I have a Phenom II X6 1100T in a Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P and I am desperately trying to lock down the CPU frequency for timing purposes. This is an Ubuntu 16.04 server. I'm not trying to overclock it, I just want all cores to stay at 3300 MHz forever, regardless of load.
Summary of changes so...
I have an Asus X79 Deluxe motherboard with no plans to upgrade in the next two-ish years. I do, however, need more storage space and I'd like to future proof myself here a bit. I've been researching my options and it looks like NVME PCI-E drives are not compatible with X79 architecture...
My current workstation is an i7-4930X (not overclocked), 64GB DDR3 and a GTX 670 GPU. I've recently noticed how cheap the e5-2670 processors are and I'm wondering how rendering times compare to what I currently have.
System 1
1x i7-4930X not overclocked
64GB DDR3
Nvidia GTX 670
System 2
2x...
I'm upgrading my desktop with a focus on using it for 1080p video editing (and secondly the occasional FPS gaming). Here is what I have already that I don't plan on upgrading:
NVIDIA GTX 670 FTW
NVIDIA 8800GTX (for physx only, might not use it after upgrading)
CORSAIR AX750 PSU
SSD & HDD
ATX...
I'm building a HTPC using an Antec Mini Skeleton 90 case, and I need to stick an Nvidia GPU inside. Does anyone know if the case can hold a dual-slot, low-profile card? Everywhere I look only mentions low-profile, but Nvidia makes some low-profile cards in dual-slot form which are more powerful.
I always hear people say Intel server NICs are the best, does that mean the E1G42ET currently? I might get two of these, one for a Win7 desktop and one for an Ubuntu 10.04 server (both x64 and connected to consumer-level 1Gbps switches). Will I have any compatibility/driver issues on either of...
So my federal tax refund just came in, and now I want to upgrade the power supplies for two systems in my apartment. Both are regular ATX cases/boards but one is a Win7 desktop and the other is an Ubuntu server. Both of them run 24/7 which results in my monthly electricity bill coming to...
I just received a piece of performance coding advice and was wondering if anyone knew if it was true or not. They are recommending we write our code using "positive logic" - for example, instead of this:
int function( char *param1, int param2 ) {
if( param1 == null ) return fail;
if(...