Hello /g/ will you help me building a computer for work?
I work as a seismologist and I need to do a lot of radar imaging processing, the other day i was playing around with a 20016 15 inches macbook pro maxed out and I noticed it had more than enough power to do the job (but it's really expensive and I know it's possible to build something with similar power at a lower price).
So the question is, how do i build a desktop computer with the same (or more) processing power as it? It could be a hackintosh or a linux build;
Btw i was thinking of buying one of those intel nuc bricks, would that be enough?
Pic related is an inteferogram of the 2010 Baja earthquake.
Just get a 200-500$ used thinkpad
Same specs as a poopbook pro
>>54297546
Is apple still around in 20016?
>>54297573
Yes, but google owns them now
>>54297572
Thamk you anon but i was thinking of building a desktop so i could let it work al night in the lab without having to worry about
>>54297593
Heating? Literally any high-end intel CPU + an SSD is a macbook pro
Some have dGPUs but we don't want to upset the narrative.
>>54297620
Yes heating it's the problem, it tends to be a pretty intense procesing on the final part (about 20 t0 60 hours per pair of images) so a laptop wouldnt be ideal.
I don't have any experience with radar image processing, but I do have some experience with numerical simulations in EM. Depending on the implementation, memory bandwidth may be the main bottleneck in your processing. In this case, you definitely want Intel (superior to AMD in every way with regards to memory bandwidth).
>>54297679
Interesting input anon I am not an expert on hardware by any means so i was thinking on something like this:
i5-6600K, 3.50 GHz
Samsung SSD 850 EVO, 1 TB I really need a big ssd because mechanical disk wont make the cut as I need to write big amounts of data, aprx 4-5 Gb per pair of images)
and that´s it i dont know about psu o mb, what would you recomend?
>>54297769
Yes, that processor looks like it can achieve a max of 34.1GB/s memory bandwidth which is good. Just make sure to choose a motherboard and memory that will maximize that (assuming your software bottleneck is memory bandwidth).
Also, depending on the implementation and problem being solved, limiting the number of threads/cores to the problem can actually result in better performance. For example 2-3 threads can outperform 4 threads when memory bandwidth is an issue..
>>54298416
That sounds nice, what mb would you recomend? i was thinking in this:
Gigabyte GA-H170N-Wi-Fi
but I have no clue about the psu
>>54297546
>how do i build a desktop computer with the same (or more) processing power as it?
1. Go to a garbage dump.
2. Ask to be allowed to dig through the garbage.
3. Find a desktop with a Core 2 Duo or better
4. Done.
>>54298574
Yes I know but I need new parts, can´t get trash equipment to the lab
>>54298605
1. Order ANY $300 desktop off Newegg.
2. Done.
>>54298574
Have you looked at the specs for 20016 Mac Laptops?
>>54298647
Have you seen the reviews of for the 20016 Mac Laptops?
>>54298629
Tbh I prefer to assemble it, so I can learn
>>54298704
How much are you looking to spend?
>>54298704
Here you go senpai, 10x the power for 1/10 the price.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GbhcZL
>>54298749
About $1200 USD
>>54298935
Does the program support GPU acceleration
>>54298935
You're going to want the higher end intel proc anon mentioned above, also try and get a hold of 16gb of ram. Huge help with batch processing. The 1tb ssd is going to be the bottleneck of this build
>>54298984
Great question, but desu I think after the 1tb ssd, proc/mobo, etc there won't be a ton of room left for the gpu regardless.
OP, check out corsair's self-contained cpu water coolers (the h60 is good). They will bring your temps down a lot and aren't a hassle to install, and are like $50.
You'll definitely want at least 16gb of RAM if dealing with any large raster dataset. At my co-op placement when I dealt with any large satellite dataset, we had 32GB of RAM and an Intel i7 in our workstations, processed everything pretty quick.
>>54298984
No it works only on the cpu, but it has effective paralellism, so it benefits of high frequencies of the cpu, high amounts of ram, and high writing speeds on the ssd
>>54299041
Oh duh that was a processor you mentioned and was an i5.
>>54299071
16gb of ram and try to bump it to an i7 then if you have money left over after the cooler, case, psu, ssd etc. You don't need a crazy psu if you aren't going to have a gpu/have a weaker one, so that will help your budget out
>>54299041
What ssd would you recomend? and m.2 would sufice?
>>54299047
Nice would definetly buy that, the problem I have is I dont know shit about psus and mb
I looked it up for a minute, and it appears that InSAR can be sped up significantly by GPU acceleration.
>>54299139
It depends on the software you use, but i believe the ones i use (snap, isce, gmtsar, and giant) wont support gpu acceleration
>>54299139
If you end up getting a higher end gpu as well, keep in mind that a lot of these applications benefit from different types of graphics cards than the most popular high performance ones for games. I think the main difference is more emphasis on vram and cuda cores but I'm not an expert on workstation gpus so idk.
>>54299098
Yeah, samsung is a safe bet for ssds. Holy shit they are cheap now. I haven't looked at builds in a few years, and a 500gb ssd is only $150...that's what a 1tb hdd was lol. I was expecting a 1tb ssd to be a fortune.
>>54299231
So a quadro would help? i don´t know about amd an it's linux support
I threw together a pretty high end build here OP. Do me a favor and actually look all of it over. It's a tad overbudget, but I think it's within reason.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gC8gdC
>>54299344
Will check it out Anon! give me a sec, also double dubs wont lie
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wFZTbv
spend the rest on hookers and blow
if you really want you can get another 32gb of RAM, another 500gb SSD for RAID, or a legit install
>>54299344
Just checked it, looks pretty nice but I have a doubt, why a liquid cpu cooler?
>>54299407
at this point in my life, it's because it's so much easier to install than tower coolers. if you want you can easily swap it for something like a cooler master hyper 212 evo if that kind of thing doesn't bother you. for me, i'll never go back to large tower cooler for this one, honestly, quite petty reason.
>>54299376
Looks pretty nice anon I like it a lot! thank you, also nice dubs
>>54299531
Thank you anon, if I could I would buy you a beer
Have a nice truck instead
>>54299047
I used to generate point clouds out of photographs.
I ran out of ram while having 16 GB - go for as high as possible amount with your budget.
>>54299690
So 32 would be alright?
Thank you anons for helping a brother out, if I knew you I would offer you a nice party.
>>54297546
real talk, why doesn't your code use GPUs?
If your code only uses CPUs, I highly suggest you just go with a used Ivy Bridge E5 Xeons. The entire build will cost something like 500~600 dollars without a GPU.
>>54298907
Nice anon thank you!
>>54300834
I dont know why Im mot a part of the dev team, I just proccess stuff
Which xeon would you recommend?
