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Setup for .NET Developers

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I'm in the process of doing some research for upgrading to a new computer and this post here is just a small part of it. That being said - I'll probably come across some articles soon that talk about Visual Studio's use (or lack-thereof) of a quad-core processor (I have already read about the difficulties the designers are having making VS utilize 64-bit processing) but in the meantime I thought I would shoot a post here to see what anyone knows. For doing .NET programming work, heavily utilizing Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2008, what do you feel is the best setup (for the cost)? It seems that this forum is heavily into gaming machine performance, but at the time it isn't really a big concern to me (until Diablo 3 comes out). I'm guessing an i7 920 setup is still the best way to go, but am curious as to other options.

Thanks!
 
You should be fine with any multi-core cpu. You can't even buy a single core CPU anymore unless you're getting some back stock from walmart... no way MS would reuqire .Net to be single core...

In fact, I run VS on my work laptop that is a dual core. I've never had any issues at all. I'd make sure you can get the best system you can for your price... memory and CPU are where your performance is going to be. I didn't say disk only becuase space is so abundant these days.
 
Demon10000 said:
I didn't say disk only becuase space is so abundant these days.
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Disk space might not be a concern, but you should pay attention to the speed of the drive. A faster drive will make your computer feel snappier since your programs will start more quickly.
 
An i7 is a great place to start, but most importantly get as much RAM as you can. 6GB is good. 12GB is better. I'm running 12 on my dev machine at work and I couldn't imaging having less. This means you'll also need a 64 bit OS. Visual Studio isn't 64 bit, but when you're running a batch build each instance of the compiler will chew up a lot of RAM. This is also where all 8 virtual cores on the i7 will get a workout.


You might want to throw your projects on RAID0. Yes, this does have risks, but you are using source control, right?
 
Visual Studio will compile across multiple cpu's if you have a big enough solution and enough projects that a dependency structure that would allow them to be compiled at the same time.

BIGGEST thing to worry about is getting a fast disk. Either stripe some velociraptors or get an SSD.
 
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