My system is built with components I feel offer the best performance at the best price.
And here is the basic story of my system. I bought a 386sx/16 way back when that was an
entry level system. I needed a bigger hard drive, then a faster modem, then a faster
motherboard, then, then, then.... Every original component has been upgraded/replaced at least
six times and the CPU over 20. Will it stop? No. I have a better system than I
could buy for the money and I know it top to bottom. The only question - what is next?
I now have four systems:
James' system is Windows 7 Pro X64 for myself (James), used for gaming and general use.
Holly's system is Windows 7 Pro X64, used for general use and gaming.
A third system maybe being built into a PVR using SageTV or KnoppMyth,
will see if a AVerMedia PCI M179 will work, it maybe too old.
I was wondering what speeds my compactflash cards ran at, added in my thumbdrive and here are the numbers,
using the USB 2.0 CF card reader. Numbers are MB/s and X numbers are based on 1X = 150 kB/s.
Program Used
Name
Avg
X
HD_Speed
DskSpeed
HD Tach 3
URDisk 128 meg Thumb drive
5.2
34X
5.1
5.2
5.5
Lexar 1 Gig CF
4.8
32X
4.8
4.6
4.9
Viking 128 meg CF
3.9
26X
3.9
3.8
4.0
Mr. Flash 64 meg CF
3.9
26X
3.9
3.8
4.0
Canon 32 meg CF
3.9
26X
3.9
3.8
3.9
Simple Tech 32 Meg CF
1.8
12X
1.8
1.7
1.8
Mr. Flash 128 meg CF
1.5
10X
1.5
1.4
1.5
It is interesting to note that the Lexar is their cheaper one labled 4X.
And the oldest card in the list is the 32 meg Simple Tech.
