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― William Makepeace Thackeray, ''Vanity Fair'' (1847), Chapter XLIV</blockquote>

'''ABSTRACT''' In August of 2016, I pulled the trigger on a long-planned workstation build. That same month, Intel and NVIDIA dropped new product. Hot, salivation-provoking product: densely packed marvels bursting with FLOPS, rough dank beasts woven up from high-κ 16nm and 14nm strained-silicon FinFETs. Both companies, utterly dominant at their markets' high ends, announced pricing that effectively shoved atom bombs up the asses of computing enthusiast throughouts the free world.

'''ABSTRACT:''' In August of 2016, I pulled the trigger on a long-planned workstation build. That same month, Intel and NVIDIA dropped new product. Hot, salivation-provoking product: densely packed marvels bursting with FLOPS, rough dank beasts woven up from high-κ 16nm and 14nm strained-silicon FinFETs. Both companies, utterly dominant at their markets' high ends, announced pricing that effectively shoved atom bombs up the asses of computing enthusiast throughouts the free world.

This is the rambling ~~and~~ poorly-edited story of that build.

This is the rambling, poorly-edited, relentlessly technical story of that build. Also: epigraphs.

==Intro: 10 cores of garbage==

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I'd like to avoid things I don't intend to use: Intel graphics, VGA outputs, IPMI and other spooky hidden network control stacks, and anything lacking Linux support.

My budget is essentially unlimited, and I expect to drop somewhere between three and five thousand dollars on the machine (not including spinning disks or case). If a particularly attractive option breaks that budget, fine. I'm not looking to spend for the sake of spending, but neither am I optimizing for price: I don't want to find myself wishing I'd splurged on something useful, and I don't want to look at purchased resources sitting idle.

My budget is essentially unlimited, and I expect to drop somewhere between three and five thousand dollars on the machine (not including spinning disks or case). If a particularly attractive option breaks that budget, fine. I'm not looking to spend for the sake of spending, but neither am I optimizing for price: I don't want to find myself wishing I'd splurged on something useful, and I don't want to look at purchased resources sitting idle. Beyond that, total freedom, save one constraint: I already had my case.

==The Case==

I'd purchased a [http://www.caselabs-store.com/magnum-th10a/ CaseLabs Magnum T10] in 2013 (the Magnum T10 has been discontinued; the linked Magnum TH10A is similar), and was determined to finally make fitting use of it. The T10 is ~~an absolutely~~ gorgeous, ~~elegantly~~ engineered, monster of a double-wide case, weighing in at 24 pounds of aluminum. At 15 inches wide, 25.06 inches tall, and 20.06 inches deep (381mm x 637mm x 510mm), it'll easily fit EATX/SSI-MEB/XL-ATX motherboards, dozens of hard drives, and the powerful radiators/fans necessary to quietly cool it all. With casters attached, it could transport a small child in comfort and style.

<blockquote>“Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth.”

― H. P. Lovecraft, ''The Dunwich Horror'' (1929)</blockquote>

I'd purchased a [http://www.caselabs-store.com/magnum-th10a/ CaseLabs Magnum T10] in 2013 (the Magnum T10 has been discontinued; the linked Magnum TH10A is similar), and was determined to finally make fitting use of it. The T10 is a gorgeous, brilliantly engineered monster of a double-wide reconfigurable case, weighing in at 24 pounds of aluminum. At 15 inches wide, 25.06 inches tall, and 20.06 inches deep (381mm x 637mm x 510mm), it'll easily fit EATX/SSI-MEB/XL-ATX motherboards, dozens of hard drives, dual PSUs, and the powerful radiators/fans necessary to quietly cool it all. With casters attached, it could transport a small child in comfort and style.

I can't praise CaseLabs enough. They're extremely expensive, but operating at a different level than just about anyone else. Even top-of-the-line offerings from Cooler Master, Fractal Design, and Ling Li seem glaringly deficient once you've experienced the joy of working with one of these masterpieces.

