MY New Super COMPUTER [Archive] - SB-Innovation

carvercasey

28.01.10, 13:40

Just built a new machine for just under $800

This machine is a GREAT build for the money. It runs circles around pre-built $1500 machines

heres the specs:

-AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor
**Overclocked to 3.2GHz on stock cooling**

-4GB (2 Sticks of 4 available) DDR2 1066 RAM

-MSI NX8800GT 512M OC GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16

-GIGABYTE GA-MA790FX-DS5 AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX Ultra Durable II AMD Motherboard

-Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive

- Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive

-OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W ATX12V Power Supply

-Sunbeam AC-9B-HUVB Blue Clear Acrylic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Vation

28.01.10, 14:33

Congratz on new BOX, it may serve you well and reliable for years.

However.
I am not sure if Dual-Core CPU and GeForce 8800 GT makes it supercomuter. It is not too much computing power even if talking about CUDA. Storage size seems to be average.

I mean if you had FASTRA or FASTRA II

FASTRA specs
FASTRA (http://fastra.ua.ac.be/en/specs.html)

FASTRA II sppecs
Specifications FASTRA II (http://fastra2.ua.ac.be/?page_id=49)
FASTRA II benchmarks
Benchmarks FASTRA II (http://fastra2.ua.ac.be/?page_id=53)

Mostly it.'s not what you have but how much processing power you are able to use effectively.

Good PC, have fun.

v6ph1

28.01.10, 15:12

nothing special - you can build a faster PC for less money:
Use an AMD Phenom II X4 955 - 150€ (afaik 190$ ?)
an AM3 Mainboard with 770 chipset: 100$
4 GB DDR3 - 60-70$
HD5770 - 150$ (or HD4870 for the same)
Normal Enermax PSU with 425W (noone needs more!) - 70$
1 HDD - 70$ (Not any special one - a Variant with 500GB on one platter and 7k2)
At least one case for 70$ and a DVD burner for 30$.

sum: 750$ - 50$ less and even faster.

- v6ph1

PS: Prices are todays Euro prices from germany using a course of 1€=1,3$. (rounded with tax)

RUBBER

28.01.10, 23:20

my pc

Box Antec
Corsair VX550
Asus P6T SE
Intel CORE i7 920 2.66Ghz
Cooler Freezer Extreme
NVIDIA 9800 GT
6GB DDR3 1333 MHZ Tri Channel
Disck 1TB sata2 32MB cache
DVD burner Sata DVDRW 20x

only 850 euros :biggrin:

sano3000

02.02.10, 01:27

great pc for non-hardcore gamer.... :biggrin:

Nobody

02.02.10, 01:45

great pc for non-hardcore gamer.... :biggrin:

Eh. Running games on maximum settings is overrated.

Saving money is good.

Vation

02.02.10, 15:28

It's worth to buy average PC and update it frequently/selling older PC parts at eBay and so on.

Eh. Running games on maximum settings is overrated.
Saving money is good.
Absolutely agree with you Nobody. Maximum setting are overrated not much different than middle ones.

great pc for non-hardcore gamer....

For some it might be, server usage and for those who understand and are able to use parallel computing with GPU's.(nVidia CUDA or ATI Stream)

Programming Massively Parallel Processors (http://www.elsevierdirect.com/morgan_kaufmann/kirk/)

dredream

03.04.10, 10:59

You should have gone for a cheap DX10 card that way you could enjoy the newer games. Also, 8800 eats a lot more power and produces a lot more heat. I would go with what v6ph1 suggested for the GPU. Also buddy your PSU is overkill for the setup.

But, slow and steady H/W updates can change a lot ;)

anon

03.04.10, 17:35

The thread starter is a (now banned) spambot, but it's nice to see constructive posts here.

tokiodrift1

03.04.10, 19:12

My PC was a high-end PC when buyed a year ago (still upper-class), but for the future I'm looking for a green-it-pc.
I think they're called nettops.
They dont have enough power for video-encoding or latest games, but they are enough for general work like office, web and even media-playback stuff (up to 1080p with XBMC).

The big plus is that their power consumption is very low.
Furthermore sometimes they're available in tiny cool-looking cases (Example: AcerRevo, Zotac Mag).

For a little time I jumped to a laptop, but the ergonomy was not as good as I thought.

thecoolest

01.05.10, 08:21

as maybe i want 1 too

its maybe intel i7 processor(cache speed is about too 15mbps spl tuning up for imac:wink: too)
nvidia 480 graphic card
2tb seagate hdd
gigabyte or msi motherboard (which run my processor)
8gb ddr3 ram

its only my wish if i can make it then ..lol

japanrocker

02.05.10, 13:55

Absolutely agree with you Nobody. Maximum setting are overrated not much different than middle ones.

i agree it looks like there is no difference between the middle settings and the highest settings in many video games. The only game i see a huge difference is mw2

--->HDBD<---

02.05.10, 16:16

Alienware Area 51ALX Eloxiertes Premium-Desktopgehäuse, Schwarz
Intel® Core™ Core i7-980x (3.33GHz 12MB 6.4GT/sec)
Original Windows® 7 Ultimate 64 Bit - Deutsch
Dual 2GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 5970 graphics card
12 GB (3 x 4 GB) Tri-Channel-Speicher mit 1.333 MHz
512GB Solid State Drive Raid 0 "Stripe" Dual HDD - (2x256GB)
Blu-ray RW-Laufwerk (Blu-ray, DVD und CD lesen und schreiben) und 24 x
DVD+/-RW-Laufwerk (DVD und CD lesen und schreiben)
Alienware Multimedia-Tastatur - Schweiz/Deutsch (QWERTZ)
Alienware TactX™ Maus
Killer™ Xeno™ Pro Netzwerkkarte
Integriertes HDA mit Dolby Digital 7.1

anon

02.05.10, 17:50

shawshankraj

02.05.10, 18:16

don't worry anon you are going to be a second on this one if i post my setting..

