Mega PC for work! i7 build maybe

ghost

Active Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #1

Hello all,

I will be looking into either buying or building a meaty PC with as much processing power as possible. The applications we use here generate GPS signals and require a lot of processing power (the MD's i7 quad core with HT takes more than a few hours to process these files).

The applications can be ran in a x64 environment and will utilize all the cores and the HT if available. The computer does not have to be pretty just a couple of big HDD's Decent motherboard few gig of RAM and one (or more) powerful processors.

Been given a budget of 3,000 GBP... what do you guys think?


Thanks,
Steve

 

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daisymtc

Active Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #2

Will Intel Core i7-980X help?? Or dual socket server mobo + CPU??

 

ghost

Active Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #3

maybe, was looking at the Xeons (X5670) but they cost so much money!

what ever that will crunch through as much data in the shortest period of time under 3,000

whether its 1x i7 or 2x xeons, I dont know...

 

Hsv_Man

New Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #4

Wow sounds like you guys need atleast a i7 980x to process all that data windows 7 professional and atleast 6 gb of ram possibly even 12 gb lol. With all this already purchased you probally whack a ati 5870 in there cause you can. And a decent X58 motherboard gigabyte or asus. All this should do the trick

 

ghost

Active Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #5

This is what I have so far... comments more than welcome!

Intel Core i7 980X 3.33GHz (Gulftown) Extreme Edition (Socket LGA1366) - Retail [BX80613I7980X]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-323-IN
£649.99

Asus P6X58D Premium Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard [90-MIBAB0-G0EAY00Z]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-379-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1692
£208.50

2x OCZ Gold Low Voltage 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C10 2000MHz Triple Channel (OCZ3G2000LV6GK) [OCZ3G2000LV6GK]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-153-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1392
2x £109.99

Asus ATI Radeon HD 4350 512MB GDDR2 Low Profile PCI-Express Graphics Card [EAH4350 SILENT/DI/512MD2(LP)]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-233-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938
£24.99

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1156/1366) [RR-B10-212P-GP]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-029-CM&tool=3
£18.71

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) [HD103SJ]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1665
£39.99

Coolermaster Storm Scout Gaming Case - Black [SGC-2000-KKN1-GP]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-175-CM&tool=3
£55.31

LG CH10LS20 10x BluRay-ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-109-LG&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=314
£51.05

Akasa AK-FN058 Apache Black Super Silent 120mm Fan - 4 Pin PWM [AK-FN058]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-057-AK
£11.91

Corsair Professional Series™ Gold AX850 High Performance 850W Power Supply (CMPSU-850AXUK) [CMPSU-850AXUK]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-028-CS
£125.10


1405.53

 

fastdude

Active Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #6

Don't you need alot of Graphics processing power? The HD4350 just won't cut it. Other than that, looks good so far.

 

ghost

Active Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #7

no the computer will be data crunching so it will only affect the CPU. I have a cheap GPU just so I can see the progress etc..

 

fastdude

Active Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #8

ghost said:

no the computer will be data crunching so it will only affect the CPU. I have a cheap GPU just so I can see the progress etc..

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OK. well, it looks good. Are you going to OC?

 

ghost

Active Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #9

That's the plan, will push it to 4 if it will let me.

 

fastdude

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• Sep 8, 2010

• #10

ghost said:

That's the plan, will push it to 4 if it will let me.

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The air cooled limit of the 980X seems to be 4.4 on air, I'm sure 4GHz will be a doozy

 

ghost

Active Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #11

cool 4.4 seems a nice figure, wonder what ppl have got them on water.

 

fastdude

Active Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #12

ghost said:

cool 4.4 seems a nice figure, wonder what ppl have got them on water.

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4.72GHz on standard W/C fan radiator, 5.0GHz w/phase cooling (basically a fridge), not sure about dry ice or liquid nitrogen. The unlocked multiplier helps alot, obviously.

Source: CustomPC article about the effectiveness of water chillers.

 

salvage-this

Active Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #13

If you need loads of raw power I would suggest getting a dual 1366 motherboard and getting 2 i7-950. that would give you 8 cores for $600 instead of 6 for $1000.

 

fastdude

Active Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #14

salvage-this said:

If you need loads of raw power I would suggest getting a dual 1366 motherboard and getting 2 i7-950. that would give you 8 cores for $600 instead of 6 for $1000.

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Those mobos cost alot, though.

 

salvage-this

Active Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #15

most of them are around 300-400. you would still be under the cost of a 980x + mobo.

 

Boomer

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• Sep 8, 2010

• #16

salvage-this said:

If you need loads of raw power I would suggest getting a dual 1366 motherboard and getting 2 i7-950. that would give you 8 cores for $600 instead of 6 for $1000.

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I didn't think there were any dual socket boards that allow you to run i7 920-970 based CPUs. All that i have seen have to run the 5500, 5600 Intel server CPUs (or the i7-980x like in the EVGA SR-2).

 

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funkysnair

VIP Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #17

yep skulltrail all the way, imagine the processing power

8 cores + 16 threads yum yum.....

i dont think there is one released for the i7 cpu's, im sure there are equivelant xeon's out there that run in the skulltrial!

 

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salvage-this

Active Member

• Sep 8, 2010

• #18

I think this would work? I'm not so familiar with how the numbering system works with these.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117213
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131378

 

linkin

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• Sep 8, 2010

• #19

Stay away from OCZ Ram. they aren't producing it anymore and good luck if you get a dud stick.

 

tlarkin

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• Sep 8, 2010

• #20

dual xeons will be the best/most powerful solution you could build/buy. Expect to spend about $3k though.