Build 378 – Torvalds 2: Game Development Workstation

Torvalds 2 is a set of 3 game development workstations, designed around a 32-core Threadripper Pro 7975WX processor and an RTX 5080 16GB video card.

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Game Development Workstation

Description

Torvalds 2 is a set of 3 game development workstations, designed around a 32-core Threadripper Pro 7975WX processor and an RTX 5080 16GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 32-core Threadripper Pro 7975WX processor and an RTX 5080 16GB video card.

Software Workload/Customer Need

This build is designed specifically for programmers, enabling them to smoothly program and engineer the game,  leaving the animation and overall production to animators and producers.

This build was ordered with Spector 2 and Lasseter 2.

This customer previously ordered Spector 1, Lasseter 1, and Torvalds 1.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): AMD Threadripper Pro 7975WX

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Silent Loop 3 360

Motherboard: Gigabyte TRX50 AERO D

Memory: Kingston 4x32GB DDR​5-5600 ECC

OS Storage (NVME): Western Digital Black SN850X 2TB

Main Storage (NVME): Western Digital Black SN850X 8TB

Video Card (GPU): Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 16GB

Power Supply (PSU): be quiet! Pure Power 12 1200W

Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 Black Non-Glass

Fans: 2x Noctua NFA4x20 PWM

Memory Cooler: 2x Top Flight Computers Dual-DIMM Memory Cooler

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Design Rationale

  • The Threadripper Pro 7975WX gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for general use, and significant multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks.
  • To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, liquid cooling with a 360mm liquid cooler is recommended.
  • The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality. They requested 10G networking, and verified that the motherboard was compatible with their PXE needs.
  • The customer agreed with our recommendation for memory.
  • The customer was mostly fine with our recommended storage setup, upgrading the second drive from 4TB to 8TB.
  • The customer was fine with our recommended video card.
  • The customer was fine with our recommended power supply.
  • We used a larger mid-tower case to fit the build. The customer requested a model without a glass panel.

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