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Linux build guidance (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world

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Today my PC finally ate it. No POST, no disk activity, so I'm pretty sure the mobo has failed. I built this PC 8 or 10 years ago, and I'm honestly too old and out of touch to know where to start on a rebuild lol.

I'm an arch Linux user, my job is in machine learning, and I'm looking at a soup to nuts style rebuild but I don't know where to start. I want as much future proofing as I can get and I'm happy with a budget anywhere from $2k to $8k. I don't game now, but I might want to in the future.

So it seems like to leverage good ML tools I'm locked to cuda, so probably Nvidia GPU. Does that mean 4070 Ti is the knee in the curve? CPU I came from AMD but I have no idea. RAM speed is something I have never ever considered. And mobo wise, I have a couple of M.2 drives now, but I'm not sure what else should drive decisions? 1 monitor currently that I intend to replace, so I'm not sure why I would need multiple GPUs or something that necessitates a lot of PCIe connections.

I want a plain old closed black case, no color changing gamer shit, and about as much computing power as I can get. Pcpartpicker came up a little short, how do I start?

I've got maybe a week of lead time, then I would like to pull the trigger. This whole build process was a lot easier circa 2003!

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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Mostly pytorch and honestly mostly CPU limited in my experience (small networks with frequent database access). I feel like I'm throwing people off the conversation by having mentioned it. GPU training is a nice to have, but maybe not necessary the more I think about it. I have a cluster at work if I really need that functionality unless I'm doing it for personal projects.

[–] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nvidia is gold standard for AI stuff, that's why it was so heavily recommended. If training is not a major concern, then AMD is the obvious choice for Linux gaming (unless you need HDMI 2.1).