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- Thread starter Brian MP5T
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Donnas64, I recomend trying to build a full system rater than upgrading your current (Quite Quick) computer. Your ram is not dual chanel, and if you run a Core2 on it, you will really have a bottlekneck. It's sad because the DDR2 Dual Chan 800mhz is around $150.00 / GB.
I would not go below 6400 Dual Chan, plus I would not try to reuse the memory that you have, it will limit your MoBo selections to the point that you will end up in the same place next year..
ASUS P5-B, sells for just over $110.00
It's a Intel D-775 that will run Core4 and Dual Chan DDR-2
Stable, and with 800 FSB, as fast as the curent chipsets require.
Intel P-945 is a 3.4 Dual Core that should be $150.00
Some awesome parts that cost very little seperately..
I would not go below 6400 Dual Chan, plus I would not try to reuse the memory that you have, it will limit your MoBo selections to the point that you will end up in the same place next year..
ASUS P5-B, sells for just over $110.00
It's a Intel D-775 that will run Core4 and Dual Chan DDR-2
Stable, and with 800 FSB, as fast as the curent chipsets require.
Intel P-945 is a 3.4 Dual Core that should be $150.00
Some awesome parts that cost very little seperately..
Nice rig man, I've got a beast of a computer myself for chopping video and everything else. That GIS is very cool, I didn't realize the military uses simulators for infantry? I know for tanks, aircraft and ships but not infantry. How much land do you plan on mapping...everything? Or only unique areas & landscapes?
Mac Pro
2 x Dual Core Xeon's at 3.0Ghz
10Gb FB-DIMM
150Gb 10,000rpm Western Digital Raptor
3 x 500gb w/ 16mb cache Seagates
2 x E-SATA PCI-E Cards
^^^hooked up to 4x500gb w/ 8mb cache Maxtor Drives
LaCie 600gb triple Interface (USB, FW400, FW800)
23" Apple Cinema Display
30" Apple Cinema Display
So needless to say my room is always....hot!
Mac Pro
2 x Dual Core Xeon's at 3.0Ghz
10Gb FB-DIMM
150Gb 10,000rpm Western Digital Raptor
3 x 500gb w/ 16mb cache Seagates
2 x E-SATA PCI-E Cards
^^^hooked up to 4x500gb w/ 8mb cache Maxtor Drives
LaCie 600gb triple Interface (USB, FW400, FW800)
23" Apple Cinema Display
30" Apple Cinema Display
So needless to say my room is always....hot!
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- MP5T / 944
cleanme said:
Maps On Demand...
We focus on Hotspots and move to the next requirement.
Brian MP5T said:
So when you say Hotspots, do you mean hotspots as in fighting activity in the Middle East, and places you've previously been -was it Bosnia?
I just remember the Canadian Forces came to the high school I went to for a job fair and they were showing all the things they could do with GIS, very very interesting stuff. Pretty cool to think you're now a Digital Cartographer too.
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- MP5T / 944
Basically, for regular Geo products (Civilian Survey/Cartography) there are Civilans who are paid to do it.
We, the military Geotechs are trained to specialize in military Geo requirements.
We can make normal maps, but truly focus on anything that generates an advantage. High Res georeferenced Air photos from 3 Hours ago in the hand of the soldier on the ground. GPS, Realtime.
Tactical Desision Aids, Overlays, Viewsheds, LOS, HLZ.
We, the military Geotechs are trained to specialize in military Geo requirements.
We can make normal maps, but truly focus on anything that generates an advantage. High Res georeferenced Air photos from 3 Hours ago in the hand of the soldier on the ground. GPS, Realtime.
Tactical Desision Aids, Overlays, Viewsheds, LOS, HLZ.
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- MP5T / 944
Heat - SINK!!
Brian MP5T said:
Thanks for the advice man. I'm really itching to jump on the PCI-E train but due to some upgrades the wife and I will be doing to our home, my PC will have to take a backseat for another year.
I don't do any computing near as hardcore as you guys (most demanding things I run are photoshop and Illustrator for my design work) so I figure and overclocked XFX 7600GT will buy me more than enough juice to get me through 2007 then its a full upgrade for my PC. PCI-E, new mobo, new ram, core 2 duo, the works.
But for now I'll just upgrade my video-card.
P.S: Your comp makes me JEALOUS!
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lol nice, nothing like overkill
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I had two fat chicks on it to test the shelf..
