Got a new piece of gear!

Recently I have been realizing that my computer is just too slow for what I use it for. I mainly use it for generating 3d CAD computer models using Autodesk Inventor. I also use it to run complex calculations with too many variables to do by hand.

Now my computer isn't slow by any means... I've got 2 Intel Xeon Westmere hex core processors (6 processing cores + 6 virtual cores per processor) this means I have 24 processing cores running at 3.06 GHz (turbo boost up to 3.46 GHz * Intel Xeon EX567 processors) along with 48 GB's of ram. (24 GB per processor) I have a NVIDIA Quadro 5000 graphics card.

Even still there are times when it takes hours to finish a computation or render a computer model with 10,000-30,000 parts. This means that I can't get my work done fast enough. So enter the NVIDIA Tesla S2050 a rack mountable supercomputing unit. This has 1,792 parellel processing cores and 12GB of video RAM. This yields 2.6 Teraflops (2.6 trillion operations per second). Hopefully this will speed things up lol.

Here she is in all of her glory:

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Dang!!!!!!!!

Yeah, I can't wait to go to work tomorrow and try this thing out lol.

that thing is going to Fly....

Boy, you lost me a long time ago..... But Congrats though..

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Originally Posted by kuppler

that thing is going to Fly....

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Hopefully... Its 9 fans could make it fly on their own lol.

I had never really thought about the hardware needs for CAD, only gaming. Your rig makes my head hurt.

I have no idea what you said but it sure is nice and shiny! Shiny is always good!
Except for when i get distracted by sh....

Solid server. Only thing is you better rack that somewhere far far away. Its gonna be a screamer. I bet on first boot it sounds like a jet plane. and gald to see i am not the only Epic computer nut out there!

You should just use that rig solely to play Quake III. Just to say you can

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Solid server. Only thing is you better rack that somewhere far far away. Its gonna be a screamer. I bet on first boot it sounds like a jet plane. and gald to see i am not the only Epic computer nut out there!

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My tower can do that alone lol

*Not my video... Similar hardware*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVRNkA97-ig

(Smartphone Link)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVRNkA97-ig

What are your home PC specs? I have one at home that gets pretty loud as well. a few 120mm fans and loud GPU cooler make for an interesting sounding desktop

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What are your home PC specs? I have one at home that gets pretty loud as well. a few 120mm fans and loud GPU cooler make for an interesting sounding desktop

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Besides my workstation I have a 2011 27" iMac, 3.4 GHz i7 Quadcore, 12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3, AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2 GB VRAM, Display 27" 2560 x 1440, 2 TB WB Black 7200 RPM HDD, 80 GB Intel SSD (Boot Drive)

I'm considering replacing the iMac with a new MacBook Pro With Retina Display, and replacing my Workstation with a custom built PC based on the Intel LGA 2011 Socket (dual Processor)

Looking at they MoBo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...20Z9PE-D8%20WS

I'm going to wait until the Ivy Bridge Xeons are out though

My Mac Pro have 3x 140 mm, 4x 120 mm, 1x 80 mm, 2x GPU fans

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Besides my workstation I have a 2011 27" iMac, 3.4 GHz i7 Quadcore, 12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3, AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2 GB VRAM, Display 27" 2560 x 1440, 2 TB WB Black 7200 RPM HDD, 80 GB Intel SSD (Boot Drive)

I'm considering replacing the iMac with a new MacBook Pro With Retina Display, and replacing my Workstation with a custom built PC based on the Intel LGA 2011 Socket (dual Processor)

Looking at they MoBo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...20Z9PE-D8%20WS

I'm going to wait until the Ivy Bridge Xeons are out though

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I was really hoping that it wasnt a MAC.... i saw that video and crossed my fingers hoping it wasnt. but when i saw the logo i was :(

but the Ivy bridge is a great chip. I wish AMD would pull their heads out of the rears and figure out how to comete again. i miss the days when they were on top.

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I was really hoping that it wasnt a MAC.... i saw that video and crossed my fingers hoping it wasnt. :(

but the Ivy bridge is a great chip. I wish AMD would pull their heads out of the rears and figure out how to comete again. i miss the days when they were on top.

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I'd only call it half mac lol, I've replaced everything but the processors and backplane... and I triple boot it. I run OS X, Windows 7 Pro, and Red Hat Linux. my home brewed computational software is UNIX based so I usually run it on OS X, but If I do decide to go with a PC for Ivy Bridge (which is looking very likely) I will have to run them on Linux.

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I'd only call it half mac lol, I've replaced everything but the processors and backplane... and I triple boot it. I run OS X, Windows 7 Pro, and Red Hat Linux. my home brewed computational software is UNIX based so I usually run it on OS X, but If I do decide to go with a PC for Ivy Bridge (which is looking very likely) I will have to run them on Linux.

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Linux FTW!

What kind of work do you do?

I'm in engineering, I currently work as an electrical engineer in the sub-field of laser optics. I generate exact 3d computer models of my companies products, and run analyse of output/heat generation from the laser components as well as from the electrical components.

I also use my workstation to design competition robots.

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I'm in engineering, I currently work as an electrical engineer in the sub-field of laser optics. I generate exact 3d computer models of my companies products, and run analyse of output/heat generation from the laser components as well as from the electrical components.

I also use my workstation to design competition robots.

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I would like to take this moment to nominate you for 'Most likely to take over the world with a master race of robots'

But can it play Crysis lol :P

Wicked setup. What kind of difference do you think that 2050 will make?

I have built tons of gaming setups in my day but never any Model rendering type stuff. looks like it would be just as fun though.

Well today I tried it out starting with a render that took 8 hours to complete before adding the S2050. I was able to complete the render with the S2050 in 45 minutes. This thing is an absolute beast. Now I just need to water cool this thing before my desk catches on fire lol.

Awesome! Now you dont have to stay up all nite and can actually get some sleep!

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Awesome! Now you dont have to stay up all nite and can actually get some sleep!

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Exactly!!

home water cool/kit, or a pre-done closed loop water cool unit?

How in the heck would you fit a water cooling loop in that 1U case? :weirdface

That would take some mad skill my friend :bow: make sure to share some pics when you do. I gave up on watercooling GPU's in my full tower case because it seemed to cluttered...

Are the PCB's short on the newer Tesla cards like they are on the new GeForce 600 series cards?

Edit: Oh, and 8 hours to 45 minutes is a massive difference. That would be like going straight from a horse drawn buggy to a lambo

100% home made watercooling... I have access to a CNC machine (computer controlled router) So I will be designing the waterblocks in 3d CAD then using CAM software to generate tool paths for the CNC machine. To actually make the waterblocks.

With the air coolers on the tesla cards they would take up 2 PCI slots. Once removed and I mount my custom waterblocks they would fit in 1PCI slot... So they will actually be thinner.

The reservoir, pumps, drain, and radiators will be outside the 1u server case mounted to a rig that I am fabricating.

I can only use the CNC machine when it is scheduled for downtime so it will be awhile before everything is done.

wow, having access to the CNC router must be nice.

I knew the water blocks would make the cards single slot but didn't think about having an external enclosure for the pump,rad, res and everything. Sounds like it is going to be awesome though. Can't wait to see some pics.

If you can't tell, I think I love computer hardware almost as much as I love snakes....almost :P

I figured it was gonna be homemade. glhf with that and take and post pics!

Wes, with that level of modification to build a homeade to is to say you dont get a closed loop and make that fit for far less effort/work. Or mod the case to the cooler, again less work.