it was time as my old box is about 6 years old now and lookin kinda shabby after i dropped it down a flight of stairs (although it was faster and quieter than ever afterward, go figure) so i went out and got this

mobo - http://ca.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=gF ... templete=2
cpu - http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=37150
ddr3 - http://www.mushkin.com/Memory/Silverline/998770.aspx
ssd - http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/s ... --ssd.html
gpu - http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.a ... P3-1366-TR
ps - http://www.corsair.com/tx850w.html
display - http://ca.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=SqSPAYIsfecjo9GX
case - http://www.nzxt.com/new/products/crafted_series/lexa_s

i wanted something expandable and as advanced as possible without completely draining my bank account. i got some pretty good deals as it was boxing week and i probably could have scaled back a little to save money but i think i would have compromised what i was trying to achieve, a pretty kick ass puter now that can adapt easily over the next 5 to 6 years with no major purchases needed (crosses fingers. knocks wood).

i know i shoulda asked yer opinion before but whaddaya think? i never had true HD before and i'm lovin it! The speed difference between this and my old p4 3.02 is jaw dropping to say the least

That makes my system look like an overpriced paper weight...nice one Pawly!

<puffs out chest>

Rightfully so too Pawly
Pretty nice system
That vid card will help your Boinc stats.
What do you think of those SSD's ? Noticeable improvement in speed ?
A paper weight is about all mine is good for after seeing that.

OY! I thought I was the digital mechanic round here..... lmao

nice system Pawly, make sure you look after it & service it regularly.......


Edit....

Talking of names... Pawly, I've just got my own website up & running (not to pleased with it as vistaprint seems to be too restrictive, just waitng on dns registrar to reallocate my .co.uk name to me & will use them for a more professional site)..also got my own support forum(freeforums) for my customers...how do you assign those names?

`Thanks Zapp! the ssd is SOO fast! Also, never needs defragging and its super quiet.



Congratz on the website and forum Sirius! The ranks can be edited here
Administration Control Panel --> Users & Groups --> Manage Ranks
here you can add new ranks and then assign them to individual users via "Manage Users" in that same menu group.

Great looking system. Looks alot like the one I am going to be putting together soon for myself.

I was considering going with 2 - 460's but might go with a 470 due to how much power 2-460's suck up when running with a load. And pretty sure Boinc would be enough of a load to fry my bank account .

*eyes box*
Yum!

awwwwww man - and mine is only a year old - but - I can upgrade!!!! Nice rig!

I got a new slab
Asus EeePC netbook. Meant for work but Boinc runs real nice on it.
Dual core plus Nvidia vid. 12" HD screen.
Running EB4, a version of Ubuntu for EeePC. It came with Win 7 but EB4 is better.
5 cores show up in Boinc. That should bring my averages up pretty quick.
Its going to be my Seti@home slab (box)

Nice one Zapp! Been looking at those for a little while, just haven't committed to one yet. Let me know how it works out...

Well so far I think its a pretty amazing little slab.
When I went looking for an ePC most are around $300.
This one was a $400 on sale for 300 which is how I got a dual core @ 1.8.
Asus 1201n is the model.

In researching its GPU setup I found that it states 16 cores for the Nvidia Ion.
I have 5 cores running in Boinc. So that would be 2 for the CPU but only 3 GPU.
Am I missing a setup somewhere?
Also I have one running in Boinc that says it is using 0.40 CPU + 1.00 Nvidia GPU
Anybody have any info on the Ion series? Maybe this version only uses a few of them for battery conservation in the EeePC's

If you are looking for one of the netbooks, aim for the best you can afford and look for sales. The comparison between this dual core and the normal Atom CPU used in most of the others is astounding. Speed and graphics in this blows the majority of netbooks away.
Portability and budget were the two main concerns.
The 12.1" HD 16:9 screen is very easy to live with. Videos and movies are great. Had it hooked to a 36" LCD and the quality is very good.
Its many times better than I expected from a little netbook

Nice one Z!

Everyone i know that has one loves it!

Reviving this thread (I hope)
I just bought this rig for engineering work. It should really crunch! I will let you all know what kinda RAC this gets
• Asus Z9PE-D8-WS Dual Sk-2011 Motherboard
• Enermax Fulmo GT Case
• Dual Intel 8 Core XEON E5-2687W 3.10 GHz 8.00GT/s CPU (8 cores/16 threads each)
• Kingston ECC Registered DDR3 1333MHz (8x8GB total 64GB of memory)
• Dual Corsair Hydro H80 Liquid CPU Cooler
• Dual eVGA GTX580 1.5GB GDDR5 PCIE 2.0 772MHz Core
• LSI-9260 4i 4port SAS/SATA 6Gbps RAID Controller
• Four Seagate Constellation ES 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB 7200rpm (RAID 10)
• Enermax Platimax 1200Watt Power supply
• LG 12x Blu-Ray Rewriter (Includes Cyberlink PowerDVD 10 )
• LG 24X DVDRW SATA OEM
• All in one internal Media card reader
• MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit OEM Eng.

WOW - nice rig! You reallyneed to keep us posted as to what your numbers are on this.
I KNOW that I'm very jealous!!

No worries. I will be sure to post results (I will not be able to resist the urge to brag . I am expecting the machine next Friday. Can't wait.

ok - it's Friday - anything?????

No numbers yet. I will keep you posted. Likely won't be till middle of next week till I have Boinc set up. I appreciate the interest

one month later and still nothing ..........

Sorry for the delay in getting you some results. It has been very busy at work. Also, I ran the machine with only one CPU and one GPU for the first 20 ish days then added the second CPU and GPU. Numbers are still climbing. Current stats are:

SETI RAC: 35,000 and climbing
WCG RAC: 9000 and climbing
T4T RAC: 655 and climbing
LHC Sixtrac: 5000 and limited by availability of work

I expect I should top out close to these numbers on the dual Xeon

SETI RAC ~55, 000
WCG RAC ~20, 000
T4T RAC ~1,100
LHC dunno...depends on available work ~10,000

I will let you know how things progress...it is a beautiful box no doubt.

Update on current stats for the dual Xeon:

SETI RAC: 42,500
WCG RAC: 9100
T4T RAC: 655
LHC Sixtrac: 5100

The computer Gods have been good to me lately as well.
Finally built the system I've been dreaming of so now its already a few years out of date but I sure am impressed with the performance.
An Asus F1A75-V pro motherboard, AMD A8-3870 @ 3.0 ghz x 4, 16 gig 1300 ram, 2 500 gig SATA hds, Radeon HD 6670
Then I had major problems with it not booting after mounting in two different cases so I came up with my own version that is great for adding cards or hd's.
Yes its Balsa wood. But it does run nice and cool with no case fan. Just CPU and Vid card fans.
I did a sample run with Boinc last week but I was using 32 bit Win 8 and it was fast but glitchy. Now that I'm back to Win 7 I'll be setting Boinc up and let it rip.
Gotta love that SATA and USB 3.0. Planning on a smaller SSD for running Ubuntu.

LOL Awesomesauce Z! I love ASUS! Picked their TF700t not long ago and LOVE it! http://ca.asus.com/en/Tablet/Transforme ... ty_TF700T/ No BOINC available yet though.