Engineering Machine - not video gaming selection

Joe_R

Hello experts, I'm looking to build an engineering and geospatial information processing machine.  It needs to process tens of millions of records every night.  Right now, I'm running a i7 4GHz, 4 core machine, 16 GB RAM and it takes 2 hours to run each night.  I need to be able to process 10x the current amount of data in the same amount of time.  I don't need to visualize the data on the machine, just post it to the web for viewing/consumption.  So, I was planning to go with the i9 processor, 32 GB RAM, but I'm wondering if the motherboards have their own video capabilities (albeit low end), and if I need to add the heat/consumption of a separate video card.  Recommendations on making this machine fast for processing?  Thanks, Joe

TSPhillipT

Hello @Joe_R

Thank you for posting on the Micro Center Community!  Since this sounds like a lot of data parsing and analysis, more cores the better and an i9 CPU would provide more cores for sure.  I would however, recommend a AMD Ryzen Processor, such as the 5900X or 5950X.  Here is a good comparison between the i9 10900k and the AMD Ryzen 5900X.  The 10900K has a slightly better single threaded performance that helps it with gaming but the 5900X has two more cores and helps process more data at a time.  

In regards to picking out a motherboard, I recommend looking at the How to Choose Your Parts, Part 3: The Motherboard.  It's a great thread describing what you need to think about then picking a motherboard.  

Joe_R

Thanks!