[What GPU and CPU is ideal for Penetration testing role job?]

On 3/31/2017 at 11:41 PM, digip said:

It's a PCI Express 3.0 x16 card.

It will work on a PCI 2.0 board, but not at full capabilities and will rate limit to the 2.0 bus speeds. With gaming, generally not a huge issue unless a high end game. It will play fine but not be able to max out settings to Ultra for example, without bottlenecking the system and can actually cause the machine to lag. 

I will go for  PCI Express 3.0 x16 then. Can you suggest any good motherboard for long run and very good for the GTX 1080 Ti GPU?. 

Thanks

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On 3/30/2017 at 4:59 PM, digip said:

The GTX 1080 Ti is one of the newer cards, and also more expensive too. This is also why matching bang for your buck, with what fits in your rig itself matters. If your mobo doesn't make use of the full PCI-e cards features, makes no sense to buy it if it's going to rate limit to older hardware specs too. This is why the research must be done for the main features and budget needs, and comparing GPU's with different mobos too, as some boards work better on different hardware with different CPU setups and PCI-e bus lane capabilities. I'v had cards in the past, that didn't even fit in machines due to the size of the mobo components and case, so unless you're building from scratch, these are all things to think about with respect to your purchase. Especially when opened electronics, unless damaged or DOA, aren't returnable in most cases, only exchangeable for the same component.

 

Example: https://www.trentonsystems.com/industry-applications/pci-express-interface

 

edit. I should note so no confusion, you can use a pcie 3.0 card in a 2.0 slot(and I do this with my rig, fine for gaming), but you're wasting your money not getting the full 3.0 + 3.0 combined performance, and will be limited to 2.0 mobo speeds. IF you buy a 3.0 card, and only have a 2.0 slot, you're probably not going to get the full or most potential from the card, so don't waste your money if this is a rig doing specific tasks you bought it for.

I'm building my PC from scratch. so you saying PCI-e 3.0 is probably better choice?. I'm not too sure if the TX 1080 Ti supports PCI-e 3.0 tho. 

[What GPU and CPU is ideal for Penetration testing role job?]

One person on Hashcat suggested Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti ?. Any Thoughts ?

[What GPU and CPU is ideal for Penetration testing role job?]

1 hour ago, haze1434 said:

I stand corrected. Apologies.

OP - To answer your question, looks like it's the 'Professional GPUs' you should go for.

Professionals GPUs like AMD FirePro or NVIDIA Quadro Cards?.

[What GPU and CPU is ideal for Penetration testing role job?]

I want to build a workstation to polish my Pen test Skills for my Security Analyst job interviews and want to have something powerful to do the all Security related work. so I want to know that what GPU and CPU is better for such Cracking passwords and hashes plus can also handle serious workload?. Are professional GPUs better for hacking sort of work or the Gaming GPUs?. I also want to know which CPU is better to go for Xeon or i7 extreme?.

Thanks