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I'm such a dork
#123005 01/05/06 02:01 AM
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You know you're a dork when you get really excited about a new computer.

I'm spec'ing out a new computer for our office...check this out.

Dual Opteron 280 cpu's
4Gb RAM
Nvidia Quadro FX4500 vidya card
74Gb 10,000 rpm boot drive
1TB Raid 0 storage

Throw a little bit of this and a little bit of that and she comes to about $8,000.

Holy shnikes.





Re: I'm such a dork
#123006 01/05/06 02:39 AM
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That's scary. A terabyte of disk on an $8K PC. I think it was only about 4 years ago I put the first terabyte into ATI, and it was a near-line tape library. Damn thing never worked reliably either, we ended up ripping it out and replacing it with a TB of RAID anyways. I wanted to tie the SCSI cable around my trailer hitch and drag the box around the parking lot but finance wouldn't let me.


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Re: I'm such a dork
#123007 01/05/06 03:47 AM
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Ooh... nice system.


I am the Doctor, and THIS... is my SPOON!
Re: I'm such a dork
#123008 01/05/06 05:54 AM
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Perfect title for this thread, spiff.
Stated with much good feeling.

Re: I'm such a dork
#123009 01/05/06 03:45 PM
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Spiff, you're never gonna need all that storage and speed...why spend that kind of money on something you'll never use? <--Wisdom from my brother when I upgraded from a 486 to a Pentium 166. I think I had a whopping 64MB of RAM as well!


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Re: I'm such a dork
#123010 01/05/06 04:04 PM
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We've got over 7TB of storage at work already and are always hunting for space.



Re: I'm such a dork
#123011 01/05/06 04:58 PM
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AMD is on the rise I think in the server world.

I'm kinda an AMD fanboy.

GO AMD!!!



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Re: I'm such a dork
#123012 01/05/06 06:38 PM
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droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool


-jr


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Re: I'm such a dork
#123013 01/05/06 08:32 PM
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Speaking of hunting for space.....

....when I worked for Bryant Computer in the early 70s, we had a new and improved 4.2 Gbit hard drive.

It ran with twelve 36" oxide coated aluminum platters, was about the size of a VW bug.

Re: I'm such a dork
#123014 01/06/06 03:32 PM
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i imagine Call of Duty 2 would run pretty well on that system! Thanks Craig, like I need another case of upgradeitis after buying a new TV and getting into RC airplanes!


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