Parts Compatibility Check (PC build)

[vaibhav_sharma]

Are there any compatibility issues with list? Or other known issues that might crop up? Please help.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7820X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor ($469.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15S 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($79.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX X299-E GAMING ATX LGA2066 Motherboard ($318.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($408.75 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Pro 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($247.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: NVIDIA - Titan Xp 12GB Video Card ($1446.00 @ Amazon)
Case: be quiet! - Silent Base 800 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.00 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Power Supply: EVGA - PQ 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.99 @ B&H)
Optical Drive: Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.19 @ OutletPC)
Speakers: Logitech - Z200 0W 2ch Speakers ($21.75 @ Newegg)
Total: $3365.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-07 15:30 EDT-0400

Other information: i am going to use this desktop for deep learning algorithms (and other machine learning algorithms) on huge machine learning dataset. Given, my work would be of research domain, i expect expect to overclock this system frequently. Also, i will be using Ubuntu (any Ubuntu version is fine - latest is Ubuntu 18.04) operating system.Lastly, i will be using a 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution monitor.

 

[vapour]

If only 8 cores, no meaning getting X299, Ryzen 2700X is much better bang for the money and running cooler. Titan GPU is way overpriced, 2 1080ti will work much better in tensor flow. PSU overkill. I will get threadripper with the budget you have.

 

[vaibhav_sharma]

Hello vapour,

It is virtually impossible to buy a 1080 Ti from Nvidia website. The Nvidia 1080 Ti gets sold within 5-10 seconds of its availability and it cost around $1100 from other vendors. i agree 1080 Ti (cost $700) and are way cheaper than Titan Xp ($1200) but i thought it will be better to get Titan Xp for $1200 (from Nvidia website) instead of paying $1100 for 1080 Ti from other vendors.

Thank you for the recommendation for PSU and motherboard. i will surely look into that.

thanks.

 

[vapour]

Hello vapour,

It is virtually impossible to buy a 1080 Ti from Nvidia website. The Nvidia 1080 Ti gets sold within 5-10 seconds of its availability and it cost around $1100 from other vendors. i agree 1080 Ti (cost $700) and are way cheaper than Titan Xp ($1200) but i thought it will be better to get Titan Xp for $1200 (from Nvidia website) instead of paying $1100 for 1080 Ti from other vendors.

Thank you for the recommendation for PSU and motherboard. i will surely look into that.

thanks.

Do you live in US? Why only considering Nvidia website? Their GPU is slower than other factory tweaked versions. You know that, right?

 

[vaibhav_sharma]

Yeah, i live in US. When i looked for comparisons between graphics card (or list of best graphics cards), most of the links (like PC Gamer and Tech Radar) were suggesting Nvidia products were better (Nvidia graphics cards were on top of list). So, i choose Nvidia (and did not browsed much further into other vendors like EVGA).

 

[vapour]

Links?
In general, all those are Nvidia cards. Nvidia will release reference card first and then other manufacturers take the card and tweak. Basically same card with voltage and clock speed tweak plus better cooling. EVGA makes best gpu.

 

[Eximo]

Yeah, dropping the Titan makes room for some pretty neat stuff.

In your above build you neglected to get quad channel memory. No reason not to for HEDT. Not like you don't have slots for days for later expansion. Titanium is a higher rating than Platinum as well on the supply, and they cost about the same.

But here is a 16-core system for a little less even.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor ($864.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Enermax - LIQTECH TR4 280 80.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($121.89 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI - X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX TR4 Motherboard ($289.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($360.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Pro 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($247.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card ($749.99 @ B&H)
Case: be quiet! - Silent Base 800 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.00 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - PRIME Ultra Titanium 1000W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.19 @ OutletPC)
Speakers: Logitech - Z200 0W 2ch Speakers ($21.75 @ Newegg)
Total: $3107.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-07 17:36 EDT-0400

 

[vapour]

Yeah, dropping the Titan makes room for some pretty neat stuff.

In your above build you neglected to get quad channel memory. No reason not to for HEDT. Not like you don't have slots for days for later expansion. Titanium is a higher rating than Platinum as well on the supply, and they cost about the same.

