Hello -
What is the "absolute fastest" possible PC - processor/motherboard/RAM combination I can assemble today with parts readily available?
One would assume that the latest Intel 850/P4 1.7/1.8 combo would do the trick...but from the looks of some of the posts on this site, that may not be the case. Also, it seems difficult to know what kind of RAM (RDRAM vs. DDR?) to match with a particular processor, and that certain of these combos may work much more efficiently than others.
It'd be a shame to spend $$$ for a high-end machine, just to learn that the misconfiguration of the "high end" components resulted in lower performance than a lower cost machine built by a tech who really knew his stuff.
BTW: I'll be using the machine for large scale file manipulation (hundreds of thousands of files, compression, archiving, decompression, etc.), office work, number crunching, etc. It's not really a graphics box - more of a "workhorse".
Thanks for any replies in advance.
What is the "absolute fastest" possible PC - processor/motherboard/RAM combination I can assemble today with parts readily available?
One would assume that the latest Intel 850/P4 1.7/1.8 combo would do the trick...but from the looks of some of the posts on this site, that may not be the case. Also, it seems difficult to know what kind of RAM (RDRAM vs. DDR?) to match with a particular processor, and that certain of these combos may work much more efficiently than others.
It'd be a shame to spend $$$ for a high-end machine, just to learn that the misconfiguration of the "high end" components resulted in lower performance than a lower cost machine built by a tech who really knew his stuff.
BTW: I'll be using the machine for large scale file manipulation (hundreds of thousands of files, compression, archiving, decompression, etc.), office work, number crunching, etc. It's not really a graphics box - more of a "workhorse".
Thanks for any replies in advance.