Built a supercomputer

[r00t]

I hadn't built a desktop in over 10 years, and only with my dad. In fact, I haven't owned a desktop in that long, been through several laptops, so getting a desktop is really nice. It was fun to get my hands on the hardware level since my only real focus in computer science has been writing software. Of course, it was a pretty straight forward process, and I'm very happy with the results. Linux installed in like half a second. I bought most of the parts locally and got a bulk homie discount, some of the prices were better than Newegg and Amazon. It was around 2 grand.

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Intel i7-4770K 4th-Gen "Haswell" Processor Overclocked @ 4.20 GHz w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked w/ EVGA ACX Cooler
G.SKILL Sniper Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3 1866MHz 9-10-9-28 1.5V
ASUS Z87-A Motherboard
120GB Kingston Sata III SSD
2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM HDD

[Number7]

That setup looks pretty righteous. Is there anything you run that actually uses 32 gigs of memory?

[r00t]

16gb would be enough normally but I'm going to use it as a ramdisk

[myxomatosii]

Originally Posted by r00t [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

16gb would be enough normally but I'm going to use it as a ramdisk

16gb is enough for even large RAMdisks, unless you plan to load an entire modern day MMO like gw2 or Rift on it.

I did a benchmarking video that showed a ramdisk vs samsung 840 evo a few months back.

Results were negligible.

Not that I'm thwarting you, I totally plan to jump to 32gb ram because ram is cheap. Just sayin you should do benchmarks and be sure that all the time spent working with ramdisks isn't pissing in the wind.

for reference the pc i just built (i went last gen for low price)

ASUS GTX650TIB-DC2OC-2GD5 GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-1866C9D-16GXM

EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650 G 80 PLUS GOLD Certified 650W Active PFC ATX12V v2.31/EPS 12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Full

Modular PSU 10 Year Warranty 120-PG-0650-GR NEW 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready Power Supply

CM Storm Trooper - Gaming Full Tower Computer Case with Carrying Handle (SGC-5000-KKN1)

Intel Core-i5 3350P Quad-Core Processor 3.1 Ghz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637i53350P

Samsung 840 EVO Series 250GB 2.5" SATA III Internal Solid State Drive

and links if you care

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-vi...dc2oc2gd5boost
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-...r-rr212e20pkr2
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-p8z77v
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-...f31866c9d16gxm
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-po...ly-120pg0650gr
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-...se-sgc5000kkn1
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80637i53350p
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung...ive-mz7te250bw


link to benchmark i referenced
http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=130420

[Swish]

Wanna fly to the UK and build me one r00t? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[SamwiseRed]

if something were to happen to u, can i have your RL stuff?

[HeallunRumblebelly]

You never know how often those cinematics may get used in game. Better load it on the ramdisk to be sure.

[Doors]

Naez will still load up league games slower than anyone.

[IronLionn]

now you can stream your pathetic ass getting drunk and vomiting on cam at higher speeds you pos

[Dr. Edge]

Originally Posted by IronLionn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

now you can stream your pathetic ass getting drunk and vomiting on cam at higher speeds you pos

my thoughts exactly

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