I like ASUS AMD motherboards with the M3+ socket, which seem to provide the best value for the money. You should try and find the latest ASUS motherboard in the price range and feature set you need. I would go ahead and max out the boards memory, eg 32 megs if possible, if I could spare the money; because, memory is cheap right now, and it's a drag to upgrade memory later.
I like the WD RE4 hard drives. They are enterprise class equipment with extensive burn in before being sold. The drives are very fast and reliable. They have two cpus in the hard drive and are self correcting for problems like vibration when out of alignment. I could only find WD RE4 drives in 3mbs, so check to see if you can find it the 6mbs specification. Perhaps this has something to do with the RE4 warranty, whereby 3mbs drives can be expected be more reliable, thus last longer. Also remember that access time and transfer rates are two different things, and the WD RE4 has very good access times. The xfs file system is very fast; although, ext4 without journaling is not far being. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFNR1B7gunI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819106009 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136365 http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Storage_Administration_Guide/xfsmain.html Regards, LelandJ On 06/22/2012 08:51 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > On 06/22/2012 05:29 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: >> I am looking for an affordable desktop computer. The motive is to have >> one in my laboratory and recommend one similar to my customers. Main >> applications are my VFP9 application& Outlook. The number of records >> in tables are over 10,000 and there are document folders that hold >> several thousand files. The latter seems to be the sticky point with >> most systems. The OS seems to have a difficult time handling so many >> files in one folder. The application has no problem because they are >> all indexed. >> >> So what would be a good processor, ram, and hard drive specification for >> this type of computing. Also, my hardware guy builds my systems with >> ASUS and I have been very happy with them. >> >> Any recommendations will be appreciated. >> >> TIA >> > I guess the question is what processor / speed, ram and hard drive > combination would optimize file handling and network activity? > > Jeff > > --------------- > > Jeff Johnson > [email protected] > (623) 582-0323 > > www.san-dc.com > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
