Monkey God
Mangina Full of Sand
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With the Amazon sales going on with TR's and mobo's decided to go ahead and pull the trigger on a TR build I've been holding off now for a while. Newegg has no sales tax but I wanted Amazons more solid customer support and return policies.
1) AMD TR 1950X - $799
2) Zenith Extreme Mobo - $499 - I wanted the Taichi but most places are out of stock. Zenith is pricey but has good reviews. Also seems to be performing well for people doing GPU pass-through.
3) 128GB RAM: 4 X G.Skill (2X16GB ripjaws) - $1436 - I spent most of my time research RAM for this build. Wanted 128GB kits that people had actually installed and got working. Fastest RAM speed possible wasn't as critical for me. By far the most expensive part of the build. RAM prices go home, you're drunk.
4) Enermax LIQTECH TR4 360mm AIO cooler - these were out of stock for a while but are solid performers for those not wanting to do a custom build. I have had good luck with Corsair AIO coolers for all my previous builds - hopefully this works as well.
5) 4 X 4TB HGST HDD drives - $360 - for bulk storage, had to jump on that now dead NewEgg deal.
6) Using an older Corsair 800D case (monstrous and has room for the 360mm AIO).
7) Have a Corsair NIB HX850 PS laying around which I will use until I get around to sorting out my multiple GPU selection.
Haven't decided on all my drives yet...have lots of various ones laying around but I intend to use threadrippers PCI lanes for fast NVME RAID duties and multiple GPU's. Microsoft are being pricks about not wanting W7 to support newest hardware and I dont like W10, so I will likely use this opportunity to jump to Linux full-time and utilize GPU pass-through. This rig will be used for virtualization, GPU pass-through and AI/Machine learning.
Ill post updates as the parts show up and I start sorting out the issues - specially around GPU pass-through.
1) AMD TR 1950X - $799
2) Zenith Extreme Mobo - $499 - I wanted the Taichi but most places are out of stock. Zenith is pricey but has good reviews. Also seems to be performing well for people doing GPU pass-through.
3) 128GB RAM: 4 X G.Skill (2X16GB ripjaws) - $1436 - I spent most of my time research RAM for this build. Wanted 128GB kits that people had actually installed and got working. Fastest RAM speed possible wasn't as critical for me. By far the most expensive part of the build. RAM prices go home, you're drunk.
4) Enermax LIQTECH TR4 360mm AIO cooler - these were out of stock for a while but are solid performers for those not wanting to do a custom build. I have had good luck with Corsair AIO coolers for all my previous builds - hopefully this works as well.
5) 4 X 4TB HGST HDD drives - $360 - for bulk storage, had to jump on that now dead NewEgg deal.
6) Using an older Corsair 800D case (monstrous and has room for the 360mm AIO).
7) Have a Corsair NIB HX850 PS laying around which I will use until I get around to sorting out my multiple GPU selection.
Haven't decided on all my drives yet...have lots of various ones laying around but I intend to use threadrippers PCI lanes for fast NVME RAID duties and multiple GPU's. Microsoft are being pricks about not wanting W7 to support newest hardware and I dont like W10, so I will likely use this opportunity to jump to Linux full-time and utilize GPU pass-through. This rig will be used for virtualization, GPU pass-through and AI/Machine learning.
Ill post updates as the parts show up and I start sorting out the issues - specially around GPU pass-through.