NEW SYSTEM

[tameanaka]

Ok. I'm plannin on building a new system soon and am trying to get everything in order and figure out if anything will cause any problems. So here's what I've got so far.

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
AMD 64 3500+ (Win)
2x Crucial Ballistix DDR400 512mb
Geforce 6800
Audigy 2 ZS
2x 120gb Seagate SATA
DVD-ROM
DVD/RW
Zalman 7700Cu
Thermaltake 420W PSU
Thermaltake case

Guess my questions would be do any of you foresee any problems with this setup? I'm not too sure on the PSU, because I know the MB is 24pin, so not sure if this will work or not, or if it's enough power? What kind of OC can I see? i know that people have had varying results with the winchesters, but it'd be nice to know what I could expect theoretically. Also if there is something better than what I have listed for around the same price, plz say so. I'm kind of a noob at this kind of stuff, so bear with me. thanks

 

[Ned_Flanders]

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[tameanaka]

The platinum also has SATA2, I know the diamond also has sli. Don't think I'll ever use sli so it's not worth the extra money to me, so I'll prolly stick with the platinum. What exactly is dual lan used for?

 

[fishmahn]

I connect to cable internet via a router too, so only 1 LAN port is fine for me. Well, I did before I told Comcast where to put it...

Mike.

 

[fishmahn]

Its the same router, it just depends on the router's firmware if it supports Cable or not. Both the ones I've used (D-Link and Linksys) do.

Since both Cable and ADSL connect via ethernet to PCs (or USB, but you need the ethernet one to connect to routers - although there's probably no technical reason why they couldn't put a USB WAN port on a router, I've never seen one), they work the same way (not the transport protocols, but the physical layer): Outside line to Cable or DSL modem, Modem's Ethernet port to WAN port on Router.

Mike.

 

[fishmahn]

Sure - several situations that I can think of.

1) Server. Uses 2 ports to provide higher throughput to the network, or to provide services to 2 networks.
2) Serving 2 separate LAN's. I used to work at a company who had a divisional network and a separate corporate network. All the PCs had to have 2 NICs.
3) Using a PC as a bridge, router, gateway, proxy server, or other similar device.

Probably a couple others like where you host your own web/mail/??? server and still want a less restricted connection to your internal network, although I'd personally be wary of doing that.

Are these common uses? Nope. I'd almost never use them in the home, but in a business setting... I guess for the cost of actually adding the 2nd port (pennies), it's worth the marketing.

Mike.

 

[scottchen]

2 ports is in my opinion useless, it's far too complicated to setup, and it's too easy to fu*k up, i learned my lesson the hard way.

 

[fishmahn]

Now you've got me dredging up memories from more than 5 yrs ago... I haven't thought of that since the days when 10mbit ethernet was still king.

However, I think it's possible with any switch or hub. It's the details of configuring the software on the server, and if I remember right, Scottchen has it - it's a pain in the arse.

A linux link that may give info: [link]http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/289498[/link]

Ah, some memory returns... its called 'port aggregation'

An HP link [link]http://docs.hp.com/en/B3936-90053/ch03s05.html[/link]
An Intel link [link]http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/pro100serv/sb/CS-008446.htm[/link]

Heck, there's so much proprietary stuff - looks like it's more complex than even I remembered... I did a google on "network port aggregation windows" and got some good stuff.

Mike.

 

[fishmahn]

When I was looking into it, I was planning on running it on NT4.0 and/or Novell Netware and both were supported with the right LAN cards (before integrated mobo LAN). I would think XP could support it (since it could be considered NT5.5 or NT6) assuming the drivers are available. I don't know if those drivers would be from the OS or the LAN chipset. Hopefully your research will turn it up early on.

Mike.