Build 291 – Plumb Bob: Laser Scanning Workstation

Plumb Bob is a set of 3 laser scanning workstations, designed around a 24-core i9-13900K processor and an RTX 4090 24GB video card.

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Laser Scanning Workstation

Description

Plumb Bob is a set of 3 laser scanning workstations, designed around a 24-core i9-13900K processor and an RTX 4090 24GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 24-core i9-13900K processor and an RTX 4090 24GB video card.

Software Workload/Customer Need

This customer needed a set of 3 powerful new 3D laser scanning workstations to handle their growing professional workload that would last a long time.

This build was designed for CAD, photogrammetry, and LIDAR processing. This build was specifically designed for Civil3D, As-Built, Pix4D, Carlson Civil Pointcloud, Lidar360, Cloud Compare, and Faro Scene.

This build is based on our i9 Laser Scanning Workstation and was influenced by Forensic Rocky 3.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): Intel Core i9-13900K

CPU Cooler: Phanteks GLACIER ONE 360D30

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX

Memory: Kingston F​ury Renegade 4x48GB ​DDR5-6000

OS Storage (NVME): Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB

Main Storage (NVME): Kingston Fury Renegade 4TB

Video Card (GPU): MSI GeForce RTX 4090 24GB SUPRIM LIQUID X

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

Case: be quiet! Shadow Base 800 Black

Fans: 6x Phanteks PH-F120T30

OS: Windows 11 Pro

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Design Rationale

  • The i9-13900K gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for lightly-threaded loads, and 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.
  • The customer wanted to max the build out with 192GB RAM. They understood that heavier scans might require another machine with more RAM.
  • The customer agreed with our recommended storage specs.
  • The customer agreed with our GPU recommendation.
  • The overall design of the build meant that a 1200W power supply was recommended.
  • We used our bigger mid-tower case to fit the build.
  • We used our highest-end fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure.

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