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It's too bad they are $175+, but they are worth it..
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Dust is going to kill you
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DUST??
There is not a week that I do not open this and hit it with compressed air...
Ye think I'm some kind of dirty or something?
There is not a week that I do not open this and hit it with compressed air...
Ye think I'm some kind of dirty or something?
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No, just saying. I'm clean but I dont clean every week lol. Computer attract dust, its a fact of life. I clean maybe bi-monthly
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When reading about this mainboard I knew that when I got it it would have issues with hot chipsets.
The reviews were not kidding, the North got to hot to touch even when not OC.
I looked into coolers for the chipset.
Zalman makes some nice ones but they were no larger than the ones that came with the P5N so that would be a waste.
I wanted to stay away form liquid cooling so I turned to a new product made by Thermaltake.
Extreme Spirit II
They are more expensive than most, but are IMO totally effective.
The 40 mm fan has a standard 3 pin connector that taps the power from the main board. PC PROBE II allows full control over the fans. (Run at 80% and they are dead silent)
The install was simple; the only negative was that the Main board had to be removed. Aside from that, the hardware made it easy to apply good force to maintain contact with the chipset. The large base easily collected and stored the initial heat and the assembly can be turned to point into any direction.
I have a sonic tower and a XFX 7950GT (Both Massive Passive Coolers)
I was still able to fit these into my system so there should be no problem installing it on any computer as my system can be seen as the worst case scenario. (Size Limited)
I left the OEM heatsinks that rest by the cpu. They cool the MOSFET Banks. I used a dremel to cut the hollow heatpipe and then re-installed it with ARTIC-5.
Taking the heat load off the Mosfets by removing the heat coming in from the pipes made a huge diference up top.
The Spirit II was able to reduce the core temp of the NB from 80 Deg to a stable 45 Deg. Unreal, this should be standard with the main board or at least something similar on any board designed for the Gamer/OC'er.
Buy them if you are able to, I am very impressed.
The reviews were not kidding, the North got to hot to touch even when not OC.
I looked into coolers for the chipset.
Zalman makes some nice ones but they were no larger than the ones that came with the P5N so that would be a waste.
I wanted to stay away form liquid cooling so I turned to a new product made by Thermaltake.
Extreme Spirit II
They are more expensive than most, but are IMO totally effective.
The 40 mm fan has a standard 3 pin connector that taps the power from the main board. PC PROBE II allows full control over the fans. (Run at 80% and they are dead silent)
The install was simple; the only negative was that the Main board had to be removed. Aside from that, the hardware made it easy to apply good force to maintain contact with the chipset. The large base easily collected and stored the initial heat and the assembly can be turned to point into any direction.
I have a sonic tower and a XFX 7950GT (Both Massive Passive Coolers)
I was still able to fit these into my system so there should be no problem installing it on any computer as my system can be seen as the worst case scenario. (Size Limited)
I left the OEM heatsinks that rest by the cpu. They cool the MOSFET Banks. I used a dremel to cut the hollow heatpipe and then re-installed it with ARTIC-5.
Taking the heat load off the Mosfets by removing the heat coming in from the pipes made a huge diference up top.
The Spirit II was able to reduce the core temp of the NB from 80 Deg to a stable 45 Deg. Unreal, this should be standard with the main board or at least something similar on any board designed for the Gamer/OC'er.
Buy them if you are able to, I am very impressed.
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- MP5T / 944
So I picked up a third 500 Gb External to serve as my backup...
Here is the Current Network at my house.
If you need to back up your computer, bring it here..
80gb
80gb
80gb
500Gb
500Gb
500Gb
1.74 Tb External
320GB
320GB
320GB
320GB
1.28 Tb Upstairs
320GB
320GB
320GB
320GB
250GB
1.53 Tb Downstairs
4550 GB In Total
Or
Forty Five Hundred Fifty Gigabytes.
Four Million Six Hundred Fifty Nine Thousand Two Hundred Megabytes
Here is the Current Network at my house.
If you need to back up your computer, bring it here..
80gb
80gb
80gb
500Gb
500Gb
500Gb
1.74 Tb External
320GB
320GB
320GB
320GB
1.28 Tb Upstairs
320GB
320GB
320GB
320GB
250GB
1.53 Tb Downstairs
4550 GB In Total
Or
Forty Five Hundred Fifty Gigabytes.
Four Million Six Hundred Fifty Nine Thousand Two Hundred Megabytes
