New workstation Setup

CyberNerd

CyberNerd

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Hi all,

Long time lurker!!

I'm looking to build a workstation PC for my home office, I've been using a 10yr old laptop which is so slow that I'm far from being productive. I've now switched to using my gaming PC in the interim whilst I try and decide what components I want in this new build.

My current PC is pretty good (8700k @ 4.9, GTX 1080ti, 16gb of DDR4 3000) but I built it as a base for racing simulators, and would rather leave it in the room where my rig is setup rather than have to keep lugging it about! But it's awesome for my day to day work, so I've decided to build another solely for work (maybe with a little bit of light gaming!).

As this will be a work computer, it's main roles will include OCR'ing of PDFs (I sometimes have to OCR 100 of gigs of data, which on my laptop would take weeks!)and searching those PDFs for character strings. It will also be used for CAD design and some light software development.

I've come up with the below spec, but would be grateful of any advice that anyone has to offer!

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £2,235.51 (includes shipping: £12.60)​
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A couple of questions:
Is the i9 9900K worth the current £100 premium over the i7 9700K?
Ideally I would like 32gb of RAM, but not sure if by todays RAM standards it is worth paying for the extra 16gb?
Is the RTX 2080 overkill (I'll probably dabble in some flight sim, but not much)

Thanks in advance!
 
It works the CPU quite hard, the GPU is normally at idle! For storage drives, I normally work a couple of projects at once and then transfer to my clients cloud drive, I find that 500gb is more than enough for a couple of projects.

Budget wise, around £2500
 
Thanks for the suggestions, I'll make some changes I think.

I'm not too clued up on threadripper systems so didn't even look to be honest!

Most of the data I receive is raw scanned data, that hasn't been looked at. It's messy and long winded, but I'm looking to introduce some of my own workflow.
 
Thanks guys, appreciate the input and recommendations!

I agree that the 2080 is overkill, but I don't plan on upgrading this machine for a few years, so should last!! I'm using a Benq 4K 32" Monitor.

I'll have a ponder over the next couple of days.

Vince said:
Exactly what im talking about, users scan in raw pdf's and no OCR at this point is done the mfd then drops the pdf into a users drop folder on an OCR server (VM) as well as emails it to them etc or whatever else. As it hits this folder the ocr software of choice kicks in and ocr's the document. Once done it's indexed for all content, the content checked for certain complex phrases, case numbers, invoice numbers etc etc etc and stored in DMS folders relevant to content. Stuff that meets no rules gets dropped into another folder, analysed and then you create new rules to cater for such a document. This is the sort of workflow you should be thinking about imo, what it sounds like your signing up for is a huge amount of time wasted.

of course this is just an example :)
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It is so painful, but all of the consultants I work with have always done it this way, and is considered part of the job (most of them are happy to sit around and let their computers chug away for hours/days on end processing data!!). I'm hoping with a bit of thought I can come up with a much more efficient work flow, even if it is just for me!
 
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