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This box is going to be doing some intense GPU number crunching on large social graphs for a personal research project. Just need some reliable parts that don't have to be powerful since the GPU(s) will be doing all the heavy lifting here. I plan on expanding the number of GPUs in here later, hence the extra PCI express slots on the motherboard. Any how, here's what I threw together. I was wondering if you could please look it over and double-check that I picked out some pretty good components. Thanks in advance.
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136826
$69.99
ASUS P8H67-M PRO/CSM (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel H67 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131711
$109.99
Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115078
$119.99
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231253
$22.99
COOLER MASTER Elite 430 RC-430-KWN1 Black Steel / Plastic Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119227
$39.99 after mail-in rebate
CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139028
$49.99 after mail-in rebate card
EDIT: added requested information
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
It will be running graph clustering algorithms on multiple GPUs using CUDA. The GPUs do most if not all of the work here.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
$500ish
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
United States
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
Intel/Nvidia, don't care but prefer reputable, reliable brands for everything else, particularly the motherboard and the PSU.
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
I already have two Nvidia Geforce GTX 595 cards.
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7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Default speeds, reliability is important.
8. What resolution will you be using?
A monitor will RARELY be connected to this machine... it will be running a UNIX operating system and acting like a server.
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Plan on building it within the next month.
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X. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, such as Windows or Blu Ray playback software?
No, everything will be FOSS or in-house developed Python and CUDA C software by a small team.
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136826
$69.99
ASUS P8H67-M PRO/CSM (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel H67 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131711
$109.99
Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115078
$119.99
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231253
$22.99
COOLER MASTER Elite 430 RC-430-KWN1 Black Steel / Plastic Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119227
$39.99 after mail-in rebate
CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139028
$49.99 after mail-in rebate card
EDIT: added requested information
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
It will be running graph clustering algorithms on multiple GPUs using CUDA. The GPUs do most if not all of the work here.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
$500ish
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
United States
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
Intel/Nvidia, don't care but prefer reputable, reliable brands for everything else, particularly the motherboard and the PSU.
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
I already have two Nvidia Geforce GTX 595 cards.
*
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Default speeds, reliability is important.
8. What resolution will you be using?
A monitor will RARELY be connected to this machine... it will be running a UNIX operating system and acting like a server.
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Plan on building it within the next month.
*
X. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, such as Windows or Blu Ray playback software?
No, everything will be FOSS or in-house developed Python and CUDA C software by a small team.
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