tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post5844441366748722739..comments2024-01-05T21:19:20.973-06:00Comments on Erik's RV Blog*: Sold My Mac Pro – Very Geeky PostErik's RV Blog http://www.blogger.com/profile/17149039572885361450noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-16138224928994467722012-02-21T12:45:23.887-06:002012-02-21T12:45:23.887-06:00Ronda - Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah......Ronda - Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.... that's the list of things I am doing to the Precision computer. ;)Erik's RV Blog https://www.blogger.com/profile/17149039572885361450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-2295699885017684492012-02-20T14:18:22.573-06:002012-02-20T14:18:22.573-06:00Dude...u lost me after 'Geeky Post' ;-p
...Dude...u lost me after 'Geeky Post' ;-p <br />Course you should be used to that...as soon as u start talking computers...all I hear is 'blah blah and blah!' <br />I love you dearly though honey...just remember that!! :-DRondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09137010401794816306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-37927916973388344902012-02-20T08:48:34.273-06:002012-02-20T08:48:34.273-06:00Thanks Rae! :) You too!Thanks Rae! :) You too!Erik's RV Blog https://www.blogger.com/profile/17149039572885361450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-85994966379194444102012-02-19T15:21:53.608-06:002012-02-19T15:21:53.608-06:00Okay Erik, I won't even pretend to understand ...Okay Erik, I won't even pretend to understand this post. I'm just gonna say HI and wish you and Rhonda a happy start to RV season.Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858158707328118375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-26357452630960345212012-02-18T23:14:28.447-06:002012-02-18T23:14:28.447-06:00Sunny - Thanks! :)
Diana - I love tinkering with ...Sunny - Thanks! :)<br /><br />Diana - I love tinkering with this stuff, have for decades. I get paid to work on 'em, can't argue with that! :)Erik's RV Blog https://www.blogger.com/profile/17149039572885361450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-24156698211975311092012-02-18T23:12:41.041-06:002012-02-18T23:12:41.041-06:00Matt - The price at Tiger Direct was the same as N...Matt - The price at Tiger Direct was the same as New Egg, typically I just order it from New Egg but I was itching to do some of this today so drove over the Tiger and bought a MSI 6950 Frozr II card. I'm going to burn the rom from a 6950 to a 6970 when the other CPU's come in.<br /><br />Initial benchmarking shows the E5405 just doesn't have enough to benchmark worth a darn.<br /><br />Windows 7 shows a 7.9 for both desktop and games while the Quadro showed a 6.8 so Windows likes the upgrade. The card barely fit in the machine but its quiet enough.<br /><br />We'll see how she does when some real horsepower is installed later this week.Erik's RV Blog https://www.blogger.com/profile/17149039572885361450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-57666804824870575882012-02-18T16:06:35.190-06:002012-02-18T16:06:35.190-06:00You sound just like my Pastor. He is forever playi...You sound just like my Pastor. He is forever playing around with computers. He has piles them, he fixes up and gives to kids.<br />Sounds like you got yourself a good deal there Erik!<br />Love Di ♥Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429812875586479256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-49327698134357932492012-02-18T13:52:45.267-06:002012-02-18T13:52:45.267-06:00Erik - Have you ever perused newegg.com before? ...Erik - Have you ever perused newegg.com before? They're usually a pretty good resource online for computer components.<br /><br />They're trusted enough that we even order parts for some of our lab infrastructure from them.Big Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972364897169819241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-44765374885141576602012-02-18T11:35:48.202-06:002012-02-18T11:35:48.202-06:00Well, about all I can say to this geeky post is .....Well, about all I can say to this geeky post is ..... you have a great weekend too, Erik!!<br />(Agreeing with you on the e-bay thing. You do whats right and you'll have a good place to buy and sell for a long time :) )Sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05627362326166805915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-82326625692139875672012-02-18T09:34:52.067-06:002012-02-18T09:34:52.067-06:00Matt - Heading out to Tiger Direct now to get the ...Matt - Heading out to Tiger Direct now to get the video card, Amazon is still sitting on the order so I cancelled it. 2 fracken days lost.Erik's RV Blog https://www.blogger.com/profile/17149039572885361450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-30778515777675211742012-02-18T03:53:36.499-06:002012-02-18T03:53:36.499-06:00Don't feel too bad fellow commenters, it only ...Don't feel too bad fellow commenters, it only makes sense to me because I work for the company that made the parts :p.Big Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972364897169819241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-84519408346796537772012-02-17T22:47:10.188-06:002012-02-17T22:47:10.188-06:00Kathy - I work on my Dad's computer the same w...Kathy - I work on my Dad's computer the same way, I stopped telling him what I fixed when I realized his eyes were glazed over all the time. :)<br /><br />JoJo - Sorry! Sometimes I don't realize how geeky I can get. :)<br /><br />Merikay - I like my MacBook Pro very much as well. I still have mine, haven't decided yet if I'm going to keep it or sell it and get something else. We'll see how this rebuild goes, if I have to build a new machine the MacBook Pro will have to go as well.Erik's RV Blog https://www.blogger.com/profile/17149039572885361450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-23012656759367647582012-02-17T22:16:52.690-06:002012-02-17T22:16:52.690-06:00I'm glad you sold it if that is what you wante...I'm glad you sold it if that is what you wanted. Personally I like my MacBook Pro very much.Merikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378095339747943548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-31584532046565769112012-02-17T21:55:10.723-06:002012-02-17T21:55:10.723-06:00Glad you sold your Mac Pro, the rest just slid ove...Glad you sold your Mac Pro, the rest just slid over my head. :)JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05658713978278693047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-82412163251836420872012-02-17T21:53:38.303-06:002012-02-17T21:53:38.303-06:00I have to confess that all I took from this post i...I have to confess that all I took from this post is anxiety about having a stranger know your address when selling on the internet. Since I sort of meet total strangers everyday ...... we buy and sell on Craigslist all the time. Of course, all the transactions take place in the store and not our home. I depend on my son to take care of all my computer needs. He has a backdoor into mine, so that when he gets my call he can simply log in and take care of it. He has stopped telling me what he did, as he realized I wasn't listening.Kathy's Klotheslinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881966393157941515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-9374256892671012532012-02-17T20:09:20.686-06:002012-02-17T20:09:20.686-06:00There are many frustrations with knowing a lot abo...There are many frustrations with knowing a lot about computers as well, but I can't get into that. :)Erik's RV Blog https://www.blogger.com/profile/17149039572885361450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-19330874803264553902012-02-17T20:02:33.724-06:002012-02-17T20:02:33.724-06:00Wish I understood more about computers so that I w...Wish I understood more about computers so that I wouldn't get so frustrated when I run into problems with them.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01019364333876469130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-87827458981376003592012-02-17T19:52:28.323-06:002012-02-17T19:52:28.323-06:00Not building a gaming system. Until Windows 8 come...Not building a gaming system. Until Windows 8 comes out these things will rock in both single and multi-threaded apps. Windows 8 is going to be a true real multi-threaded OS so will make better use of all 8 cores. <br /><br />I'm ok that these E5450's are based on Harpertown. These two will equal the performance of a current i7-2700K (without over clocking of course) so will suffice even if the memory won't be quite there.<br /><br />I'm going to benchmark it next week and see how it stacks up against some of the current stuff. It will be faster than some and hopefully adequate for my needs. <br /><br />The SSD's in RAID 0 are incredible, unreal performance. The GTX 560 Ti will really sing as well. <br /><br />I'll let you know how well it does when I get it all together. It passed initial burn in testing of over 48 hour straight with very heavy multi threaded CPU benchmarking and never broke a sweat.<br /><br />I'll be running that again when I'm done with the re-build.<br /><br />I ALMOST went with a $1,000 CPU (the i7-3960X) holy crumb what could be done with that beast! Or a couple of new monster Xeon's, alas the budget just isn't there so this will have to do. :)Erik's RV Blog https://www.blogger.com/profile/17149039572885361450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809406582739580270.post-559153885309139382012-02-17T19:43:46.910-06:002012-02-17T19:43:46.910-06:00The only draw back to those particular Xeon CPUs i...The only draw back to those particular Xeon CPUs is they're Quad Core, but Single Thread systems based on the old Conroe Architecture.<br /><br />However, if ya run twin E5450's, then yer getting into the power end and that'd make a good WDS or Web hosting system. <br /><br />Now, have you looked into the real dedicated gaming equipment? Not the cheap market variety, but the stuff that runs around $1000+ a CPU, those are repurposed server hardware with better cooling systems for the high graphics demand that a dedicated gaming demands. <br /><br />Smackover and Smackover2 were a couple of the old hard core gaming generations Intel used to make and are still used.Big Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972364897169819241noreply@blogger.com