[committee] [tech] New clubroom machine and graphics card

[Chris Squire]

In the same way as quad cores were unnecessary for a couple of years (or 
even dualcores, in odd cases like Crysis) for games, a hexacore is just 
beyond the realm of necessity but isn't wasteful. Just like the duos 
before them, quads are soon to be relegated to "that one in my 
grandparents' PC".

Just as Intel's offerings do, these AMDs can boost clockspeed in cases of 
utilisation being constrained to a subset of available cores, meaning you 
don't lose some of the performance potential like the duo-versus-quad 
days where money translated into a choice of clockspeed or hardware 
threads.

We have options in buying new equipment now which are new and exciting. 
They *are* options, so perhaps it might end up being a quad.. but the 
pricing is a may-as-well and future-proof sort of affair.

[CJS]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2010, Anil Sharma wrote:

> Can someone please explain why this machine needs six cores?
>
> Cheers,
> Anil
>
> On 28 July 2010 22:33, Bob Adamson <bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
>> Hi Again,
>>
>> Chris Squire [CJS] and myself have come up with the following box, seeing as
>> nobody seems against the idea:
>>
>> Motherboard:
>> http://www.netplus.com.au/product/MB2/MBGIGA890GPA-UD3/Mainboards/Gigabyte-GA-890GPA-UD3H-AM3-DDR3-16XPCI-E-ATX-RAID-890GX-USB3-ATX
>>
>> Processor:
>> http://www.netplus.com.au/product/CP1/CPAMM2-7-1055T/CPU/AMD-Phenom-II-X6-1055T-2.8Ghz-Six-HexaCore-AM3-9Mb-125W-CPU-TurboCore-HDT55TFBGRBOX
>>
>> Memory: two of
>> http://www.netplus.com.au/product/MY3/MYD313-2048K/Memory/2Gb-DDR3-1333-Kingston-Memory-2048Mb-Single-KVR1333D3N9/2G
>>
>> Graphics:
>> http://www.netplus.com.au/product/VD5/VDGIGTX460-E1/Graphics-Card/Gigabyte-GTX460-1Gb-DDR5-256bit-PCI-E-GeForce-GF-Nvidia-GV-N460OC-1GI
>>
>> DVD:
>> http://www.netplus.com.au/product/OP9/OPLI20A1S-RET/Optical-Disk-Drives/LiteOn-IHAS324-Black-24X-DVDRW-SATA-DVD-Writer-Kit-Lite-On-Retail-Black-Nero-8-SATA-Cable
>>
>> PSU and Case:
>> http://www.netplus.com.au/product/CA10/CACOCEN53-35-BLK/Case/CoolerMaster-Centurion-5-II-500W-Power-Supply-ATX-e-Sata-Front-IO-Case-All-New-Model!
>>
>> Total cost (no postage costs!): $1024
>> Then add an extra GTX460 for characid: $1323
>>
>> *no need for a HDD, we have a spare TB sitting in the MR
>>
>> Bob Adamson
>> UCC Treasurer
>>
>> |"Bureaucracy is a challenge to the be conquered with a righteous        |
>> |attitude, an intolerance for stupidity, and a bulldozer when necessary" |
>> | ---Peter's Laws                                                        |
>>
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