my ultimate computer but how much would it cost ?

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hi I have been thinking of my ultimate computer to fix all problems, so
here it is:

a system with slide in sections each one a motherboard, processor and
hard drive. I was thinking 15 would be a good number and the capacity
of each one I want it to be:
- 5ghz processor
- 2gigabytes of ram
- 1 terabyte of hard disk space

and three operating systems interconnected and access to all hard
drives all at once.

My question is how much do you think it would cost and is it possible ?
I have done a bit of research but I thought telling more people might
give it some scope.
thanks
sam
 
hi I have been thinking of my ultimate computer to fix all problems, so
here it is:

a system with slide in sections each one a motherboard, processor and
hard drive. I was thinking 15 would be a good number and the capacity
of each one I want it to be:
- 5ghz processor
- 2gigabytes of ram
- 1 terabyte of hard disk space

and three operating systems interconnected and access to all hard
drives all at once.

My question is how much do you think it would cost and is it possible ?
I have done a bit of research but I thought telling more people might
give it some scope.
thanks
sam
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I guess you'd run a clustering linux OS on that. But what ever do you
want 15TB of hdd for?

And what do you want effectively 75 GHz of cpu for? Or 30G ram? I
realise these questions may seem amusing in 30 years time, but today
there is a real shortage of software that makes good use of such
hardware, other than for research.

Dont forget the 15x 400w psu, and the extra house wiring to get you
that 6kW.

Or with a budget of £0, used machines' mobos could be clustered like
this to get free high performance. But only while running a clustered
non-win OS and guzzling electricity.


NT
 
thanks guys for the support and the questions

the reason I want this much computer power is to make things without
time delay, I want to be able to do 5 or more renderings and I need
lots of power, by the time I can afford it I will have solar power so
electricity is infinite. But mostly I need it.

so you think about $3,000 it will cost, I found at place selling ones
for $10,000 but if you say i can get ones for 3k and they have the
speed I have mentioned then I could save quite a bit of money
 
thanks guys for the support and the questions

the reason I want this much computer power is to make things without
time delay, I want to be able to do 5 or more renderings and I need
lots of power,
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if you got $100 mobos and cut right back on hdd space & ram you could
do that lot really quite cheaply. These kind of machines are usually
chosen on the basis of performance per power consumption, as the power
bill isnt cheap.

by the time I can afford it I will have solar power so
electricity is infinite. But mostly I need it.
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solar pv is very expensive, energy budget tight

so you think about $3,000 it will cost, I found at place selling ones
for $10,000 but if you say i can get ones for 3k and they have the
speed I have mentioned then I could save quite a bit of money
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why dont you answer your own q, it isnt difficult. how much hdd and ram
do you really need? whats the cost of each part? not ard is it.

very vaguely:
mobo 100
cpu 70
hdd 60
psu 20
ram 50
total 300
x15 = 4,500

and if you used 6 month old kit it would be significantly less. One
monster hdd plus the rest on 20G drives would evaporate most of the hdd
cost. Onboard everything or just one good graphics card and the rest
old freebies. Add a 12" desk fan for case ventilation.


NT
 
apyankeefan said:
I would say for that somewhere in the 3 to 7 thousand dollar range.

Looking at the current prices of servers, and components

If you want a good place to buy your hardware here you go

http://www.tigerdiret.com
http://www.zipzoomfly.com
http://www.computergeeks.com

Reguards,
Allen Stalker
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I'd skip Tiger Direct and add Newegg. I've never been to or use
computergeeks.com but bought my video cards from ClubIT.com 5GHz CPU???

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