Re:Need advice for best BCB6 PC
Hi,
I have a suggestion, if the compile time is the only consideration here,
then this just might give you a major boost over every other option.
1. Download and Install a RAM Drive.
2. Create a RAM Drive sufficiently big enough to hold your code & temporary
files.
3. Copy all of your project files into the RAM Drive.
4. Try compiling the Project.
5. Observe the difference in Compile time.
A piece of warning though, this technique is risky as power failure or
fogetting to move your modified source back to the physical hard drive will
result in loss of the changes you have made. Please make sure that you copy
all the modified source back to the physical drive before you shutdown your
system (you may automate this by creating a simple service).
My suggestion is based on the fact that most of the time HDD access time is
the major bottle neck, and improving that department often results in more
substantial performance boost than upgrading CPU etc.. I am not sure how it
compares to using a dual processor system.
If you do opt to test out this option I would love to hear the results from
you.
Regards,
Muhammad Momin Rashid.
"Morten Espeland" <
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I have (finally) got approval for getting a new developer box.
Because of strained budgets, I need to spend the money where
it helps most. I need advice from people who have tried different
kinds of hardware.
- Are dual processors any help? I could get a dual P4 2.4 for
approximately
the same price as a single P4 3.0. I'm thinking that if dual processors
makes
it possible to use background compiling without loosing too much speed,
it
would be a boon for productivity.
- Are two disks in RAID 0 (~30% speed increase) any help if I've already
got 1GB RAM? Or should I get even more RAM and go for a single disk?
Morten Espeland
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