>So I don’t think I need to even mention that there wasn’t much interest in my idea for a share of a monster computer. No one wanted to fork over the dough, though I got a lot of questions:

What’s the big deal with 64 bit?

If I’m using WinXP, what good is 64 bit?

How much is this thing going to cost?

How good could this thing be?

…among others. I chose a few of the bunch.

Here’s a small article regarding the bennefits of 64bit and how 64bit Windows is dealing with the old applications (32bit) that everyone’s currently using.

I went out on a limb and this is the current blueprint:

AMD64 (may spring for FX if I can find it anywhere)

1GB HyperX Dual Channel DDR (3500, 2.4CLI, 433mhz)

2 x 80GIG SATA (motherboard is 3GB/sec SATA capable)

2 x 1000 mb/sec NICs built-in with network processor, all on-chip, no hit to the CPU

2 x 128mb PCI Express nVidia 6600 (2x speed of 8x AGP) in SLi (dual) mode

DVD/CDRW combo drive

The key here is duplication, spreading out processing in big chunks with the 64 bit processor, and using the hard drives as one — reading/writing to one, then the other to effectively cute the access time in half. The 2 vidceo cards run at 8x, giving the same 16x bandwidth as one card would give, but they’re able to process twice as much information without any lag. Finally, the higher speed memory will allow better performance and quicker back and forth of the data from the memory to the processor.

I’ll be posting more info as I get it. Stay tuned for this riviting saga.

😉

BTW: California Jon… I have lost your number, keep wanting to call you. Will send an email to you if that is still active and will contact Heather as a last resort =]