When to upgrade from an E6600 based system?

Millennium · Sep 14, 2010

Let us know what you think of the AMD setup, I went intel but im not so sure that was a good idea now

Thanks

Widjaja · Sep 14, 2010

Have fun installing the GPU cooler and make sure those heat sink stink to the chips.

oldswab · Sep 14, 2010

What I'm really looking forward to is being able to set my pc up at home in the morning and have it crunching data while I'm at work, and ditto when I'm sleeping. Anyone have any experience with running linux on a Win7 64 machine? I've dabbled with ubuntu (dapper drake days) and DSL (damn small linux), but it's been a while. Should I raid my current platter hd's and use them to boot into e:\Ubuntu, and use the SSD's separately for c:\windows and d:\programs ?

This is the program I'll be specifically using when I'm not blowing up stuff in BF:BC2

from

http://www.agcol.arizona.edu/software/pave/V2/SystemGuide.html#overview

"PAVE is computationally intensive, so a fast machine with at least 1 GB of RAM is recommended (for larger assemblies, allow 5 KB per EST, or 5 GB for a 1M EST project). PAVE can run multiprocessor which is recommended for large assemblies. On a six-core, 2.4Ghz AMD Opteron platform, a 700k EST assembly requires ~16h, and a 1.5M EST assembly requires ~3 days. "

My new rig will (ballpark) run between three and five times as fast? Maybe even speedier?

System Name	this_is_so_leet_it_needs_no_name
Processor	Intel I5 2500k @ 4.5Ghz
Motherboard	Asus P8 P67-M Pro
Cooling	MUX-120 with Dual Fan
Memory	Samsung Memory DDR3 2133 Overclocked (non LP)
Video Card(s)	XFX ATI/AMD 5870 1gb @ [tbc]
Storage	2*2tb Samsung Raid 0 + 64gb Kingston SSD
Display(s)	BenQ G2420HDBL LED monitor
Case	Lian Li PC-60 old skool alu case
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DX/XD PCI-Express (great)
Power Supply	Corsair 650 TX
Software	Win 7 64bit

System Name	Darth Obsidious
Processor	Intel i5 2500K
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen3
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212+ in Push Pull
Memory	2X4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	ASUS R9 270x TOP
Storage	128GB Samsung 830 SSD, 1TB WD Black, 2TB WD Green
Display(s)	LG IPS234V-PN
Case	Corsair Obsidian 650D
Audio Device(s)	Infrasonic Quartet
Power Supply	Corsair HX650w
Software	Windows 7 64bit and Windows XP Home
Benchmark Scores	2cm mark on bench with a razor blade.

Processor	Phenom II 1090T
Motherboard	Asus 890FX
Cooling	Thermalright SI-128
Memory	4x4 gb g.skill 1333
Video Card(s)	hd4870 512mb
Storage	2x60gb OCZ Vertex II
Display(s)	Asus 24"
Case	P180
Audio Device(s)	onboard lol
Power Supply	Antec Trio 650W
Software	Win7 x64 with Ubuntu coming soon

When to upgrade from an E6600 based system?

Millennium

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