Comments on: Building a Windows 7 Reference System

By: Troubleshooting: Logical Steps versus Intuitive Leaps « All Topics « Improbable Insights

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:10:59 +0000

[...] few weeks back, I mentioned that I’d built a http://www.improbableinsights.com/2009/08/06/building-a-windows-7-reference-system/ Windows 7 reference system. That system was built on an Intel DX58SO board using the X58 chipset. [...]

By: Loyd Case

Loyd Case — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:17:55 +0000

The system is meant to be a reference system, not a production system. Other systems with more and less memory will be compared to it. So 6GB is a baseline.

By: Skip

Skip — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:11:55 +0000

So, only 6GB of RAM this time? Did using 12GB not provide any real benefits?

By: Improbable Insights

Improbable Insights — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:12:26 +0000

[...] got a Windows 7 reference system running, and it’s humming along nicely. I don’t have much on it yet, although I just downloaded [...]

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By: Loyd Case

Loyd Case — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:26:47 +0000

Early on, I won’t be doing network testing for this site; I may be doing some freelance work in that area, though. If so, I’ll post the links on this blog.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:20:33 +0000

Is networking likely to be part of your testing? I assume the MB has gigabit LAN, but what about wireless? G or N? Otherwise looks pretty good!

By: Paul Fabrie

Paul Fabrie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:36:18 +0000

That sounds like a pretty awesome reference pc. I like the 2 hard drives. I am planning a build soon. it will be an AMD system. nothing too flashy but based on the 785g chipset. I will just be playing free MMOs and maybe Aion and doing college schoolwork on it. I will probably fill it up with 8 GB of ram. Good Times.