Right then. I thought I'd set up a thread that would list the most current components for the best price/performance ratio.
The only catch is that the system has to be ideal for SETI and the base unit (i.e no mouse/monitor/kb) has to weigh in at less than £250.
This can be updated over the months and I'll post the best system for someone who wants to build a cheap (£250
) SETI cruncher...
Feel free to come up with useful suggestions for dedicated SETI machines (e.g. It doesn't need a big HDD, just a fast one).
(I want to build the 'best' price/performance system myself for SETI use soon)
The April 2003 best system looks as follows:
(Quote all prices with VAT please for consistancy)
CPU: AMD XP1700+ (incs Cooler) £42
Motherboard: PC Chips M841LR £45
RAM: 128 MB PC2100 DDR CL2.5 £12.50 (Linkage removed...)
HDD: Small (2 - 4Gb) disk, 2nd/h ~£10
Case*: ATX Midi Tower (including a 300W PSU) ATX12V £29 - PM me for details.
PSU: Liteon 300w £8
CD*: Relisys CD 56x £13 - accepts CD-R and CD-RW, ok for Linux ppl
FDD*: Generic, approx £6
GFX card: (not necessary... it's on the mobo)
LAN/NIC: (not necessary... it's on themobo)
*If wanted/optional...
TOTAL: ... calculating...(so far = £117.50 for core system, {£157.50 including optional components - minus the original PSU as this is included in optional case
})
Mouse, Keyboard and Monitor not included. Options are to use VNC or a KVM (keybd, vid, mouse) switching unit.
If I've missed anything let me know. If we try and get the best system done every month then ppl will have a great reference point. It'll help many build SETI farms hopefully. That's my medium/long term goal.
It might be an idea to have a system that Linux can run on.
The only catch is that the system has to be ideal for SETI and the base unit (i.e no mouse/monitor/kb) has to weigh in at less than £250.
This can be updated over the months and I'll post the best system for someone who wants to build a cheap (£250
) SETI cruncher...Feel free to come up with useful suggestions for dedicated SETI machines (e.g. It doesn't need a big HDD, just a fast one).
(I want to build the 'best' price/performance system myself for SETI use soon)
The April 2003 best system looks as follows:
(Quote all prices with VAT please for consistancy)
CPU: AMD XP1700+ (incs Cooler) £42
Motherboard: PC Chips M841LR £45
RAM: 128 MB PC2100 DDR CL2.5 £12.50 (Linkage removed...)
HDD: Small (2 - 4Gb) disk, 2nd/h ~£10
Case*: ATX Midi Tower (including a 300W PSU) ATX12V £29 - PM me for details.
PSU: Liteon 300w £8
CD*: Relisys CD 56x £13 - accepts CD-R and CD-RW, ok for Linux ppl
FDD*: Generic, approx £6
GFX card: (not necessary... it's on the mobo)
LAN/NIC: (not necessary... it's on themobo)
*If wanted/optional...
TOTAL: ... calculating...(so far = £117.50 for core system, {£157.50 including optional components - minus the original PSU as this is included in optional case
})Mouse, Keyboard and Monitor not included. Options are to use VNC or a KVM (keybd, vid, mouse) switching unit.
If I've missed anything let me know. If we try and get the best system done every month then ppl will have a great reference point. It'll help many build SETI farms hopefully. That's my medium/long term goal.
It might be an idea to have a system that Linux can run on.
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