DarkSaibot v.1.3.10

03.05.10, 13:51

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::icon_angry[1]:

DS frustrated because his PC specs

:smile:

anon

03.05.10, 14:18

DS frustrated because his PC specs

:smile:

* anon is happy to see DS around :happy:

DarkSaibot v.1.3.10

03.05.10, 14:53

* anon is happy to see DS around :happy:

DS is Happy to be around and see anon happy that DS is around :biggrin:
and ds is also sad because have to miss that much and make money for a new super uber computer :frown:

SBfreak

03.05.10, 15:33

SBfreak said hi:happy:

DarkSaibot v.1.3.10

03.05.10, 15:45

SBfreak said hi:happy:

:quote3: DS hug you :redface:

tell you PC specs to be on topic :tongue: caz i don't want to make an "welcome back DS " topic :smile: ))

Glad to see you around my friend's :top:

SBfreak

03.05.10, 15:59

SBfreak: I don't want to show off...:tongue:
SBfreakbot: Wtf is this...I have pc specs so awesome no man can withstand their power.

anon

03.05.10, 16:39

SBfreakbot: Wtf is this...I have pc specs so awesome no man can withstand their power.

Surprise me :happy:

SBfreak

03.05.10, 21:33

anon

03.05.10, 21:36

All that processing power to download porn? I'm stunned...

DarkSaibot v.1.3.10

03.05.10, 21:39

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http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6093/untitl34ed.png
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9383/untit2led.png
http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/8017/unti2tled.png

:shockkk!::shockkk!::eek:

if that video card will be replaced with a GS220 240 260 model nvidia it will be a DREAM PC :klatsch_3:

PS : where you live ? :biggrin: and when you are not at home ? :biggrin:

cheatos

03.05.10, 21:43

@DS,anon:
its just a Dual core processor :auslach_2:

SBfreak

03.05.10, 21:47

All that processing power to download porn? I'm stunned...
lol cheatos is right:tongue:
Image a quad core all for porn:tongue:

DarkSaibot v.1.3.10

03.05.10, 21:48

@DS,anon:
its just a Dual core processor :auslach_2:

:biggrin: true..but compared with my Athlon XP1700+ processor is GOD :))

when i will buy new components and build my pc from 0 i have targeted a
AMD AM2+/ AM3 Athlon II X2 250, 3000Mhz, CACHE 2x1MB, 65W, 45nm, BOX
that cost around 85 $ ..i hope that will be a good choice :biggrin:

saebrtooth

05.05.10, 07:35

when it cums to porn boys there this is no sacrifice. U still need a good sized mon to give it that rl look :biggrin:

DarkSaibot v.1.3.10

21.02.12, 15:53

new specs : :D

Athlon X6 3700+ mhz ( 6 core )
Hard : 1TB
Video card : PNY geforce 580 GTX 1.5 GB ram - 365MB bandwith
Ram : corsair 16GB 1600mhz
Raidmax case with 3 coolers
CPU cooler Tuniq Tower

SBfreak

21.02.12, 18:56

new specs : :D

Athlon X6 3700+ mhz ( 6 core )
Hard : 1TB
Video card : PNY geforce 580 GTX 1.5 GB ram - 365MB bandwith
Ram : corsair 16GB 1600mhz
Raidmax case with 3 coolers
CPU cooler Tuniq Tower

Not bad.I have the same specs + 1 x samsung mon 1920x1080.Don't need anything else at the moment.

yoco

21.02.12, 23:00

Hey guys! I need an advice. Would you rather buy AMD six core, or Intel quadro? AMD isn't so expensive, unlike Intel, but a lot of people say AMD sucks!

DarkSaibot v.1.3.10

22.02.12, 00:31

if you play games AMD six Core is enough - actually more than enough , beside that i don't see why somebody want to spend around 800-1000 dolars for a i7 CPU because for normal users is no difference..only good thing on intel is that the motherboards for intel processors has more dimms of ram ..6 for example

Not bad.I have the same specs + 1 x samsung mon 1920x1080.Don't need anything else at the moment.

damn :)) for monitor i have an ASUS LCD 27inch same resolutions ..to big for me if somebody ask :))

yoco

22.02.12, 12:05

Yea, I wanna play games! :biggrin:
How much would you pay for an entire PC, to be able to play latest and future games for a few years?

DarkSaibot v.1.3.10

22.02.12, 16:34

i paid around 1000 euro..how much depends on how much do you have for spending
but only for games and AMD CPU with 6 core is the best on price and performance

SBfreak

22.02.12, 18:48

but only for games and AMD CPU with 6 core is the best on price and performance
I also stand for AMD ,intel ones tend to be overpriced.

damn :)) for monitor i have an ASUS LCD 27inch same resolutions ..to big for me if somebody ask :))
Well I don't think mine's too big,in fact I could use another one.I am talking about my monitor you sick bastards.
I pretty much end up using all the space on several workspaces using i3 - improved tiling wm (http://i3wm.org/).
The reason I won't get another one is that I presume it would be too much for my eyes.