Recommendations for a *small* stand-alone machine-learning system

Astravagrant

Astravagrant

Astravagrant

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Hi there,

I'm pretty tech-savvy, but I haven't looked at anything other than Intel and Nvidia for many years, so was hoping you guys could give me a steer.

I've got two 970s left over from a recent 2080 upgrade on my main work/gaming PC. I also have a 1TB Evo SSD, so I have some decent kit to build a machine learning/deep learning hobby project PC. It will just sit on a desk in my office connected to the network, so no monitor or inputs needed, I'll do everything remotely. I just need the rest of the system to run it efficiently.

CPU: minimum 6-core
CPU Cooler: Water-cooled
MB: reliable for 24 hour workloads, ideally MATX if that's possible (for smaller case)
RAM: 32GB minimum
PSU: to run 2 x 970s (Gigabyte Windforce G1s)
SSD: 256GB NVME M.2 (samsung 970 evo it my choice here)
CASE: *SMALL as possible*, quiet and cool... struggling here.


So, asking for recommendations on a system that has at least 6 core CPU, SLI-support and the power to run two 970s. It will be running 24 hours at least some of the time, so I want it to be as reliable as possible. i.e. I'll avoid the cheapest options (MSI MBs, for instance, have failed on me too often but Asus seem to be good). I haven't used AMD for over a decade, but that seems to be a good choice for CPU/MB.

AM4 Ryzen 5 or 7 seems to be the right budget area, btw. I want to keep the cost below £800

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £865.05 (includes shipping: £13.20)​
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OK, very interesting, thanks for the tips! Still reading, but that system looks good. Yeah, definitely leaving all defaults on. I stopped OCing years ago, but I like that the hardware can do it, it makes me feel like they'll last longer under normal operation (even if that's not necessarily true).
 
Only reserve on it is the case, which is larger than my existing one. I don't have much space and this is 10cm higher and longer than existing NZXT 440. IDeally, it would be smaller than the NZXT
 
That's a really nice case! amazingly small. Do you think it would fit the 970s? They are 299mm long, apparently.

The case specs say: Compatible with 280mm VGA card.

Water-cooling would be off the table, but I can see it's not necessary thanks to your tips.
 
 
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