the software, I should have mentioned what I use. The tools include Azure ML, Power BI, QlikView, Tableau, R and a few other statistical and data modeling tools. What usually takes a toll on the machine is running models.

Thank you for the process suggestions, wasn't even aware of the Xeon Gold brand!

Nick
 
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TheEggOfLight

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Many thanks G-Unit, this is just what I was looking for and looks like it won't break the bank either. It's been a long time since I had an AMD CPU, great to see them being competitive again and I'm game for giving them a shot.

Off to procurement with my list :)

Nick
 
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g-unit1111

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Yeah Threadripper is one of the most exciting AMD products to come out in nearly a decade. 16 cores for $999, you can't beat that.
 
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