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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 2:22 pm    Post subject: So, when I win the lotto... Reply with quote

...which system should I build? (I will build one, but probably not until the end of the year)

The goal is to get 3,000 credits/day out of it, with overclocking, and to kick butt on games. These parts lists also aren't all-inclusive, but they cover the major components.

The price is lowest - highest - when I lasted updated [price that day]

Core 2 wrote:
Core2 Extreme - $2,562.92 - $2,811.92 - 05/13/07 [$2,652.92]

MB: Foxconn N68S7AA-8EKRS2H LGA 776 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - $199.99-$219.99 [Link] $199.99 [05/13/07]
CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Kentsfield 2.66GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80562QX6700 - $968.00-$970.00 [Link] $968.00 [05/13/07]
RAM: Mushkin REDLINE 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2-1000 SDRAM (PC2 8000) with EPP Dual Channel - $309.99-$354.99 x 2 [Link] $349.99 [05/13/07]
Case: Antec Performance One P180B Black 0.8mm cold steel 1.0mm cold steel supports - $79.99-$129.99 [Link] $89.99 [05/13/07]
PSU: Antec True Power Trio TP3-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply w/3 12V Rails - $74.99-99.99 [Link] $74.99 [05/13/07]
VID: EVGA 640-P2-N825-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Superclocked HDCP - $349.99-$379.99 [Link] $349.99 [05/13/07]
HDD: HITACHI Deskstar E7K500 HDS725050KLA360 (0A31619) 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0GB/s - $134.99-$150.99x2 [Link] $134.99 [05/13/07]

I don't think this PSU is enough, given my other plans and I will probably swap it for the one in the AMD build on the next revise which will give the AMD a slight price advantage.

AMD wrote:
AMD - $2,565.92 - $2,762.92 – 05/13/07 [$2,655.92]

MB: Asus L1N64-SLI WS Quad Dual-Core nVidia nForce 680a SLITM Chipset - $312.99 [Link]
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 (3.0GHz) - $409.00 x2 [Link]
RAM: Mushkin REDLINE 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2-1000 SDRAM (PC2 8000) with EPP Dual Channel - $309.99-$354.99 x 2 [Link] $349.99 [05/13/07]
Case: Antec Performance One P180B Black 0.8mm cold steel 1.0mm cold steel supports - $79.99-$129.99 [Link] $89.99 [05/13/07]
PSU: OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W PSU 100 – 240V - $114.99 - $139.99 [Link] $114.99 [05/13/07]
VID: EVGA 640-P2-N825-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Superclocked HDCP - $349.99-$379.99 [Link] $349.99 [05/13/07]
HDD: HITACHI Deskstar E7K500 HDS725050KLA360 (0A31619) 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0GB/s - $134.99-$150.99x2 [Link] $134.99 [05/13/07]

This setup will be much more power hungry than the Core 2, but upgradeable to 8 cores when the 4 core AMDs come out.

The benchmark information I find shows the 74 being close to the QX6700 on some things, better at a few, and totally butt kicked by the QX6700 in the majority of tests. What I don't know is if the QX6700 tests represent everything it can do (i.e. 4 cores), vs what the 74 can do (2 cores). If so, then a dual FX74 rig would put a serious hurting on a QX6700. If the tests are core-for-core, then the QX6700 mangles the FX-74 (because all of it's results, already higher for most things, would be x4 instead of x2).

Ah well, just thinking out loud, and giving myself an excuse to make a post about upgrading because Michelle won't.
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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 6:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You should see what you can get out of a nice Commodore 64...
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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe you could afford some of these:-

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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 8:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh, I doubt he could afford those.... Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Ohio Scientific stuff makes me wish I had pictures of my old S100 system from the 70's. A sixteen slot rack to support an 8080 CPU- ram was on cards that held 4K each... But there was worse stuff out there! Some of the old CNC machines I worked on had discrete semiconductor memory- ie a transistor with a big cap on it to hold the value (1/0), usually a memory card would be 8 bits. You generally took a handful of 2n2222a's and 2n2907's with you when you got a call.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Best bang for the buck is diskless.

Once the server is set up, stack up the client mobos on threaded rod.

Each client is a mobo (w/ integrated graphics), CPU, memory and Power supply. Don't buy the fastest mobo, but go for the lowest $/GHz for the whole client kit.

I was getting about $150/GHz, using refurb Athlon components from Newegg. I had 7 clients, before the power bill became an issue.

You don't get the gaming capability, but the tech coolness factor is up there.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We're talking loto win right....

option 1

http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4600/

option 2

http://www.sun.com/servers/blades/8000/

option 3

http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/1UTwin.cfm?pg=2


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