Ninja II
I've been talking about it for a while, but I've finally taken the plunge and bought a new computer. This will be the first computer bought solely out of my own funds.
And she's a beauty.
Specs:
I got the quad-core CPU because I can probably overclock it to roughly 3.2GHz, which means I'd have 4 times my current CPU. RAM is always good. The video card is probably excessive with 1Gb RAM, but it's good for bragging rights (it also necessitates the 4Gb of main RAM because OSes will subtract the video RAM from the available system RAM... no foolin') It also turns out that a two 8800GTs are about the same price as a single 8800GTX, the only benefit with the latter is higher bus speeds and bandwidth (I think).
I've got a zillion fans to prevent this baby from overheating. My current computer has a single extractor fan and a CPU heatsink. The GPU has a tiny little fan. In the summer it busts a nut trying to stay cool. The Antec case has about four fans, with room to put two more in. I hope four case fans is enough. Allegedly two of the front fans have LEDs in it, which doesn't tickle my fancy.
So yeah, it's a pretty beasty system. It gobbles whole the $2,500 I had saved aside for such a purchase. So yeah, good times. Good times indeed. I will turn my current computer into a media center/backup server. My plans for a cluster have been put on the furthest backburner because of money and no real need for a cluster more than the one I'll have by the end of the week. In any case, I'll have a mighty computer and will be very content. What's that? No, I don't have a girlfriend. Why do you ask? :P
And she's a beauty.
Specs:
- CPU: Intel Quad Core Q6600
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 with dual PCI-Express x16s and all the usual built-ins
- Memory: 4Gb of RAM (Corsair, 2x2048Mb sticks at 800MHz)
- Video card: Geforce 8800GT with 1Gb of Video RAM
- HD: 500Gb (Samsung SpinPoint with 16Mb cache, 7200 RPM)
- PSU: 620W
- Cooler: Zalman CNPS8700NT CPU cooler
- Case: Antec NINE HUNDRED
I got the quad-core CPU because I can probably overclock it to roughly 3.2GHz, which means I'd have 4 times my current CPU. RAM is always good. The video card is probably excessive with 1Gb RAM, but it's good for bragging rights (it also necessitates the 4Gb of main RAM because OSes will subtract the video RAM from the available system RAM... no foolin') It also turns out that a two 8800GTs are about the same price as a single 8800GTX, the only benefit with the latter is higher bus speeds and bandwidth (I think).
I've got a zillion fans to prevent this baby from overheating. My current computer has a single extractor fan and a CPU heatsink. The GPU has a tiny little fan. In the summer it busts a nut trying to stay cool. The Antec case has about four fans, with room to put two more in. I hope four case fans is enough. Allegedly two of the front fans have LEDs in it, which doesn't tickle my fancy.
So yeah, it's a pretty beasty system. It gobbles whole the $2,500 I had saved aside for such a purchase. So yeah, good times. Good times indeed. I will turn my current computer into a media center/backup server. My plans for a cluster have been put on the furthest backburner because of money and no real need for a cluster more than the one I'll have by the end of the week. In any case, I'll have a mighty computer and will be very content. What's that? No, I don't have a girlfriend. Why do you ask? :P