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Flagreen! Great to see you posting again. How have you been? Thanks to David D. I'm using 7 32 bit on my old Dual Xeon machine, and 64 bit on The Beast(see signature). At the same time I went to 7, I also moved up to SSD's on both machines. 7 was the choice mainly since it had drivers for...

HMMMM. While I've been buying Intel, I can't help but notice that value wise, at least using Passmark's cpu Value the AMD chips seem to dominate. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_value_available.html

Thanks. That explains my memory speed;-)

It's not quite that linear, but, pretty close. .2ms is the usual tests for SSD seeks. Raid 0 usually doesn't scale exactly double, but it's close enough for government work. Where this really shows is with the Kingspec SSD that transfers data at about half the speed of the 7200 RPM that it...

Extreme National Geo on my birthday swell, 1998, 70 foot, or bigger, in Hawaii, and, incredible skiing.

;-( I was looking forward to it. Sounds like you found a good card, however.

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/382087-382087-64283-72270-3884471-4194577.html 30 bit Panel? Still, you could get one heck of a TV for 1300 dollars...

No, you are not wrong. What looks really spectacular in Bluray is the issue, for whatever reason...

Dinosaurs worked for a LONG TIME.;-) Since Granite Digital specializes in removeable drive setups, and this seemed to be part of the issue, I would certainly check with them on their card experience. SI may have made a new generation card that is worth it, or may not have.

Yes, it is. I was just looking at the specs and got the really sick idea of using SLI, as the prices drop... The card doesn't even come into play until I start gaming. I also have a large exhaust setup that blows on it.

Testing the 2.8 ghz xeons, running about 56-70 % and its running about 200-220 Watts.Thats with 3 vertex turbos, one SATA drive. 4670 ATI card, and one DVD burner, plus Magic Jack. Seasonic 550W power supply. At 5% processors, it's running 135 WATTS. At 15%, and this is what it usually is...

Appears that adding a SATA drive would add about 15 WATTS, at least on the Dual Xeons it did. It booted at 135 Watts, and went up 15 WATTS when the removeable drive was put in. Define "load" on your tests, please.

Found my Kil a Watt. Just got done running The Beast doing Call of Duty 4 at about 30% processor power. It was in the 450-500Watt range. At idle it's about 221w. This with two Sata drives installed, and the others listed in the sig.

HI I've been using the Silcon Image SiL 3112 Sata Link Controller with excellent results. It's an old two port, but, I'd have a look at them for such stuff. I've found Granite Digital generally has had stuff that works, pretty much always. The problem is, they are some times too expensive...

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I just got back from Costco, and I was thinking of your post. The 24-27" Samsungs they had were expensive, and, the picture quality while very good, pales next to even the 60HZ VXT Vizios and Sony's, in 27-32". The TV's are built for much more abuse, heavier, more solid,and, the 32" side lit...

You'll find the 32"-42" TV's, like the Vizio SVT, and some Sonys, 120hz or better, have the best screens, 10 bit, IIRC around. MUCH better then the computer monitors, at least from my side by side comparisions, and, with many more inputs.

I was a mac fanatic, just prior to X. When X came in, it pretty much made all my hardware worthless, no drivers. I tried to run multiple cards, in both PC's and Macs, with little success. My general experience with Macs was that the chipsets were designed for what Apple thought was going to be...

LM Going to be intresting to see if the chipsets allow you anywhere near what the controller and drives are going to be capable of.

Sounds good, if it works. One of the things I didn't like about the SCA 'backplane' from Supermicro was that each drive required it's own SATA cable. Not a 'backplane', at least to me, if that's the case(excuse the pun;-) How much are the cables?

Is that just two ports?? Can't tell.

Striker: I got a complete dog, that cost me about 33 dollars in shipping, a lot of time, with ebay finally backing me. The other, even though it's half your speed with the CF-51, or my regular drive, the access time improvement is so huge, the XP pro install feels like a new computer. Bottom...

That's twice what mine is. Congrats.

Seasonics tend to be very good as well. That's my choice.

Some do, some don't. I'm glad yours does. Would you post numbers and tests using ATTO and HardDisk Tach, or something like that? Also, what you are testing it in, OS, etc? Thanks GS

So, go to new egg, look at CPU's, and look at thermal design power in the advanced options: So, I start with the same 140W the two Xeons are rated at, and come up with AMD Phenom X 4 9550 Black Edition. Not bad price, 157. 2152 on passmark, but, figure you buy that to overclock, which means...

