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09-17-2007, 11:35 PM
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Born Against
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Cheap supercomputing?
Came across this website, which shows how to build a 26 Gflop computer for around $1250.
Anybody done something like this? I'm tempted to give it a try, it would be a great Linux number cruncher. http://www.calvin.edu/~adams/research/microwulf/ |
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09-18-2007, 02:19 AM
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Husband of Seamaiden
Location: Nova Scotia
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Interesting idea. I've always wondered about what two motherboards would be like in a home system, this takes it to a whole new level. I'm kind of amazed that it wouldn't have more storage than a single 250 GB Drive, and that after all that work, that they plugged it into a cheap generic power strip. But the real question is how does it handle Bioshock?
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09-18-2007, 02:37 AM
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Playing With Fire
Location: Disaster Area
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About a year ago I built my rig for about $1500. Its similar, but I bought a thermaltake tsunami dream case for looks. Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 MB, socket939 with nividia nForce4-4X chipset, Athlon 64 3700 processor, 2 gigs of corsair ram, thermaltake butterfly 480 watt power supply, dual 160 gig 3700 rpm seagate barracuda hard drives, sony DVD burner, ATI 256 mgb graphics card, Creative SB Audigy ZS soundcard, floppy drive, thermaltake hardcano12 temp & fan controller, & case, chipset, & processor fans.
I've really dogged the crap outta this rig, running the processor at 100% for hours on end, yet it still continues to jam......... 
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09-18-2007, 06:16 PM
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I'm a family man - I run a family business.
Location: Wilson, NC
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09-18-2007, 06:26 PM
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Lover - Protector - Teacher
Location: Seattle, WA
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