Supercomputer on a stick...

[jsbowden]

So, we have this machine that we custom ordered that I'm currently playing with, and holy Zombie Jesus On A Stick, it's a beast.

Quad core i7 3.2ghz processor, 12GB of RAM, and four Nvidia GTX 295 boards, all SLI'd to a 9600 GT. We don't really care about 3d graphics all that much, we just wanted the eight GPUs that four 295s give us for computation (and the 9600 GT's GPU can be used as a PhysX processor too, but I don't know if that's in the plan or not).

Right now I'm just playing around with Win7 Beta on it to stress test the hardware, but wow it's fast.

Comments

[buzz.livejournal.com]

HOLY SHEEP SHIT. What the hell mobo is all that running on?

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

It's an Intel motherboard, and I was wrong about the graphics cards...there are only three of the GTX 295s, because it turns out that putting four in wouldn't allow for the installation of memory due to card size (and it's where there is only 12GB of RAM instead of the board being maxed out), and the fourth was replaced with the 9600 GT because it was the beefiest GPU that could be installed and not interfere with the memory slots.

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

This is a Game PC Prowess-R4T system (only just replaced with the R4X model apparently) that we customized:

Prowess-R4T / 300 Rackmount Server:
1 x Intel 130W TDP Core i7-965 EE (3.20 GHz) Quad Core Retail - $1,448.00
1 x CPU Retail Cooler - $0.00
1 x ASROCK X58 SuperComputer Intel X58 ATX - $450.00
2 x Corsair XMS TR3X6G1333C9 DDR3-1333 6GB DIMM CL9 - $480.00
1 x Intel X25-M 80 GB 2.5" Solid State Flash Drive - $608.00
2 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 1 TB 7,200 RPM 32 MB Cache - $376.00
1 x ICY DOCK MB882SP-1S-1 2.5" to 3.5" Bay Converter - $48.00
1 x Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7221S-OB Black LS DVD ± RW / CD-RW - $78.00
1 x eVGA GeForce 9600 GT 1024 MB GDDR3 PCI-E 2.0 - $188.00
3 x eVGA GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3 PCI-E 2.0 - $1,944.00
1 x Chenbro RM42200 4U ATX 20.5" Depth Black Server Chassis - $190.00
1 x Silverstone Zeus ZM1200 1200W 80% Efficiency Power Supply - $448.00
1 x Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E 120mm 1200RPM 20.1dBA Quiet Case Fan - $38.00
2 x Noctua NF-R8 80mm Quiet Case Fan OEM - $52.00
1 x Microsoft Windows XP Professional (64-bit) OEM - $198.00
1 x Chenbro 26 Inch 1U/2U/3U Rackmount Rail Kit $50.00