[ale] CPU recommendations

[Jim Kinney]

As always, AMD is pretty much "best bang for the buck". I'm not dealing with home user gear much these days but the Ryzen cpu is a fantastic value. If you plan to use gpu number crunchers, just make sure the x16 slots are double width apart. Don't skimp on the power supply or case fans.

On October 13, 2019 8:37:17 AM EDT, Jeffrey Layton via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>Good morning,
>
>I don't want to start an argument, particularly on a Sunday morning,
>but
>I'm looking for a new "workstation" at home. I haven't built anything
>in
>the last few years, so any help would be appreciated.
>
>Someone is loaning me 2xNVIDIA GPUs that are x16 PCIe each. I'd like to
>have both in a x16 slot physically and electrically. Other than that,
>at
>least 4cores (more is better). Perhaps something with built-in graphics
>(not always necessary but the two NV cards are not really designed for
>graphics - mostly computation). I can always throw in a simple
>inexpensive
>GPU. I'd like to keep the price below $300 but I can go a little higher
>I
>think.
>
>I don't mind AMD or Intel. I don't mind having to buy a new MB and
>memory.
>With these two cards and a new CPU, I'm sure I'll have to buy a new PSU
>(probably 1kW or greater since each GPU is about 300W).
>
>To get things started, Newegg has a pretty good deal on the i7-6800K.
>6c/12t, 4 memory channels. Right now it's about $324 (
>https://www.newegg.com/intel-core-i7-6th-gen-core-i7-6800k/p/N82E16819117649?Item=9SIA4RE7MX7779
>).
>
>Thanks for any and all suggestions!
>
>Jeff

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