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05-07-2006, 11:30 AM
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One down, dreaming up the next
Thanks for all the help on my last build. I finally got my gaming box up and running and I couldn't be happier. My boss is thinking of putting together a fast little box for computational biology purposes and I suggested to him that we might get more for our money (our cup does not exactly floweth over) by building a linux box rather than paying out the nose for the latest Mac technology (he's a mac addict).
He is looking for something that will really hum, dual or quad processor, maybe two dual core. But it needs to compare with the Mac in reliability and not make up for it's lower price tag in headaches for its users. My main worry is that I will put together a great computer and the system won't split the jobs over the processors effeciently. What system should I use and what kind of chipset should I be looking for so that everything will work together? And can anyone point me in the direction of a good motherboard for 2/4 processors? And dual core is pretty much a good idea at this point, right? |
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05-07-2006, 01:58 PM
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I think you need to find out if the program he uses supports using dual core/dual processors. Also, if the software is for MAC only.
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05-07-2006, 05:11 PM
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If you want a quad CPU, you'll be looking at expensive server boards/equipment anyways.
You could do a dual core with regular desktop boards... Yeah, make sure the necessary software can run on Linux and is multi-threaded.
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05-07-2006, 10:17 PM
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so I checked into it, the software is all Unix native, he's using OS X like a unix gui for most of the things he's working on. they'll be a large number of batch jobs, so it will be multithreaded. A lot of macs these days are using two dual core processors, but I think that might be to make up for the power PC's lagging processor speeds. Two dual core would probably make sense, but can I get that on a desktop motherboard? I looked at a couple online and I don't know what chip line works in the sockets. Perhaps I should investigate more before posting agian.
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05-08-2006, 02:00 PM
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Ok, so I definitely want to go two dual core, does anyone have any good motherboard/chip suggestions? My preference is intel, for various reasons, but I am flexible. This computer will probably be churning day and night, if that's relevant to the specs. Oh, and graphics card/PCI slots/onboard sound can be low end. Any advice would help, I'm a bit of a newb at this.
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05-09-2006, 12:49 PM
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