Data analysis system

[ja1171]

Hello all,

I am putting together a system for large data analysis, and I need a system with 64 gb ram. The following setup has been recommended, but I want to make sure that it seems like it will work out. Please let me know what you think.

Intel i7-3930k
ASUS PX9X79 LE
G.SKILL 64GB 2133 RAM
EVGA GTX 560
2x (RAID 1) Western Digital 1 TB HDD 6Gb/s
Samsung 830 256k SSD
Corsair Obsidian 550D Mid ATX case
Corsair HX 750W
Corsair H100

Thanks.

 

[C12Friedman]

Wow - the only things I might change, a) make SSD smaller, say 120GB and, b) use the difference to upgrade the graphics to a GTX670 - you'll get about 1000 more cuda cores.
Just my personal take mind you.

 

[Kamen_BG]

It's OK but you can do even better.But it will be quite a bit more expensive than what you've got here.

Buy this motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813151213

And two Opterons.
If you want the best performance buy two 16 core ones.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113036

Or if you want it to be a bit cheaper buy two 12 core ones.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113036

Either way it will be a lot more powerfull than the system you listed.
And ugh you don't need the water cooler if you arent going to overclock.

With this system you'll also need a bigger case like this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119257&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

or this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146068&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

[ja1171]

Thanks for the advice. I'll look into those options. Right now, I think that I have about $3,000 in the budget. It might go up a bit, so I could have a few more options. I should get a final budget next week, then I need to move forward pretty quickly.

As for the overclocking, the tech that is doing the actual assembly was thinking that the 3930k system would be overclocked, but I am not sure exactly what he has in mind.