I am looking to build a Kaggle box using the 2 GRID M40s I got from Patrick. Ideally I am looking for something that is rack mountable, have LGA2011-R sockets and take DDR3 ECC because I have a lot of those right now. I also have several right angle riser cards as well, so I can orient the GPUs in either direction. If I can use my existing stock of CPUs, RAM, and SATA drives then I would be over the moon.
Two different paths I am considering:
1) straight rackmount GPU build. Just load it up with GPUs and access it remotely. Looking to spend under 1k for a barebones on this route. Something like the Tesla s1070 1U would work nicely if it had the PCIe power cables (6pin/8pin) because I would just put it in the colo and not worry about building for noise. If there are any other types of GPU optimized servers that support the modern PCIe 3 cards with extra power PCI power cables going used on Ebay, I would love to hear about them.
2) Combine GPU build with new desktop for myself. Need 4 full double wide GPU support, so I can have a graphics card for 4 monitors, and also have a slot for an Phi co-processor card. Sort of an all around programming fun land workhorse. Could be in tower case, but rackmount form factor would still be preferred. Probably tend towards 4U in order to put large fans for less noise. This build I would be willing to go the R3 route and get DDR4. Still needs to be server grade components. Much larger budget since it would do more things for me.
Two different paths I am considering:
1) straight rackmount GPU build. Just load it up with GPUs and access it remotely. Looking to spend under 1k for a barebones on this route. Something like the Tesla s1070 1U would work nicely if it had the PCIe power cables (6pin/8pin) because I would just put it in the colo and not worry about building for noise. If there are any other types of GPU optimized servers that support the modern PCIe 3 cards with extra power PCI power cables going used on Ebay, I would love to hear about them.
2) Combine GPU build with new desktop for myself. Need 4 full double wide GPU support, so I can have a graphics card for 4 monitors, and also have a slot for an Phi co-processor card. Sort of an all around programming fun land workhorse. Could be in tower case, but rackmount form factor would still be preferred. Probably tend towards 4U in order to put large fans for less noise. This build I would be willing to go the R3 route and get DDR4. Still needs to be server grade components. Much larger budget since it would do more things for me.
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