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Main Forums => Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap => Topic started by: Netrack on August 22, 2002, 01:42:12 PM
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well within the next few months im going to build myself a new comp...
well here is what im trying to decide... wether to just go for straight speed and hit the 2.53 p4.. but occasionally i set my comp up as a sever and sumtimes run Red alert two games on it.. i was just wondering should i go for the p4 or possibly go dual on aprox 1.7 p3 or it might be a p4
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Dual would be better. It can get more done with less of a struggle than a single processor unit can.
I've got a dual system and I have yet to see it get slowed down one time.
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i acutlly just looked at prices and if i work for about another month i would be able to go dual 2.26 p4's i think i might head in that direction but i know the motherboard is gonna mite my ass in $$
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You're looking at over 250 for a dual motherboard that can support P4s. I've got dual PIIIs.
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uhm... buying dual p4's is totally pointless... you won't notice the difference.. i'd rather buy an extra 256 of DDRAM or a faster hard drive to lessen the swap burden and virtual memory...
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You'd notice the difference if you're running RC5 (http://www.distributed.net) by the amount of blocks that you put out. Or just the amount of programs that you can have running. Dual P4s would only really be needed for a "bad ass" server that is used to house something like Slashdot (http://www.slashdot.org). But they wouldn't use Pentium 4s. They'd go for dual Athlon XP 2200s.
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its just all depends, when i decide to build it, i know im gonna build it all out, i have already decided on 1 gig of ddr at least a 128mg video card and prolly at least 100 gig 7200 hd ( im already currently using up 78 gigs on the comp i have now)
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i'd rather get a really fast single than two slow ones...
its like buying a huge sports car and driving it around the neighborhood, the roads will only let you go 25mph... it may look nice, and you might get to run it fast a couple times, but really... all the extra power is wasted.
now the servers are like buying a big ass mac truck. they need that power, and they USE it.
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128mg video card and prolly at least 100 gig 7200 hd ( im already currently using up 78 gigs on the comp i have now)
find me something better than a 128mg video card...
a gig of ddr is overkill, and will cost too much..
the hard drive sounds good, but if you put emphasis on the 7200 just get a SCSI...5 gigs will do, load windows and stuff on it..
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how much would that scusi cost and where would i find a 5 gig?
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128mg video card and prolly at least 100 gig 7200 hd ( im already currently using up 78 gigs on the comp i have now)
find me something better than a 128mg video card...
a gig of ddr is overkill, and will cost too much..
the hard drive sounds good, but if you put emphasis on the 7200 just get a SCSI...5 gigs will do, load windows and stuff on it..
running a gaming server, two games, 1gig is far from overkill...
im running dual mp 1600's... very major difference in speed, for the short time i had xp pro installed...
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SCSI not scusi, despite the way people say it...
try www.pricewatch.com
and i doubt he is running a server so he would not need a gig of RAM...
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Athalons are running 2.5Ghz now right?
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no... p4's are.
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SCSI not scusi, despite the way people say it...
try www.pricewatch.com
and i doubt he is running a server so he would not need a gig of RAM...
not a web server a game server, and only when its my friends and i playing, its not up 24/7 mb one or two days a week
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this is for hob.
i set my comp up as a sever and sumtimes run Red alert two games on it..
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brain fart...im sorry