Very nice job Sam! Looks like you have a motherboard that is micro-ATX and the case is capable of taking ATX. Have a lot of room inside.
Forget about PCI. It is an old technology being phased out at the moment. Read up on the PCI Express Technology. On new motherboards you won't find PCI bus any more.
@ Bolimomo.....Thats a Great overview of how technology has improved over the years...your right, from what i have seen on the newer boards, PCI is becoming extinct and PCI Express 2.0 and newly introduced 3.0 is coming in now. 3.0 bandwidth is extreme, it is great that the speed is becoming available to the consumer, if one needs it they can build a super fast computer.
Roger that... from what I've read, that's how Google got started. Larry and Sergey wired as many old PCs as they can find to index the internet. The rest... as they say... is history. We have the computer power. We are just waiting for a killer trading app. You see... I don't want to model the vortex of a tornado... I don't want to analyze the noise collected by SETI... I don't want to fractal tree leaves...
Great... I posted PCI just for anyone who wants to see how it worked and then followed with PCIe which is posted here if you missed it. There is a huge amount of PCIe to read on . This can get you started in a direction http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=223072&perpage=6&pagenumber=169
I didn't know about that interesting bit of info about Google, those two guys basically laid the beginnings for the net. you know, i am still working on that killer trading app, i have put together a decent trading template that works good, i have revised it many times over the last few years. it seems there is always room for improvement with programs and apps, an ongoing process to create or discover what works best.
Thanks, ...TIKITRADER, i would like to learn more in this area, and i Appreciate all the info and posts on this topic.
The award certificate is lol ... great Sam, Thank you for taking the time to help out people and post a detailed build. Very generous of your time to do. Very generous of each of you sharing your knowledge and time.
yes, it is a Great thread, with some Really Good Folks here, i know i am starting to learn from all this info being posted here.