RE: new PC specs

I think once you reach a certain point of memory and processor speed you
aren't bound by them but rather by disk I/O.  I am guessing that one would
be better off getting a 10K RPM hard drive than trying to get the latest
processor and 2Gig of memory.

This is based on info I got from someone on the WDSc team who said there is
a lot of disk I/O happening and that is where many bottlenecks are vs. with
the processor.  Some PC's/laptops come with 5400RPM drives coupled with 3.4
Ghz procs and 1 gig of memory which just amazes me.

HTH,
Aaron Bartell

-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Bryan Yates
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 10:20 AM
To: Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
Subject: RE: [WDSCI-L] new PC specs

I'm using a 3.4ghz HT Pentium 4, 800mhz FSB, 1gig of memory, Radeon
9600/128mb video.

Basically I'd recommend as much processor, memory, bus and video horsepower
as your budget will allow.

Bryan Yates
SR Systems Analyst/Programmer
Information Technology
Collin County Government
http://www.collincountytexas.gov
mailto:byates@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Cheri.Katzung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 10:11 AM
To: Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
Subject: [WDSCI-L] new PC specs





I will be ordering a new PC soon.   What would you suggest I get for
processor and memory?     Currently I have1mb of memory and  2.00
gigahertz
Intell Pentium 4.

The reponse from WDSCi is tolerable, but it would be nice to have it faster
:-)




Cheri

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