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How To Build a Web 2.0 Internet Computer

Last week, my Internet marketing PC ABIT motherboard died.Time for a new ASUS AMD Motherboard. The prognosis was not good for the old PC computer system, but in the end I guess it means I am helping support the economy with some electronic equipment purchases. Check out what is involved in building a new computer [...]

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The industry’s first true Quad core x86 processor
  • True quad-core designed from the ground up for better communication between cores.
    • BENEFIT : Cores can communicate on die rather than on package for better performance


AMD64 with Direct Connect Architecture

  • Helps improve system performance and efficiency by directly connecting the memory controller and I/O to the CPU.
  • Designed to enable simultaneous 32- and 64-bit computing
  • Integrated DDR2 Memory Controller
  • BENEFITS :
    • Increases application performance by reducing memory latency
    • Scales memory bandwidth and performance to match compute needs
    • HyperTransport™ Technology provides up to 16.0GB/s peak bandwidth per processor—reducing I/O bottlenecks
    • Up to 33.1GB/s total delivered processor-to-system bandwidth (HyperTransport bus + memory bus)


AMD Balanced Smart Cache

  • Shared L3 cache
  • In addition to the 512K L2 cache per core, up to 2MB of L3 cache shared by up to 4 cores.
    • BENEFIT : Shortened access times to highly accessed data for better performance.


AMD Wide Floating Point Accelerator

  • 128-bit floating point unit (FPU)
  • High performance (128bit internal data path) floating point unit per core.
    • BENEFIT : Larger data paths for quicker floating point calculations and better performance.


HyperTransport™ technology

  • One 16-bit link up to 4000MT/s
  • Up to 8.0 GB/s HyperTransport™ I/O bandwidth; Up to 16.0GB/s in HyperTransport Generation 3.0 mode
  • Up to 33.1GB/s total delivered processor-to-system bandwidth (HyperTransport bus + memory bus)
    • BENEFIT : Quick access times to system resources for better performance.


Integrated DDR2 DRAM Controller with AMD Memory Optimizer Technology

  • A high-bandwidth, low-latency integrated DDR2 memory controller
  • Supports PC2-8500 (DDR2-1066); PC2-6400 (DDR2-800), PC2-5300 (DDR2-667), PC2-4200 (DDR2-533) or PC2-3200 (DDR2-400) SDRAM unbuffered DIMMs
  • Support for 64-bit DDR2 SDRAM memory
  • Up to 17.1GB/s memory bandwidth
    • BENEFIT : Quick access to system memory for better performance.


AMD Virtualization™ (AMD-V™) With Rapid Virtualization Indexing

  • Silicon feature-set enhancements designed to improve the performance, reliability, and security of existing and future virtualization environments by allowing virtualized applications with direct and rapid access to their allocated memory.
    • BENEFIT : Helps virtualization software to run more securely and efficiently enabling a better experience when dealing with virtual systems


AMD Cool’n'Quiet™ 2.0 technology

  • Enhanced power management features which automatically and instantaneously adjusts performance states and features based on processor performance requirements
  • For quieter operation and reduced power requirements
    • BENEFIT : Enables platform designs providing less heat and noise efficient performance and energy usage.


AMD CoolCore™ Technology

  • Reduces processor energy consumption by turning off unused parts of the processor. For example, the memory controller can turn off the write logic when reading from memory, helping reduce system power.
  • Works automatically without the need for drivers or BIOS enablement.
  • Power can be switched on or off within a single clock cycle, saving energy without comprimised performance.
    • BENEFIT: Helps users get more efficient performance by dynamically activating or turning off parts of the processor.


Dual Dynamic Power Management™

  • Enables more granular power management capabilities to reduce processor energy consumption.
  • Separate power planes for cores and memory controller, for optimum power consumption and performance, creating more opportunities for power savings within the cores and memory controller.
    • BENEFIT Helps improve platform efficiency by providing on demand memory performance while still allowing for decreased system power consumption

Learn more about AMD Phenom™ processors


Custom Built PC – Summary, Cost, and Conclusions

I am very impressed with this PC setup. There are many good things to say about this computer, the motherboard, and the AMD Phenom Processor. I will tell you that when I have multiple windows open, multiple programs running, online video playing, a USB television tuner playing and even a backup program running in the background, I never experience jumpy sound, or video that doesn’t sync with the audio. It is very smooth and a seemingly fast PC machine. I know there are overclockers out there that might be interested in maximizing the speed, especially the online gamers. But for me, the speeds are fine right out of the box. Believe it or not, I built this thing for $400.00. That included one rebate of $25.00 for the memory.

Another point is the fact that this AMD computer operates at much lower temperatures compared to that of the Intel processors. After doing some research online, I discovered that AMD processors typically operate at a lower temperature than their Intel counterparts. The ASUS utility disk provided a cool software monitoring program for temperatures, voltages, and fan speeds. The CPU typically is at 42°C (110°F) and the Motherboard operates at 34°C (94°F). That’s even cooler than my Apple iMac G5.

Now I can get back to my Internet marketing work. This was a little bit more of an Internet detour than I was planning. I knew at some point in time that I was going to have to upgrade my computer system. It’s just that it came sooner than expected.

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