This guys computer is impractical...

[LeadMagnet]

He needs Dual Opteron 275 cpus to make it faster, and 15K rpm SCSI320 drives off a caching RAID controller would be faster disk subsystem,

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: jndietz
...but it is, without a doubt, the fastest gaming PC I have ever seen :shocked:

Most powerful in the world? Maybe. I don't know.

Edit: Fixed title.

I t will be sadly outdated in 6 months anyway. What's the point?

That's why I quit this stupid expensive hobby and replaced it with another stupid expensive hobby. Damn bicycles.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: bR

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: jndietz
...but it is, without a doubt, the fastest gaming PC I have ever seen :shocked:

Most powerful in the world? Maybe. I don't know.

Edit: Fixed title.

I t will be sadly outdated in 6 months anyway. What's the point?

That's why I quit this stupid expensive hobby and replaced it with another stupid expensive hobby. Damn bicycles.

I good bike holds up for years.

 

[JME Fidelity]

now instead of making fun of me for my rig, you can make fun of this guy! Woot

 

[skdsp]

dual quadros? hahha gg

 

[skdsp]

howd he link the powersupplies together? hmmm

 

[alkemyst]

why does anyone think he is trying to impress any chicks?

 

[Otaking]

Originally posted by: ryan256
And since his board won't OC all he needs now is an equally ridiculous cooling solution!
Here you go!!

hahaha that is one sick project. :laugh:

 

[CellarDoor]

Originally posted by: So
and two months later, his rig was outperformed by a rig that cost <50% as much.

QFT

 

[TheWart]

If he was really hardcore he would have bought one of those RAMDisk things....and installed his OS and games to that.

 

[JME Fidelity]

Originally posted by: TheWart
If he was really hardcore he would have bought one of those RAMDisk things....and installed his OS and games to that.

i-RAM

At only 4gb....you couldnt fit much.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Adul
jeebus.. that would make one hell of a nice server

With SATA? Pass the barfbag please...

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: sic wil
Overcompensation? I bet he drives a really fast car, too.

jealousy rears its ugly head once again

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: C6FT7

Originally posted by: Adul
jeebus.. that would make one hell of a nice server

With SATA? Pass the barfbag please...

Servers are being offered with SATA now.

Do you have experience in benchmarking these to say why they are bad?

I am assuming a small business, not an Enterprise.

We run raid 5 U320 15k's here.

 

[Saint Nick]

i bet he spent all that money because he knew nvidia would probably pick him for rig of the month. not worth the price tag, anyways.

hahaha lame.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
LOL Enterprise Server for gaming

enterprise server is ludicrous. that thing alone costs about $2,300 :Q

his case is nice and clean and pretty though.

I have a *STACK* of Enterprise server licenses, i386, AMD64, IA64.

All of them were free, and all of them are 6 month trials (w00t, so you reformat every 6 months)

 

[MasterAndCommander]

Maybe the dood is a CAD jockey and just wanted a sweet looking setup?

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: Lucky
what's impractical about it?

what part isnt lol? prolly around a 5k rig even wholesale..
thats a bit excessive even for gaming..

": not practical: as a : not wise to put into or keep in practice or effect b : incapable of dealing sensibly or prudently with practical matters "

That's the definition of impractical, I'm not sure how the computer fits that, regardless of how much it costs.

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
Maybe the dood is a CAD jockey and just wanted a sweet looking setup?

That looks like overkill even for most CAD applications. (short of desigining an Airplane or something)

 

[Saint Nick]

it isn't wise because IT COSTS TOO DAMN MUCH!!!!!

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: C6FT7

Originally posted by: Adul
jeebus.. that would make one hell of a nice server

With SATA? Pass the barfbag please...

Servers are being offered with SATA now.

Do you have experience in benchmarking these to say why they are bad?

I am assuming a small business, not an Enterprise.

We run raid 5 U320 15k's here.

Agreed.
Although they're obviously nowhere near the performance levels of 15krpm SCSI drives, for a small business they're perfect. Low-cost, and speedy enough for anything up to twenty concurrent users easily.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Phil

Agreed.
Although they're obviously nowhere near the performance levels of 15krpm SCSI drives, for a small business they're perfect. Low-cost, and speedy enough for anything up to twenty concurrent users easily.

I am totally agreeing with you too....SATA is a GREAT disk subsystem for the small office (up too a couple dozen users and when you get more load balance two machines). Especially the fact if a drive dies you can run to any computer store easy. Hell support contracts to have stuff overnighted to me at my location (Fortune 500) would be more than the total IS budget for many businesses across the country.

I am supporting 250 users on my server farm. 7 DL360 G3's as Citrix Application Servers + another 8 DL360's from G2-G4's, one DL740 full + disk chassis(runs the main application), an ancient ML740, three DL380 G3's...+ a few workstation type servers for interfaces and low end grunt work.

Only two of our machines has 15k drives. the rest 10k and I believe some are 7200's....

Buying 300GB at best buy for <$150 is a luxury when 146GB's are about $900