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Processor | DualCore AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+ (o/c 2801mhz STABLE (Ketxxx, POGE, Tatty One, ME)) |
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Motherboard | ASUS A8N-SLI Premium (PCIe x16, x4, x1) |
Cooling | PhaseChange Coolermaster CM754/939 (fan/heatsink), Thermalright heatspreaders + fan built on (RAM) |
Memory | 512mb PC-3200 DDR400 (set DDR-33 for o/c) by Corsair (matched pair, 2x256mb) 200.1/200mhz |
Video Card(s) | BFG GeForce 7900 GTX OC 512mb GDDR3 ram (o/c manually to 686 core/865 memory) - PhaseChange cooled |
Storage | Dual "Raptor X" 16mb 10krpm/RAID 0 Promise EX8350 x4 PCIe 128mb & Intel IO chip/CENATEK RocketDrive |
Display(s) | SONY 19" Trinitron MultiScan 400ps 1600x1200 75hz refresh 32-bit color |
Case | Antec Super-LanBoy (aluminum baby-tower w/ lower front & upper rear cooling exhaust fans) |
Audio Device(s) | RealTek AC97 onboard mobo stereo sound (Altec Lansing ACS-45 speakers - 10 yrs. still running!) |
Power Supply | Antec 500w ATX 2.0 "SmartPower" powersupply |
Software | Windows Server 2003 SP #1 fully patched, & massively tuned/tweaked to-the-max (plus latest drivers) |
GIGABYTE "IRAM": UPDATED w/ HEXUS.NET 07/27/2006 review (& others)
GIGABYTE GC-RAMDISK i-RAM review @ HEXUS.NET
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6200
* Here are more reviews of these Solid-State Drives for your comparison references:
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Gigabyte iRAM Solid State SATA Storage Review @ techreport.com
http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q1/gigabyte-iram/index.x?pg=1
Gigabyte iRAM Solid State SATA Storage Review @ pcper.com
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=224&type=expert
Gigabyte iRAM Solid State SATA Storage Review @ overclockers.com
http://www.overclockers.com/tips00788/index02.asp
Gigabyte iRAM Solid State SATA Storage Review @ Tom's Hardware
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/2005/11/01/holiday_buyers_guide_2005uk/page18.html
Gigabyte iRAM Solid State SATA Storage Review @ PCWorld
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,121105,00.asp
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OUR OTHER DISCUSSION HERE @ TECHPOWERUP.COM FORUMS REGARDING SSD's (for your reference):
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=12904&highlight=IRAM
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A listing of creative uses of RAMDRIVES is here:
http://www.avatar.demon.nl/cenatek.html
(That is a review of these units featured on CENATEK's front page in "An independent user's review" linkage there I did back in 2003 of the older/slower PCI 2.2 bus & PC-133 SDRAM based Solid-State Ramdisk drive I have seen in my signature below - that review lists diff. ways these can be used to gain performance, as does my signature for some examples on the quick).
The CENATEK unit is a PCI slot based one, & PCI 2.2 133mb/sec max transfer rate IDE/EIDE limit (which this IRAM has beaten, in theory @ least, using SATA 150mb/sec rates no less) that costs more than this model does from GIGABYTE!
APK
P.S.=> The DDRDrive x1 PCI-e based unit, pictured next below:
Will be even the Gigabyte IRAM GC-Ramdisk's superior once it releases later this year, imo @ least (because of the bustype it uses in PCI-Express & its superior bandwidth, see table below)
Common bustypes & their bandwidth ceilings:
PCI 132 MB/s (What the CENATEK "RocketDrive" Uses)
AGP 8X 2,100 MB/s
PCI Express 1x 250 [500]* MB/s (What the DDRDrive x1 Uses)
PCI Express 2x 500 [1000]* MB/s
PCI Express 4x 1000 [2000]* MB/s
PCI Express 8x 2000 [4000]* MB/s
PCI Express 16x 4000 [8000]* MB/s
PCI Express 32x 8000 [16000]* MB/s
IDE (ATA100) 100 MB/s
IDE (ATA133) 133 MB/s
SATA 1 150 MB/s (What the Gigabyte IRAM GC-RamDisk Uses)
SATA 2 300 MB/s
Gigabit Ethernet 125 MB/s
IEEE1394B [firewire] 100 MB/s
but for now, this Gigabyte IRAM-GC is the 'ticket to ride' though...
LASTLY/PLUS:
You can even BOOT your system/OS from the GIGABYTE one!
(But not the CENATEK)... apk
GIGABYTE GC-RAMDISK i-RAM review @ HEXUS.NET
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6200
* Here are more reviews of these Solid-State Drives for your comparison references:
================================================================
Gigabyte iRAM Solid State SATA Storage Review @ techreport.com
http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q1/gigabyte-iram/index.x?pg=1
Gigabyte iRAM Solid State SATA Storage Review @ pcper.com
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=224&type=expert
Gigabyte iRAM Solid State SATA Storage Review @ overclockers.com
http://www.overclockers.com/tips00788/index02.asp
Gigabyte iRAM Solid State SATA Storage Review @ Tom's Hardware
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/2005/11/01/holiday_buyers_guide_2005uk/page18.html
Gigabyte iRAM Solid State SATA Storage Review @ PCWorld
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,121105,00.asp
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OUR OTHER DISCUSSION HERE @ TECHPOWERUP.COM FORUMS REGARDING SSD's (for your reference):
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=12904&highlight=IRAM
================================================================
A listing of creative uses of RAMDRIVES is here:
http://www.avatar.demon.nl/cenatek.html
(That is a review of these units featured on CENATEK's front page in "An independent user's review" linkage there I did back in 2003 of the older/slower PCI 2.2 bus & PC-133 SDRAM based Solid-State Ramdisk drive I have seen in my signature below - that review lists diff. ways these can be used to gain performance, as does my signature for some examples on the quick).
The CENATEK unit is a PCI slot based one, & PCI 2.2 133mb/sec max transfer rate IDE/EIDE limit (which this IRAM has beaten, in theory @ least, using SATA 150mb/sec rates no less) that costs more than this model does from GIGABYTE!
APK
P.S.=> The DDRDrive x1 PCI-e based unit, pictured next below:
Will be even the Gigabyte IRAM GC-Ramdisk's superior once it releases later this year, imo @ least (because of the bustype it uses in PCI-Express & its superior bandwidth, see table below)
Common bustypes & their bandwidth ceilings:
PCI 132 MB/s (What the CENATEK "RocketDrive" Uses)
AGP 8X 2,100 MB/s
PCI Express 1x 250 [500]* MB/s (What the DDRDrive x1 Uses)
PCI Express 2x 500 [1000]* MB/s
PCI Express 4x 1000 [2000]* MB/s
PCI Express 8x 2000 [4000]* MB/s
PCI Express 16x 4000 [8000]* MB/s
PCI Express 32x 8000 [16000]* MB/s
IDE (ATA100) 100 MB/s
IDE (ATA133) 133 MB/s
SATA 1 150 MB/s (What the Gigabyte IRAM GC-RamDisk Uses)
SATA 2 300 MB/s
Gigabit Ethernet 125 MB/s
IEEE1394B [firewire] 100 MB/s
but for now, this Gigabyte IRAM-GC is the 'ticket to ride' though...
LASTLY/PLUS:
You can even BOOT your system/OS from the GIGABYTE one!
(But not the CENATEK)... apk
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