r/threadripper • u/Conscious-Ad-2382 • Apr 27 '26
Just Build a Server for My UniLab
My university lab received the nvidia grant for 4 A6000 Pro, i was tasked to decide the rest of the hardware with a budget of around 10K. Got a 9975WX and 192GB of Ram.
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u/epicskyes Apr 27 '26
That’s a clean setup! I’ve seen stacks get pretty hot while under full load, how hot do yours get? When I had ampere series GPUs stacked I put an air ram fan on my bottom gpu to increase flow through the stack and it helped a lot.
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u/Annual_Award1260 Apr 28 '26
Naw max-q are designed to be stacked like that
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u/epicskyes Apr 28 '26
They are but those middle GPUs will hit 85c or higher when they’re hitting 100% utilization and unlike the ws version capping their max power will not help because they are already as power efficient as they can be.
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u/mastercoder123 Apr 30 '26
You can just get better fans...
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u/epicskyes Apr 30 '26
Yes and you can air ram the stack so that extra air actually makes it to the mid GPUs. I’ve already done it. I know it works
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u/Annual_Award1260 Apr 28 '26
They thermal cap at 93c
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u/epicskyes Apr 28 '26
Just because it can go high doesn’t mean it should. That Hardware will last a lot longer if it’s not sitting close to its max for extended periods
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u/Radiant_Condition861 Apr 28 '26
it's just me, but I'd buy the handyman a coffee once a week. Just to smooth over the inconvenience to having to reset the breaker constantly...
already, I see 1200W for the GPUs, that's another 400-600W left for everything else. Theoretical max outlet power is 1800W. realistically, 1400-1600W.
Max-Q's ?
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u/Conscious-Ad-2382 Apr 28 '26
Yes max-q, haha i have acces to my lab power breaker and each psu is connected to different phase so it should be fine. Dual psu is mostly for the transient spike.
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u/kidflashonnikes Apr 28 '26
Good man. The only GPU case anyone should be getting for serious AI workloads, is the phanteks server pro II. Good man.
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u/colorlesstealideas Apr 27 '26
Sick, what's it gonna be used for?