Mines doing stuff 24/7. And no, just 118 volts on the UPS. I do have a tester somewhere around. CPU usage right now is 7%, though sometimes it does go way up. Also running the phone off that computer, and that saves 30 dollars a month. Unless something breaks, it's unlikely that I would be...

Snowhiker: Suggestion: Go down to Costco, and buy a 32-47" Vizio XVT or Sony TV that fits your budget, with the inputs and outputs you want. You'll probably have to settle for 1900 X 1080, but, it's not THAT bad, trust me. If you don't like it, return it. I'm just really sorry it took me so...

Funny I was just thinking the same thing. I've got two old 2.8 ghz, 70w Xeons running 24-7, with three SSDS, a ATI 4670, and one SATA drive. Seasonic 550W. 5 fans total all stealths, IIRC. I was thinking more of the power angle then heat. When this machine went to server/backup 24-7 online...

Pretty much my point, LM. The set of requirements aren't industry standard, and, he's going to pay an extreme premium for it, if he can even find what he thinks he wants.

Snowhiker: I have, for a long time, been looking at monitors, features, and sizes. I'm not going to blow smoke, and tell you I like any of your choices. Here are my observations on the market: Computer monitors seem to be price fixed. In other words when you start getting larger then 22", they...

Unless you have linux;-)

Time: I have a 1.6 ghz in my CF-51. What would make me look at upgrading? Going mobile. Requires Wi-fi, and I'd need a satellite or cell phone I can use as a modem. Must be able to play Bluray. Since SATA SSD's are quite capable of exceeding SATA 1, looking for the higher SATA standards, 3...

One of their saving graces is they did do an excellent job of chopping XP Pro down to a very fast, small, os, without adding bloat, or junk ware. Right now, they are so far out of the processor race, well, they are out of consideration. Only used, cheap refurbs appear to be worth it, and, even...

Thanks to the other threads, I bought the same, and, mine is going strong as well.

Panasonic does make the Semi-rugged line. Mine, the CF-51 was about 1300, with 1.25 gigs of ram, and 1400 with the SSD installed. Panasonic does an excellent job of making a solid, large laptop. I used it for teaching, hooking it up to a projector, etc...

That's how I feel about Panasonic. However, they are just too far behind the edge on offering processors, and, if they offer a decent processor, the laptop is 4 grand. One of these days we'll have to get together and compare the build feel between the Thinkpads and the CF-51. Also, I tend to...

Perfect for computers with Sata 1, or even two. Great price, 40 gigs is big enough for most boot drives, access time is king. Great way to breath life into a laptop, or older desktop.

This looks like the time to get in on an SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167025&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL062510&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL062510-_-EMC-062510-Index-_-SSD-_-20167025-L03B Anything wrong with this version? 99 bucks?

When it's out of the box, like to see what you think.

How about starting a new thread on this laptop? I've heard Merc recommend them, but, he hasn't really posted much on working with them. I'd like to hear what you think. Thanks Greg

Waiting for more on is this the i7? When does the SSD go in?

Not an argument, just an observation. I get a warmer and fuzzier feeling reading the reviews of this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127164&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL062310&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL062310-_-EMC-062310-Index-_-WirelessAPBridges-_-33127164-L0B I guess if I'm stuck...

In this area, I look at the customer reviews. I admit some of them are a bit off the deepend, but, it does show how D-Link supports their products, and the potential for problems. Not good for the DIR-655, and with 1235 reviews, and the latest not being particularly good, I'd have to get it for...

I hate to say it, but the last time this came up, it was the 70 buck Linksys http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124190 or, spend 300-350 dollars and get an actual, enterprise quality router. David at least has found something that would be worth trying, considering the...

http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=PowerAPN&eq=&Tp= Price isn't that bad, and, it looks like you might have used some of their other products, like line of sight internet...;-) gs

For what I use most of my machines for, I generally don't use all the ram I have. For instance, this laptop has 1.25 gig of ram. XP is currently using 400 MB/ram. The ram disk on this computer is accessed at about 1.5 GIG/sec, in peak configuration, both read and write. The SSD is around 30...

David: What is that Ramdisk program you are using? Can't find it. Thanks Greg PS This stuff works really well on my old laptop. Wonder how it would work on the Beast?

No one uses Linux for business computers, or basic consumer pcs?

Mercutio: What do you use for a Linux box these days? Needs HDMI output. Thanks Greg