Build around a Titan Z

giltech

giltech

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I am looking to build a system to suitably run a Titan Z for experimentation, but also some gaming system requirements are 32GB RAM, and potentially a second graphics card (not SLI) for display when on linux for compute. Tho could I just use the integrated one instead of a second discrete?

I've plumped for Cosair AX 860W for the PSU.

I'm considering the Asus Z97-Pro wifi for mobo
And a 4x8GB 2400 MHz G.Skill kit
Not at all sure on processor front/cooler or on a case for that matter...

I probably also will want atleast a couple of SSDs one for linux and one for windows, with a third normal hard disk

Any help advice would be appreciated.
 
What will this PC be used for? :)

I'm sure you know what you're doing, but I just want to make sure that you aren't buying a Titan Z for gaming. :p
 
Even if it's not being bought for gaming (even though this is how nVidia were marketing it) it's still a waste! If you MUST have them for CUDA DP64 computing, just get 2 Titans.
 
The card is primarily for running machine learning experiments, some gaming too. I have the card already, but I didn't have to drop two grand on it ;), it's already running in some old hardware, but really I need a new system to house it in...
 
Cool. :) I was worried for a moment that you had a-lot of spare cash kicking about and had bought the Titan Z because you thought it offered extreme gaming performance to suit its price. :p

Could you be more specific about these machine learning experiments? Or else elaborate? Do they make good use of CPU cores, and RAM? And what sort of budget do you have in mind?

If it is substantial, I'm thinking that X99 with some DDR4 and a 6 or 8 core i7 / Xeon would be a good bet. :)

Otherwise, if the RAM is needed for capacity only rather than speed, and the work is all CUDA stuff (or similar) meaning that the CPU won't get a look-in, then I would go Z97.
 
Acme said:
Cool. :) I was worried for a moment that you had a-lot of spare cash kicking about and had bought the Titan Z because you thought it offered extreme gaming performance to suit its price. :p

Could you be more specific about these machine learning experiments? Or else elaborate? Do they make good use of CPU cores, and RAM? And what sort of budget do you have in mind?

If it is substantial, I'm thinking that X99 with some DDR4 and a 6 or 8 core i7 / Xeon would be a good bet. :)

Otherwise, if the RAM is needed for capacity only rather than speed, and the work is all CUDA stuff (or similar) meaning that the CPU won't get a look-in, then I would go Z97.
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Heh, yeah I'm hoping to pass most of the work over to CUDA, I need a fairly capable CPU, but the price of 32GB DDR4 at the minute would put me off going in the X99 direction. Really on the CPU front as long as it can keep the GPU fed with data that's it'd be it's main job... So yeah a decent CPU on a Z97 would probably do the job, or maybe an ivy-bridge X99?
 
X99 is Haswell-E and DDR4 only, so it sounds like you would be looking at Z97. :)

I'm not sure if you can use discrete graphics alongside a dedicated GPU, perhaps someone else could verify this for me please? I think you should be able to.
 
Acme said:
X99 is Haswell-E and DDR4 only, so it sounds like you would be looking at Z97. :)

I'm not sure if you can use discrete graphics alongside a dedicated GPU, perhaps someone else could verify this for me please? I think you should be able to.
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Ah I meant the X79, 64 GB RAM could be nice, tho Z97 and a decent CPU reckon would be fine main things I could do with some help on are cases and coolers, any recommended and would I need a full or mid tower?

Found this which seems to be the ticket, reckon it would work with the intel integrated GPU rather than adding a second?

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3029/~/using-cuda-and-x
 
giltech said:
the price of 32GB DDR4 at the minute would put me off going in the 9 direction.
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You have the cash to burn £2k on a video card but £350 for 32Gb RAM is too expensive :confused: I still think for the sake of future proofing you'd be way better going with DDR4/X99. If you buy 32Gb DDR3 now you'll have to chuck it the next time you upgrade whereas DDR should see you through at least the next 5 years.
 
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Alienfish360 said:
He said he didn't spend £2k on the card. Plus, just because you can afford something, it doesn't mean that it's worth buying something that doesn't offer the same value for the cash.
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Fair point regarding not spending that much on the card but I still think it would make more sense to buy X99 for the DDR4 if you're spending on 32Gb of RAM.

Having said that there might be some folk selling DDR3 kits for cheap second hand to upgrade to X99/DDR4 in which case it could make more sense.
 
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