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Project General Melchett. Stage 1.
By Nick Hodge | November 27, 2007
Project General Melchett is my own, roll your own, home built Intel Core 2 Quad box for home.
Ordered yesterday, and delivered in pieces yesterday. Started the build at 10.30am and completed major parts at 1.00pm.
A big part of the decision process was should I install a new 45nm Quad Core Extreme. The current price difference between processors is a massiveAU$1000. Whilst having a processor that knocks your socks-off benchmark did seem attractive the price difference is too massive.
Instead, purchasing a motherboard that could install a 45nm processor in the future seems like a better plan. When there are more choices.
The build was easy: the Corsair modular power supply was an good choice; the hardest part of the overall install was (a) installing slippery screws whilst bleeding from the finger tips (b) snapping in the heat-sink fan into the motherboard with the right amount of pressure. The fans, once turned on, were relatively quiet. Many pieces of rubber insulated metal-on-metal vibrations.
The cables are not housed in their final positions. The video card and external SATA connections remain.
Tomorrow is Vista Ultimate x64 install and tuning/tweaking/right-clocking. And waiting for the rare-as-hens teeth 8800GT video cards.
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Topics: gigabyte, intel, microsoft, technology |
November 27th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
I can see how this power is definitely needed so you are able to work at home, and 100% has nothing to do with the raw power that makes you giggle.
November 27th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
HI Nick,
Just reading about General Melchett and your plan to install Vista 64bit. I am running 64 bit Vista and it is awsome, no driver issues, bar one. The ipod touch doesn't work with any 64 bit OS's.
I have to use my laptop for syncing which is far from perfect.
Watch out!!
alex.
November 27th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
The new rig will look good on my new desk -- arriving late next week.
Dual Dell 22" LCDs ordered, too. Cannot get higher/larger due to limited desk space.
Mrsnickhodge should wire me into the network (Ethernet-over-power too expensive, wireless N not fully ratified yet and wireless G doesn't like our building)
Still waiting for the 8000 keyboard, and the 8800GT...
... a summer holiday of coding approaches!
November 27th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Alex--
Thanks for pointer on iPod Touch. Will be keeping the (work supplied) laptop for Email/comms only...and probably for iTunes duties, too. Don't want to stuff up the x64 machine.
Most of what I want to do can be done in Virtual Machines, except iTunes (flarking DRM)... come on, x64 time pplz
... my current crush is on the new Dell XPS 1530s
Nick
November 28th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Nice choice of gear Nick
I did get the quad core extreme, but i'm certainly not making it work hard. Ive never seen it get into the red zone - it generally idles along around 10-15% and I've seen it get up to 50% occasionally
disk speed is the problem now...
your chip will be more than adequate for most things
heres some links to what I run
office http://www.spyjournal.biz/node/257
main pc specs http://www.krostech.biz/node/399