Prices for DDR4 today are not just at comfortable levels, but at such levels that all DIMM slots on the motherboard can be clogged with memory modules, as long as they are not empty. If you are not planning to upgrade the platform to AMD with DDR5 support in the near future, you can install the maximum amount of supported memory in your computer, overclock it to a substantial 3.6 GHz and, most likely, not worry about a lack of RAM in the coming years. Prices for DDR4 today are not just at ...

What happens if you take two NVME disks: one faster, the other slower, and build a simple RAID from them? Will a faster SSD be able to pull off the speed of a slower one? We will check in working office loads. In general, if we look at hard drives from the point of view of performance, then everything is simple and clear, and even the slow "green" models at 5400 RPM do not differ much from the server ones at 10 and 15 thousand RPM, unless of course the manufacturer is clever with ...

The main question we are looking for an answer to is whether memory speed will affect the performance of tasks, and if so, to what extent. To answer it, we will use real-world application tasks that require large-scale calculations of 32 cores. A modern workstation is always an AMD processor, most likely a Threadripper or EPYC series, but in extreme cases - Ryzen 7, and as you know, these CPUs are very sensitive to RAM performance. Old-school PC builders may recommend that you use ECC ...

In the NZXT power supply, all capacitors are of Japanese production, from Nippon Chemi-Con KZE series, all cables are disconnectable (even ATX 24 Pin), all components are branded, and all the beauty is in completely disconnectable fan for quiet operation. If you are building a high-performance workstation, regardless of whether you will use the calculations on a CPU or GPU, the power supply is the node that is traditionally chosen on the basis of the principle "the more expensive the ...

Almost today, even budget SSDs for gaming computers can be installed in a working computer or server, and this will not entail any disadvantages compared to Pro-models, but even on the contrary-it will give advantages in speed and reliability. The response time in the SQL pattern for this model is less than 1 ms, which is typical for very expensive storage systems, and the resource and warranty are the same as for top-end branded drives. Some time ago, SSD drives for the professional sector ...

Both a small computer for an accountant and a render station for 6 video cards in the understanding of PC manufacturers can be called the word "Workstation", so if the management has set you the task of choosing a "Workstation", then in order not to spend money twice, be able to distinguish an ordinary office PC from a real workhorse. With regard to the computer world, the term "Workstation" was exploited so mercilessly that over time it lost its essence. Of ...

There is an opinion that in the server all BIOS settings that relate to RAM should be left in the "Auto" value, install modules in pairs, of the same manufacturer and the same size, buy only one manufacturer and even one series. We received two Transcend DDR4-2400 ECC RDIMMs for testing, and today we will test ancient myths and see what memory actually affects when it comes to two types of virtual machines: VDI (virtual desktop) and SQL. There is an opinion that in the server all ...