QUAD power :) £500 , resulted in a laptop purchase
QUAD power :) £500 , resulted in a laptop purchase
Looking to buy a £500 pc package for my daughters first pc ..
Now obviously, a major consideration is its crunching capabilities..
So, of course I looked at the Q6600 :D
Whats peeps opinions of this ?
PROCESSOR Intel® Viiv™ ( can select non viiv at no cost ) Core™ 2 Quad-Core Q6600 Processor
Windows Vista® Home Premium
HARDWARE SUPPORT 1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return
MONITOR Dell™ 20" Black Wide Flat Panel
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
HARD DRIVE 500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB
GRAPHICS CARD 128MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 2400 Pro graphics card
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD +/- RW Drive
KEYBOARD Dell™ Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard -
MOUSE Dell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black
499 delivered .
Im also considering removing the 32" widescreen ( panny crt, our 42" lcd replaced it lol ) from her bedroom, and getting her a smaller ( in bulk, maybe still 32" ) lcd, with the thought of connecting the pc to it ..
If I select no monitor ... the system is £380 delivered ..
very tempting
And chances are, Ill be putting my slightly better 8600gt, and 4gb of ram in it, and swapping them over, then the quad will crunch 24/7
Now obviously, a major consideration is its crunching capabilities..
So, of course I looked at the Q6600 :D
Whats peeps opinions of this ?
PROCESSOR Intel® Viiv™ ( can select non viiv at no cost ) Core™ 2 Quad-Core Q6600 Processor
Windows Vista® Home Premium
HARDWARE SUPPORT 1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return
MONITOR Dell™ 20" Black Wide Flat Panel
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
HARD DRIVE 500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB
GRAPHICS CARD 128MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 2400 Pro graphics card
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD +/- RW Drive
KEYBOARD Dell™ Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard -
MOUSE Dell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black
499 delivered .
Im also considering removing the 32" widescreen ( panny crt, our 42" lcd replaced it lol ) from her bedroom, and getting her a smaller ( in bulk, maybe still 32" ) lcd, with the thought of connecting the pc to it ..
If I select no monitor ... the system is £380 delivered ..
very tempting
And chances are, Ill be putting my slightly better 8600gt, and 4gb of ram in it, and swapping them over, then the quad will crunch 24/7
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If you go to the Crucial Website there is a mobo compatability gizmo. Just pick your 'poota or mobo and away you go!fellie wrote:That is, if the new mobo will take 4gb ram ..
It might have 4 slots but only take a max of 2GB (with all 4 slots full) as it only accepts single sided DDR2 memory.fellie wrote:4 slots ...hmmmmmmm
I have even seen some "cheapo" boards that will only accept 4x 512Mb sticks
Some that have 4 slots but only slots 1 & 2 work or 1 & 3 work.
usually the 2 slots that make it dual channel.
And just be glad it's not a HP system, geez, stupid system specific memory!
crucial says :
Dell Inspiron 530 Desktop
# Maximum Memory: 4096MB
# USB Support: 2.x Compliant
# Standard Memory: 512 or 1024MB removable
# Slots: 4 (2 banks of 2)
and dell says it comes with this fitted:
:MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
or is it as you say NaRyan , and only gonna hold 2gb max ?
Dell Inspiron 530 Desktop
# Maximum Memory: 4096MB
# USB Support: 2.x Compliant
# Standard Memory: 512 or 1024MB removable
# Slots: 4 (2 banks of 2)
and dell says it comes with this fitted:
:MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
or is it as you say NaRyan , and only gonna hold 2gb max ?
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Crucial is probably correct
And what melter65 says is correct too, if you wanna use all 4GB you either need Windows XP x64 or Vista x64.
As if you use Windows XP or Vista you only get 3.25GB.
And loosing 750Mb ram is not something to sniff at
"2 matched pairs of 1Gb strips to get 4Gb of RAM"
Means the 4 1x1Gb sticks have been tested to work in a dual channel motherboard and should not have any problems.
Posh talk for we are charging you £20 extra per pack for a poncy label.
And what melter65 says is correct too, if you wanna use all 4GB you either need Windows XP x64 or Vista x64.
As if you use Windows XP or Vista you only get 3.25GB.
And loosing 750Mb ram is not something to sniff at
"2 matched pairs of 1Gb strips to get 4Gb of RAM"
Means the 4 1x1Gb sticks have been tested to work in a dual channel motherboard and should not have any problems.
Posh talk for we are charging you £20 extra per pack for a poncy label.
ended up ordering a laptop, measured up for a desk and chair in my Daughters bedroom and its not gonna happen, so the quad will wait til I upgrade this current E6750 ( c2d 2x2.66 )
Bought, a vostro 1000 with vista hp, amd 65 tk57 ( a 1.9 I think )
120gb hdd, in fact, a bog standard vostro ... apart from I opted for 2Gb 667 ram, ( knowing how ram thirsty vhp is ) and the 9 cell battery , as this is £90 if bought seperately ..
£292 inc vat and p+p, £50 off dueto some promotion, £60 saved due to free delivery
so, the big question is .... what can I crunch on it
slight benefit of a laptop is, that it'll go to work with me, and I can manage boinc on it, and hopefully remote log in to my home pc
Bought, a vostro 1000 with vista hp, amd 65 tk57 ( a 1.9 I think )
120gb hdd, in fact, a bog standard vostro ... apart from I opted for 2Gb 667 ram, ( knowing how ram thirsty vhp is ) and the 9 cell battery , as this is £90 if bought seperately ..
£292 inc vat and p+p, £50 off dueto some promotion, £60 saved due to free delivery
so, the big question is .... what can I crunch on it
slight benefit of a laptop is, that it'll go to work with me, and I can manage boinc on it, and hopefully remote log in to my home pc
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I would usually say don't keep it on 24/7 or for any long periods of time as they do get very hot. However, with the new modern types of laptop with better processors and heat ventilation systems i would say give it a try and see how it goes.
Alternatively you could just set it so the projects only use 50% of the available cpu power which would keep it a bit cooler.
Alternatively you could just set it so the projects only use 50% of the available cpu power which would keep it a bit cooler.