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Re: Building a new system
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:59 pm
by mcbbcn
Hi Ivo,
What size of ramdisk would you recommend for running StarTools?
Thanks for your help,
M.
Re: Building a new system
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:09 am
by admin
mcbbcn wrote:
What size of ramdisk would you recommend for running StarTools?
Currently, the tracking feature approximately needs 150 bytes per pixel. So for an image that has a resolution of X by Y pixels the formula is X x Y x 150 bytes.
Re: Building a new system
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:07 pm
by mcbbcn
OK, so I ran the calculations X x Y x 150 bytes...
3348 x 2496 x 150 bytes = 1,253,491,200 bytes, or what is the same, 9.3Gb...Ha! This is going to be the mother all of the RAMDISK
I'm glad DDR3 RAM is a lot cheaper than it used to be...
M.
Re: Building a new system
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:28 am
by gboulton
Thought I'd bump this thread to share that components for the new system have started to arrive!
Case, RAM, and HDD got here today. Remaining components expected Friday.
Critical stats are :
Core i5 3570K
16GB of RAM
750W high current PS
1.5 TB of drive space
ASRock z77 main board.
The case, PS, and RAM are all also red or red/black...gotta stick with the astronomy theme donchya know!
Images and such coming as I start assembling.
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Ivo, quick technical question. You recommend a RAM drive for StarTools to swap to, but I do not see any way to tell StarTools to use a ram drive. How would I go about ensuring that ST makes use of a RAM drive I create. (Apparently, the MB will create one for me automatically, so I intend to make use of this)
Re: Building a new system
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 1:29 am
by admin
gboulton wrote:Core i5 3570K
16GB of RAM
750W high current PS
1.5 TB of drive space
ASRock z77 main board.
The case, PS, and RAM are all also red or red/black...gotta stick with the astronomy theme donchya know!
*drool*
Ivo, quick technical question. You recommend a RAM drive for StarTools to swap to, but I do not see any way to tell StarTools to use a ram drive. How would I go about ensuring that ST makes use of a RAM drive I create. (Apparently, the MB will create one for me automatically, so I intend to make use of this)
For Windows, it's a simple matter of copying and running StarTools from your RAM drive volume.
Re: Building a new system
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 1:48 am
by gboulton
For Windows, it's a simple matter of copying and running StarTools from your RAM drive volume.
Just what I needed to know, Ivo! Simple batch file ought to do the trick! Thanks!
Re: Building a new system
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:19 pm
by gboulton
Huzzah!
The last of the components just arrived. Pics and hopefully "first post report" will follow!
Re: Building a new system
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:20 am
by admin
gboulton wrote:Huzzah!
The last of the components just arrived. Pics and hopefully "first post report" will follow!
Just in time for Christmas!
Re: Building a new system
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 5:13 am
by gboulton
It lives.
Spiffy red/black power supply...
Don't forget the cool red/black RAM!
OOoooooOOOOo...pretty red lights!
Downloading StarTools as I type.
Re: Building a new system
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 6:36 am
by gboulton
Great googly moogly, this thing's fast.
First ST processed image, a 3 minute rush job of M42 running on a 4GB RAM drive
