Hi guys (UPDATE at bottom of thread)
I've been given free run of the garage (which is considerable size...) so I'm going to build a crack rack! I've already got a few PCs etc that can start to crank out the WUs - but I didnt have space for them until now - so I'll get those going. Note - this is not going to be a heavily funded project - no Duron 1GHz racks for me (I'm going the cheaper route).
I need some info from those of you experienced with crack racks. I'm going to be building one rack 'unit' at a time, which will be a caseless system with no other duties than SETI (or another DC project if there is need).
Anyway - I'm going to be running the fastest CPU combos I have obviously, but now that I have access to Ebay etc: I need to know what to go after.
- What size hard drives can I get away with for running Win98? Linux?
- What is the minimum RAM needed for Win98 and SETI? (I'm assuming its around 32 MB)
- Any CPUs that are really bad at SETI? Any that are really good (for what they are)?
I ask the CPU question as I'm going to be running anything I can get my hands on - I have a K6-2 350 and a Celeron 400 here already that are 'spare'. I need to know what to aviod (I have a good idea that K6-2s are really not worth it). I like the look of Celerons, Durons and Athlons for their price on Ebay. The older Celeron route looks particularly appealing as I have quite a bit of PC100 memory, so an FSB overclock from 66 -> 100 will be on the cards for those CPUs. Are there any CPUs that should be good for SETI (on paper) but really end up slow?
Any advice would be really cool.
I've been given free run of the garage (which is considerable size...) so I'm going to build a crack rack! I've already got a few PCs etc that can start to crank out the WUs - but I didnt have space for them until now - so I'll get those going. Note - this is not going to be a heavily funded project - no Duron 1GHz racks for me (I'm going the cheaper route).
I need some info from those of you experienced with crack racks. I'm going to be building one rack 'unit' at a time, which will be a caseless system with no other duties than SETI (or another DC project if there is need).
Anyway - I'm going to be running the fastest CPU combos I have obviously, but now that I have access to Ebay etc: I need to know what to go after.
- What size hard drives can I get away with for running Win98? Linux?
- What is the minimum RAM needed for Win98 and SETI? (I'm assuming its around 32 MB)
- Any CPUs that are really bad at SETI? Any that are really good (for what they are)?
I ask the CPU question as I'm going to be running anything I can get my hands on - I have a K6-2 350 and a Celeron 400 here already that are 'spare'. I need to know what to aviod (I have a good idea that K6-2s are really not worth it). I like the look of Celerons, Durons and Athlons for their price on Ebay. The older Celeron route looks particularly appealing as I have quite a bit of PC100 memory, so an FSB overclock from 66 -> 100 will be on the cards for those CPUs. Are there any CPUs that should be good for SETI (on paper) but really end up slow?
Any advice would be really cool.