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The Workstation Specialists WS-X1100 is an even more specialised beast than the Armari Magnetar V25R-RA750G2 we looked at a few months ago. The astronomical price means that you would only really consider it for the use intended. Buying this system – or any system with the NVIDIA Quadro GP100 graphics card in it – is really pointless unless you are using applications that can take advantage of its strengths.
In reality, that will probably mean V-Ray rendering. For that purpose, it's amazingly powerful, spitting out finished results many times faster than a CPU alone or lesser graphics. The WS-X1100 on its own is a decent workstation, with a well built chassis. It's not as noisy as you might expect from a system with three graphics cards in it, as the airflow is very good. It has competent, if not outstanding modelling ability.
So, overall, it boils down to whether you can use the huge prowess of the hugely expensive NVIDIA Quadro GP100 graphics card. It does have a lot of CUDA or OpenCL performance available, but you really need to need that to make the price worthwhile.
Price: £17,976.78 inc VAT (Buy from Workstation Specialists HERE)
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Pros:
- More GPGPU rendering performance than we've ever seen – by some margin.
- Decent everyday modelling capability.
- Excellent build quality.
- Not that noisy considering the GPU power inside.
Cons:
- The price.
Kitguru says: The Workstation Specialists WS-X1100 costs as much as a brand new premium hatchback, but its GPGPU rendering with V-Ray is in the top 20 in the world. You do have to pay for that privilege.
But can it run minecraft
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This is such a stupid choice of parts. #1 The X99 platform, there is both the x299, and the Xeon platform which would be more suitable. #2 The Corsair H100i, which should be at least the H115i or preferably an NZXT or EVGA CLC 280 cooler, both of which are significantly better and quieter. #3 the RAM should be ECC in a workstation build, further pointing towards Xeon/Epyc as a platform base rather than x99. #4 The PSU in a £17k build should be as good as possible, ie a titanium rated one such as the Corsair AXi 1500 or Silverstone Prime Titanium 1000, as saving £50 on installing a platinum PSU doesn’t make sense at this budget. #5 I really think that while the 960 evo is great, in a *17k* build, the pro is a much more sensible option, also 250gb is pathetic.
I see so much of these high end builds, which aren’t really thought through, when they really should be, if made by a professional company. Of course this PC is still *good*, as the components are excellent, but it is not *great* because the components are not appropriate for the budget and use scenario.
Edit, it’s a flipping 18k build and they’re using an out of date platform as a base and sub ideal components… wow.
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Check these systems out instead: https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/james-morris/armari-amd-ryzen-threadripper-1950x-versus-intel-core-i9-7980xe-shootout/
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/davengerdann/saved/ I know how to build systems, thanks anyway.
Never said you didn’t… I was merely (and brazenly) directing you towards another article I wrote! ?
Dainel. Fuck if ever there was an elitist you made the dictionary definition. Kick the hell back dude. You’re in the Metaverse.