Re: CCL:Short Budget

From: Yubo Fan <yubofan -x- at -x- mail.chem.tamu.edu>
Organization: Chemistry Department, Texas A&M University
Subject: Re: CCL:Short Budget
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 20:34:07 +0000
Hi,
 I prefer a dual pentium III 933MHz with 1GB SDRAM (I don't think PC800 RDRAM is
 much faster than PC133  SDRAM and the bus speed of PIII/933 is 133 MHz). I list
 the prices of the most important components for your calculations.
 2 PIII/933 $500
 1GB SDRAM(4x256MB) $450
 MSI 694D VIA Dual Socket 370 motherboard $140
 40GB ATA100 Hard Drive (7200 rpm) < $150
 others: monitor, video card, network card
 housing, mouse and keyboard
 So, you can build two dual PIII/933 w/1GB memory Linux machine as I suggest. Of
 course, you just need one monitor for them. You can remote-control them when
 you run QM jobs on them. Remember, this type of computer is very good for DFT
 calculation. Don't try POST-SCF calculations (ie CCSD) on them, or you will be
 very disappointed.
 I hope my suggestion gives you some help
 Sincerely
 Yubo
 Familia Esguerra Neira wrote:
 > Hello all,
 >
 > I would like to ask for your advice on buying a PC for running gaussian 98
 > and gamess-us jobs under Slackware Linux 7.1. My budget is U$4000 and I
 > have been looking at Dell computers for the fastest machine I can get with
 > this money.
 >
 > I am undecided on whether to buy a dual pentium III 933MHz or a single
 > pentium IV 1.5 GHz processor both with 1Gb PC800 RDRAM; if any of you out
 > there has any information as to which of this two options would work
 > better, or other suggestion on how to invest my money in order to obtain
 > the fastest performing machine I would greatly appreciate it.
 >
 > Thanking your advice,
 >
 > Mauricio Esguerra Neira
 > Grupo de Quimica Teorica
 > Universidad Nacional de Colombia
 >
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 Yubo Fan                   Email: yubofan -x- at -x- mail.chem.tamu.edu
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 Texas A&M University
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