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Proof of Concept: The Economic Server Build
Last weekend I had just received all the parts to complete what I felt was a pretty exiting build. With the primary goal of low power consumption and secondary goal of fits-in-my-house, I chose MSI’s new “Nettop” barebone:
MSI Wind Nettop 100
Intel Atom 330 (Dual-core with Hyperthreading!)
Small Form Factor (11.8″ x 9.5″ x 2.6″)
Low Power Consumption [...]
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Digimon: How I think it can be explained through Quantum Mechanics.
Digimon. It was a Saturday morning cartoon a few years back that was my motivator for getting up at 5 in the morning. I don’t know about Brian, but Kit knows of this show and was also a fan. It was based on the EXTREMELY Japanese premise of a parallel universe home [...]
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Derek’s 2008 Build
Modest Build:
Processor: Intel E8400 @ 3.01 GHz
Video: ASUS 9800GT Ultimate (OC to 725 MHz core)
RAM: Corsair XMS 2×1GB (CAS latency 4)
Storage: Seagate 250GB SATA
Here are the 3DMark06 Scores:
SMS2.0 – 6301
CPU – 2838
SMS3.0 – 6239
Return to Proxycon – 52.41 fps
Firefly Forest – 52.6 fps
CPU1 - 0.89 fps
CPU2 - 1.44 fps
Canyon Flight – 60.53
Deep Freeze – 64.25
3DMark06 [...]
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The Final Stretch…
It’s been a slow, and rather lame-ass march, but it at last seems like I’m closing the gap to that epic 5,000 gold in World of Warcraft that shall guarantee me the right to ride a flying mount capable of speeds in excess of 279% percent my normal running speed. They are true SR-71’s of [...]
AT&T, wth?