Who has the fastest rig here?

[GnomeCop]

that rig must rock print jobs

 

[MrGamer7934]

Here it goes, My Prometeia:
P4 3.06 @ 3.9Ghz
Asus P4t533
1GB Samsung PC1066
Audigy 2
Radeon 9700 Pro
Antec 550w
3com Modem
Microsoft NIC
LiteOn 52X CDRW
LiteOn 16x DVD
2x 80GB WD SE in Raid 0
19" Nec FE950+
Klipsch 5.1
3mps - cable internet

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: MrGamer7934
Here it goes, My Prometeia:
P4 3.06 @ 3.9Ghz
Asus P4t533
1GB Samsung PC1066
Audigy 2
Radeon 9700 Pro
Antec 550w
3com Modem
Microsoft NIC
LiteOn 52X CDRW
LiteOn 16x DVD
2x 80GB WD SE in Raid 0
19" Nec FE950+
Klipsch 5.1
3mps - cable internet

I think we found the fastest rig here overall, but someone posted earlier a nice setup of 3x Seagate 15,000 rpm drives in a Raid 5 Configuration which was pretty nice.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: m1ke101

Originally posted by: GnomeCop

Originally posted by: PliotronX I'd like to see the 3DMarks on a 486

actually I think 3dmark just displays a giant middle finger if you try to run it on a 486

lol that made me spit out my soda

Lol, I bet it probably does to that.

 

[Hardtarget]

well deffinitely not the fastest but i just built it a couple months ago and i was on a budget. a few components (hd, dvd, cdr, graphics) were taken out of a other computer. that other computer has had those pieces replaced with... very slow components lol.
P4 2.4B
Asus P4PE/L (i wanted a higher end p4pe but didn't have the cash so no sata for me)
512 MB of Samsung DDR2700
Albatron Geforce 4 MX 440
Western Digital 30 giger
Lite-On 16X DVD
Lite-On 24X10X40X CDR
Internal Zip 100
HP Deskjet 815C
56k Modem
Logitech Cordless Freedom Optical keyboard and mouse
Boston Accoustics Digital Media Theater Sub + Speakers
Sidewinder Prescition Pro
Sidewinder Gamepad
Onboard lan and audio
edit - and i've got a old gateway ev700 17inch monitor
Nothing is overclocked right now.. i really need a new gaphics card and HD.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga

Originally posted by: MrGamer7934
Here it goes, My Prometeia:
P4 3.06 @ 3.9Ghz
Asus P4t533
1GB Samsung PC1066
Audigy 2
Radeon 9700 Pro
Antec 550w
3com Modem
Microsoft NIC
LiteOn 52X CDRW
LiteOn 16x DVD
2x 80GB WD SE in Raid 0
19" Nec FE950+
Klipsch 5.1
3mps - cable internet

I think we found the fastest rig here overall, but someone posted earlier a nice setup of 3x Seagate 15,000 rpm drives in a Raid 5 Configuration which was pretty nice.

sharkeeper has a quad-channel 8-drive U320 RAID0 of 15k Seagates on an LSI MegaRAID controller (480Mb/sec peak throughput IIRC), but I think it's ruled out by the "no work rigs" rule

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: AgaBooga

Originally posted by: MrGamer7934
Here it goes, My Prometeia:
P4 3.06 @ 3.9Ghz
Asus P4t533
1GB Samsung PC1066
Audigy 2
Radeon 9700 Pro
Antec 550w
3com Modem
Microsoft NIC
LiteOn 52X CDRW
LiteOn 16x DVD
2x 80GB WD SE in Raid 0
19" Nec FE950+
Klipsch 5.1
3mps - cable internet

I think we found the fastest rig here overall, but someone posted earlier a nice setup of 3x Seagate 15,000 rpm drives in a Raid 5 Configuration which was pretty nice.

sharkeeper has a quad-channel 8-drive U320 RAID0 of 15k Seagates on an LSI MegaRAID controller (480Mb/sec peak throughput IIRC), but I think it's ruled out by the "no work rigs" rule

Damn... thats the nicest HD setup I've heard of yet. I wonder what kinda cooling system hes got, I wonder what it sounds like hearing 8 Hard drives spin that fast at startup early in the morning, damn I wonder a lot about his system

 

[joeld]

Seeing that awesome raid array makes me wonder - you all have fast computers, but what's the lowest boot time for windows XP? With full vid and sound drivers and everything of course...

 

[bfonnes]

Originally posted by: Redviffer
Well...

