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Each comes with a wide-variety of hardware choice. That starts with your pick of an AMD or Intel CPU. This ranges from an Intel Core 5 or AMD Ryzen 5 at the bottom to Intel Xeon Scalable series or AMD Ryzen Threadripper. For graphics, the default is AMD chipsets, but NVIDIA graphic chips and boards are available, too.
These systems come with your choice of Linux operating systems. First, there’s System76’s own Pop!_OS. This is an Ubuntu Linux variant. It comes with full disk encryption and a custom GNOME-based desktop. You can also use Ubuntu 18.04
Each PC comes with your choice of or mahogany wood finishes on one side of the computer, with the other matte-black aluminum side featuring etched mountains.
The prices start at $1099.99. If you want to absolutely max out the system, consider if you will what I’m calling “Steven’s Christmas present,” if any of you want to get me a little something. This starts with a pair of 3.8Ghz Intel Xeon Scalable processors with 28 cores, 768GB of RAM, 2TBs NVMe storage for theAC operating system and applications, 11TB NVMe storage for other applications, 32TB SSD storage, and four NVIDIA TITAN V GPUs with 12GB of VRAM each. This supercomputer in a box can be had for a “mere” $77,780.
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On a more financially sane level — -unless you’re running machine-learning routines at home — the Thelio Massive begins at $2,889 with a 1.7Ghz Intel Xeon Scalable Bronze 3104 processor, 16GB of RAM, 250GB of NVMe storage, and an AMD Radeon RX550 with 2GB of RAM. That’s still more than enough power to keep most users happy.
These systems look darn good for anyone who loves power computing, or more practically, anyone who needs to do a lot of graphics or developer work. You can order your system now, but they won’t be shipping until December. Still, if I needed a great Linux desktop for 2019, I’d consider ordering one today.
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