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Re: [LUG] SSD/Flash : Was Running Ubuntu from a USB Stick!

 

Tom Potts wrote:

>  I must confess I haven't actually looked at prices on this - and if I switch 
> my brain on and think I can hear Nelson Bunce off to one side.
> However as a pathetic excuse I could argue that if I have a motherboard that 
> can only take 2G ram then  a couple of gig SSD would help if you do silly 
> simulations like me from time to time or even 3d animations.
> I guess that wouldn't count for 64 bit motherboards tho....
> Tom te tom te tom

Just a thought, it would probably work out cheaper to upgrade the PC and 
pack in a whole wodge of memory.  You're looking at under £100 for 4GB 
(2 x 2GB kit) of DDR2 memory and decent motherboards have at least 4 
slots these days (decent - around at least about £50 not cheap £30 
motherboards).  Couple that with a quad core CPU and I bet simulations 
would run nice and quick.

Then there's running code on the GPU as well, maybe that if it's 
possible would speed things up.

Rob

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