New Machine Post: Part 1: Planning
filed in Workstation V.Next on Aug.01, 2009
So, a few days back i mentioned that my Mac Pro died… this meant that i could start the process of planning and building the Workstation V.Next, as i like to call it.
So, what do i currently have planned:
- The Board: Intel Shady Cove S5520S. It has
- 12 DIMM sockets, each supporting up to 4Gb, giving a total of 48Gb RAM
- 2 1366 Sockets, allowing 2 Xeon 5500 Series processors
- 6 SATA ports
- 8 USB Ports (including the extra headers)
- 2 Firewire ports
- 2 PCI Express x16 V2 slots
- 4X, 8X PCI Express and a PCI slot
- Non SLI Compatible, but Crossfire is good to go…
- and twin GigE Network ports
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- CPU: Intel Xeon E5520 X2
- Intel-VT
- x64
- 2.26Gz
- 8mb cache
- Hyper-Threading
- Quad Core
- 731 Million Transistors!
- Case: SilverStone TJ07
- Cooling: Water
At the moment, i am not 100% sure what to get when it comes to water cooling gear. all i know is that i could potentially fit a 4×120mm rad in the bottom of the case and stick a pump and reservoir in one or 2 of the 5.25
August 1st, 2009 on 10:37 pm
First of all:
What's that weird 2d barcode looking block?
Second:
Your specs = I'm jealous…I'm thinking my laptop may just suddenly “stop working” (i.e. hammer) so I can convince the missus to let me build a new one…
You a big external-storage fan? Maybe throw an eSata card in there. Doesn't look like the board has that built in…
What purposes will this machine serve? Hardcore development box? SQL? If possibly media services, maybe a Hauppauge card?
August 1st, 2009 on 10:45 pm
Right: the Barcode block is a QR code. you can scan it with a mobile phone and get a mobile version of the site… handy if you printed out the page…
Second: Thanks!
hammers usually work on killing laptops… found that running over one in a 2 ton BMW also helps… (dont ask).
When it comes to external storage, I am looking into building a ZFS storage server which will be my external storage pool. i can use it with iSCSI, SMB, NFS, etc.
Finally, it will be a bit of all. main workstation, dev box, Media Center (have a few tuners here), photography workstation, video processing, VMs… you name it, it will be doing it!
–Tiernan
August 1st, 2009 on 11:37 pm
First of all:
What's that weird 2d barcode looking block?
Second:
Your specs = I'm jealous…I'm thinking my laptop may just suddenly “stop working” (i.e. hammer) so I can convince the missus to let me build a new one…
You a big external-storage fan? Maybe throw an eSata card in there. Doesn't look like the board has that built in…
What purposes will this machine serve? Hardcore development box? SQL? If possibly media services, maybe a Hauppauge card?
August 1st, 2009 on 11:45 pm
Right: the Barcode block is a QR code. you can scan it with a mobile phone and get a mobile version of the site… handy if you printed out the page…
Second: Thanks!
hammers usually work on killing laptops… found that running over one in a 2 ton BMW also helps… (dont ask).
When it comes to external storage, I am looking into building a ZFS storage server which will be my external storage pool. i can use it with iSCSI, SMB, NFS, etc.
Finally, it will be a bit of all. main workstation, dev box, Media Center (have a few tuners here), photography workstation, video processing, VMs… you name it, it will be doing it!
–Tiernan
August 4th, 2009 on 3:55 am
Right: the Barcode block is a QR code. you can scan it with a mobile phone and get a mobile version of the site… handy if you printed out the page…
Second: Thanks!
hammers usually work on killing laptops… found that running over one in a 2 ton BMW also helps… (dont ask).
When it comes to external storage, I am looking into building a ZFS storage server which will be my external storage pool. i can use it with iSCSI, SMB, NFS, etc.
Finally, it will be a bit of all. main workstation, dev box, Media Center (have a few tuners here), photography workstation, video processing, VMs… you name it, it will be doing it!
–Tiernan
August 4th, 2009 on 4:55 am
Right: the Barcode block is a QR code. you can scan it with a mobile phone and get a mobile version of the site… handy if you printed out the page…
Second: Thanks!
hammers usually work on killing laptops… found that running over one in a 2 ton BMW also helps… (dont ask).
When it comes to external storage, I am looking into building a ZFS storage server which will be my external storage pool. i can use it with iSCSI, SMB, NFS, etc.
Finally, it will be a bit of all. main workstation, dev box, Media Center (have a few tuners here), photography workstation, video processing, VMs… you name it, it will be doing it!
–Tiernan
August 4th, 2009 on 6:08 am
Right: the Barcode block is a QR code. you can scan it with a mobile phone and get a mobile version of the site… handy if you printed out the page…
Second: Thanks!
hammers usually work on killing laptops… found that running over one in a 2 ton BMW also helps… (dont ask).
When it comes to external storage, I am looking into building a ZFS storage server which will be my external storage pool. i can use it with iSCSI, SMB, NFS, etc.
Finally, it will be a bit of all. main workstation, dev box, Media Center (have a few tuners here), photography workstation, video processing, VMs… you name it, it will be doing it!
–Tiernan
August 4th, 2009 on 7:08 am
Right: the Barcode block is a QR code. you can scan it with a mobile phone and get a mobile version of the site… handy if you printed out the page…
Second: Thanks!
hammers usually work on killing laptops… found that running over one in a 2 ton BMW also helps… (dont ask).
When it comes to external storage, I am looking into building a ZFS storage server which will be my external storage pool. i can use it with iSCSI, SMB, NFS, etc.
Finally, it will be a bit of all. main workstation, dev box, Media Center (have a few tuners here), photography workstation, video processing, VMs… you name it, it will be doing it!
–Tiernan