Features:
Micron MLC NAND Flash
Marvell Controller
SATA 6 Gb/s interface
RAID Support
ATA-8 w/ TRIM
Self-monitoring, analysis, and reporting technology (SMART) command set
Random 4k READ: 50,000 IOPS
Random 4k WRITE: 30,000 IOPS
Built-in EDC/ECC
Looks like I'm good!
or just do what I do what I do and triple boot with OSX, Win7, and a varying linux distro
And good luck running most of the software you find. Drivers and setup will be a nightmare as well for the unexperienced.
but a little less mobile
I guess what I would really love some help with is doing all the stability checks and whatnot on the front end. I have never really done that stuff before, but really want to do this thing right and have some baselines before I start cranking on her. Prime95 and all that other crap.
This is also my first WC build, so I plan on doing some OC'ing as well....
Win 7 Pro 64-bit was tossed in the cart.
computers and networks I know... guns and marksmanship, well I'm learning those!I want to see a bullet proof case out of AR500....
It's been a couple of years since I built mine. It is still somewhat powerful. Should you need some help with the wc, pm me and I'll try to help.
If you are going to use this for buisness, don't OC it, there is no reason to now-a-days, other than to say "hey look at what I did" :
What Motherboard did you go with? For high reliability systems I usually go boring and do an Intel board. Make sure you check your BIOS revisions BEFORE you boot up that nice expensive CPU, there are times that the board won't boot with a particular CPU model until it's been flashed to a certain BIOS level. yeah I know what you are thinking... "how the hell do I do that if I can't put my CPU in it??" welcome to the annoyances of building a modern PC!
Don't go overboard on Graphics cards... for biz use, most on-board video is overkill. if you want to do some "free time" gaming, pick up a G200 Nvidia series card, cheap and will do what you need.
With regards to RAM, get as much as you can afford (as long as you are going with a 64bit OS.)
As for testing stability, the only real way to do this is after you've installed your OS and any and all drivers. then load up a good CPU stress tester... and let 'er run for a few days.
Once you get the system just the way you want it, do the windows recovery thingy in Win 7... nice if you fubar yourself later to at least be able to quickly get back to a stable build.
Get a couple of External Hard drives if you are going to use this for your biz... get in the habit of backing up your data EVERY day. I don't know how many businesses I've seen have a melt-down due to malware and then say " I didn't worry about backing up my data because I have the latest, greatest system!" Keep one of the Ext. drives off-site, if you, god forbid have a fire or something, you need your data back.
I have personally build over a thousand computers in the last 15 years, and I am now a Network Administrator at a branch of a billion dollar company. I do have an idea of what I am talking about.
