jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Tue Jun 28 07:49:09 CDT 2011
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20110525224645_Cray_Unleashes_XK6_Supercomputer_with_Next_Generation_Opteron_Interlagos_and_Nvidia_Tesla.html The nice thing is that today, those of us who need one (or just want one) can pretty much afford to build a way powerful server. A dual core server motherboard for the AMD processor is $400. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131643 Processors for as low as $260 each for 8 cores: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2+50001028+40000727+1652756958&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&Subcategory=727&description=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc= 8 gb registered ECC ram for $150 each http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139140 400 Motherboard 520 (2) procs - 16 cores 1200 (8) 8 gig dimms - 64 gigs $2100 for the core electronics for your own personal little super. BTW this is exactly the system I built with the exception that I only got one 8 core processor and 32 gigs of ram. It runs SQL Server smooth as silk. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com