I would recommend more RAM than that. I believe that CPU with allow you to
run 8 threads per socket or 16 total. Depending on what you plan to use it
for, you may want as much as 1.5GB of RAM available per thread (e.g. for
probtrackx). That would be a total of 24GB of RAM. You might also want a
10K RPM harddrive for the OS/Swap. Also, it might be quite a bit cheaper if
you went with two desktop machines with core i7-920 (which is the equivalent
non-Xenon CPU). Xenon's are not any faster than core i7s, but are marketed
to business folks for way more money as "more reliable," and they are
capable of being used in dual socket machines.
Peace,
Matt.
-----Original Message-----
From: FSL - FMRIB's Software Library [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Vishwadeep Ahluwalia
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:33 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [FSL] Machine advice
The thing is the Mac is still in a sealed box and i can still return it. I
was trying to figure out if anyone has come up with a solution for
installation on snow leopard. If not, i would think it'll be better to
return the Mac and get a linux system instead , rather than purchase another
hard drive. Does the linux system configuration below seem reasonable for
SGE+FSL type application:
Mid Tower ATX Case with UL approved Redundant Power Supply
(2) Hot Swap Removable Drive Carriers
Dual Socket Intel Motherboard with Intel 5500 Chipset
(2) Intel Xeon X5550, Quad Core 2.66GHz CPU with Heat Sink and Fan
12GB DDR3 1333 Mhz ECC Registered System Memory
(2) 1TB SATA II 7200 RPM Hard Drive (RAID 1 for OS)
3Ware 2-Port SATAII RAID Controller
DVD +/- RW
Onboard Graphics
(2) 10/100/1000 BaseT Gigabit Network Adapter on Motherboard
Fedora Core 12 64-bit Linux OS
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