Building a new system

[mcbbcn]

Hi Ivo,

What size of ramdisk would you recommend for running StarTools?

Thanks for your help,

M.

[admin]

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.

[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.

[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)

[admin]

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.

[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!

[gboulton]

Huzzah!

The last of the components just arrived. Pics and hopefully "first post report" will follow!

[admin]

Huzzah!

The last of the components just arrived. Pics and hopefully "first post report" will follow!

Just in time for Christmas!

[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.

[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