![]() ![]() ![]() While DDR4 while theoretically more future proof I assume the timings and frequency are going to increase rapidly? What is the likely longevity of the Z-97 and X-99 platforms? I tend to keep computers for a very long time. ![]() I have been toying with the idea of trying to use an Intel Xeon Phi for parallelizing my small simulations further is it likely to work in a ASUS X99-A motherboard in the x16 slot? Is the additional cost of the i7-5820k and X-99 platform worth it? Can the memory bandwidth of the i7-4790k and Z-97 be increased substantially by using a higher rated frequency memory and with reduced timings? I am not sure memory bandwidth matters much for small finite element simulations though. I know generally for large CFD type simulations a high memory bandwidth is highly recommended. The i7-4790k has quite a clock frequency advantage while the i7-5820k has two additional cores and twice the memory bandwidth. Which processor and platform is likely to be faster. Two additional cores though they are slower Low power draw on load ad idle compared to the i7-5820k Relatively in expensive through Microcenter (CPU: $250, MB: $90) Higher base (4 Gz) and turbo (4.4 GHz) CPU frequency than i7-5820k Storage: Crucial MX 100 512 GB SSD (Thinking about exchanging this) Video Card: Passive or semi-passive with Display Port and DVI outputs $150 I don’t intend to over-clock the machine or play games on it. Eventually the machine will become my day to day desktop as my current machine is a i7-860 2.8 GHz, 8 Gb of RAM, ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series ![]() Rarely some larger scale 3D finite element simulations (generally < 250,000 elements). Solidworks: Relatively simple assemblies I am not going to be running these all the time but currently when I do they generally take ½ day to 2 days to complete. For each generation of the optimization algorithm tens to a hundred independent designs are evaluated making the simulations extremely parallelizable favoring a large number of cores. Small 2D electromagnetic and thermal finite element simulations (generally < 20,000 elements) as part of an evolutionary optimization algorithm. I also need to buy a NAS or a storage server but I think that should be a separate box. Eventually the machine will become my day to day desktop (currently i7-860). I need some help trying to put together another system beyond my current machine for primarily performing finite element optimization type tasks and other engineering analysis. ![]()
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