Kenadjian Posted September 10, 2006 Posted September 10, 2006 Shamus, even though I voted, can I ask why you ask?
lfcrule1972 Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 Nope - hoping to go upto 1gig soonish tho !!
Bubbles19 Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 Just the 1gig at the mo but 4 would be nice
clink Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 I voted no but would like to have voted yes
chewy Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 I voted no but would like to have voted yes who has the 4 gigs?
LIGHTNING UK! Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 Me. Well, as soon as my damn SCSI card finally turns up from the US I will! It's holding up my new PC build
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted September 11, 2006 Author Posted September 11, 2006 Shamus, even though I voted, can I ask why you ask? Idle curiosity.
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted September 11, 2006 Author Posted September 11, 2006 Me. Well, as soon as my damn SCSI card finally turns up from the US I will! It's holding up my new PC build Can I ask what sort of hardware you're putting into this beasty and what it'll be used for? 4gigs is a hell of alot of RAM for a PC. At least it is at the moment.
LIGHTNING UK! Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 6700 conroe Intel 975xbx board 4gb g.skill hz 6400 ddr2 ram ati 7900xt dell perc 4e/dc (320/2e) scsi card 4x 73gb atlas 10k rpm scsi drives (1x raid 0, then 2 individual drives) 4x 500gb wd 7.2k rpm RE2 sata drives (2x raid 0) It'll be my new main (server type) machine so I'll use it for everything I do.
Daniel Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 (edited) I only have only 512mb and hardly ever use it all still. Once form what i remeber lol Edited September 11, 2006 by Daniel
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted September 12, 2006 Author Posted September 12, 2006 6700 conroeIntel 975xbx board 4gb g.skill hz 6400 ddr2 ram ati 7900xt dell perc 4e/dc (320/2e) scsi card 4x 73gb atlas 10k rpm scsi drives (1x raid 0, then 2 individual drives) 4x 500gb wd 7.2k rpm RE2 sata drives (2x raid 0) It'll be my new main (server type) machine so I'll use it for everything I do. Impressive little beasty. What are the scsi drives for? I assume the scsi raid set will be for the forum?
lfcrule1972 Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 Sounds like a beast and a half that one boss - got any spare RAM left over ??
Defenestration Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 Current machine only has a whopping 512MB RAM which isn't enough IMO (especially when using Firefox with lots of tabs open ). I'd like 4GB but 2x2GB sticks costs sooooo much. My next machine will have 2x1GB unless memory prices of 2GB sticks comes down. Will you be overclocking the Conroe LUK ?
LIGHTNING UK! Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 scsi raid will be the OS install drives + apps etc. The rest are where I put all my junk! The forum etc aren't on this box. With IE7, I can quite easily run out of RAM (current have 2gb in my pc) after opening 30 odd tabs (with other programs running too of course)! I've seen it a few times where context menus fail to function etc. That's when I know I have to close things down! I may have a little play around overclocking it, yes.
chewy Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 ati 7900xt how many displays are you gonna push
JasonFriday13 Posted September 13, 2006 Posted September 13, 2006 (edited) Did you win the lottery or something? Those are similar specs to what I want my new machine to be (with a custom aluminium frame and stainless steel glass blasted panels with 15" touch screen on the side - with custom water cooling made by me ). [edit]I have some portability in mind - with a handle welded on at the top.[/edit] Edited September 13, 2006 by JasonFriday13
chewy Posted September 13, 2006 Posted September 13, 2006 luk's case will need wheels or a dolly to move, remember he has to have 8 or 10 optical drive to test imgburn with
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted September 13, 2006 Author Posted September 13, 2006 scsi raid will be the OS install drives + apps etc. The rest are where I put all my junk! The forum etc aren't on this box. With IE7, I can quite easily run out of RAM (current have 2gb in my pc) after opening 30 odd tabs (with other programs running too of course)! I've seen it a few times where context menus fail to function etc. That's when I know I have to close things down! I may have a little play around overclocking it, yes. Now you've got me curious. If the scsi raid will be the boot drive (and a fast bastard at that), what are the other 2 scsi drives going to be for? Fooking expensive (and tiny) drives to be putting junk onto. I suppose they'd be great for your source code perhaps? Y'know, for fast compiling times etc? 4gigs is still a bucketload of RAM. Ever thought about using something like Opera or Firefox which aren't so memory hungry? Still, it sounds like it's going to be one hell of a machine. What case have you decided on?
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