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  • ^^TommyTee
    V.I.P. Member
    • Jul 2009
    • 424
    #1

    High Spec Box

    hi

    im looking to build a new desktop machine im looking for opinions as to which way too go amd or intel ?

    had lots of amd processors in the past as i used them mainly for game play i know intel where better for running applications

    basically im looking for processor motherboard and graphics card (high end only)

    reccomendations please

    much appreciated

    tommy
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    • manxspud
      DK Veteran
      • Jul 2009
      • 1768
      #2
      Hi M8, This really a personnel choice...

      Intel Still has the edge on performance, but value Amd can not be beat. I would go for a Amd black edition cpu... In theory these chips have the ability for extreme overclocking with the right cooling.

      Everything else follows on from cpu choice...

      One rule i would follow at the moment is if you go for Amd then get a Ati GPU and if you choose Intel Then get a Nvidea GPU. These combos tend to give better results.

      When I build a new Pc i think about what i will use it for...
      then deicide how many expansion slots i will need for addon cards ect. careful planning saves a lot of headaches later on. Hope this helps a little... But there is no easy answer you will just have do do your home work and see what feels right for you.

      Best of luck.

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        • chroma
          V.I.P. Member
          • Feb 2009
          • 1976
          #3
          Get yourself a Roadrunner.

          Its built from a Triblades (4x PowerXcell 8i's + 2x Opteron 2210's with 32gb of ram) these push just around 400Gflops (floating point operations)

          Theyre housed in BladeCenters which contain 3 triblades each (so this pushes the total up to 1.2Tflops)

          Then these are housed in standard 42U Racks (these can house 4 bladecenters a pop) so a rack will push through 4.8Tflops

          Now as you can see in the picture theres more than one rack, infact on site theres 15 racks in a node (bringing us up to roughly 72 Teraflops)

          Course 1 clusters fairly meagre, its been expanded to 18 nodes so your pushing 1.3PetaFlops out of the thing.

          Ideal for plotting weather calculations on a global scale, multiple astro trajectories and figuring out just WTF 42 actualy means.
          It will likely still have a hard time runing crysis at full settings though.

          Its also fairly adequate for cracking encryption at a fair rate , AES, 3DES etc... not a problem for this monster, it might take a few weeks to run a cycle but hey why not right?
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            • manxspud
              DK Veteran
              • Jul 2009
              • 1768
              #4
              Errr... !!!!! Dont think Mrs manxspud would be too happy with that sat in the corner.
              Last edited by manxspud; 26 July, 2009, 20:29.

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