Hey guys,
Through my employer, I'm getting access to a Broadwell 2699v4 chip (22 core Xeon), and I feel I might as well go build a Linux workstation to play around with parallel programming and other scientific computing stuff (I've done work developing circuit simulators in the past). Having said that, I don't want to blow a ton of money on this. Keeping spending below 1000 usd is a must
I also have an older Xeon Phi card that I've been trying to play with (from the older Knights Corner generation), so being able to use it every now and then would be ideal (it's a 300W power hog, so not planning on having it running all the time).
So far I've considered:
CPU - E5-2699v4
CPU Cooler - Some ~60 usd Noctua one
Motherboard - Asus X99-M WS (cheapest compatible board I've found that explicitly states that it supports ECC) - 270usd
Memory - some Kingston ValueRAM DDR4-2133 ECC memory (4x4GB) - 200usd
SSD - I have some lying around, but storage is not a critical concern here.
Video card - I have a spare GTX 660, but don't plan to game on this, I may end up buying a 750 Ti or a 1050 (for lower power consumption). Being able to run CUDA is a plus, I guess.
Power Supply - either Corsair RM750x or EVGA 650W 80 Plus Gold - 80-100us
Case - I was thinking Thermaltake Core P3 (since it seems to avoid PCIe add in card length issues) - 100usd
Overall this seems to be in the 650-700 usd range.
Does this sound reasonable? Is the PSU underpowered given the HW? (CPU TDP is 145W if I recall correctly)
Thanks for any input!