Hey guys,
going to build a GPU Cluster for a small Forensics company. It should be extensible to 7 GPUs with the current specifcations, however the chassis is able to hold 8. Already did some research, here is what I have so far:
Fixed (i. e. already purchased):
Unfixed:
Happy about any kind of feedback
going to build a GPU Cluster for a small Forensics company. It should be extensible to 7 GPUs with the current specifcations, however the chassis is able to hold 8. Already did some research, here is what I have so far:
Fixed (i. e. already purchased):
- Chassis: Rexgear Hydra II 6U Rack Mount (https://www.nanoxiausa.com/collections/s...erver-case)
- GPUs: 4x RTX 2080Ti FE (Not a good choice, already had to learn that)
- Drive: 1 TB WB Blue M.2 SATA + some spare HDD
Unfixed:
- Motherboard: Asus WS X299 SAGE 10G (has 7 PCIe 3.0 x16 slots)
- CPU: i7-7800X (6C/12T @ 3.5 GHz)
- RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-2666, upgrade to 128 GB as soon as needed
- PSU: (2x) Enermax Platimax 1700W Modular 80+
- Riser: Thermaltake AC-045-CN1OTN-C1 PCI Express Extender
- Fans: 6x Noctua NF-F12 iPPC-3000 PWM
- The PCIe extender seems fairly expensive, open to suggestions (no USB based risers, please)
- An i7-7800X has 28 lanes, but the mainboard manual says it will run all seven PCIe ports at x8, which would need 56 lanes. Does someone happen to know if this is downgradable to x4? If not I will ask the Asus support.
- Not sure about the fan choice, was also looking at some delta fans, e. g. AFB1212GHE-CF00. I am worried that the ones from Noctua wont be enough due to the axial fans of the FE cards. The noise is irrelevant, we have a separate server room.
Happy about any kind of feedback