Desktops: What parts make a computer high preformance?
Cosco's
by Petekan - 6/3/05 6:14 PM In reply to: A balance makes good performance by TonyGoreCosco's is selling a HP for 799.00 this is all you will ever need. check it out.
Dual Channel Memory Rocks
by capkingy - 6/3/05 7:05 AM In reply to: What parts make a computer high preformance? by ANDxESTFor the performance boost in a system make sure to run. High speed memory in pairs. This will enable the Dual channel mode in most motherboards. You will get faster throughput than just running one stick. I noticed a huge difference when I finally was able to afford the second stick for my new system.
How about... the user.
by R. Proffitt
- 6/3/05 7:08 AM
In reply to: What parts make a computer high preformance? by ANDxEST
One user opens a dozen applications and complains it's slow. The other opens the 2 they use, has 1/2 the machine and zips along.
Better wetware.
Bob
4 things i concider for speed
by johnmccollim - 6/3/05 8:21 AM In reply to: What parts make a computer high preformance? by ANDxEST1st off a faster cpu with alot of onboard cache along with a higher FSB (front side bus) will be guicker. But you would need to match its speed with a motherboard with a high FSB and the fairly new DDR memory. the FSB is the speed at wich the processsor can communicate with other components. such as mouse, keyboard, graphics card(yes installing one will help too). Why have a fast cpu & have it just wait on data to flow.
depends
by yongtw123 - 6/3/05 12:59 PM In reply to: What parts make a computer high preformance? by ANDxESTspeed-wise, the most affordable option is to upgrade RAM.
next, upgrade hard-drive (but most of the time u don't because desktops have high-speed RPM drives).
next, CPU, which is the most expensive and risky option.
graphics-wise, the better the graphics card you have, the better the graphics.
See my comments in one of your other threads
by DrMicro - 6/3/05 1:29 PM In reply to: What parts make a computer high preformance? by ANDxESTYou've got several threads going in different posts, but from one of them, it looks like you've already decided what you want. I'd like to direct your attention to the answer I posted here: http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-7586-0.html?forumID=68&threadID=106749&messageID=1223396
James S
Doctor Micro, Inc.
My 2 cents
by jahan - 6/4/05 12:56 AM In reply to: What parts make a computer high preformance? by ANDxESTI built a new PC about 10 months ago with all the best value for money parts at that time.
The single biggest difference to the overall speed of the new machine compared to the old, has come from the hard drive.
I installed a Western Digital SATA 10K rpm with 8Mb cache and it rocks.
Also went the AMD 3200+ 64 bit processor, so looking forward to getting my x64 disc in the letterbox.
1Gb of RAM and disabling page filing also sped things up considerably. I think the system is running 3-4 times faster with page filing disabled, but haven't found anyone else who can report such a big increase.
Disabling page filing?
by lunaray - 6/4/05 7:36 PM In reply to: My 2 cents by jahanWhat exactly is page filing, and how does one disable it? Thanks.
Disabling page filing?
by jahan - 6/5/05 3:40 AM In reply to: Disabling page filing? by lunarayhttp://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/paging.html
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/V/virtual_memory.html
The two links above explain page filing much better than I could.
To disable it;
Start/Control panel/System/Advanced
Under the advanced tab you will find performance up the top, click on settings, then advanced. Down the bottom is virtual memory, click change, select the 'No page file' radio button, then 'Set'.
You really need to have plenty of RAM if you are going to do this, or the application hogging the most RAM will crash.
Good luck.
Throughput
by icedoghans - 6/4/05 7:00 AM In reply to: What parts make a computer high preformance? by ANDxESTOverall, I have always rated computers by the RAM bus throughput. I.e... your processor can be accelerated 4x, 8x, 10x, 13.5x above the RAM bus speed all you want. You can throw all the Cache RAM onto the Processor chip you want. But for major chugging you need the biggest - most_robust - strongest steam pipe to handle the pressure. I.E. RAM bus throughput is tantamount throughout the design of the computer. This was true in 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, and today. Yes, future motherboards will offer dual-core processors. But even a single-core processor with the newer dual channel DDR RAM will be the bomb. That coupled with a 400MHz and higher bus speed will bring real time 3D expression to us all. Some regular consumers already have seen this in the use of dual-channel DDR in graphics boards.
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