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Subject: Re: which parts should I buy in order to build a new dual opteron?

Author: Vasik Rajlich

Date: 10:09:12 05/22/04

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On May 22, 2004 at 12:12:15, Uri Blass wrote:

>I tried to ask it in another forum but did not get reply that I am satisfied
>with it until now.
>
>see http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=98875
>
>I want to get the following lists as a start:
>
>1)List of parts that are relevant for the speed of the hardware.
>2)List of parts that are needed but are not important for the speed.
>
>I see that there are a lot of irrelevant details for me
>When I try to look at pages like
>http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/step/1/
>
>
>Example:
>
>I do not care about things like
>Sound Card
>
>They say about it:
>"An absolute necessity in today's PC world"
>
>I do not see how sound card may improve the performance of chess programs so I
>do not see why it is absolute necessity.
>
>I may buy things that are not necessary only if they are a small part of the
>total price of the PC.
>
>they say:
>
>"Read the reviews, as there are a lot of sound cards out there with special
>features"
>
>I think that I am not going to read reviews about it and if I buy something I
>prefer to buy the cheapest thing that let me hear if the computer move(this is
>the only advantage that I can see for computer chess).
>
>I do not like to be wrong about parts that are necessary so I do not want to
>guess things about it.
>
>I hope that you can do better job in giving me advice relative to the job that
>people did so far in the second forum that I tried when I got only a single
>reply that told me that speed is not important for chess.
>
>Uri

Building a dedicated chess computer is real easy. Get the fastest processor
(Amd64 3400+), 1 Gig of the fastest memory (400 MHz), and for everything else
just flip a coin.

Vas



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