Build 158 – Neil: Laser Scanning Workstation

Neil is part of a set of 2 laser scanning workstations, designed around a 16-core i9-12900K processor and an RTX A4000 16GB video card.
laser scanning Workstation

Description

Neil is part of a set of 2 laser scanning workstations, designed around a 16-core i9-12900K processor and an RTX A4000 16GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 16-core i9-12900K processor and an RTX A4000 16GB video card.

Software Workload/Customer Need

This customer needed a few powerful new workstations to handle their growing professional workload.

These systems are designed in particular for Leica Register 360, Leica Cyclone 3DR, Leica Cloudworx, ArcGIS Indoors, and AutoCAD MEP. This build was designed for LIDAR processing and point cloud registration.

Systems in this order include Neil and Nick. This build is similar to our i9 Laser Scanning Workstation.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): Intel i9-12900K

CPU Cooler: Fractal Design Celsius S36

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z690-F GAMING WIFI

Memory: Kingston Fury Beast 2x32GB DDR5-4800

Storage (SSD): Kingston KC3000 1TB

Storage (SSD): 2x Kingston KC3000 2TB RAID0

Video Card (GPU): Nvidia RTX A4000 16GB

Power Supply (PSU): SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 1000W

Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow Black

Fans: 6x Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM Black

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Design Rationale

  • The i9-12900K gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for modeling, and multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks.
  • To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, liquid cooling with a 360mm AIO is recommended.
  • The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality.
  • The customer wanted at least 64GB of RAM, and didn’t want last-gen tech. 128GB is an easy upgrade.
  • The customer had several changes to storage. A 1TB boot drive was requested, and 2 2TB NVME drives in RAID0. Because they were backing up on a regular basis to another server, RAID0 was acceptable.
  • The customer didn’t want to get the highest-performing GPU, but they also didn’t want a low end model. The RTX A4000 16GB fit the requirement very well.
  • The overall design of the build meant that a 1000W power supply was recommended.
  • We used our default mid-tower case to fit the motherboard
  • We used our high-performing fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure.

Customer Review

“When I look for high performance workstations to fill a niche request like 3D laser scanning, it’s often extremely difficult to find the right configuration from our normal VAR. This leads me to consider alternative options like building a custom rig or working with a bespoke vendor like Top Flight Computers.

My team is good. I trust them to build their own dream machines any day, but custom builds often come with little quirks. These quirks will absolutely lead to multiple support calls over the year which means lost time. I can’t have that.

Chris’s team was able to deliver the same quality I expect from the big companies with the app-specific setup I need that big companies just don’t do. For that alone, Chris will always be on my speed dial for niche builds like Neil and Nick.

Massive bonus points for Chris being willing to work with our VAR so I could invoice through our usual process. This saved me months worth of red tape in getting a new vendor added.”

Benjamin, Camden NJ

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