Build 218 – Studio: Image Processing Workstation

Studio is an image processing workstation, designed around a 16-core Xeon W5-3435X processor and an RTX A5000 24GB video card.

Description

Studio is an image processing workstation, designed around a 16-core Xeon W5-3435X processor and an RTX A5000 24GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 16-core Xeon W5-3435X processor and an RTX A5000 24GB video card.

Software Workload/Customer Need

This customer needed a powerful new workstation to handle their growing professional workload that would last a long time.

This build was designed for post-processing large digital still images in Capture One and Photoshop (“scenic fine art photography”). Base images are 400Mb, with many stitched together for larger images. 10-12bpc graphics was required. Dual 10G networking was also preferred, via a 2-port SFP+ card.

This customer previously purchased Travel.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): Intel Xeon​ W5-3435X

CPU Cooler: Enermax Li​qTech II 3​60 TR4/Xeo​n

Motherboard: Asus Pro W​S W790E-SA​GE SE

Memory: Kingston 8​x64GB DDR5​-480​0 CL4​0 ECC

Storage (NVME): 2x Kingston Fury Renegade 4TB RAID1

Storage (SSD): 5x Samsung 870 QVO 8TB RAID5

Video Card (GPU): Nvidia RTX A5000 24GB

Power Supply (PSU): be quiet! Straight Power 11 1200W

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 Black

Fans: 9x Phanteks PH-F120T30

OS: Windows 11 Pro for Workstations

RAID Controller: Broadcom 9​560-16I

Network Card: Intel XXV7​10-DA2

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Design Rationale

  • The Xeon W5-3435X gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for editing, 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 excellent memory support. This board has onboard 10G, in case the SFP+ card fails.
  • The customer wanted 512GB of RAM. 256GB was considered, but the customer opted for higher capacity.
  • The customer requested a 2x4TB Gen4 NVME RAID1 for OS and a 5x8TB SSD RAID5 for main storage.
  • For managing the SSD RAID5, the customer requested a dedicated RAID card.
  • We recommended the RTX A5000 24GB for 10-bit color support, high general compute, and controlled power draw.
  • The overall design of the build meant that we recommended a 1200W power supply.
  • We used our regular full-tower case to fit the build.
  • We used our highest-end fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure.
  • The customer requested a specific network card.

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