phinds said:You are not paying attention. Reread post #28
Well, if that's true, then I'm wrong. My assumption is that like on a hard drive (where I know this to be true) once a partition is set, it doesn't move and if you have an 8 gig partition and write an 8 gig file to it, there is exactly one place it can go every time you write it. Perhaps the O.S. treats SSDs differently but I can't see why they would. Perhaps the internal SSD computer can move a partition around for load leveling. I did not think so.rbelli1 said:The logical view of whatever you place on the drive is mapped onto the whole underlying storage medium
phinds said:Perhaps the internal SSD computer can move a partition around for load leveling. I did not think so.
I don't plan to get a cheap CD drive, it's been years I haven't used a CD (or DVD), plus if I really need it, my laptop has a CD drive that I guess works. I do not purchase software packages.gvlr96 said:GPU's aren't just for gaming. If you use the CPU for graphics I know from experience that even basic web page stuff will take time to load on Pentium processors. I'm not so sure about how an i7 copes with this so you may want to check that out first, but a basic graphics cards below gaming standards will definitely solve this. You might as well have a cheap CD drive as you don't know what the future will hold (software packages still come on CDs). I agree with he commentors saying go for more than 300W. 600W will be a safer bet for now and will give you a better platform for future upgrades
I'll just touch metal from time to time to discharge myself, I don't think I'll buy an electrostatic wristband.Jamison Lahman said:When building a computer, the smallest pieces are usually the most important and most overlooked. They're both less than $5 and an electrostatic wristband and a motherboard speaker can save you from massive headaches in the future.
I know you said you do not plan on gaming, but GPUs can be extremely useful in parallelizing large computational simulations. See: http://www.nvidia.com/object/what-is-gpu-computing.html and http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_home_new.html
Nvidia seems to be the leader in GPU computing and is more compatible with CUDA and OpenACC and it has been my experience that AMD GPUs are a nightmare with Linux drivers.
Altogether a wristband, speaker, and optical drive will likely cost <5% of you total build, but it's your money.fluidistic said:I don't plan to get a cheap CD drive, it's been years I haven't used a CD (or DVD), plus if I really need it, my laptop has a CD drive that I guess works. I do not purchase software packages.
I'll just touch metal from time to time to discharge myself, I don't think I'll buy an electrostatic wristband.
I hope the motherboard speaker comes with the motherboard, if not... then I don't think I'll buy one.
Sherwood Botsford said:Pogo Linux now sells servers with a TB of ram.
I think you mean 12TB of HARD DRIVE space.rbelli1 said:After a quick look I see they offer 12TB of RAM in one model!
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phinds said:I think you mean 12TB of HARD DRIVE space.
EEEE GADS !rbelli1 said:No.
http://www.pogolinux.com/quotes/editsys?sys_id=978801
Look at the Memory dropdown. $171k for the 11TB upgrade from the base unit.
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phinds said:EEEE GADS !
I used the power calculator from Pcpartpicker, it was between 100 and 200 W if I remember well. But it was written that the cpu could use 65 W maximum (on Intel's website the TDP is indeed 65 W) but after reading the Wikipedia's article on the TDP, I was left extremely confused. I've read a review of the intel core i7 7700 and the guy said it used up to 106 W under heavy load. So the calculations done by Pcpartpicker seems totally wrong to me now.Jamison Lahman said:Not sure if anyone's mentioned but there are online calculators which estimate a build's power consumption which I would highly recommend before selecting a PSU.
Like I wrote in the first post, I have an external 500 GB mechanical hard drive (that I use for back ups). I can forget about DVD's :)Jamison Lahman said:DVDs can be a nice storage alternative since you will only have one physical drive.
john101 said:all aluminium Lian Li
Hm ... pairing an i7 with only 8Gigs of main RAM seems odd. If you are enough of a power user to make anything like significant use of an i7's capabilities, you are going to want 16Gigs.fluidistic said:I've ordered all the parts from amazon, I used pcpartpicker and IRC for suggestions.
These were my choices : https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/6CtQBP. I also bought a 24' 1920x1080 monitor. I would have liked a 2550x1444 resolution but the prices were almost 3 times higher, not worth it for me.
I don't know whether it's odd. But you're right in that I'll want 16 GB. I picked 8 GB just to see how it goes, if I ever use the swap (I'll put swapiness at 10 or so), I'll seriously consider upgrading to 16 GB.phinds said:Hm ... pairing an i7 with only 8Gigs of main RAM seems odd. If you are enough of a power user to make anything like significant use of an i7's capabilities, you are going to want 16Gigs.
I didn't know it was sometimes required but I did know that 2 x 4 GB is usually faster than 1 x 8 GB thanks to dual channel. I didn't pick 2 x 4 GB sticks because I may upgrade to 2 x 8 GB in a very near future and I'd like to have some more room for upgrade, and I have only 4 slots.rbelli1 said:Putting the memory cards in in pairs is often required and usually increases performance even if not required. Some MB can increase memory bandwidth even more if you use 4 modules of all the same size.
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Good idea.john101 said:Looks nice and tidy, good layout. If you think the airflow in the case is compromised you could just tape up those holes. In a few months check for dust accumulation.