Dan Waters
dwaters at usinternet.com
Wed Feb 3 15:55:39 CST 2010
Hi Peter, I built a PC about 2 years ago - it was fun! Let me suggest a higher power CPU. Take a look at: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 3 GHz 1333MHz 6 MB LGA775 CPU BX80570E8400 It's about $80 more, is the 3rd highest volume seller on Amazon, and seems to be more of a match to the other seemingly higher end components you are using. The bus speed for this one is 25% higher than for the Pentium, and this is a difference you'll see. Also, each cpu comes with a cpu cooling fan. But these are noisy and don't cool as well as they could, primarily because they are fighting the airflow of the case which typically will use fans to move air from front to back. If you get a cooler like the Kingwin XT964 (I'm suggesting this only as an example of a good configuration), which is inline with the airflow from front to back, your system will be quieter (your motherboard will speed up the fans if components get warmer) and cooler. Good cooling will allow your components to last longer. By the way, I bought 2 Noctua fans to replace the ones my case came with. And never heard fan noise again. Honestly. Have a good time with this! Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 11:53 AM To: dba-tech Subject: [dba-Tech] hardware teo start playing with vmware At $400US would this be reasonable hardware for VMWare ESXI to virtualise a WinXP instance, a WinServer2003 instance, and a couple of Linux installations, plus a bit to play with, or am I thinking too small? a.. XFX nForce 750i SLI Motherboard b.. Intel Pentium Dual Core E5400 Processor c.. Patriot 4GB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Desktop Memory Upgrade d.. Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 Hard Drive (750GB) e.. EVGA GeForce 9500 GT Video Card f.. Ultra X-Blaster Black ATX Mid-Tower Case g.. Ultra LSP650 650-Watt Power Supply PB _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com