Hey Dan,
I was checking out the Xeons, and they seem to be used quite a bit with workstation computers, though $700 seems a bit over-the-top for the CPU, but I guess the FX1700 is the same. ;) Though being a programmer for many years, I know what its like to be willing to pay a lot more for...
@tiraides: Sounds good to me. The G.Skill was actually my original thought, but threw in the Reapers to see what people would say about that. Thanks!
The HDD we haven't decided yet. It is most likely going to be a higher performance drive. The VelociRaptor looked pretty convincing. The size...
Budget is preferably no higher than $1500. Unfortunately AutoCAD does not utilize multiple cores/cpus, so a quad-core would mostly go to waste. Only part AutoCAD can even really use multiple cores for is the rendering, but that would also imply software rendering, which would ideally not be...
I was looking for input on a computer I am helping my dad build. Before anything, I want to stress that this is a workstation PC. No games. The big and most performance-demanding application he uses is AutoCAD (he's a structural engineer), so that is the primary focus for performance. Being such...
vbGORE is an open source, free MMORPG engine developed in Visual Basic 6 that has been in heavy development for over a year. It supports multiple connections with great speed with support over as many servers as you want. The server offers a lot of security from countless lines of packet...