I KNOW I'm not the fastest, but I'd probably be up there in TOTAL processing power under one roof (home):

Fastest to slowest:

P4 2.0 GHz overclocked to 2.4 GHz (new lan machine)
P4 2.0 GHz (main home machine)
P4 1.5 GHz (was main lan machine)
AMD Tbird 1.4 GHz (internet gateway machine)
PIII 1.0 GHz (laptop)
PIII 733 MHz (kid's computer)
PII 400 MHz (other kid's computer)
PIII 550 Celeron (wife's laptop)

Great! Sign me up to any distributed.net contests that may be giving out money... The name is...
Bfonnes
Between the three P4 systems, I have a total of 460 GB of hard drive space.

Why so many? I run seti, but the real reason is I'm not very good at selling a computer whenever I build another one. Like in my situation now, I'm going to sell the two low end computers, and move the AMD and P4 1.5 to the kids. But... I haven't gotten around to doing that yet.

 

[Technonut]

Originally posted by: MrGamer7934
Here it goes, My Prometeia:
P4 3.06 @ 3.9Ghz
Asus P4t533
1GB Samsung PC1066
Audigy 2
Radeon 9700 Pro
Antec 550w
3com Modem
Microsoft NIC
LiteOn 52X CDRW
LiteOn 16x DVD
2x 80GB WD SE in Raid 0
19" Nec FE950+
Klipsch 5.1
3mps - cable internet

Looks like you got me by a nose..... I can run 3.9GHz, but the VCore increase required is not worth it to me compared to 3.8GHz.. Nice job...

 

[Pilsnerpete]

Is this fast?
:180mhz cyrix, no fan!
64mb ram or is it 128?
1.2gb seagate ata0
built in sound
built in 56k
Compaq premium sound with the cool speaker tunnel thinger. Kinda like the Bose radio!

oh and no pci slots to bog things down!

 

[BFG10K]

My system might not be the fastest but I'd say it's in the upper quartile at least. I'm probably going to bump up the processor speed when Intel's new processors arrive in May and I'll probably be picking up a 120 GB Seagate HD sometime as well.

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[mcveigh]

anyone care to comment on these specs in 2-3 months?
I'm hoping of talking someone with money to do this into upgrading.

springdale/canterwood mobo
P4, 3.06 cpu 800Mhz FSB
Antec True Control 550 Watt Power Supply
1 gig of ram (probably kingston pc3200 or better)
M-audio revolution
5.1 speakers (don't know yet)
ati 9700 pro AIW
WD raptor boot drive
raid1 on 3ware raid controller w/ 2x 120GB maxtor/hitachi drives w/ 8MB cache
XP pro

maybe a 17 inch LCD (hitachi?)

I think this may be the best I can do w/o going scsi.

 

[mechBgon]

You're considering blowing $500+ on a top-end CPU, but balking at $90 for a SCSI controller and an extra ~$50 for an 18Gb Cheetah 15k.3 boot drive instead of the Raptor. Besides performance and wild expandability (15 drives per channel), I can offer you one other possible justification for SCSI: idle noise. Have you ever heard an older Western Digital making that nasty zzzzing noise...? Well, the Raptor is built to run 5 years, but it uses... yep. Ball-bearing motor. Cheetah 15k.3 uses a fluid-dynamic motor and should age gracefully.

So there is my predictable 2c worth

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
You're considering blowing $500+ on a top-end CPU, but balking at $90 for a SCSI controller and an extra ~$50 for an 18Gb Cheetah 15k.3 boot drive instead of the Raptor. Besides performance and wild expandability (15 drives per channel), I can offer you one other possible justification for SCSI: idle noise. Have you ever heard an older Western Digital making that nasty zzzzing noise...? Well, the Raptor is built to run 5 years, but it uses... yep. Ball-bearing motor. Cheetah 15k.3 uses a fluid-dynamic motor and should age gracefully.

So there is my predictable 2c worth

That and more. SCSI is SCSI and IDE probably won't ever become SCSI because SCSI drives are manufactured much better and are higher quality not just because of speed but also of reliability.

 

[Sheriff]

Well this thread can/will change by the second/minute/hour/day and esp week and month...Ha year lets not go there~!

 

[optimistic]

Since we're talking about prices...

My 1.6A (@ 2.1) - $147 (Feb 2002)
GA-8SRX - $80 (Feb 2002)
2x256MB Crucial PC2100 - $32ea (Nov 2001)
256MB Mushkin PC2100 - $14 (Mar 2003)
80GB WDSE - $73.99 (Oct 2002) - Thanks Hot Deals!
Sapphire 9500np -> 9700 - $163 (Mar 2003)

Getting something for free.... PRICESLESS!

