The base build power requirement was under 500 watts (which includes the first RTX A5000), the only thing I’ve added was the extra GPU which uses 250 watts max. The system is not struggling at all and no hitches… I’ve already done some ML training with the two GPUs together, no issues noted...
I did extensive research and this fits my particular needs for research in machine learning… I was also limited by what PCS were offering… The build is a continuous process so I’m all ears… How could I improve it further?
Yes! Initiallly I planned for 1 x RTX A6000 but after a bit of research I concluded I’d save almost £500 and get an extra 6,000 cores by changing that to dual RTX A5000
Took delivery last week! As you can see from the specs below I have been busy testing it out!
Changes made since delivery:
1. Added second RTX A5000 (with NV link)
2. Removed RAID 0 (slower for randonm IOPS on Samsung SSDs)
Planned changes:
1. Another 32GB of RAM
2. More storage for datasets...
