Unfortunately, my newest system 'burped' (i7 940 with 16 GB RAM) and my 'IT guy' states that the power supply (750W), motherboard (ASUS Rampage II) and CPU all took a nose dive.  Need to get a new system ASAP.  Should I be looking at the new Sandy Bridge 2600k or sticking with the i7 line upgrading to, perhaps, the 960 - or something else.  Just want the best performance out of DNS Medical (have both 10.1 and 11.0).  Looking forward to any help - thanks!

 

krose  

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For the sake of continuity, our 1st recommendation would be to put Ver. 11 on all your machines but note that you're limited to 4 activations.

Sandy Bridge is an i7 processor. It is simply a second-generation i7 processor which is been around for some time so hopefully this won't even be an issue. As far as i7 processors are concerned, you probably won't notice any speed difference between the 950 (the slowest i7) and the 990X (the current fastness) so we recommend saving your money and going with a minimum i7. An i5 would be acceptable but not our 1st recommendation and we don't recommend anything below an i5.

Although we are not paid to make this recommendation, we recommend calling M-Tech 888-246-8956 which is the company that built our desktop and we are planning on having build our next notebook computer. The quality is first-rate, they are the only company that builds notebook computers in the United States, they use pick-of-the-litter grade A chips unlike Dell, IBM, Alienware etc. who typically use B chips and they actually know what they're talking about because they don't have salespeople. When you call M-Tech, you're likely talking to the person who's going to build your system and handle after purchase questions. When you purchase from a company like Dell, Toshiba, Gateway etc. you have several choices in a number of configurations. When you purchase from M-Tech, you have every choice in every configuration (even a choice in RAM manufacturers) because your computer is built from the ground up. If you want 4 solid-state hard drives and 2 video cards with 32 Gb of RAM in a notebook computer, because you're crazy person with too much money , they can do it but they also manufacture very affordable systems.

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Lunis,

I believe that you meant the 920 being the slowest i7 (that's what I have).

MDH

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The reason why we referenced the 950 is because the 920 was discontinued several months ago but you are correct. If you could still get your hands on i7 920, from a speech recognition point of view, it would be just as effective as the fastest chip.

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Mark,

Don't pay too much attention to the numbers (i.e., 950, 920, etc.). The Core™ i7 860 actually is faster in terms of overall characteristics than the 920, even though as Lunis suggests the 920 is no longer available. You have to look at the specifications for each Core™ i processor whether it be the first-generation or second generation (Gulftown or Sandy Bridge). The actual specs for each processor may not exactly correspond to the number.

Your Core™ i7 920, which I also am now using with DNS 10.1 Medical and Windows XP SP3, performs equally as well as the Core™ i7 950. The only difference between the Core™ i7 920 in the Core™ i7 950 is a 400 MHz difference in processor speed, which has little impact on DNS.

Chuck Runquist
Technical Project Manager
VoiceTeach LLC
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