Re: [gmx-users] Suggestion needed for new workstation

2007-08-12 Thread Martin Höfling
Am Freitag, 10. August 2007 schrieb Erik Lindahl: > >> RAM size shouldn't be an issue, except if you're simulating huge > >> systems. > > > > RAM is essential for some analysis tools and if you want to do ab > > initio > > calculations. Ok, i was mainly concerned about doing longer simulations, y

Re: [gmx-users] Suggestion needed for new workstation

2007-08-10 Thread Yang Ye
On 8/10/2007 3:29 PM, Martin Höfling wrote: ~5000€ Well depending on the available infrastructure, a "cheap" workstation for 800€ will do the job. Then you have 4200€ remaining to buy compute bricks. You should definitely get more than 4 cores from this ammount. Yes. I agree with you. If we

Re: [gmx-users] Suggestion needed for new workstation

2007-08-10 Thread Erik Lindahl
Hi, On Aug 10, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Florian Haberl wrote: option if you're doing really short (minutes ~ hours) simulations. The configuration: *Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon * *8GB (4 x 2GB) * *500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s RAM size shouldn't be an issue, except if you're simulating huge

Re: [gmx-users] Suggestion needed for new workstation

2007-08-10 Thread Florian Haberl
Hi, On Friday, 10. August 2007 09:29, Martin Höfling wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 9. August 2007 schrieb james zhang: > > Hi James > > > I want to buy a new workstation for MD simulation. > > I think the Mac Pro from Apple is really nice. > > Workstations are imho not best if you plan to do long-taking

Re: [gmx-users] Suggestion needed for new workstation

2007-08-10 Thread Martin Höfling
Am Donnerstag, 9. August 2007 schrieb james zhang: Hi James > I want to buy a new workstation for MD simulation. > I think the Mac Pro from Apple is really nice. Workstations are imho not best if you plan to do long-taking simulations. Only think about this option if you're doing really short (

[gmx-users] Suggestion needed for new workstation

2007-08-08 Thread james zhang
Hi, everybody. I want to buy a new workstation for MD simulation. I think the Mac Pro from Apple is really nice. The configuration: *Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon * *8GB (4 x 2GB) * *500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s with price: *$6,225.00 Any suggestions or comments? Thanks in advance. * *-- Si