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[00:26]<murmmy2>anyone Plav with LCD TVs
[00:30]<cjjgnz6t0>What would be the best processor for photo work that dosent have too hefty of a price tag?
[00:31]<svjggggwv>any AMD or Core 2 Duo
[00:31]<cjjgnz6t0>I was going for AMD
[00:31]<cjjgnz6t0>Since I've heard they're better for gaming and graphic work?
[00:32]<svjggggwv>Core 2 Duo are faster than X2s!
[00:33]<svjggggwv>mondern CPUs are powerful enough for you not to need to bother... buy on price poiunt
[00:35]<cjjgnz6t0>The current machine being used is an AMD Athlon XP 2.08Ghz w/ 1GB of RAM (maxed out), and it gets laggy after a while. Although it's probably windows's fault
[00:36]<cjjgnz6t0>I think if I do build a new machine I'll go with a Mid Tower case to allow "breathing room"
[00:36]<cjjgnz6t0>Micro ATX ones are quite cramped
[00:36]<vzyppym_hugvnz>my (quite similar) linux machine has been up for almost 40 days, and it's fine :)
[00:36]<svjggggwv>2.08GHz should fly...
[00:37]<cjjgnz6t0>it dosent for some reason
[00:37]<cjjgnz6t0>Each one of these RAW picture files are like near 20MB each
[00:37]<cjjgnz6t0>I think it's running out of memory
[00:37]<svjggggwv>might look to solve that before buying new
[00:37]<cjjgnz6t0>and apparently the mobo is supposed to support 2GB but the HP BIOS has it limited to 1GB
[00:38]<vzyppym_hugvnz>dual channel, up the fsb, worked for me :)
[00:38]<cjjgnz6t0>I think Newegg and TigerDirect are my favorite places for getting parts
[00:38]<cjjgnz6t0>TigerDirect has great deals on processor/mobo combos
[00:43]<cjjgnz6t0>I'm confused
[00:44]<cjjgnz6t0>The whole power pin # confuses me
[00:44]<cjjgnz6t0>because some mobo's say they require a 24 pin connector, but yet they also have another 4 pin connector close to the processor
[00:47]<cjjgnz6t0>if I have a PSU with a 20 pin connector and the extra 4 pin block the motherboard requires, can I use a 20-24 pin adapter on the main connector?
[02:38]<krnfns>in a raid 5 , the total capacity = (smallest) * number of drives - 1 ?
[02:54]<gnvdrsc>hello
[03:21]<pfd2rac>Kaeles
[03:21]<pfd2rac>depends on the raid type
[03:21]<pfd2rac>sorry I can't talk about this now I am late
[03:22]<pfd2rac>but I will be back another time
[03:22]<pfd2rac>here
[03:22]<pfd2rac>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundant_array_of_independent_disks
[03:25]<krnfns>sorry
[03:25]<krnfns>i wan't paying attention
[03:25]<krnfns>i was talking about a raid 5
[03:26]<krnfns>i was wondering if i put 12 18gb and 6 9gb drives in the same raid
[03:26]<krnfns>im only going to get 17 * 9gb of space?
[06:03]<fcaw>What is a good, cheap microcontroller that supports RFID modules?
[06:05]<pfd2rac>hmm
[06:05]<pfd2rac>try #robotics #electronics #microcontrollers
[06:05]<pfd2rac>I am a 8051 fan and avr fan myself
[06:05]<pfd2rac>but dunno if either can do those
[06:05]<pfd2rac>or mabye one of the new low end 32 bit arm
[06:05]<pfd2rac>that are around $3
[06:07]<fcaw>Huh. Does it have usb?
[06:07]<pfd2rac>yes they have some in low end that have a usb interface
[06:07]<pfd2rac>I think 32kb flash 2 kb ram
[06:07]<pfd2rac>arm7tdmi core
[06:07]<fcaw>flyback: a *what* 8051?
[06:08]<pfd2rac>?
[06:08]<pfd2rac>you don't know what 8051 is?
[06:08]<pfd2rac>it's a microcontroller intel came up with over 20 yrs ago
[06:08]<pfd2rac>was first for keyboards
[06:08]<pfd2rac>but was in early hd's
[06:08]<fcaw>Is that the 8051 processer?
[06:08]<pfd2rac>cdrom's
[06:08]<fcaw>yeah
[06:08]<pfd2rac>still used in usb flash drives
[06:08]<fcaw>ok
[06:08]<pfd2rac>all kinds of stuff
[06:08]<pfd2rac>intel no longer makes them or the best
[06:08]<pfd2rac>cklone makers do
[06:08]<pfd2rac>like atmel
[06:08]<pfd2rac>dallas/maxim
[06:08]<pfd2rac>st
[06:08]<pfd2rac>philips
[06:09]<pfd2rac>they keep extendnig them
[06:09]<pfd2rac>down from 12 clock cycles to 1
[06:09]<pfd2rac>onboard programmable logic
[06:09]<pfd2rac>all kinds of stuff
[06:10]<pfd2rac>it's a good control processor
[06:10]<pfd2rac>for signal processing, etc it's kinda slow
[06:10]<pfd2rac>but for just shuffling data around
[06:10]<pfd2rac>responding to user commands etc
[06:10]<pfd2rac>it rocks
[06:12]<pfd2rac>you can even get some free samples :P
[06:12]<pfd2rac>like I said ask around those channels I mentioned I haven't acctually had a chance to work with one yet
[06:12]<pfd2rac>I just read about them all the time and see them in old gear I tear apart
[06:15]<fcaw>thanks :)
[06:17]<pfd2rac>np
[06:17]<pfd2rac>feel free to bug me also I just don't have any hands on knowledge :/
[06:20]<pfd2rac>also http://www.8052.com/
[06:25]<fcaw>thanks
[06:31]<fcaw>But I think the entire board cost $250 with ethernet, rs232 and usb, flyback
[06:31]<pfd2rac>yeah
[06:31]<pfd2rac>they have way cheaper stuff that that bro
[06:31]<pfd2rac>I seen $20 boards before
[06:31]<pfd2rac>check this
[06:31]<pfd2rac>www.sparkfun.com
[06:33]<fcaw>thanks flyback. Could RFID be added to this?sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=32 ? Sorry, I am really new to this.
[06:33]<pfd2rac>na it's ok yuo are doing fine :)
[06:33]<pfd2rac>yeah as long as that mcu has the i/o and software for it
[06:33]<pfd2rac>sure

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