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I would be satisfied with your current setup! What are the specs of that machine, and how much cpu (%) did you use to work with 7+ gigs of ram loaded. Looking forward to Ensemble
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@aplanchard said:
I would be satisfied with your current setup! What are the specs of that machine, and how much cpu (%) did you use to work with 7+ gigs of ram loaded. Looking forward to Ensemble
it's an appr. 1 year old ASUS P5W Pentium D 3,4 (not core 2 duo) FSB 800 4 x 2 GB non ECC RAM DDR2 533 w/ a bunch of raptors ...
depending on loaded matices you can expect 1-3% CPU per instance (instrument)
a very good and pricy solution turned up to be also the intel S3000 and S5000 boards (-8 GB nonECC, -16 GB ECC) because of their mixed PCI/PCIe architecture
christian
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I took your specs and planned a system on them. I have some questions.
1. How loud is Herb's present system and is it in a rack or midtower?
2. Have you heard the Supermicro unit to determine how loud the fans and the power supply are since it comes with its own ps?
3. In your best judgment can the Supermicro 1U be used in the studio or should it be in a separate machine room?
4. I want to really clarify loading 112,000 samples. If an average matrix is 4000 samples, does this mean you can load 20+ Instruments? On the Supermicro, does this mean 40 instruments? Is this suggesting that by moving to XP64 system with 16GB of RAM that a user would potentially only need one (1) computer dedicated to the VI cube?
5. With memory being loaded into RAM, what impact does using Raptors have over a 750GB at 7500RPM?
6. The processor you picked is valued at $1100US. With that processor, what performance gain are you really expecting to get?
Thanks in advance.
Peter Alexander
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Hello Peter, we meet again on yet another forum! To be fair to Herb, the system he has listed is the 1U server version - you could alternatively just buy the motherboard in standard ATX format and then put it in whatever case you wished.... particularly as they have recently launched one capable of 32Gb..... tempting!
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I spec'ed the system with the 1U rack and my question has to do with performance and loudness. The 1U rack comes with the motherboard built in and is capable of going 32GB. However, with a 4GB RAM stick running around $500 or more, you're looking at $4000 just for 32GB of RAM. The 1U also comes with its own power supply and onboard video.
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Yep the RAM will indeed be expensive, was merely suggesting that by chosing the board seperately, you chould spec the case to your requirements, rather than be stuck with the 40mm noisy fans in a 1U setup. Sorry, I shall leave you in peace!
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