Compute Cube

In a previous post I mentioned fitting my Tesla C1060 onto my aging Asus motherboard. It has been working well but a combination of slow host<->device transfers speeds of less than 1GB/s,  2GB ram and a relatively slow processor encouraged me to upgrade.

Some of the prerequisites for my new personal super computer were:

a) Must be small - my desk area is limited and I don't like putting computers on the floor where they consume dust better than any known vacuum cleaner...

b) Must have at least 2x pci express 2 (gen 2) slots as for decent GPU computing you need to get data in and out of the device as quickly as possible.

c) As quiet and cool as possible.

As it turns out the last one was the most tricky and needed the C1060 to do a bit of CFD for the airflow in the case.

After a lot of research, measurement and two days of building here are some pictures of the final result. The case is only 11" x 11" x 14" - ok it's not Exactly a cube.... but close enough :) The tape measure in the photos is to give some sense of scale.

Many thanks to NVidia who very kindly sent me two NVidia Tesla logos for me to stick onto the case!

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