Recent content by iaw4

you *must* write a review where you systematically test which companies cheat. it is not likely to have been an accident that the two review samples were so much better than the four non-review samples. if you try out 10 more (costco, elsewhere), how many will meet the review sample standard...

any SSD experts out there? ;-) this is a technical question: is there any ssd controller (sandforce, marvel, whoever) that has not only the SATA interface controller but also a standard USB (mass storage) controller? (I understand that I can buy an off-the-shelf USB<->SATA bridge, but then I...

ahh...but I am not mainstream. I run R, which is a memory pig for large data sets. thanks. off to purchase one now then.

what has been the case? that one needs a few hundred extra pins to address 8 DIMM sockets (i.e., 2011 instead of 1155), so the right inference is that with 1150 pins, 4 DIMM sockets will be the max?

Looking at existing offerings, it would seem to me that the launch 1150 haswells are not designed to take 8 DIMMs and will thus be limited to 4 DIMMs and 32GB. is this correct? I am guessing, because one needs the 2011 pin count i7-3* for 8 DIMM slots.

googling sff and x79 yields http://www.avadirect.com/workstation-pc-configurator.asp?PRID=22772 but it says the memory limit is 32gb. same for shuttle: http://www.motormice.com/reviews/SX79R5/ maybe the next-gen mac pro will fit the bill...

Dear Experts---are there any SFF systems, self-built or already assembled at reasonable prices, that support 64GB or more of RAM? (this is for large data set analyses.) I will run linux and R on it. I like the integration of shuttle sff, but I couldn't see a 64 or 128 GB RAM system. does it...