Building a Super Computer

[Skip]

Here's what I'm gonna put in it...

Power Supply
Video Card
Processor
Tower/Case/External Housing
RAM Cards
Motherboard
Hard Drive

If I did my math right should be $926.46. My parents will pay for $700 of it and so far I have $76 and I'm getting another check soon that will be at least $86.

Please post comments, suggestion, ect.

 

[Nyu]

WRONG!!! Here's your Super Computer for ya!

 

[Skip]

Holy...****...

I'm a cheap bastard, plus I'm only getting $6 per hour at my job.

 

[scuba22]

yay for speedball

 

[Skip]

lols

 

[trench]

http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=90594&Category_Code=Rebates

you might want to look at these guys.

 

[REZ]

Did someone say Supercompooter?

http://www.llnl.gov/ASC/platforms/bluegenel/


Blue Gene/L

runs at something upwards of 280 teraflops/second

 

[UncleDrax]

well for poor-man-supercomputing, I recommend getting a Class I Beowolf Cluster

If you got the money, I think IBM is coming out with a new Blade series soon..

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but since you're talking about something I can't compare to a Cray (or I guess you can these days )..

Looks like a solid system that should last you..

My person preference is for one of the Antec quiet cases that has side-screwless HDD mounts.. I love those things.

If you got a few extra bucks, pick up a good CPU Paste (I personally recommend Artic Silver.. one of the guys in my gaming clan wrote the article about two years back about how bad some where.. I believe most are corrected now though.. )
Also make sure you have adquate fans for your setup.