[Sidefx-houdini-list] hardware innovations
Paul Simpson
paul at realisestudio.com
Mon Dec 19 10:47:39 EST 2005
Hey Dries,
I'm using:
- Asus k8n dl
- Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 265
I don't think that the Cool-n-quiet works on linux? (What an annoying
name). Anyway, certainly much quiter than my original Opteron which
sounded like a vacuum cleaner.
-p
Dries Desmet wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> Do you know which motherboard was used on your machines?
> My dual opeteron 244 (single core) based on MSI board and silent Antec case
> makes a LOT of noise still. Especially compared to the dual core athlon I'm
> working on right now. Is this normal? In the BIOS I setup the fans to
> accelerate when the cpu reaches a certain temperature, but when that happens,
> I can only use my computer with voice recognition, cause my fingers are in my
> ears by then. I built the machine myself, cause no happy smiling faces in the
> local computer shops over here when I ask for opteron; they think that proc
> hasn't been released yet!
>
> D.
>
>
> On Friday 16 December 2005 20:39, Paul Simpson wrote:
>
>> These were built by a local small PC shop to order. They know their
>> stuff and take great pride in the whole affair. Where super proud when
>> delivering saying "listen, no noise" with large smiles on their faces.
>> Sweet.
>>
>> 580W Tagan PSU. Great build quality, v quiet. Lian li Al case with lo
>> rev fans.
>>
>> Peter Bowmar wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Paul,
>>> Were those home-brew or commercially aquired boxes? I'm
>>> especially interested in quiet and of course, fast is always good too
>>>
>>> :) Do you know what wattage power supply the mobo needs?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Peter B
>>>
>>> On 15/12/05, Paul Simpson <paul at realisestudio.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, we've just got a couple of great new machines. Dual processor,
>>>> dual core opterons with 4G of RAM. Superfast and so far, the most
>>>> stable (and quiet!) machines I've had for some time. Running opensuse
>>>> 10. And when rendering you get to see geekily satisfying things like
>>>> this:
>>>>
>>>> top - 19:11:45 up 9 days, 22:14, 17 users, load average: 0.72, 1.87,
>>>> 1.75 Tasks: 258 total, 9 running, 249 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0
>>>> zombie Cpu0 : 98.4% us, 1.6% sy, 0.0% ni, 0.0% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0%
>>>> hi, 0.0% si Cpu1 : 96.8% us, 3.2% sy, 0.0% ni, 0.0% id, 0.0% wa,
>>>> 0.0% hi, 0.0% si Cpu2 : 99.2% us, 0.8% sy, 0.0% ni, 0.0% id, 0.0%
>>>> wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si Cpu3 : 96.8% us, 3.2% sy, 0.0% ni, 0.0% id,
>>>> 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si Mem: 4036776k total, 3442132k used,
>>>> 594644k free, 229168k buffers Swap: 1124508k total, 679412k used,
>>>> 445096k free, 1028868k cached
>>>>
>>>> Looked into the quad machines, but you pay a real premium for those 8x
>>>> opterons. Dual proc/core was the most cost effective way to go for us.
>>>> I agree with Pete, don't spend too much on the video card. Running a
>>>> 6600GT here and thats just fine.
>>>>
>>>> -Paul
>>>>
>>>> Jed Schwartz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've never been very good at keeping up with the latest hardware
>>>>> innovations-- As we consider our year-end hardware upgrades- I'd like
>>>>> to hear what anyone might like to share regarding the best desktop
>>>>> configurations for running houdini-
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm finding with the latest houdini builds (especially running
>>>>> elaborate DOPs simulations-etc) I'm spending more and more time
>>>>> waiting for things to cook- What is the best overall recipe for a
>>>>> high- performance "houdini" system. Are the duel core processors a
>>>>> huge advantage to sys performance beyond render-?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Jed-
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Sidefx-houdini-list mailing list
>>>>> Sidefx-houdini-list at sidefx.com
>>>>> https://lists.sidefx.com:443/mailman/listinfo/sidefx-houdini-list
>>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Sidefx-houdini-list mailing list
>>>> Sidefx-houdini-list at sidefx.com
>>>> https://lists.sidefx.com:443/mailman/listinfo/sidefx-houdini-list
>>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Sidefx-houdini-list mailing list
>>> Sidefx-houdini-list at sidefx.com
>>> https://lists.sidefx.com:443/mailman/listinfo/sidefx-houdini-list
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sidefx-houdini-list mailing list
>> Sidefx-houdini-list at sidefx.com
>> https://lists.sidefx.com:443/mailman/listinfo/sidefx-houdini-list
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Sidefx-houdini-list mailing list
> Sidefx-houdini-list at sidefx.com
> https://lists.sidefx.com:443/mailman/listinfo/sidefx-houdini-list
>
More information about the Sidefx-houdini-list
mailing list