# Snowy

The second-most powerful machine in the lab, after unicron. [Duke](/machines/other/duke.md) and [ASM](/machines/other/asm.md) are little babies compared to this bad boy.

## Technical specifications

| Field           | Value                                                     |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Server Type** | It's a desktop (a documentation writer's worst nightmare) |
| **CPU**         | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core Processor            |
| **RAM**         | 64 GB                                                     |
| **GPU**         | 2x NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080                                |
| **Networking**  | Ethernet must be connected to the topmost Ethernet port   |
| **Hard Disks**  | 1TB SSD                                                   |
| **OS**          | Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 LTS                                  |

## History

Snowy was a purchase order as part of Arya Kumar's 2019 Senior Research project. He went through a bunch of different names as the case kept getting delayed in the mail, eventually arriving 3 months late.

Snowy is currently sitting on the floor by the Sun and HPC racks. Its ethernet cable comes from the Sun Rack and power is a mess.

## Trivia

* Snowy was supposed to have 4x NVIDIA RTX 2080, but there wasn't enough room in the case; the fans on the bottom take up too much space.
* After completing the build, someone posted a picture of it to <https://old.reddit.com/r/PCMasterRace>. It quickly amassed 12.3k upvotes.
* Snowy originally had three RTX 2080s. The middle one got too hot sometimes and thermal throttled. It ultimately caught fire in 2021. Now there are only two RTX 2080s.
* Nearly everything in the case has RGB LEDs on it, except for the CPU.
* The Cluster lead wanted the Ethernet port information to be put here.


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