Benchmark

[Toby-Axis]

What about Dust and Dirt??? I have to Vacuum my Desk Top every now and then because it really bugs me.

 

I have seen the DirtBags online but am hesitant because in the back of my mind it seems that it would cause Overheating, plus the USB Ports would be covered.

 

So what do you do about Dust and Dirt??

[Guest]

My intake fans have filters on them, I take them out every 2 weeks and wash them.

 

This is the case I have

 

http://www.antec.com/usa/productDetails.php?lan=us&id=15120

[Toby-Axis]

NICE CASE!!!!!!!!!!! $210.00 thats not too bad either. Lots of Bays, looks very accommodating.

 

Do you have all the cool lights too???

[Guest]

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Do you have all the cool lights too???

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I plead guilty to computer geekdom

 

Pricewise, I got it for $164 on newegg.com

[Toby-Axis]

Well, may of us here can plead guilty to everything CAD/CAM related. It isn't a BAD Thing, just how we like to spend our time. Nothing wrong with it IMPO.

 

We get to Build and Create really cool stuff while expanding the mind. Weather it be PC's or Machined Parts, our jobs aren't the same everyday.

[bogusmill]

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Does anyone make a Refrigerated PC Case??????

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Yes they do and if you really want to go fast this is a way to do it.

 

http://www.trustedreviews.com/peripherals/...ated-PC-Case/p1

[Toby-Axis]

BogusMill,

 

COOL BOX!!!!!!! Now all I need is everything else.

Dual Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650s'

Dual Quadro FX 5600's

and 32GB in RAM

 

One FAST WorkStation!!!!!!!!

 

Seriously though a nice system like yours would do just fine.

 

LOL, I dislike waiting for PC's to Process info.

[Steve Hattori]

Speaking of laptops- I am having one built like this:

Clevo D901C chassis

17.1" WUXGA screen

Xeon 3370 quad processor 3ghz

4g Kingston Hyper-X ram

80Gb Intel X25M SSD Drive primary

500 Gb Hitachi drive secondary

Quadro FX 1600m graphics card (single)

Dual-boot Vista64 and XP64

 

Two weeks to deliver.

As for OC'ing- it is possible on this one, but I am going to leave it alone....

With the Xeon CPU and what is currently the fastest SSD drive I could find, it should be pretty close any desktop system in speed for our antiquated Mcam software. If only we could utilize multi-cores, and SLI graphics!

[3R!< W3NG3R]

5 min 10.422 s

 

XP service pack3

intel core 2 duo 3 ghz

3 gigs of ram

nvidea geforce 9800 GT

[bot9million]

5 min 56 seconds

 

xp pro x64 edition sp2

intel core 2 duo 3 ghz

4gb ram

nvidea quadro fx 1700

[David Eno]

5m 11.352s

Dell Precision M6400 laptop

Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 @ 2.26GHz

Windows Vista Ultimate

4 GB RAM

[GURU2]

11m 50s

 

SYSTEMAX Venture(Desktop)

Intel P4 3.06GHz

Windows XP Pro

NVIDIA GeForce 6200

1Gb 3.06 GHz

[iowajim62]

Nvidia rolls out first 4GB Quadro card.

64 bit OS only

$3500 yikes

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_quadro_fx_5800_us.html

[Toby-Axis]

That will have to go into my second Build. For now the PNY Quadro FX 4600 768MB GDDR3 Workstation Graphics Card is eye candy.

 

That Quadro FX 5800 looks like one Hot Card!!!

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

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...$3500...

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..... CHUMP Change!!!

 

That's more then the price of most of the systems here...

 

I like the Power Consumption spec...

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Maximum Power Consumption - 189W

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[Guest]

and it is not likely to help Mastercam stuff one iota.

 

Unless you're displaying complete assemblies of a car, plane or complete DNA chains, it is money wasted.

 

 

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Maximum Power Consumption - 189W

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I can hear it now. "I have a Dell 2400, why won't Mastercam run this card, MCAM s*cks"

 

and "oh yeah I only have a 450 watt power supply, it s*ucks that Mastercam needs so much power to run"

 

 

Boy can hear it already

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

Got my X3370 today. The rest of the stuff should show up tomorrow...

[plastech]

I'm going to build a box and thanks to the great info on here I,ve got a very good start on picking out my components. Here is what I'm looking at so far:

 

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

Ram: G-Skill 8GB (2X4GB kit) DDR2 PC8500

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache

Power Supply: Cooler Master UCP RS900

Cooling Fan for Processor: Artic Cooling Freezer7 Pro CPU Coooler

Case: Antec Twelve Hundred

OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64

HD: WD VelosiRaptor WD3000GLFS 10,000 Rpm. 300GB

 

I have a question about the Video card or cards. I have a Quadro FX 3500 now that I could put in the new system, or should I put two new cards like the GeForce 8800GTS 512MB, GeForce GTX 260 896MB in SLI which would work better?

 

Thank You,Rick

[Guest]

from "strictly" a Mastercam standpoint, that FX3500 should be fine.

 

If you're going to use that to game as well, I would consider a 9800 card

[bogusmill]

Just use the FX3500 unless it develops a problem. That Quadro FX5800 is just too much. Too much power which will turn into too much heat, and too much RAM.

 

The OS usually matches it's RAM with the video cards RAM so you lose 4GB of RAM for your OS and apps. just plugging it in. This is why you never see full 4GB RAM in a 32 bit OS machine. The OS has matched the 512MB or 896MB on the video card leaving 3.5 or 3.2GB.

[FP1]

The new home built for just under $1000 = 4min 15sec

 

Intel E8400 3.0 GHz 6Mb L2 cache

Asus P5Q-Pro motherboard

4 Gb DDR2-800

EVGA e-Geforce 9800 GTX (512 Mb)

Seagate 250 Mb 7200 RPM

Tuniq 120 cpu cooler

 

Overclocked to 3.6 GHz Bus speed 405/FSB 1620 - 34C under load.

[Bruce Kanzelmeyer]

I would spend the extra $200 for the Q9650 chip. It runs significantly cooler and overclocks significantly better. Best I could do with the Q9550 was 4:25 on benchmark test, and it was running hot. With the Q9650 dropped to 3:40 no sweat and idles in low 30's C and mastercam runs in the low to mid 40's. I'm running 2 gigs DDR3 ram with XP Pro, SP3. The overclockers seem to be saying there's a 5-10% hit with Vista and most guys seems to say that XP64 doesn't help much either, at least as regards speed. Cheers.

[plastech]

Thanks for the info guys,I'll install the FX3500 in the new system and I did order the Q9650 chip instead of the Q9550. Even though winter is coming fast and I could use a little extra heat under the desk! I guess I'll have to keep the little space heater under there now.

 

Thank You, Rick

[Chris Rizzo]

Are all those crazy quantities of RAM usable? I've been told a few times that XP only supports 4gb, microsoft to seems to say so too.

[plastech]

If you use the Vista Ultimate 64 bit OS it will recognise more ram.

 

Rick