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VanHalen Send message Joined: 1 Dec 99 Posts: 29 Credit: 476,175 RAC: 0 |
I'm thinking about building a monster to run seti. what I'd like to do is build something that has 4 PCI express slots and run four good nvidia cards. Does anyone know if there is a 4 slot board on the market? Also what nvidia card has the most "bang for the buck"? |
Gundolf Jahn Send message Joined: 19 Sep 00 Posts: 3184 Credit: 446,358 RAC: 0 |
I'm thinking about building a monster to run seti. what I'd like to do is build something that has 4 PCI express slots and run four good nvidia cards. Does anyone know if there is a 4 slot board on the market? Also what nvidia card has the most "bang for the buck"? Don't forget the PSU and cooling. For GTX cards see this thread on the BOINC dev forum. Gruß, Gundolf [edit] and this thread for multiple GPUs and SLI.[/edit] Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz) SETI@home classic workunits 3,758 SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours |
MeglaW Send message Joined: 21 Jun 00 Posts: 36 Credit: 479,460 RAC: 0 |
i´d say go with the tips in this thread; http://www.talix.com/Folding/Folding_Farm.html i.e. cheap motherboard + cpu + ram and hdd gives you more monney to buy pricy huge grafics cards, giving you more MIPS/dollar. |
malignantpoodle Send message Joined: 3 Feb 09 Posts: 205 Credit: 421,416 RAC: 0 |
Here is the cheapest 4x PCI-E slot board I found; http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130136 and it's AMD But I also found an Intel 6 slot one; http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131358 Although with the latter, you're likely limited on the type of card that can occupy the slots. Power and cooling will be a challenge as I'm sure you've anticipated. I cannot vouch for those boards, brands, of alternatives I linked to as I've not done research on them. Use at your own risk. I've used the vendor newegg and have had good experience though. Let us know when and if you build that monster. |
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