Re: New high spec machines needed

On Jan 31, 11:38 am, "Brownz @ Work" <someone....@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Odie Ferrous wrote:
Having been out of the "loop" for some time (since the AMD X2 4800+
was the quickest processor around) I need some help with some new
systems.

I'm after some stupidly powerful systems (Intel-based) that will work
effectively with Windows XP 64-bit.  They need to take at least 8GB of
RAM.

However, I am reluctant to purchase quad-core machines if there is no
noticeable difference in real-life performance.

Can anyone (preferably someone with very recent experience) recommend
a CPU and motherboard?

Also after a top-spec PCI-e graphics card with (preferably) HDMI
interface, as a lot of HD work will be done on these.  Minimum 512MB
ram, preferably more.

Must have minimum 1 x PCI-e x16 alot and a mixture of other PCI-e
slots, PCI-e x8, as I will be putting in a high performance 16-port
PCI-e RAID card.

Money is not too much of an issue - but I don't want to spend an
additional £500 on a "gaming" machine that is only 5% quicker than a
business machine.

Overclocking is _not_ an option.

I also don't want to buy an "off-the-shelf" unit - I need to make
certain modifications that are likely to be awkward with your standard
Dell / HP machines.

Thanks

Duncan


A friend of mine likes to play with some of the latest things, so I
sent a copy of what you said over to him to see what he says :)

-Ben
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