Monster of a Computer

Spike88 · 05-28-10, 06:17 PM

So I was browsing around Tigerdirect when I saw this giveaway:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/sectors/s...ptakes_Killers

Its a Monster of a computer with:

CPU: Two (2) Intel Xeon 5680 Six-Core Processors
Motherboard: EVGA Classified SR2 Motherboard
Memory: 24GB Corsair Tri-Channel DDR3 Memory
Video Cards: Four (4) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Video Cards
Hard Drive: Two (2) 2TB Hard Drives
Solid State Drive: 160GB Intel SSD Drive Solid State Drive
Optical Drive: BluRay/DVD Burner
Power Supply: EVGA Classified SR-2 Power Supply
Case: Custom One-of-a-Kind “Killers” Case
Monitors: (3) 3D Ready Acer Monitors
3D Glasses: NVIDIA 3D Glasses

The only thing I don't like about it is the case since it has the the words Killers in pink along the side.

SteamWake · 05-28-10, 06:20 PM

nothing a can of spray paint wont fix.

Good luck !

Wolfehunter · 05-28-10, 11:44 PM

Wow that is a killer rig. Me jelous... Me want... Damn its in the US...

I can just imagine the electrical bill.... That would suck up soo much juice..

HunterICX · 05-29-10, 03:40 AM

4 of those 480's, holy crap

damn, I think the PSU will knock out my house's fusebox

HunterICX

SteamWake · 05-29-10, 08:25 AM

Meh.. its 1,500 watts your hair dryer draws more current.

Sailor Steve · 05-29-10, 11:09 AM

I prefer AMD to Intel. I prefer ATI to Nvidia graphics cards. I wouldn't know what to do with 2 Terrabytes of storage. I'm not impressed by all the bells and whistles. Bigger isn't always better.

So...

I'm busy opening up as many email accounts as I can Gotta have that thing!

Arclight · 05-29-10, 12:08 PM

Ain't it the truth?

Wouldn't know what to do with all that either, maybe split it into 2 separate systems, but it's a great toy.

Spike88 · 05-29-10, 01:04 PM

I think the best thing to do with this computer is to solve cancer by folding at home.

http://folding.stanford.edu/

Or play Crysis and any other high performance demanding game at once. Hell, it has three monitors, you can play 3 seperate games.

kiwi_2005 · 05-30-10, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spike88

So I was browsing around Tigerdirect when I saw this giveaway:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/sectors/s...ptakes_Killers

Its a Monster of a computer with:

CPU: Two (2) Intel Xeon 5680 Six-Core Processors
Motherboard: EVGA Classified SR2 Motherboard
Memory: 24GB Corsair Tri-Channel DDR3 Memory
Video Cards: Four (4) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Video Cards
Hard Drive: Two (2) 2TB Hard Drives
Solid State Drive: 160GB Intel SSD Drive Solid State Drive
Optical Drive: BluRay/DVD Burner
Power Supply: EVGA Classified SR-2 Power Supply
Case: Custom One-of-a-Kind “Killers” Case
Monitors: (3) 3D Ready Acer Monitors
3D Glasses: NVIDIA 3D Glasses

What a beast!

Spike88 · 05-30-10, 08:03 PM

Good chances that whoever wins this isn't going to use it for anything demanding. I highly someone who only uses computers for facebook/email winning it.

Arclight · 05-30-10, 08:18 PM

"Wow, FarmVille never ran this smooth before!"

Sailor Steve · 05-30-10, 08:31 PM

Truth to tell, if I did win it I'd sell it for as much as I could get and then buy as much computer as I actually needed.

Castout · 05-30-10, 09:01 PM

If that kind of processing power met with less than 50 Watt of power requirement then it's my dream thing. Right now it's a monster in both processing power and electrical bill. A sort of brutal solution to achieving raw power.

I mean most of time I'm using my PC not for gaming anyway at least not before ArmA 2 came along. It's just stupid to power all those devices when what you do is mostly typing or browsing

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11 grand PC....nuts.

I dream of rig with growing hard disk space(bio storage) and growing RAM too, with a pre-installed AI whom I can talk to, very fast processing speed(both graphics and programs) with a peak load temperature of the room's. At idle the rig would actually cool down to a temp lower than the ambient room temperature. All that with a power requirement of less than 50 Watt and comes with self charging bio battery that ideally could keep the rig going indefinitely without being plugged into any power source. . . . Ummmmm . . . .and it's no longer a two state machine in terms of processing mechanism but encompassing all the characters that mankind have ever known of.

