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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:46 pm    Post subject: Dear Santa.... Reply with quote

I want one...

Try this one for size:

4 motherboards, each with 2 dual-core Opterons.
Up to 4 x 16GB ECC RAM.
4 x SATA HDD's.
4 x 350W PSU's.
Runs Windows Computer Cluster Server 2003.
All that in a wide-ish tower unit (12.6"W x 26.7"D x 14"H), with a noise level of 45dB.
(That's basically 4 quad core machines in one box).

I reckon 4 of those (6kW!) should keep me warm this winter (while I start saving for the air-conditioning unit I'll need next summer).

BTW, for the die-hard Intel fans, there's a version with 5 x 2 x dual-core Xeons (i.e 20 cores), and there'll be another version soon which will take the to-be-announced (tomorrow) quad-core Xeon. Yep, that's 40 pretty quick crunchers under your desk!

Will it fit your wallet? A fairly basic unit will set you back a bit over $10,000, while a 40-core will be in the general region of $25,000. A mere trifle - I'll take a dozen of your finest, barsteward.

Must finish now, I've got to pop down the road to buy a lottery ticket - wish me luck.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hmm....

I'm thinking more of a couple of these....

http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=659586

but maybe a couple of E5360'sm though. the best thing is you can still run XP pro on it!

http://www.intel.com/technology/architecture/downloads/quad-core-06.pdf

I can't wait for Apple to put them in the Macpros... Bootcamp here I come!

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear Santa

Please may I have one of these...







I don't need all three. Just one of the above will do.

Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Michelle wrote:
Dear Santa

Please may I have one of these...







I don't need all three. Just one of the above will do.

Very Happy


It appears you already have the pictures.....what more do you need? Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You missed this one.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Already got it. Rather graphic and disturbing at the start of that one.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Michelle wrote:
Dear Santa

Please may I have one of these...







I don't need all three. Just one of the above will do.

Very Happy


I wholeheartedly agree. I want one of the above too. Just one.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tenebra wrote:
I wholeheartedly agree. I want one of the above too. Just one.


I'm sensing a CHICK FIGHT!!!!!!!!!
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mohrorless, you don't know anything about girls do you. This isn't RL, so we can toss a coin to see who gets who. Laughing Or we could share all three on a week-to-week basis.

#ni-1

RL is an entirely different matter, because they're all taken anyway. Cool
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Michelle wrote:
mohrorless, you don't know anything about girls do you.)


Have you been talking to my wife????? Laughing

Michelle wrote:
This isn't RL, so we can toss a coin to see who gets who. Laughing Or we could share all three on a week-to-week basis.


Sure kill the fantasy.......
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing

No, I haven't been talking to your wife. But I have been a wife, so I do know these things. Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Michelle wrote:
Laughing But I have been a wife, so I do know these things. Wink


Laughing Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey!!

Who hi-jacked my picture, glasses and jerkin ! #evil

Gonna c a lawyer now !


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear Santa,

I have been such a good Knight this year. Would you be able to bring me one of these?



I would be so happy, and I would promise to take care of her by feeding and stroking her all day long............

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