On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Darren Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
> (I changed the subject to match the direction this thread has taken, and > to take it a step further.) > > It sounds like i7 will be superior to Core2 for heavy playouts, but for > light playouts the jury is still out? > > Don wrote: > > I think I have a chance to check that out as I'm putting together a dual > > motherboard i7 with 8 true cores.... > > Is this self-build? How much budget do you need to make a fast 8-core > machine at the moment? What about 12 or 16-core? > I'm putting it together on a budget - shopping for the best prices and using parts from an older computer. For about $1100 I purchased a dual socket motherboard, 2 i7-920 chips, 12 gig DDR3 memory and 2 cpu coolers. I already have a case with power supply, and all the other stuff to have an up and running machine. So you should easily be able to put together a complete octal from scratch for about 1500 with everything - assuming you don't need the very best peripherals. My primary use of this machine is chess (and go) so I don't need high end graphics for instance and I don't need a big expensive hard drive. One hidden cost is the OS if you want windows - that and many other things are built into the price of every machine you purchase from a store but of course I'm a hard core Linux user. But even with Windows you can save a lot by building it yourself. If you do this pay attention to the cpu cooling unit. I'm using a motherboard that fits into a standard ATX case and I understand that space is tight and not just any pair of coolers will fit. I did some research to find a set of coolers that are not overly expensive but high quality and will fit. If anyone is interested I'll give you the parts list, but let me first make sure it all works together and I'll give you my report. I have everything now except the motherboard which should be coming today. Don > > And, does anyone know of companies selling workstations with 16 cores? > The high-end gaming machines don't go that far. I can find server > machines but I'd be paying a premium for reliability and rack-mount and > hard-drive slots. And I expect a workstation to be whisper-quiet, > whereas machines destined for a data centre can drown out a vacumn cleaner. > > Darren > > -- > Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer > > http://dcook.org/gobet/ (Shodan Go Bet - who will win?) > http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work) > http://dcook.org/blogs.html (My blogs and articles) > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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