Bham proposed hardware

Workstation #1

CPU

2x Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 (Ivy Bridge)

Alternative: 2x Intel Xeon E5-2650 (Sandy Bridge)

Coprocessor

2x Intel Xeon Phi 5110P

GPU

GeForce GTX Titan

Alternative: GeForce GTX 780

Memory

8x 8GB 1600 MHz (64 GB in total)

I/O

2-4x Gigabit Ethernet connections

2x IEEE 1394b-2002

HDD

2x WD2002FAEX (Western Digital 2 TB HDD, SATA 6 Gb/s)

Monitor

27'' 2560 x 1440 monitor

Workstation #2

CPU

1x Intel Core i7-3770K (Ivy Bridge)

GPU

GeForce GTX Titan

Alternative: GeForce GTX 780

Memory

4x 8GB 1600 MHz (32 GB in total)

I/O

1-2x Gigabit Ethernet connections

1x IEEE 1394-1995

HDD

2x WD2002FAEX (Western Digital 2 TB HDD, SATA 6 Gb/s)

Keyboard/Mouse

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000 (Keyboard+Mouse)

Monitor

22''-24'' 1920x1200 monitor

Accessories

External Storage

5x Western Digital 2 TB My Passport