My friend just spent sooo much on a PC

[PeterStoba]

I bet he'll force it all together and then come running to a site like hexus though

[DDY]

It's a right cock up...

I doubt a 800W PSU can power all of that.

and

Why the two X2s? Two are useless for gaming, check the reviews and even useless-er for number crunching. I'd understand if nvidia cards were used, they rock at number crunching.

Summary:

- Incompatible CPUs
- Incompatible RAM
- Soon to be obsolete
- Inadequate PSU
- Waste of GPUs

All yours for £4300!

[phurbs]

Core i7 is literally weeks away and that is the next step, so it's already out dated in the world of "future proofing".

Slight derailing here, but how do you guys think the release of the new i7 stuff is going to effect the price of the core 2 duo stuff? Obviously it will drop, but how long does it usually take to filter down?

[moogle]

It's a right cock up...

I doubt a 800W PSU can power all of that.

and

Why the two X2s? Two are useless for gaming, check the reviews and even useless-er for number crunching. I'd understand if nvidia cards were used, they rock at number crunching.

Summary:

- Incompatible CPUs
- Incompatible RAM
- Soon to be obsolete
- Inadequate PSU
- Waste of GPUs

All yours for £4300!

with Nehalem just around the corner as well
£4300 -> £2000 -> £1000 -> £500 preeeetty sooon.

[PeterStoba]

Slight derailing here, but how do you guys think the release of the new i7 stuff is going to effect the price of the core 2 duo stuff? Obviously it will drop, but how long does it usually take to filter down?

Not much as Core i7 won't be bought by alot of people straight away

[colmo]

For that kind of money, he can buy a real supercomputer, or even a small cluster.

Your friend has more money than sense.

[directhex]

For that kind of money, he can buy a real supercomputer, or even a small cluster.

Your friend has more money than sense.

starting prices for anything you'd call a "supercomputer" are rather higher than £5k

[Koolpc]

£££££££ Don't automatically = Best PC!!

[TAKTAK]

For that kind of money, he can buy a real supercomputer, or even a small cluster.

Your friend has more money than sense.

you'll not be buying cray or bluegene with that....

[DDY]

That money could buy one (or even two) of these.

[AdamAnubis]

Out of interest, how much are the CRAY systems?

[directhex]

Out of interest, how much are the CRAY systems?

cray's toy windows deskside cluster, the CX1, has a starting price of £5200 plus VAT- with no compute nodes. nodes start at £2600

a "proper" cray such as an xt5 or xmt would be well into 6 figures for a starter package

[AdamAnubis]

That doesn't surprise me. I looked at the XMT on their website, and when the only 2 industry solutions are Government and Defence, and Higher Education, you know they are gonna be serious!

[colmo]

Here's your supercomputer*, prices starting at under £4k inc. VAT:
http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=...0supercomputer

Here's your cluster - approximate cost = 8 x £300 + some effort...
http://moss.csc.ncsu.edu/~mueller/cluster/ps3/

*nVidia called it a supercomputer, not me...

[360bhp]

You sure it was a friend? lol

http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardwa...ts-please.html

[format]

uh oh...