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I am going to order bits, this week, for 2 survey computers for our new survey vessel. They are going to be copies of each other as we need to have a spare one if the other one breaks. They will be collecting all the data including sidescan and multibeam data. They will also, hopefully, control the autopilot when running lines. 4 displays will be connected to it, not including duplicated displays (Splitters). It will be rackmounted (3U case).
I want them to be reliable and powerful, but not to expensive
(Spending about £2000 (exc vat) on each one).
I would appreciate your learned opinions and advice
OS
Windows XP
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4 Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-121-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1050
RAM
4GB - Don't know if I should go for 667Mhz (1:2 FSB ratio), 800Mhz or 1066Mhz ram. Maybe 800Mhz)
HDD's
HDD1 (OS, programs & charts)
1x OCZ Vertex Series 30GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX30G)
HDD2 (RAID1 - Data)
2x Western Digital RE3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5002ABYS)
PSU
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 EPS12V 610W Power Supply
I need one which does not have a bottom mounted fan because the cases are 3u rack mounts.
Graphics
I need two graphics cards so I can power 4 monitors.
I think that a pair of 9600GSO or GT's will be enough. No idea what the equivalent ATI are? Trying to think if I should have one that takes up 2 slots so air is extracted to keep the system cooler (If it blows the air out?). Most of the times there will not be any 3D displayed. I might in the future play around with 3D vessel postion display
.
COMS
3 Ethernet ports (2 on motherboard and 1 PCI card)
16 Serial ports - 2 x MOXA PCI express cards
I want them to be reliable and powerful, but not to expensive
(Spending about £2000 (exc vat) on each one).I would appreciate your learned opinions and advice
OS
Windows XP
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4 Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-121-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1050
RAM
4GB - Don't know if I should go for 667Mhz (1:2 FSB ratio), 800Mhz or 1066Mhz ram. Maybe 800Mhz)
HDD's
HDD1 (OS, programs & charts)
1x OCZ Vertex Series 30GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX30G)
HDD2 (RAID1 - Data)
2x Western Digital RE3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5002ABYS)
PSU
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 EPS12V 610W Power Supply
I need one which does not have a bottom mounted fan because the cases are 3u rack mounts.
Graphics
I need two graphics cards so I can power 4 monitors.
I think that a pair of 9600GSO or GT's will be enough. No idea what the equivalent ATI are? Trying to think if I should have one that takes up 2 slots so air is extracted to keep the system cooler (If it blows the air out?). Most of the times there will not be any 3D displayed. I might in the future play around with 3D vessel postion display
.COMS
3 Ethernet ports (2 on motherboard and 1 PCI card)
16 Serial ports - 2 x MOXA PCI express cards
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