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 ― William Makepeace Thackeray, ''Vanity Fair'' (1847), Chapter XLIV</blockquote>
-'''ABSTRACT''' In August of 2016, I pulled the trigger on a long-planned workstation build. That same month, Intel and NVIDIA dropped new product. Hot, salivation-provoking product: densely packed marvels bursting with FLOPS, rough dank beasts woven up from high-κ 16nm and 14nm strained-silicon FinFETs. Both companies, utterly dominant at their markets' high ends, announced pricing that effectively shoved atom bombs up the asses of computing enthusiast throughouts the free world.
+'''ABSTRACT:''' In August of 2016, I pulled the trigger on a long-planned workstation build. That same month, Intel and NVIDIA dropped new product. Hot, salivation-provoking product: densely packed marvels bursting with FLOPS, rough dank beasts woven up from high-κ 16nm and 14nm strained-silicon FinFETs. Both companies, utterly dominant at their markets' high ends, announced pricing that effectively shoved atom bombs up the asses of computing enthusiast throughouts the free world.
-This is the rambling and poorly-edited story of that build.
+This is the rambling, poorly-edited, relentlessly technical story of that build. Also: epigraphs.
 ==Intro: 10 cores of garbage==
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 I'd like to avoid things I don't intend to use: Intel graphics, VGA outputs, IPMI and other spooky hidden network control stacks, and anything lacking Linux support.
-My budget is essentially unlimited, and I expect to drop somewhere between three and five thousand dollars on the machine (not including spinning disks or case). If a particularly attractive option breaks that budget, fine. I'm not looking to spend for the sake of spending, but neither am I optimizing for price: I don't want to find myself wishing I'd splurged on something useful, and I don't want to look at purchased resources sitting idle.
+My budget is essentially unlimited, and I expect to drop somewhere between three and five thousand dollars on the machine (not including spinning disks or case). If a particularly attractive option breaks that budget, fine. I'm not looking to spend for the sake of spending, but neither am I optimizing for price: I don't want to find myself wishing I'd splurged on something useful, and I don't want to look at purchased resources sitting idle. Beyond that, total freedom, save one constraint: I already had my case.
 ==The Case==
-I'd purchased a [http://www.caselabs-store.com/magnum-th10a/ CaseLabs Magnum T10] in 2013 (the Magnum T10 has been discontinued; the linked Magnum TH10A is similar), and was determined to finally make fitting use of it. The T10 is an absolutely gorgeous, elegantly engineered, monster of a double-wide case, weighing in at 24 pounds of aluminum. At 15 inches wide, 25.06 inches tall, and 20.06 inches deep (381mm x 637mm x 510mm), it'll easily fit EATX/SSI-MEB/XL-ATX motherboards, dozens of hard drives, and the powerful radiators/fans necessary to quietly cool it all. With casters attached, it could transport a small child in comfort and style.
+<blockquote>“Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth.”
+― H. P. Lovecraft, ''The Dunwich Horror'' (1929)</blockquote>
+I'd purchased a [http://www.caselabs-store.com/magnum-th10a/ CaseLabs Magnum T10] in 2013 (the Magnum T10 has been discontinued; the linked Magnum TH10A is similar), and was determined to finally make fitting use of it. The T10 is a gorgeous, brilliantly engineered monster of a double-wide reconfigurable case, weighing in at 24 pounds of aluminum. At 15 inches wide, 25.06 inches tall, and 20.06 inches deep (381mm x 637mm x 510mm), it'll easily fit EATX/SSI-MEB/XL-ATX motherboards, dozens of hard drives, dual PSUs, and the powerful radiators/fans necessary to quietly cool it all. With casters attached, it could transport a small child in comfort and style.
+I can't praise CaseLabs enough. They're extremely expensive, but operating at a different level than just about anyone else. Even top-of-the-line offerings from Cooler Master, Fractal Design, and Ling Li seem glaringly deficient once you've experienced the joy of working with one of these masterpieces.