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    Re: My friend just spent sooo much on a PC

    Quote Originally Posted by colmo View Post
    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...
    nvidia are full of ****, and i say that as someone who has a tesla

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    Re: My friend just spent sooo much on a PC

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    Poetic justice... don't you just love it...

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    Re: My friend just spent sooo much on a PC

    Another one of those Bull**** "I've got 5 grand to build my pc" people...

    PS - That thread is one of the threads you shouldn't post to help people where they're just asking to be spoonfed the info. @ staffsMike with reference to PeterStoba's thread.

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    Re: My friend just spent sooo much on a PC

    Quote Originally Posted by moogle View Post
    Another one of those Bull**** "I've got 5 grand to build my pc" people...

    PS - That thread is one of the threads you shouldn't post to help people where they're just asking to be spoonfed the info. @ staffsMike with reference to PeterStoba's thread.
    Haven't you noticed that the OPs in each thread were the same?

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    Re: My friend just spent sooo much on a PC

    Quote Originally Posted by Powderhound View Post
    Haven't you noticed that the OPs in each thread were the same?
    I did

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    Re: My friend just spent sooo much on a PC

    *Grins* Yea mate, your friend has a killer system there, should keep him going for a long time.

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