Lost a Cruncher

My macs hard drive is officially dead. Bad thing is the two AP's I had on it are now timed out. Sorry wingmen.

My old P4's hard drive is also slowly dying. I have set NNT and am down to 3 tasks 0ne AP (running) and to MB's. I hope I can get them done.

The Mac is 4 years old and the P4 is 8 years old. Not sure when or if I should see if they can be fixed.


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Old James

Oh man! When it rains it pours, I guess :( Sorry about your misfortune, James. Does this open the door for upgrades? :D
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I will most likely by a new computer. I like the I7's but they are pricey, But the I5's can more than take the place of the old P4 and the mac. The Mac is a intel dual core and the P4 was just one core. So one I5 is one core more. Plus running lunatics would give me a good leg up also.

What ever I decide, I will keep the tower the P4 is in and see what my computer savy son in law can do to upgrade it.
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Old James

Playing Taps :-(>
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Sorry to hear it.

You might get more power and crunching capability if you replace those old rigs outright.

You definetely get more for your dollar computing-wise these days especially with the beefy video cards available now.

So rather than sinking cash into an old rig maybe replace?
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After an hour of rebooting just to get the P4 running I aborted the 1 AP and 2 MB work units. It was obvious that they would not finish.

The messaages I saw were cant find hard drive and no boot file found.
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Old James

Well I have decided to rebuild the old P4. Im not going to make it a super cruncher. There will be no GPU card, but it will crunch for 24/7.

What Id like to install is

1. Asus P8Z77-VLK LGA 1155 intell Z77 motherboard.

2. Intel core i5-3470 ivy bridge 3.2 Ghz (3.6 ghz turbo boost) LGA1155 77w quad core.

3.Seagate Barracuda ST31000524as 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0GB/S 3.5" internal hard drive- bare drive.

4. I think it takes DDR3 ram but not sure. I will install 8 Gigs no matter what it takes.

What Im not sure about is the power supply. Any suggestions? And have I overlooked anything?


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Old James

Well I have decided to rebuild the old P4. Im not going to make it a super cruncher. There will be no GPU card, but it will crunch for 24/7.

What Id like to install is

1. Asus P8Z77-VLK LGA 1155 intell Z77 motherboard.

2. Intel core i5-3470 ivy bridge 3.2 Ghz (3.6 ghz turbo boost) LGA1155 77w quad core.

3.Seagate Barracuda ST31000524as 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0GB/S 3.5" internal hard drive- bare drive.

4. I think it takes DDR3 ram but not sure. I will install 8 Gigs no matter what it takes.

What Im not sure about is the power supply. Any suggestions? And have I overlooked anything?

I had forgot about the CD and dvd drives. I have a cd burner but just a dvd reader. So I will just upgrade that also.

And maybe in the future I might throw a low end GPU in. But by then that could be a 660 Ti :)

Any brand of power supply?
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Old James

I'm a big fan of PC Power & Cooling. They have been my #1 choice for well over 10 years now, and have never had a failure with any, and I'm probably on number 15+ now. Can't say enough good things about them. Look for a Silencer Mk II 750w on ebay, they are out there and are fairly affordable (around $100), and should be able to handle anything you eventually throw at it. I like them because they aren't modular. I'm a hard wired kind of guy, more power less resistance. ;-)
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Any brand of power supply?

I had forgot about the CD and dvd drives. I have a cd burner but just a dvd reader. So I will just upgrade that also.

And maybe in the future I might throw a low end GPU in. But by then that could be a 660 Ti :)

Any brand of power supply?