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Todd Hebert Send message Joined: 16 Jun 00 Posts: 648 Credit: 228,292,957 RAC: 0 |
I have over $70k invested in machines running S@H - but people buy boats that cost much more. Todd |
peak Send message Joined: 6 Mar 11 Posts: 31 Credit: 39,440 RAC: 0 |
When you go to this site... Why would you put 144 GB RAM in this machine? Wouldnt, lets say, 20 GB eough? |
-BeNt- Send message Joined: 17 Oct 99 Posts: 1234 Credit: 10,116,112 RAC: 0 |
I have over $70k invested in machines running S@H - but people buy boats that cost much more. It's not in what you do or what you spend it on, it's how much fun or enjoyment you get out of it. If I had $70k to spend on Seti@Home equipment, I'd do it for sure! Not to mention working on computers and getting something done, or in my mind done anyways, is much more fun than working on a boat....lets not forget maintenance! Traveling through space at ~67,000mph! |
xx Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 166 Credit: 3,450,910 RAC: 0 |
A Maingear Quantum Shift, Core i7-970 and a GTX 580. About $5,000. Chuck |
nemesis Send message Joined: 12 Oct 99 Posts: 1408 Credit: 35,074,350 RAC: 0 |
buying computer equipment is like buying a car. as soon as you drive the car off the lot, it is depreciating. as soon as you buy that expensive motherboard, cpu and GPU, it is obsolete. gaming and distributive computing is what is driving the computer market now. we crunchers are propping up Intel, AMD, Nvidia and the Neweggs of the webnet. |
speedbump Send message Joined: 19 May 01 Posts: 247 Credit: 192,906,380 RAC: 0 |
A wise man once said, too much is never enough. Oops, I think that was just the devil in my head talking to me. |
The Gas Giant Send message Joined: 22 Nov 01 Posts: 1904 Credit: 2,646,654 RAC: 0 |
I have over $70k invested in machines running S@H - but people buy boats that cost much more. And let's not forget the ongoing electricity bills! Ouch... ;) |
-BeNt- Send message Joined: 17 Oct 99 Posts: 1234 Credit: 10,116,112 RAC: 0 |
buying computer equipment is like buying a car. Absolutely, I mean we see hardware revisions and new lines pretty quickly. However gaming and home, key word home, distributed computing is far from holding those companies up. They make a lot more money in discrete graphics and server/corporate environments than they do off of home users. Which is why Intel/AMD/Nvidia mainly release their expensive server parts well before we see the equivalent in the home market. Take the new 10 core Xeons, Teslas, etc. Essentially we are half a year to a year behind the server marketing at the best. Come on 10 core i7's! I wish gaming was one of the factors pushing the computer marker, and it does in some respects, however console gaming is MUCH larger in the gaming world than PC gaming at this point in history, unfortunately. Traveling through space at ~67,000mph! |
dcappello Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 261 Credit: 170,969,320 RAC: 0 |
Like Todd said - a boatload. :) |
JLConawayII Send message Joined: 2 Apr 02 Posts: 188 Credit: 2,840,460 RAC: 0 |
When you go to this site... 1GB per core should be the most you will need for BOINC projects. Cosmology@home is the most demanding project I run, and it needs around 600-800MB per WU. |
Speedy Send message Joined: 26 Jun 04 Posts: 1639 Credit: 12,921,799 RAC: 89 |
Currently testing an i7-2600K (Sandy Bridge), stock speed,Out of interest Ray_GTI-R, what motherboard, ram/speed & what sized psu are you using? |
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