build me a bad a$$ cruncher 800-900 budget

[zombie67]

Yep, other options exist. It's all about the cost of the HW and electricity for me, as they crunch all three OSs. I haven't found anything comparable to date.

[dave c]

ok i just cashed out all of my btc im going to set aside 1200 bucks out of everything i made to build one toy
ive got a pretty good idea of what im going to do ill get links up in a lil while and see what u guys think

[dave c]

ok heres what ive come up with so far

mobo
Gigabyte-GA-990FXA-UD5-rev 3.0

ram
either 16 or 32 gb
cpu
amd fx 9370 or 9590

gpus
handfull of hd 7970's and possibly a nvida card to throw in the mix

h220-x cpu cooler

and im still undecided on the case , but i know im going to need something with a ton of airflow



hows that rate for a good cruncher ? any changes ?

[dave c]

would u guys make any changes , got the stuff saved in my cart ready to grab it unless somone knows a better gpu or somethign to change

[Al]

I have been an amd fan boy for years....but I'd opt for an Intel processor and MB. They are a lot more efficient and much faster on most projects.

[Maxwell]

I have been an amd fan boy for years....but I'd opt for an Intel processor and MB. They are a lot more efficient and much faster on most projects.

+1.

My i7-950 (4-core, with HT) regularly performs as well or better than my AMD 1090T 6-core. If you're doing much CPU crunching, Intel is the way to go. If you just need the process to run the box and feed some GPUs, AMD will be cheaper.

[dave c]

I have been an amd fan boy for years....but I'd opt for an Intel processor and MB. They are a lot more efficient and much faster on most projects.

+1.

My i7-950 (4-core, with HT) regularly performs as well or better than my AMD 1090T 6-core. If you're doing much CPU crunching, Intel is the way to go. If you just need the process to run the box and feed some GPUs, AMD will be cheaper.

since im not up on the intel stuff can one of u guys link me to a comparable intel setup cpu/mobo wise? i mean i could go pick out some intel stuff but no real clue on how it would rate compared to the gb ud5 and fx 9xxx, my last dealing with intel stuff is when the p4 first came out
this way i can check out what kind of price difference id be looking at


if i focus just on gpu crunching with it then a fx 6 core would run the 4x hd 7970's , but id still like to have a couple cpu work units running while the gpus are running so id prolly stick with the 8 core and in that case i could just reuse the fx 8320 i currently have

[zombie67]

This is the intel CPU to get: i7-4790K

So you are looking for a mobo with a LGA 1150 socket.

[dave c]

This is the intel CPU to get: i7-4790K

So you are looking for a mobo with a LGA 1150 socket.

ouch that kinda kills the budget lol , though i guess i could do with 3 or 4 cheaper gpus instead of 4x 7970's

[zombie67]

ouch that kinda kills the budget lol , though i guess i could do with 3 or 4 cheaper gpus instead of 4x 7970's

No way are you running 4x 7970's on your AMD mobo. Not gonna fit unless you dangle them and use PCIe data extender cables.

Very very few mobos will actually fit 4x dual-wide GPUs.