Alec§taar
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Processor | DualCore AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+ (o/c 2801mhz STABLE (Ketxxx, POGE, Tatty One, ME)) |
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Motherboard | ASUS A8N-SLI Premium (PCIe x16, x4, x1) |
Cooling | PhaseChange Coolermaster CM754/939 (fan/heatsink), Thermalright heatspreaders + fan built on (RAM) |
Memory | 512mb PC-3200 DDR400 (set DDR-33 for o/c) by Corsair (matched pair, 2x256mb) 200.1/200mhz |
Video Card(s) | BFG GeForce 7900 GTX OC 512mb GDDR3 ram (o/c manually to 686 core/865 memory) - PhaseChange cooled |
Storage | Dual "Raptor X" 16mb 10krpm/RAID 0 Promise EX8350 x4 PCIe 128mb & Intel IO chip/CENATEK RocketDrive |
Display(s) | SONY 19" Trinitron MultiScan 400ps 1600x1200 75hz refresh 32-bit color |
Case | Antec Super-LanBoy (aluminum baby-tower w/ lower front & upper rear cooling exhaust fans) |
Audio Device(s) | RealTek AC97 onboard mobo stereo sound (Altec Lansing ACS-45 speakers - 10 yrs. still running!) |
Power Supply | Antec 500w ATX 2.0 "SmartPower" powersupply |
Software | Windows Server 2003 SP #1 fully patched, & massively tuned/tweaked to-the-max (plus latest drivers) |
Heh, on my wondering if there is going to be a PCI-Express implementation of these types of cards (solid-state ramdisk drives) here earlier?
Well, I got a "PM" in my UserCP inbox some of you may wish to be made aware of!
Very cool, check it (along with my reply to him):
WoW... NIFTY! Thanks for that info... bigtime!

Ha, thanks for that!
APK
P.S.=> Is that "smokin" or what? Folks into this arena are on it as far as PCI-e usage, already, & watching user concerns on forums like these, which is cool imo!
Plus, they are also working on JUST what I need too!
That is because I have an open PCI-e 1x slot left on this mobo (& iirc, PCI-e 1x is FAR better "bandwidth" than PCI 2.2 is, & possibly more than this latest SATA one from Gigabyte in their IRAM GC-Ramdisk as well, but not sure on THAT latter account here though - I'd have to double-check!):
I did just check, & oddly, from my other post about Gigabyte's products, here are the bandwidth specs of each current bus type (NOTE THE BOLDED ONES - for comparison's sake (SATA/SATA II vs. PCI-e 1x slot mounted type noted by the person who wrote me in PM)):
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Common Buses and their Max Bandwidth
PCI 132 MB/s
AGP 8X 2,100 MB/s
PCI Express 1x 250 [500]* MB/s
PCI Express 2x 500 [1000]* MB/s
PCI Express 4x 1000 [2000]* MB/s
PCI Express 8x 2000 [4000]* MB/s
PCI Express 16x 4000 [8000]* MB/s
PCI Express 32x 8000 [16000]* MB/s
IDE (ATA100) 100 MB/s
IDE (ATA133) 133 MB/s
SATA 1 150 MB/s
SATA 2 300 MB/s
Gigabit Ethernet 125 MB/s
IEEE1394B [firewire] 100 MB/s
PCI Express is a serial based technology (transmitting data in packets over the first four layers of the OSI model in fact afaik & even does packet retranmission retries if any are dropped - couple that with SATA 1/2 crc32 checks (iirc, it does that) & you get better reliability as well & even packet reprioritization (QoS) so that streaming media like video get priority over other data types for smoother/faster processing).
Thus, data can be sent over the bus in two directions at once.
Normal PCI is Parallel, and as such all data goes in one direction around the loop.
A 1x lane in PCI Express transmits in both directions at once serially, simultaneously.
In the table above, the first number is the bandwidth in one direction and the second number is the combined bandwidth in both directions.
Note that in PCI Express bandwidth is not shared the same way as in PCI, so there is less congestion on the bus.
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Convenient & cool for me @ least, possibly for you others as well w/ PCI-e capable mobos... because this SMOKES the SATA/SATA II bandwidth possibilities even! apk
Well, I got a "PM" in my UserCP inbox some of you may wish to be made aware of!
Very cool, check it (along with my reply to him):
DDRdrive said:Alec§taar,
I read your post concerning the Gigabyte i-RAM, and wanted to make you aware of a PCI Express based solution that will be released later this year.
DDRdrive X1 Pre-Release Specifications:
* PCI Express x1 based plug-in card.
* 8GB capacity / 4 DDR 184 pin DIMMs (Bootable).
* Custom and upgradeable high performance Memory Controller.
* External power jack with an included switching AC adapter.
* Industry standard hard drive activity LED connector.
More details will be released in due course.
Best regards,
Chris
www.ddrdrive.com
WoW... NIFTY! Thanks for that info... bigtime!
DDRdrive said:*** I remember your review of the RocketDrive!

Ha, thanks for that!
APK
P.S.=> Is that "smokin" or what? Folks into this arena are on it as far as PCI-e usage, already, & watching user concerns on forums like these, which is cool imo!
Plus, they are also working on JUST what I need too!
That is because I have an open PCI-e 1x slot left on this mobo (& iirc, PCI-e 1x is FAR better "bandwidth" than PCI 2.2 is, & possibly more than this latest SATA one from Gigabyte in their IRAM GC-Ramdisk as well, but not sure on THAT latter account here though - I'd have to double-check!):
I did just check, & oddly, from my other post about Gigabyte's products, here are the bandwidth specs of each current bus type (NOTE THE BOLDED ONES - for comparison's sake (SATA/SATA II vs. PCI-e 1x slot mounted type noted by the person who wrote me in PM)):
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Buses and their Max Bandwidth
PCI 132 MB/s
AGP 8X 2,100 MB/s
PCI Express 1x 250 [500]* MB/s
PCI Express 2x 500 [1000]* MB/s
PCI Express 4x 1000 [2000]* MB/s
PCI Express 8x 2000 [4000]* MB/s
PCI Express 16x 4000 [8000]* MB/s
PCI Express 32x 8000 [16000]* MB/s
IDE (ATA100) 100 MB/s
IDE (ATA133) 133 MB/s
SATA 1 150 MB/s
SATA 2 300 MB/s
Gigabit Ethernet 125 MB/s
IEEE1394B [firewire] 100 MB/s
PCI Express is a serial based technology (transmitting data in packets over the first four layers of the OSI model in fact afaik & even does packet retranmission retries if any are dropped - couple that with SATA 1/2 crc32 checks (iirc, it does that) & you get better reliability as well & even packet reprioritization (QoS) so that streaming media like video get priority over other data types for smoother/faster processing).
Thus, data can be sent over the bus in two directions at once.
Normal PCI is Parallel, and as such all data goes in one direction around the loop.
A 1x lane in PCI Express transmits in both directions at once serially, simultaneously.
In the table above, the first number is the bandwidth in one direction and the second number is the combined bandwidth in both directions.
Note that in PCI Express bandwidth is not shared the same way as in PCI, so there is less congestion on the bus.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Convenient & cool for me @ least, possibly for you others as well w/ PCI-e capable mobos... because this SMOKES the SATA/SATA II bandwidth possibilities even! apk
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