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A detail to keep in mind if you use Matlab for image analysis. The
Macintosh version of Matlab cannot write and Excel spreadsheet, just comma
separated values (csv file). On a PC it will write normal Excel files.
Paul Herzmark
Specialist
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
479 Life Science Addition
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-3200
(510) 643-9603
Dear listers/microscopists,
>
> I assume there is good time to update new trends in
> image analysis hardware. The last discussions on image
> analysis computer were in 2006-8. Though the basic
> principles of CPU, RAM, hard drive, video card, monitor
> selection still hold some new types of hardware became
> popular/available, e.g. SSD drives, APU, water cooling.
> Now a decent gaming computer (~$1k) has the processing power
> of a 2006 expensive workstation (~$20K). I was suprised that
> I was able to completely overhaul my 8 year old ATX case
> to a quad core 2GHz APU, 8GB 1600MHz RAM, 160GB SATA-2
> SSD, water cooling, USB3 and SATA3 Gigabyte motherboard,
> and 4 monitor 1GB video card.
> for under $300 (online, after rebates).
>
> Now I am wiling to upgrade/overhaul my work computer which
> is used to run ImageJ, Fiji, Deconvolution (Autoquant, Huygens),
> Matlab, PV-Vawe, Labview, Origin. Please advice/share you thoughts
> what best configuration is possible to buy for $2-3k (monitor
> excluded).
> My first choice would be to go with a fast gaming computer, e.g.
> Dell-Alienware Aurora
> Windows* 7 Ultimate, 64Bit, English
> 2nd Generation Intel* Core* i7-3820 (10M Cache, Overclocked up to 4.1
> GHz)
> 16GB (4 X 4GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
> NVIDIA* GeForce* GTX 660 1.5GB GDDR5
> 1TB RAID 0 (2x 500GB SATA 6Gb/s) Solid State Hybrid
> 19-in-1 Media Card Reader
> No Monitor
> Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
>
> The second choice would be to buy all components online and
> build a computer myself (I have done this about 50 times over
> 25 years). This option typically saves money or buys better
> components,
> and provides you full specs of the hardware. The con of this
> approach is that it wastes some of your time to debug/make all
> the hardware work together and with your software. However,
> as the computer is for me not just a box but a tool I am ready
> to make this sacrifice.
>
> BTW, is there any solid preference towards CPU Type (Intel ix/AMD/Intel
> Xeon)
>
> Thanks for your input/advice/thoughts,
> Arvydas
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>
> Arvydas Matiukas, Ph.D.
> Director of Confocal&Two-Photon Core
> Department of Neurosci& Physiology
> SUNY Upstate Medical University
> 766 Irving Ave., WH 3167
> Syracuse, NY 13210
> tel.: 315-464-7997
> fax: 315-464-8014
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