[SGVLUG] the "ultimate build of the month"...

[Dan Kegel]

i7 860 was the sweet spot six months ago, it may have shifted?

newer i7's need far more expensive motherboards/sockets, beware.

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Thomas Emerson <starman9x at gmail.com> wrote:
>  OK, it is well past time to consider the next "upgrade" for my main
> desktop - it is only a single-core machine!  (it was, however, built
> more-or-less per "spec" according to a linux journal "ultimate rig"
> article at the time...)
>
> I don't normally overclock - seems to be more trouble than it is worth...
>
> but I am looking for recommendations on boards, memory [brands, timing,
> etc.] and perhaps video cards - focus on video editing (either under
> linux or windows, though I might even consider a "hackintosh" build so I
> can run final cut, which I hear is pretty good)
>
> has anyone done any video work on vitrualized hardware?  Is it
> (sufficiently) doable, or is this still a place where working "with the
> bare metal" still reigns supreme?  If it works, what is the
> recommendation for the base layer?  Zen?  vmware?  something else?
>
> I've got a sufficient amount of disk space for the typical project I
> might undertake, so this is less of a concern.  If you have a compelling
> argument for a particular brand or model of hard drive/SSD, though, I'm
> willing to listen.
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