I'm thinking of building a chess computer and was wondering if anyone could tell me if this one has enough horsepower to be a top contender?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dual-Intel-Xeon ... Sw5UZY~9eu
What kind of case would I have to buy? I have built pc's before but never anything like this, just small PC's.
Will it run stockfish to a high level?
Thanks
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why would you want stockfish, no human can beat it. It would be depressing to play.
Now if you put in some engine with human like characteristics, or something stupid but learning like a neural network, it would be very very interesting.
Now if you put in some engine with human like characteristics, or something stupid but learning like a neural network, it would be very very interesting.
Strive for avoiding anything flat that emits light. Love the unhackable chess computer with real pieces and a tactile feel. I do not collect, I live.
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If you want an adjustable but solid UCI engine that goes lower than Stockfish I can suggest Arasan or Texel. Arasan at 10% strength and Texel at 30% strength are comparable to Stockfish at 0%. They both play completely apeshit at lowest settings.TracySMiller wrote:Stockfish has 20 different levels of play, the lowest of which is estimated to be around 1000 ELO. So it would work for almost all except the very young or complete novices, who might need some more handicapping.
Thank you for an interesting game.
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Re: building a chess computer
Hi DanJ,
Regards, Michael
are you joking or is this a real question? With 36 cores and 72 threads you are asking, whether it has enough horsepower?? You can be sure it has enough horsepower to win against Magnus times 2...DanJ wrote:I'm thinking of building a chess computer and was wondering if anyone could tell me if this one has enough horsepower to be a top contender?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dual-Intel-Xeon ... Sw5UZY~9eu
That's up to your taste and feel - it should be suitable for the mainboard form factor.DanJ wrote: What kind of case would I have to buy? I have built pc's before but never anything like this, just small PC's.
Yes, it will run stockfish - to which level you have to test.DanJ wrote: Will it run stockfish to a high level?
Thanks
Regards, Michael