Roflcopter
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I'm a perfectionist, and perfect is a skinned knee.
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Fog
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RE: What Does A $16,000+ PC Look Like, Anyway?
2009/03/13 22:55:09
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nice.. but did you notice something missing? anti static strap.. yes things are more static tolerant, but when your working on £40,000 worth of pcb's for a telephone exchange you don't mess about.. that's going back 20 years I guess.. most expensive computer for me so far that I worked on fixing..hmmm , probably a g4 mac.. the 2 rendering video cards for it £7000 each for a major English tv channel. machine itself I think the total bill for it was about £18,000.. £18k vs a quantel one was peanuts.. another one.. although when the new flat apple monitors came out.. £3,000 on a wide-screen one (maybe 9 years ago)... and the machine that went with it.. £7,000 or £10,000 I forget , due to the scsi drives.. they barely fitted in the machine. I'm sure Scott and Jim have done expensive builds.
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Roflcopter
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RE: What Does A $16,000+ PC Look Like, Anyway?
2009/03/14 10:59:12
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Yeah stuff used to be hideously expensive - my previous monitor was a thousand POUNDS originally, I saw - picked it up for 10 euros, BTW.
Wonder what he's going to use this beast for - it's high on mem, but not so hot on GFX, so probably some heavy-duty virtual stuff.
Also, I would probably have waited for some Nehalem-based Xeon's instead of choosing the Opterons.
That's only a few weeks from now, 29th of March - hey my birthday. Oops. Time flies.
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jcschild
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RE: What Does A $16,000+ PC Look Like, Anyway?
2009/03/14 12:27:48
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that system was a waste of about 10k!
4x quad opterons are still beat by a core i7
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Roflcopter
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RE: What Does A $16,000+ PC Look Like, Anyway?
2009/03/14 12:32:25
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that system was a waste of about 10k! That's a serious difference. How come?
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jcschild
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RE: What Does A $16,000+ PC Look Like, Anyway?
2009/03/14 12:45:21
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assuming its for audio
for under 6k i can build a system that kills it
even the older 54xx Xeons would.
for video rendering (Animation) it should keep up with or possibly beat a 2x quad Xeon.
enter the Core i7 game over!
i was a huge fan of opterons. the technology has not changed much at all for the last 5 yrs.
Intl has made huge leaps and bounds past them.
the PhenomII is a better product than the opteron!
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celloscratch
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RE: What Does A $16,000+ PC Look Like, Anyway?
2009/03/14 14:20:21
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 Want a quiet computer? Drill a hole in the wall and put it in the other room! 
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vespesian
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RE: What Does A $16,000+ PC Look Like, Anyway?
2009/04/05 22:34:30
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16,000 bucks - and only a 1 year parts warranty?
You're in an amazing state. So stay there.
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Roflcopter
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RE: What Does A $16,000+ PC Look Like, Anyway?
2009/04/06 04:56:12
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Yes, and on a lug-in basis, too.
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