As a Z by HP Ambassadors, Benedict Neo was equipped with the HP Z6 G5 Tower Workstation, featuring an AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX processor and NVIDIA RTX 6000 graphics. This powerful setup is tailored to significantly enhance his data science projects. However, a new workstation means he needed to establish a fresh data science environment.

Here’s a walkthrough into how he configured his workstation, along with valuable tips to help you optimize your own setup for maximum efficiency. In this setup, Benedict walks you through installing PowerShell 7, WSL, Ubuntu, Git, setting up CUDA, and installing Python with Mamba.

How to Setup Windows for Data Science

HP Z6 G5 Specs

• Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores 4.20 GHz
• Installed RAM: 256 GB (255 GB usable)
• System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
• Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB 4DP Graphics