Fastest workstation for £1200?

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countchocula

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Hi all,
I'm looking to build (or buy assembled) the fastest workstation possible for £1200. It will be used for processing UAV imagery with Pix4D. So, CPU speed is the most important thing, with single thread speed being more important than number of cores (though the latter is helpful). Thinking Ryzen 7 if I can fit it under budget. I could live with 64 GB RAM, but 128 GB would be ideal. 1TB SSD would do it for storage, and I won't really need a graphics card (can just use one laying around work here). I'd be happy to go with used/refurbished stuff. Hoping someone here might be able to point me in a good direction? Many thanks in advance...
 
Thanks for your reply. I didn't say I wouldn't put a GPU in there, just that I don't need to buy one. The level of the GPU doesn't really matter that much though, as long as it supports CUDA and OpenGL. See https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-Pix4D-207/Hardware-Recommendations for an example. I have plenty of personal experience with this. The GPU only plays a relatively small role in one of the steps. So, we could get into a long debate about this, but I'd prefer to just skip it (please), and get to the question about building the system above, without GPU, for £1200... thanks!

also, looking at that link I posted, it seems the Ryzen 9's really crank. Not sure if that's out of the question for £1200...

EDIT: oh boy, ryzen 9's *so* out of the question...
 
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Yeah, I'll push for the 128GB, I agree. It's me controlling the budget, but under the gaze of grant administrators, so... :)

Thanks @mickyflinn! I think i'm going to have to spend £1500 to get that 128gb...
 
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My university has a license for windows 10 upgrades, but only for machines that already have windows installed. Anyone know where I can buy a cheap legit Windows 7 or 8 key?
 
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