Arclight · 05-30-10, 10:28 PM

We'll probably have giant space-cruisers in orbit before that happens though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Truth to tell, if I did win it I'd sell it for as much as I could get and then buy as much computer as I actually needed.

Exactly. Think most people would do the same.

Maybe just sell 2 of the cards, and use the money to swap out the motherboard to a decent SLI one, with i7 CPU. Sell of half the memory as well, got a killer rig and some spare cash.

Task Force · 05-31-10, 12:00 AM

This computer makes mine feel inadiquate!

05-28-10, 06:17 PM	#1
Spike88 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,052 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Monster of a Computer So I was browsing around Tigerdirect when I saw this giveaway: http://www.tigerdirect.com/sectors/s...ptakes_Killers Its a Monster of a computer with: CPU: Two (2) Intel Xeon 5680 Six-Core Processors Motherboard: EVGA Classified SR2 Motherboard Memory: 24GB Corsair Tri-Channel DDR3 Memory Video Cards: Four (4) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Video Cards Hard Drive: Two (2) 2TB Hard Drives Solid State Drive: 160GB Intel SSD Drive Solid State Drive Optical Drive: BluRay/DVD Burner Power Supply: EVGA Classified SR-2 Power Supply Case: Custom One-of-a-Kind “Killers” Case Monitors: (3) 3D Ready Acer Monitors 3D Glasses: NVIDIA 3D Glasses The only thing I don't like about it is the case since it has the the words Killers in pink along the side. __________________

05-28-10, 06:20 PM	#2
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	nothing a can of spray paint wont fix. Good luck ! __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

05-28-10, 11:44 PM	#3
Wolfehunter Crusty Capt. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,752 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 25	Wow that is a killer rig. Me jelous... Me want... Damn its in the US... I can just imagine the electrical bill.... That would suck up soo much juice.. __________________

05-29-10, 03:40 AM	#4
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	4 of those 480's, holy crap damn, I think the PSU will knock out my house's fusebox HunterICX __________________

05-29-10, 08:25 AM	#5
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Meh.. its 1,500 watts your hair dryer draws more current. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

05-29-10, 11:09 AM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I prefer AMD to Intel. I prefer ATI to Nvidia graphics cards. I wouldn't know what to do with 2 Terrabytes of storage. I'm not impressed by all the bells and whistles. Bigger isn't always better. So... I'm busy opening up as many email accounts as I can Gotta have that thing! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-29-10, 12:08 PM	#7
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Ain't it the truth? Wouldn't know what to do with all that either, maybe split it into 2 separate systems, but it's a great toy. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

05-29-10, 01:04 PM	#8
Spike88 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,052 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	I think the best thing to do with this computer is to solve cancer by folding at home. http://folding.stanford.edu/ Or play Crysis and any other high performance demanding game at once. Hell, it has three monitors, you can play 3 seperate games. __________________

05-30-10, 08:03 PM	#10
Spike88 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,052 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Good chances that whoever wins this isn't going to use it for anything demanding. I highly someone who only uses computers for facebook/email winning it. __________________

05-30-10, 08:18 PM	#11
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	"Wow, FarmVille never ran this smooth before!" __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

05-30-10, 08:31 PM	#12
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Truth to tell, if I did win it I'd sell it for as much as I could get and then buy as much computer as I actually needed. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-30-10, 09:01 PM	#13
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	If that kind of processing power met with less than 50 Watt of power requirement then it's my dream thing. Right now it's a monster in both processing power and electrical bill. A sort of brutal solution to achieving raw power. I mean most of time I'm using my PC not for gaming anyway at least not before ArmA 2 came along. It's just stupid to power all those devices when what you do is mostly typing or browsing . 11 grand PC....nuts. I dream of rig with growing hard disk space(bio storage) and growing RAM too, with a pre-installed AI whom I can talk to, very fast processing speed(both graphics and programs) with a peak load temperature of the room's. At idle the rig would actually cool down to a temp lower than the ambient room temperature. All that with a power requirement of less than 50 Watt and comes with self charging bio battery that ideally could keep the rig going indefinitely without being plugged into any power source. . . . Ummmmm . . . .and it's no longer a two state machine in terms of processing mechanism but encompassing all the characters that mankind have ever known of. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/ Last edited by Castout; 05-30-10 at 09:24 PM.

05-31-10, 12:00 AM	#15
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	This computer makes mine feel inadiquate! __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"