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

 

On Wednesday 20 August 2008 14:22, Rob Beard wrote:
> 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.

What you need is a pci-card with 16 athlons on it
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Atom-Athlon-Efficient,review-31253.html
anyone up for designing a few boards - we might even make one fast enough to 
run vista on it - though for a 16 core license you'd need a platignum 
card....
Tom te tom te tom


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