Author: Rajen Gupta
Date: 15:49:26 12/29/03
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On December 29, 2003 at 17:06:32, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >I am considering the possibility to build a computer for chess, for my own >program (http://www.msu.edu/~ballicor/gav). >My program is bitboard based but still uses structures of 32 bits; however, >going to 64 bits ints should be easy. So, it is very tempting to me to buy a 64 >bit AMD. What motherboard should I consider? what CPU? FX or not? Opteron? any >other hint? > >The more options you give me the better because I have to consider the price. >I would like to have something fast but I would not pay double to get 10% >increase in performance, for instance. > >Dual would be nice, because I plan to develop an SMP engine in the future, but >it might wait if it is too expensive. > >How about hard drives? any suggestion? > >Are any compilers that produce binaries that take advantage of the 64 bits? >GCC? Intel? > >If the hardware is compatible with Linux much better because I plan to use that >OS for other scientific programs. > >Thanks a lot. > >Miguel see this article:it will help you decide the components http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.html?i=1925 my wish list is as below: OS: win xp pro Case (Lian Li PC 60 Aluminium) Powersupply(Enermax 460W) Motherboard(Asus SK8V) (only supports single cpu) Processor(Athlon FX 51) HDD (2 x 120GB maxtor serial ATA configured as raid 0) RAM: 1GB of Corsair PC3200 registered DVD 48 x 16 (pioneer) DVD-R/RW(dual format)(Lite-on) FDD?(obsolete) Graphics (depends) Sound (M-Audio 7.1) Speakers Keyboard + Mouse (Microsoft optical)
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