Best systems today

Music Manic · Post by **Music Manic** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:35 am

Now we're getting on to dual core what are the best setups for Pulsar,with regards to Mobos Hard disks Ram etc.
I've heard PATA are recommended over SATA now.
Why's that?

AndreD · Post by **AndreD** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:12 am

Intel D830
ASUS P5 WD2 Premium
Samsung SpinPoint HD (8mb cache / s-ata)
quality ram (4x 512)

Vasfed · Post by **Vasfed** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:27 pm

best config is smth around
Supermicro H8DC8
2x Opteron Dualcore
16 Gb RAM
Raid 5 of WD Raptor 150 (SATA, 10000 Rpm, 16Mb buffer)
and, of course, 3xScope Professional

paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:52 am

On 2006-03-07 09:12, AndreD wrote:
Intel D830
ASUS P5 WD2 Premium
Samsung SpinPoint HD (8mb cache / s-ata)
quality ram (4x 512)

Are the Samsung really that quiet?(benchmark tests look promising) I'm asking because I need to buy another HD.

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:51 am

On 2006-03-07 09:12, AndreD wrote:
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ASUS P5 WD2 Premium
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Is the "Premium" feature something worth for the performance? I saw that the non Premium mobo has two of the three pci slots spaced, it seems better against heat issues if you have 2 scope pro and a Pulsar....some air between the large cards seems desirable.

AndreD · Post by **AndreD** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:01 am

On 2006-03-08 06:51, alfonso wrote:
On 2006-03-07 09:12, AndreD wrote:
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ASUS P5 WD2 Premium
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Is the "Premium" feature something worth for the performance? I saw that the non Premium mobo has two of the three pci slots spaced, it seems better against heat issues if you have 2 scope pro and a Pulsar....some air between the large cards seems desirable.

..just nice onboard-features an a better irq routing table...

Herr Voigt · Post by **Herr Voigt** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:57 pm

@ paulrmartin:
Samsung HDs are really very quiet, I think. My good fans are louder than it, and big saving actions are barely audible.
I will buy just a second one.

brainload · Post by **brainload** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:49 am

What about ASUS P5WD2-E PREMIUM (i975X chipset).
Want to buy it but need positive references first...

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:21 am

I put Pulsar-II into an Asus P5P800 about two months ago and it's absolutely flawless with no tweaking at all. Not a hint of a single problem.