 

[mcveigh]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
You're considering blowing $500+ on a top-end CPU, but balking at $90 for a SCSI controller and an extra ~$50 for an 18Gb Cheetah 15k.3 boot drive instead of the Raptor. Besides performance and wild expandability (15 drives per channel), I can offer you one other possible justification for SCSI: idle noise. Have you ever heard an older Western Digital making that nasty zzzzing noise...? Well, the Raptor is built to run 5 years, but it uses... yep. Ball-bearing motor. Cheetah 15k.3 uses a fluid-dynamic motor and should age gracefully.

So there is my predictable 2c worth

this is for a non-computer geek user who has the money to buy such things, my main concern is making the pc as " responsive or snappy as possible" and I want it as quiet as possible, I have some older U160 10K scsi drives in my system and think it's too loud for most people.

 

[mechBgon]

To the best of my knowledge, there's never been a fluid-bearing 10k drive. I've got one too, an old Quantum Atlas 10k, and it's a very different beast from my fluid-bearing Cheetah X15-36LP. The Cheetah is putting out idle noise similar to the fan on my Radeon 7500, and the 15k.3 is supposedly a lot quieter yet, looking at StorageReview's review

Despite the impressive performance outlined above, the Cheetah 15K.3's most astonishing attribute may be its idle noise floor. With a sound pressure measurement of just 45.1 dB/A at a distance of 18 millimeters, the 15K.3 finds itself among the idle noise generated by typical 7200 RPM ATA drives!

Seek noise also continues to decline. Just a few years ago top-end drives would churn away with a racket easily heard one room removed. The 15K.3, however, emits seek sounds more like that of quieter 7200 RPM SCSI units.

Since the X15's inception Seagate has repeatedly emphasized the importance of maintaining the series' power consumption (and thus heat generation) within the lines of 10K RPM drives. 15K RPM drives nonetheless seemed to run hotter than their 10K brethren? until now. At just 25.1 degrees Celsius above ambient, the 15K.3 lands itself squarely within the realm of 7200 RPM SCSI drives! It thus may be installed into any well-ventilated machine without requiring active cooling. 15K drives have finally reached a point where they may be unobtrusively integrated into a high-end desktop machine.

If you want "snappy," it's not going to get much better than this without resorting to RAID'ing two 15k.3's. And as I pointed out, Western Digital's ball-bearing drives sometimes end up making a pretty pronounced motor noise, and it may take a while to develop. I dunno, you guys will have to make the call, but I know what my next drive purchase is gonna be.

 

[mcveigh]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
To the best of my knowledge, there's never been a fluid-bearing 10k drive. I've got one too, an old Quantum Atlas 10k, and it's a very different beast from my fluid-bearing Cheetah X15-36LP. The Cheetah is putting out idle noise similar to the fan on my Radeon 7500, and the 15k.3 is supposedly a lot quieter yet, looking at StorageReview's review

Despite the impressive performance outlined above, the Cheetah 15K.3's most astonishing attribute may be its idle noise floor. With a sound pressure measurement of just 45.1 dB/A at a distance of 18 millimeters, the 15K.3 finds itself among the idle noise generated by typical 7200 RPM ATA drives!

Seek noise also continues to decline. Just a few years ago top-end drives would churn away with a racket easily heard one room removed. The 15K.3, however, emits seek sounds more like that of quieter 7200 RPM SCSI units.

Since the X15's inception Seagate has repeatedly emphasized the importance of maintaining the series' power consumption (and thus heat generation) within the lines of 10K RPM drives. 15K RPM drives nonetheless seemed to run hotter than their 10K brethren? until now. At just 25.1 degrees Celsius above ambient, the 15K.3 lands itself squarely within the realm of 7200 RPM SCSI drives! It thus may be installed into any well-ventilated machine without requiring active cooling. 15K drives have finally reached a point where they may be unobtrusively integrated into a high-end desktop machine.

If you want "snappy," it's not going to get much better than this without resorting to RAID'ing two 15k.3's. And as I pointed out, Western Digital's ball-bearing drives sometimes end up making a pretty pronounced motor noise, and it may take a while to develop. I dunno, you guys will have to make the call, but I know what my next drive purchase is gonna be.

I have to admit that's quiet, my scsi drives are quantum atlas ones also...hmmm I may have to change

 

[titanz117]

a7n8x delux
xp2800 t-bred@ 2.4ghz (locked i just raised the fsb its around 175ish i think)
2x256mb corsair xms ddr 400
radeon 9700 pro
sound blaster platinum
22'' dell lcd
sony dvd burner
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Now for my real rig

msi kt3 ultra-2r
athlon xp 2800 at stock speeds
512mb crucial pc 2700
geforce 4 ti 4400 leadtek
330w antec psu and antec case.