[R] Powerful PC to run R

[Liviu Andronic]

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 5:25 PM, John C Frain <frainj at gmail.com> wrote:
> Given the price of the Thinkpad X201 I would be very upset if it
> overheated and would contact my supplier for a replacement.
>
Consider getting an aluminium cooling pad, such as those provided by
Zalman. It helps keeping my HP from overheating and shutting down.
Liviu


> I also
> understand that this CPU may slow down if it is overheated.  You would
> probably get a better performance from a desktop workstation or a
> larger laptop with better ventilation.  As already stated a large
> mumer of cpu's and multithreading are of little advantage when you are
> running standard R.
>
> John
>
> On 13 May 2011 11:38, Michael Haenlein <haenlein at escpeurope.eu> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I'm currently running R on my laptop -- a Lenovo Thinkpad X201 (Intel Core
>> i7 CPU, M620, 2.67 Ghz, 8 GB RAM). The problem is that some of my
>> calculations run for several days sometimes even weeks (mainly simulations
>> over a large parameter space). Depending on the external conditions, my
>> laptop sometimes shuts down due to overheating.
>>
>> I'm now thinking about buying a more powerful desktop PC or laptop. Can
>> anybody advise me on the best configuration to run R as fast as possible? I
>> will use this PC exclusively for R so any other factors are of limited
>> importance.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> Michael Haenlein
>> Assocaite Professor of Marketing
>> ESCP Europe
>> Paris, France
>>
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>
>
>
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