Hello,
I am not sure whether this is the most appropriate forum for this but I can not find a better one.
I have just started a new job as a computational scientist. For the first time in my career I actually have quite a lot of money to spend on a workstation. Of the order of $10000 each year for three years. What machine should I buy? I run CPU intensive simulations that are 'embarassingly parrallelizable'. I will almost certainly run Linux but possibly dual boot Windows.
My last workstation was a dual Opteron that I got built fairly cheaply by a local shop. I was very happy with it. My new employers want me to go for a big company like HP, IBM, Sun or Dell for warranty reasons. I am tempted to go for dual Xeon quad core X5355 processors. That would allow me to run eight simulations at once. Is that a better choice than the current Opteron set-ups? Or should I get a workstation based on an IBM power processor? I know nothing about those. I guess I could even get my own Beowulf cluster and add a few nodes each year. Any opinions?
Many Thanks,
Chris
I am not sure whether this is the most appropriate forum for this but I can not find a better one.
I have just started a new job as a computational scientist. For the first time in my career I actually have quite a lot of money to spend on a workstation. Of the order of $10000 each year for three years. What machine should I buy? I run CPU intensive simulations that are 'embarassingly parrallelizable'. I will almost certainly run Linux but possibly dual boot Windows.
My last workstation was a dual Opteron that I got built fairly cheaply by a local shop. I was very happy with it. My new employers want me to go for a big company like HP, IBM, Sun or Dell for warranty reasons. I am tempted to go for dual Xeon quad core X5355 processors. That would allow me to run eight simulations at once. Is that a better choice than the current Opteron set-ups? Or should I get a workstation based on an IBM power processor? I know nothing about those. I guess I could even get my own Beowulf cluster and add a few nodes each year. Any opinions?
Many Thanks,
Chris