http://www.bernie.net.my/blog/2006/10/30/my-new-rig/ A confusing concoction of Java, mobile devices, technology and photography Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:27:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.bernie.net.my/blog/2006/10/30/my-new-rig/#comment-81605 Bernie’s Ramblings » Why Overclocking Is A Good Thing Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:41:59 +0000 http://www.ebernie.net/blog/2006/10/30/my-new-rig/#comment-81605 [...] I assembled my current PC on Oct 30th 2006. That’s more than a year ago. I was looking at the possibility of upgrading my processor to a newer one, considering Intel just announced a new affordable CPU - the Core 2 E7200. However, reading through the article, I notice its specs were much lower than my CPU (2.55GHz, 3MB of cache, 1067MHz bus, VT disabled vs 2.8GHz, 4MB of cache, 1600MHz bus, VT enabled). [...] [...] I assembled my current PC on Oct 30th 2006. That’s more than a year ago. I was looking at the possibility of upgrading my processor to a newer one, considering Intel just announced a new affordable CPU - the Core 2 E7200. However, reading through the article, I notice its specs were much lower than my CPU (2.55GHz, 3MB of cache, 1067MHz bus, VT disabled vs 2.8GHz, 4MB of cache, 1600MHz bus, VT enabled). [...]

]]> http://www.bernie.net.my/blog/2006/10/30/my-new-rig/#comment-38892 Bernie’s Ramblings / More Computing Power Is Better Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:06:34 +0000 http://www.ebernie.net/blog/2006/10/30/my-new-rig/#comment-38892 [...] Dual core CPUs, gigs of RAM and tons of hard drive space. What a sweet combination. Even working from home I can run Weblogic 9.1 on a 64-bit Solaris 10 and Oracle. All while keeping my native OS (that would be Windows XP Pro) chugging at a healthy pace. The Solaris 10 was running on VMWare Server while Oracle ran natively in Windows. To allow both my native and virtual OS to run smoothly, I allocated 1GB of RAM to each. This allowed Windows XP to function well, provided not too many applications open. I can manage to run Oracle, Firefox, VMWare, VNC viewer, Filezilla client and Trillian. Not bad, eh? Of course, I don’t actually run these because it’s fun but rather I was testing out an environment that I need to use for work. [...] [...] Dual core CPUs, gigs of RAM and tons of hard drive space. What a sweet combination. Even working from home I can run Weblogic 9.1 on a 64-bit Solaris 10 and Oracle. All while keeping my native OS (that would be Windows XP Pro) chugging at a healthy pace. The Solaris 10 was running on VMWare Server while Oracle ran natively in Windows. To allow both my native and virtual OS to run smoothly, I allocated 1GB of RAM to each. This allowed Windows XP to function well, provided not too many applications open. I can manage to run Oracle, Firefox, VMWare, VNC viewer, Filezilla client and Trillian. Not bad, eh? Of course, I don’t actually run these because it’s fun but rather I was testing out an environment that I need to use for work. [...]

]]> http://www.bernie.net.my/blog/2006/10/30/my-new-rig/#comment-30310 Bernie’s Ramblings / 2 or 3 GB of RAM, now that’s the question… Sun, 06 May 2007 08:14:33 +0000 http://www.ebernie.net/blog/2006/10/30/my-new-rig/#comment-30310 [...] RAM is so cheap nowadays (but that might not last) that I had to resist splurging a bit on an extra stick of 1 GB of DDR2 6400 RAM. Got a gig of memory for RM 200 without taking into account the credit card surcharge of RM 4. I had to pay close to RM 500 a few months back. In the end I decided against fitting my desktop with 3 GB of RAM. Partly because I know my memory usage is just slightly above 1 gig so 2 gigs should be more than enough for now, and I was right. Performance went up a notch with much less drive swapping. Also, S.T.A.L.K.E.R now runs smoothly with no drive access at all. Overall the system feels snappier and I can keep more programs running at the same time - Eclipse and NetBeans can run concurrently with an application server of choice. Way cool. [...] [...] RAM is so cheap nowadays (but that might not last) that I had to resist splurging a bit on an extra stick of 1 GB of DDR2 6400 RAM. Got a gig of memory for RM 200 without taking into account the credit card surcharge of RM 4. I had to pay close to RM 500 a few months back. In the end I decided against fitting my desktop with 3 GB of RAM. Partly because I know my memory usage is just slightly above 1 gig so 2 gigs should be more than enough for now, and I was right. Performance went up a notch with much less drive swapping. Also, S.T.A.L.K.E.R now runs smoothly with no drive access at all. Overall the system feels snappier and I can keep more programs running at the same time - Eclipse and NetBeans can run concurrently with an application server of choice. Way cool. [...]

]]> http://www.bernie.net.my/blog/2006/10/30/my-new-rig/#comment-2203 Bernie’s Ramblings / My new rig - Part IV Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:04:52 +0000 http://www.ebernie.net/blog/2006/10/30/my-new-rig/#comment-2203 [...] My new rig [...] [...] My new rig [...]

]]> http://www.bernie.net.my/blog/2006/10/30/my-new-rig/#comment-2176 Bernie’s Ramblings / My new rig - Part II Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:40:52 +0000 http://www.ebernie.net/blog/2006/10/30/my-new-rig/#comment-2176 [...] My new rig [...] [...] My new rig [...]

]]> http://www.bernie.net.my/blog/2006/10/30/my-new-rig/#comment-2173 Bernie’s Ramblings / My new rig - Part III Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:28:19 +0000 http://www.ebernie.net/blog/2006/10/30/my-new-rig/#comment-2173 [...] My new rig [...] [...] My new rig [...]

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