Comments on: Need a new computer (and got one) http://scott.yang.id.au/2006/06/need-new-computer/ Faith, Technology and Randomness in Life, According to Scott Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:17:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: scotty http://scott.yang.id.au/2006/06/need-new-computer/#comment-27571 scotty Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:38:24 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/2006/06/need-new-computer/#comment-27571 It would be such a waste to this well designed Dell case where almost everything is screwless (and won't fit other motherboard as well). 2x512Mb PC800 RDRAM sticks are $295 from eBay. 1x1Gb DDR PC3200 is around $130-$150. Neither will go cheaper in the future as both AMD and Intel are moving to DDR2. And I don't think I want to have two servers running at home. Most Internet related services are off-loaded elsewhere, and I only need one doing number crunching work at home (log analysis, XML feed parsing, etc). The most economical approach is probably sell the Dimension 8200, and use the money collected to buy hardware components. However that desktop box was given to me as good will to get the server up and running... The option that I am currently more inclined to go to is getting either 512Mb or 1Gb RDRAM sticks for the Dell, and sell the 128Mb sticks on it to reduce cost. I'll still have 2 boxes in this case. One 4 year-old slow box, and one 6.5 year old super slow box... It would be such a waste to this well designed Dell case where almost everything is screwless (and won’t fit other motherboard as well).

2x512Mb PC800 RDRAM sticks are $295 from eBay. 1x1Gb DDR PC3200 is around $130-$150. Neither will go cheaper in the future as both AMD and Intel are moving to DDR2.

And I don’t think I want to have two servers running at home. Most Internet related services are off-loaded elsewhere, and I only need one doing number crunching work at home (log analysis, XML feed parsing, etc).

The most economical approach is probably sell the Dimension 8200, and use the money collected to buy hardware components. However that desktop box was given to me as good will to get the server up and running…

The option that I am currently more inclined to go to is getting either 512Mb or 1Gb RDRAM sticks for the Dell, and sell the 128Mb sticks on it to reduce cost. I’ll still have 2 boxes in this case. One 4 year-old slow box, and one 6.5 year old super slow box…

]]> By: timhu http://scott.yang.id.au/2006/06/need-new-computer/#comment-27564 timhu Wed, 31 May 2006 23:31:56 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/2006/06/need-new-computer/#comment-27564 ouch! RDRAM! my two cents: if RDRAM is no cheaper than $300, than go for broke and buy a new machine. maybe you can split the functionality across 2 machines ... this one with less load. or just use it as a backup storage server or something. ouch! RDRAM!

my two cents: if RDRAM is no cheaper than $300, than go for broke and buy a new machine. maybe you can split the functionality across 2 machines … this one with less load. or just use it as a backup storage server or something.

]]> By: Tom http://scott.yang.id.au/2006/06/need-new-computer/#comment-27560 Tom Wed, 31 May 2006 23:21:37 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/2006/06/need-new-computer/#comment-27560 Hmm, tough choice. Is it possible to put the CPU on a different mobo that uses DDR? Hmm, tough choice. Is it possible to put the CPU on a different mobo that uses DDR?

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