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muxecoid
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Re: If you could buy any single CPU system for chess . . .

Post by muxecoid » Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:42 am

May I recommend that you don't get a dedicated machine for chess and use Google Cloud?
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Re: If you could buy any single CPU system for chess . . .

Post by Werewolf » Mon Sep 17, 2018 9:57 am

muxecoid wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:42 am
 May I recommend that you don't get a dedicated machine for chess and use Google Cloud?
How does that actually work? Can you install your programs on their systems? I can image that would get very expensive for long analysis on big hardware.
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Re: If you could buy any single CPU system for chess . . .

Post by ouachita » Mon Sep 17, 2018 1:01 pm

muxecoid wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:42 am
 May I recommend that you don't get a dedicated machine for chess and use Google Cloud?
I just spent a few minutes looking at that option and it appears to be too expensive for lengthy dedicated service
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Re: If you could buy any single CPU system for chess . . .

Post by Leo » Mon Sep 17, 2018 3:44 pm

ouachita wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 16, 2018 5:19 pm
 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX might be the way to go.
It does. Its about $5,000.
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Re: If you could buy any single CPU system for chess . . .

Post by Milos » Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:13 pm

Leo wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 17, 2018 3:44 pm
ouachita wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 16, 2018 5:19 pm
 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX might be the way to go.
It does. Its about $5,000.
What the hell are you talking about 2990WX is $1750. With the board, memory, case and everything it is still well below $3000.
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Re: If you could buy any single CPU system for chess . . .

Post by tpoppins » Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:28 pm

How do you know it's not $5,000 in Minnesota?
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Re: If you could buy any single CPU system for chess . . .

Post by Milos » Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:33 pm

tpoppins wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:28 pm
 How do you know it's not $5,000 in Minnesota?
Sure it is, if Minnesota is some island in the maria on the Moon. :lol:
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Re: If you could buy any single CPU system for chess . . .

Post by ouachita » Mon Sep 17, 2018 6:08 pm

Milos wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:13 pm
Leo wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 17, 2018 3:44 pm
ouachita wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 16, 2018 5:19 pm
 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX might be the way to go.
It does. Its about $5,000.
What the hell are you talking about 2990WX is $1750. With the board, memory, case and everything it is still well below $3000.
It would cost ~5k or a bit more to have a shop build it for me.
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Re: If you could buy any single CPU system for chess . . .

Post by ouachita » Tue Sep 18, 2018 3:54 pm

Milos is probably talking about the cost of building a system himself. I don't have those skills or knowledge.
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Re: If you could buy any single CPU system for chess . . .

Post by AndrewGrant » Tue Sep 18, 2018 4:05 pm

ouachita wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 18, 2018 3:54 pm
 Milos is probably talking about the cost of building a system himself. I don't have those skills or knowledge.
If your footer actually means you have a PhD, then you are smart enough to watch a youtube video and build your own system.

Theres very few things to screw up when building.
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