The surge in demand for large-scale generative AI fashions has led to a major enhance in {hardware} necessities, making mannequin coaching pricey and inaccessible for a lot of SMBs and academic institutions.
Excessive-performance customized PC builder Maingear has partnered with storage large Phison on a brand new vary of Maingear Professional AI workstations that boast highly effective Intel Xeon W7-3455 CPUs.
The brand new workstations might be configured with as much as 1TB of DDR5 reminiscence, and as much as 4x RTX 5000 Ada or 4x RTX 6000 Ada GPUs. These GPUs are supported by Phison aiDAPTIV+ caching SSDs and software program, to considerably decrease the price of LLM improvement and coaching.
Off-the-shelf parts
Maingear Professional AI workstations slot in a typical desktop tower PC design to allow them to simply be saved underneath a desk, or positioned wherever in an workplace (a 4U rackmount chassis can be accessible). Maingear says these workstations have been designed with off-the-shelf parts for straightforward upgrades and Noctua cooling parts to handle warmth and cut back noise when underneath load.
Maingear founder and CEO, Wallace Santos, said, “Our dedication to crafting extremely succesful but budget-friendly options ensures SMBs, universities, and analysis amenities a aggressive benefit in an trade previously restricted by multimillion-dollar investments.”
There are three preconfigured programs accessible to order now:
PRO AI: SHODAN 64 (MSRP: $28,000)
- Chassis: Fractal Design Outline 7 XL
- GPU: 2x NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada
- CPU: Intel Xeon W7-3455
- Cooling: Noctua NH-U12S DX-4677, Noctua Fan Equipment
- Motherboard: Supermicro X13SWA-TF
- Reminiscence: 512GB Kingston Server Premier RAM (8×64)
- OS: Linux – Ubuntu
- OS Drive: 2TB Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD
- AI Equipment: Phison AiDAPTIV+ Layer
- Further Storage: 16TB Seagate Barracuda HDD
- Energy: 1600W XPG Fusion 80+ Platinum
- Guarantee: 2-year MAINGEAR PRO Options WarrantyEmpty checklist
PRO AI: SHODAN 96 (MSRP: $37,000)
- Chassis: Fractal Design Outline 7 XL
- GPU: 2x NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada
- CPU: Intel Xeon W7-3455
- Cooling: Noctua NH-U12S DX-4677, Noctua Fan Equipment
- Motherboard: Supermicro X13SWA-TF
- Reminiscence: 512GB Kingston Server Premier RAM (8×64)
- OS: Linux – Ubuntu
- OS Drive: 2TB Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD
- AI Equipment: Phison AiDAPTIV+
- Further Storage: 16TB Seagate IronWolf HDD
- Energy: 1600W XPG Fusion 80+ Platinum
- Guarantee: 2-year MAINGEAR PRO Options Guarantee
PRO AI: SHODAN 192 (MSRP: $60,000)
- Chassis: Fractal Design Outline 7 XL
- GPU: 4x NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada
- CPU: Intel Xeon W7-3455
- Cooling: Noctua NH-U12S DX-4677, Noctua Fan Equipment
- Motherboard: Supermicro X13SWA-TF
- Reminiscence: 512GB Kingston Server Premier RAM (8×64)
- OS: Linux – Ubuntu
- OS Drive: 2TB Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD
- AI Equipment: Phison AiDAPTIV+
- Further Storage: 16TB Seagate IronWolf HDD
- Energy: 1600W XPG Fusion 80+ Platinum
- Guarantee: 2-year MAINGEAR PRO Options Guarantee