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Forum: Hardware January 5, 2018, 03:47

Replies: 32 Budget build for FEA/CFD n00b Views: 4,157 Posted By flotus1 It is not really twice as expensive. AMD TR 1900x... It is not really twice as expensive. AMD TR 1900x (8 cores) costs around 500€ where I live. Intels I7-7820X (8 cores) cost around 530€. With the advantage of cheaper motherboards and better memory...

Forum: Hardware November 23, 2017, 17:24

Replies: 32 Budget build for FEA/CFD n00b Views: 4,157 Posted By flotus1 All right this is my last post here. I will try... All right this is my last post here. I will try to make it as clear as I can one last time: I7-5820k and I7-6800k are old CPUs. Buy them used to save money. Do not buy new, the retail prices are too...

Forum: Hardware November 23, 2017, 14:43

Replies: 32 Budget build for FEA/CFD n00b Views: 4,157 Posted By flotus1 Exactly. Kaby Lake-X only has two memory channels... Exactly. Kaby Lake-X only has two memory channels despite sharing the same socket and motherboards with Skylake-X Could we please agree that you were already given good price/performance choices. I...

Forum: Hardware November 23, 2017, 12:28

Replies: 32 Budget build for FEA/CFD n00b Views: 4,157 Posted By flotus1 Just keep in mind that the I7-7800x is not really... Just keep in mind that the I7-7800x is not really a performance upgrade compared to its predecessors. I would only recommend it if buying used is not an option for some reason.

Forum: Hardware November 23, 2017, 08:53

Replies: 32 Budget build for FEA/CFD n00b Views: 4,157 Posted By flotus1 Finally indeed ;) You won't be able to put... Finally indeed ;) You won't be able to put together a machine with AMD Epyc processor(s) for less than 2000€. So I don't think this is an option here. But to answer your question, Epyc has four...

Forum: Hardware November 20, 2017, 05:10

Replies: 32 Budget build for FEA/CFD n00b Views: 4,157 Posted By flotus1 So Coffee-Lake it is... While it does not... So Coffee-Lake it is... While it does not necessarily make a huge difference in performance, I would still recommend 2x16GB for upgradeability. And 16GB UDIMMs are always dual-rank which yields...

Forum: Hardware November 19, 2017, 13:41

Replies: 32 Budget build for FEA/CFD n00b Views: 4,157 Posted By flotus1 CFD performance does not work this way. More... CFD performance does not work this way. More cores means more parallelization overhead. So what you want is a low amount of cores with maximum per-core performance. Intel takes the cake here. Plus...

Forum: Hardware November 19, 2017, 13:10

Replies: 32 Budget build for FEA/CFD n00b Views: 4,157 Posted By flotus1 Every single Kaby-Lake CPU will outperform its... Every single Kaby-Lake CPU will outperform its Ryzen price equivalent in CFD and CAD workloads. This is not coming from an Intel shill, I just ordered two AMD Epyc 7301 today. Just a simple fact. If...

Forum: Hardware November 19, 2017, 10:12

Replies: 32 Budget build for FEA/CFD n00b Views: 4,157 Posted By flotus1 Threadripper 8-core: 450€ Cheapest TR4... Threadripper 8-core: 450€ Cheapest TR4 motherboard: 290€ Skylake-X 8-core: 540€ Cheapest X299 motherboard: 200€ Plus Skylake-X is faster per core and less picky when it comes to memory. ...

Forum: Hardware November 19, 2017, 09:13

Replies: 32 Budget build for FEA/CFD n00b Views: 4,157 Posted By flotus1 No, it doesn't. DIMM slots do not indicate... No, it doesn't. DIMM slots do not indicate memory channels. The memory controller sits in the CPU which determines the number of memory channels available. Kaby-Lake: 2 channels Haswell-E,...

Forum: Hardware November 19, 2017, 06:37

Replies: 32 Budget build for FEA/CFD n00b Views: 4,157 Posted By flotus1 Z370 motherboard - 150 more like 110 i3 Coffee... Z370 motherboard - 150 more like 110 i3 Coffee Lake - 120 an I5 8400 or 8600k would be a better choice 2x 16gb DDR4 - 330 for 330$, this should be at least DDR4-3200 250gb 850 EVO SSD - 120 are...

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