Happy Hopping wrote:
I use software like wordperfect, firefox, excel, and Nero 10 for blu-ray backup, plus a few other utility software. Nero 10 use a lot of CPU power on blu-ray burning.
Nero is the only big CPU user there. When you say you are using Nero 10 for Blu-Ray backup are you ripping it and then reencoding it or are you just doing a bitwise copy? If it is a bitwise copy then CPU power is not so important. If you are transcoding then Nero is multithreaded but whether it'll use all of those cores I don't know.
Happy Hopping wrote:
I only use 32 bit Win 7 Pro, so I only need 4 GB, the remaining 12 GB is for a RAM drive.
Why are you only using a 32-bit OS? You are potentially throwing away quite a chunk of performance in doing so. x86-64 vs x86 is about more than just RAM and there is an unfortunately amount of misinformation.
Happy Hopping wrote:
I am using my GT 440 and my Nvidia 7950GT (heat sink, no fan), and by next week, I'll upgrading to the GT 610 from Zotac, as it has no fan, and 2 x Dual link DVI, just like my GT 440.
The GT610 is not so much of an upgrade over the 7950GT I'm afraid. It might be many years newer but actually has a third of the memory bandwidth and similar reductions in fillrate. I really can't see it helping performance.
Happy Hopping wrote:
as my GT 440 is 1 GB of RAM, but my 7950GT is 512 MB of RAM, so I bet some share RAM is used by 1 or 2 of these video card, as such, slow down my PC
No. Quantity of video memory really isn't so relevant in this. Higher amounts of video RAM on high end cards are for textures in games. Higher amounts of memory on cheap crap cards are purely marketing exercises. Most likely this will be down to some other software problem. I can't help you on this as I don't use Windows.
Happy Hopping wrote:
get some other PCI E 3.0 card that has a heatsink only. Currently, there is none exist.
The fact the graphics card is passive is unlikely to be relevant if you're going for high end server CPUs which will not be able to be cooled quietly. If you do want a passive graphics card then a Geforce GTX650 fitted with an Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Plus would be very suitable.
Happy Hopping wrote:
I look into Fractal design already, I don't like the case at all, ugly looking
Looks are always subjective. I personally think the NZXT looks hideous and Fractal Design has a lot of fans for it's looks but each to their own.
Happy Hopping wrote:
A few yr. ago, I was using a HP XW9300 at 2 x AMD single core 2.4GHz. Then I manage to find some1 at ebay selling 2 x AMD dual core 2.9GHz for only $50. I use it for 1.5 yr. before I switch over to my current machine, so that $100 is $ well spent. I can easily see these 3.1GHz 8 core Xeon dropped to $50 for me to pick 2 up in 2 years.
There's a difference. You're talking about high end server CPUs here. Good luck finding someone selling off some old high end server CPUs on their own.