{"id":7,"date":"2013-04-24T08:30:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T08:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/?p=7"},"modified":"2019-10-15T03:48:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T10:48:26","slug":"high-performance-computing-water-cooling-workstation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/high-performance-computing-water-cooling-workstation\/","title":{"rendered":"A Water Cooled, Powerful and Noise-Free Workstation&#8230;for Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">After a long day supporting customers and working on the latest server and storage products, spending an evening at home on a custom-built, high-end gaming system is a great way to unwind. There are so many technological innovations in the PC space, specifically designed for PC gaming. \u00a0What\u2019s interesting is that the same innovations and technology are rarely seen in the commercial space &#8212; especially in higher education, life sciences, medical and financial services\u00a0fields.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Typically, systems classified as \u201cworkstations\u201d are large, loud, and a bit cumbersome for office use. \u00a0More and more, individuals in these fields come to Pogo looking for extremely powerful systems to use at their desks. \u00a0They want high-frequency processors, tons of ram, CUDA and RAID support.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/product-images_tempest-workstation-inside.jpg\" alt=\"product-images_tempest-workstation-inside\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019ve often wondered, <strong>\u201cWhy aren\u2019t the awesome technologies found in home gaming PCs being used in standard research workstations?\u201d \u00a0<\/strong>That question led us to develop the new Pogo Linux Tempest T1 workstation. \u00a0Combining gaming technology with the requirements of researchers, the Tempest is a fast, quiet workstation that doesn\u2019t require its own room.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"width: 202px; height: 157px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/intel_core_i7_1.jpg\" alt=\"Intel\u00ae Core i7 Sandy Bridge E-Series Extreme Edition\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Tempest T1 is based on the new Intel Core I7 \u201cSandy Bridge-E\u201d Series in the LGA2011 socket. This allows us to run the fastest Core i7 processors &#8212; up to 4.0 GHz! \u00a0It also allows for a max memory load-out of 64 GB, the most you can run on a single processor.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In keeping with the gaming theme, the Tempest\u2019s hot Core i7 Extreme Edition processor \u201ckeeps its cool\u201d with a closed-loop water cooling system that requires no maintenance. \u00a0The system supports the best graphics cards available, such as the Nvidia GeForce GTX TITAN, Nvidia Quadro Series, and the AMD Radeon and Firepro lines, for fast operation and support of CUDA and OpenCL optimized applications.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s all the complete hardware line-up to review!<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"650\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"400\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #555;\"><strong id=\"internal-source-marker_0.5788564889226109\"><br \/>\n\u2022 Intel\u00ae Core i7 Sandy Bridge E-Series Extreme Edition CPU up to 4.0GHz<br \/>\n\u2022 Intel\u00ae LGA2011 Socket Motherboard<br \/>\n\u2022 Up to 64GB DDR 1333MHz ECC Reg Memory \u2013 the most available in a single CPU system!<br \/>\n\u2022 GeForce, Quadro or ATI Radeon PCI Express Graphics Card Options<br \/>\n\u2022 (2) Up to 6 SATA or SAS HDD, or SAS SSDs<br \/>\n\u2022 Optional LSI\u00ae 3ware RAID SAS Controller<br \/>\n\u2022 Extreme Performance Water Cooling w\/ Silent Operation \u2013 to keep it nearly-silent!<br \/>\n\u2022 Black Mid-Tower ATX Chassis with 1050 Watt Power Supply<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"250\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 300px;\" title=\"Win this Pogo Verona Workstation in the raffle at SCALE!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/product-images_tempest-workstation.jpg\" alt=\"Pogo Verona Workstation\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We combined these features with enterprise-class RAID solutions from LSI to support up to six enterprise-class SSD\u2019s or hard disks for fast data transfer. All this, in a sleek black\u00a0chassis with a price tag that won\u2019t break your research-grant budget!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a long day supporting customers and working on the latest server and storage products, spending an evening at home on a custom-built, high-end gaming system is a great way to unwind. 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