imperialreign
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| System Name | УльтраФиолет |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Kentsfield Q9650 @ 3.8GHz (4.2GHz highest achieved) |
| Motherboard | ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi; X38 NSB, ICH9R SSB |
| Cooling | Delta V3 block, XPSC res, 120x3 rad, ST 1/2" pump - 10 fans, SYSTRIN HDD cooler, Antec HDD cooler |
| Memory | Dual channel 8GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 @ 1800MHz @ 7-7-7-20 1T |
| Video Card(s) | Quadfire: (2) Sapphire HD5970 |
| Storage | (2) WD VelociRaptor 300GB SATA-300; WD 320GB SATA-300; WD 200GB UATA + WD 160GB UATA |
| Display(s) | Samsung Syncmaster T240 24" (16:10) |
| Case | Cooler Master Stacker 830 |
| Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCI-E x1 |
| Power Supply | Kingwin Mach1 1200W modular |
| Software | Windows XP Home SP3; Vista Ultimate x64 SP2 |
| Benchmark Scores | 3m06: 20270 here: http://hwbot.org/user.do?userId=12313 |
10-15 years from now . . . they'll be a joke for server/workstation rigs, but not for the consumer market. Sure, 10 years ago 256/512 sticks were considered a lot . . . but the consumer MEM density market has been progressing rather slowly since then (compared to other system component markets). It took a couple of years before we finally saw a 1GB stick, then everything plateued for a few years . . . it wasn't until only a couple of years ago we started seeing 2GB sticks, and they were expensive as hell when first released. We're just now seeing 4GB sticks in the consumer market, and they're again expensive as hell (over $200/ea.).
IMHO, we're about to hit another plateau until DDR4 starts hitting the market (whenever that will be) . . . the only thing, IMHO, that would facilitate the development of extreme-density DRAM for the consumer market would be a major industry push away from x86 towards x64 . . . and considering the retail specs of WIN 7, it doesn't look like that will be with the next WIN OS.