But here is a 16-core system for a little less even.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor ($864.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Enermax - LIQTECH TR4 280 80.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($121.89 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI - X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX TR4 Motherboard ($289.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($360.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Pro 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($247.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card ($749.99 @ B&H)
Case: be quiet! - Silent Base 800 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.00 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - PRIME Ultra Titanium 1000W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.19 @ OutletPC)
Speakers: Logitech - Z200 0W 2ch Speakers ($21.75 @ Newegg)
Total: $3107.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-07 17:36 EDT-0400

Only comment is the psu, can find good but cheaper alternative

 

[vaibhav_sharma]

Vapour, by 'links' i mean URLs (like the ones below):
1. https://blog.slavv.com/picking-a-gpu-for-deep-learning-3d4795c273b9
2. https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-graphics-cards/
3. https://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/graphics-cards/best-graphics-cards-1291458


Eximo, Thank you for suggestion (i did miss the 'quad channel' part completely). i agree quad channel RAM (4 x 8 GB) will provide more bandwidth than dual channel (2 x 16 GB). But, if i am not wrong, the final impact on performance will be minimal (i was checking the websites which compare performances, and there, the performances were almost same). But, given that the price is same (for dual and quad channels RAM), it would be better to go with quad channel RAM.

Also, i will take a closer look at the part list you posted.

Thanks both of you.

 

[vapour]

My edits, small SSD is for OS and software caching, fast NVME 500 gb is solely for material. 2 1080ti will double the performance if GPU is utilized:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor ($864.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Enermax - LIQTECH TR4 280 80.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($121.89 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI - X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX TR4 Motherboard ($289.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($197.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($749.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($749.99 @ B&H)
Case: be quiet! - Silent Base 800 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.00 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.19 @ OutletPC)
Speakers: Logitech - Z200 0W 2ch Speakers ($21.75 @ Newegg)
Total: $3457.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-07 17:50 EDT-0400

 

[vapour]

Vapour, by 'links' i mean URLs (like the ones below):
1. https://blog.slavv.com/picking-a-gpu-for-deep-learning-3d4795c273b9
2. https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-graphics-cards/
3. https://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/graphics-cards/best-graphics-cards-1291458


Eximo, Thank you for suggestion (i did miss the 'quad channel' part completely). i agree quad channel RAM (4 x 8 GB) will provide more bandwidth than dual channel (2 x 16 GB). But, if i am not wrong, the final impact on performance will be minimal (i was checking the websites which compare performances, and there, the performances were almost same). But, given that the price is same (for dual and quad channels RAM), it would be better to go with quad channel RAM.

Also, i will take a closer look at the part list you posted.

Thanks both of you.

Those best ranking post? You do see ASUS Gigabyte in the pictures of second link, right? If compared to AMD, yes, Nvidia Geforce is still better.

 

[Eximo]

I had originally put together the build with dual GPUs, but the next logical step down wasn't very flexible in terms of expansion. Not sure if that is necessary, tried to keep the cost under the original price. For a system that is going to sit around doing calculations all day, bigger is worth it in this case, should make it a little quieter.

 

[vapour]

Single 1080ti should do well too

 

[vaibhav_sharma]

Thank you Vapor and Eximo for your suggestions. i will be working on your recommendations and modify my PC build as follows:

1) Look for gpus from other vendors such as EVGA or ASUS. i would need to invest more time on this part as my knowledge is not much across these vendors.
2) Use quad channel RAM instead of dual channel RAM. This should be straightforward.
3) Look for better options for PSU and motherboards as suggested.

Thanks again.

 

[Eximo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units#GeForce_10_series

After that it is just brand, cooling, warranty, and factory overclocks. They are all the same technology manufactured for Nvidia and sold to the board partners for assembly. (I'm not sure who actually builds Nvidia's cards if it isn't themselves, I might look into that)

It appears Nvidia uses two suppliers. Flextronics has been referenced in the past when Nvidia briefly sold mid-range cards at retail stores. I suspect now they build the prototypes. Foxconn is used for mass production (Apple, Dell, etc use Foxconn for assembly)