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I built a Super (ly fast) Computer, we named it HAL.
I am glad to announce, we have built a super computer. I'm serious, 8gb DDR2 ram, AMD Phenom 9600 Quad Core,500gb SATA hard drive, Dual ATI Radeon 4670 DDR3 512mb Graphics cards, Asus M3N78-VM AM2+ Motherboard. It's so fast, if i was chatting on yahoo, i can see what you are typing before you type it. If ANYONE takes this picture, i will know because the chances of someone with this same set up is pretty slim. Or at least give me credit and let me know.
http://www.computersonics.com/
Pictures, Well, now!
Discussions
9 years ago
I spot 2 different motherboards. How do you do Crossfire with the two 4670's if neither have 2 PCIe X16 slots, or are you using a different motherboard?
Reply 9 years ago
1 is built in, 1 is PCI express.
Reply 8 years ago
There is no such thing as a motherboard with an integrated 4670, and your motherboard has an integrated nVidia Geforce 8200...
With that motherboard I believe you could do hybrid SLI, if you had an nvidia card, but you can't SLI or Crossfire a HD 4670 and a GeForce 8200.
9 years ago
Can you... Play Frontlines: Fuel of war, browse Instructables, AND chat at the same time?...???
Reply 9 years ago
Lets put it this way, i can run Call of duty 5, 6 times, and Rainbow six, AND browse instructables.
Reply 9 years ago
Click on my name, and in the column to the left, I have all the details of my Gateway super computer. The only speed restriction I have is medium speed wireless internet...
Reply 9 years ago
Why gateway?
Reply 9 years ago
They make good desktop PCs. My computer was only $1500.
Reply 9 years ago
Eeew. No offense, but Gateway sux: too much bloatware. And $1500 is terrible.
Reply 9 years ago
bloatware?
Reply 9 years ago
Ya, never heard of bloatware? Software and stuff that you don't need or want? Not to mention Gateway changes a bunch of the OS's stuff, like a different control panel in XP. . . Either get a different manufacturer's computer or reformat to get rid of that icky memory-hogging bloatware.
Reply 9 years ago
My PC came stock with Vista Home Edition. But, I almost right away installed Vista Ultimate on my main partition, and Ubuntu on the second. So I never really "witnessed" the bloatware...
Reply 9 years ago
That's EXACTLY what you want to do. Bye-bye, bloatware, hello faster OS. . . Ubuntu pwns too; it runs WAY faster than Vista. I've only got 1GB of RAM, and Vista's just a big memory hog. Sorry if you like Vista, but I had plenty of issues with the original (before SP1) and it certainly has made a first impression on me. Fortunately, as far as Build 7000 (beta) and Build 7100 (RC) of Windows 7 go, speed has been vastly improved. You'll definitely want to buy it if you like Vista's interface and XP's speed.
Reply 9 years ago
Vista Ultimate runs faster than Ubuntu, with my 9GB of RAM. But, I am looking forward to Windows 7.
Reply 9 years ago
Only? Mine was only $500
Reply 9 years ago
I've seen others almost identical to mine priced at $3800.
Reply 9 years ago
Yes, but can it sing Daisy?
Reply 9 years ago
lol
Reply 9 years ago
In the clearest 7.1 surround sound.
Reply 9 years ago
Milk.
Reply 9 years ago
Water.
Reply 9 years ago
LIMEADE
Reply 9 years ago
POWERTHIRST
Reply 9 years ago
POWERTHIRSTROCKET EDITION
Reply 9 years ago
no, POWERTHIRST Rawberry!
9 years ago
heres my system as i choose parts: amd phenom Ii x4 940 blac edition overclocked to 4 ghz asus m3n72d zotak geforce gts 250 amp (might get a second) corsair tx-750 ram is currently 4gb ocz gold xtc but is probably going to be come 6gb of ddr-1066
9 years ago
Bah, nothing. Check this out, and I bet its cheaper than what you spent
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4689367&CatId=31
This thing is way faster: ***12GB of DDR3*** and 1TB. They make 2TB now days, you probably want to go for that. And no offense, dude, but a supercomputer is with like 100 processors. That's how they make supercomputers now. Nice try, though, but the computers of today are way better than even the computers of 2007.
9 years ago
Only 500gb HD. Make it a super-super computer, Go for the 2terabyte.
Reply 9 years ago
Some super computers have more RAM than that, go for 2 petabytes of HD.
Reply 9 years ago
I was referring to the hard drive, not the RAM.
Reply 9 years ago
I know that, I was just saying that some supercomputers have more than 2 Terabytes of RAM.
9 years ago
Nice work, lets hope you got some good quality stuff (seagate HDD etc) What have you got running on it? (it better be 64bit, or your gonna get slapped :P ) One suggestion i have, you need a second 500gb drive, to set up as a mirror, so you can survive harddrive fail.
Reply 9 years ago
Well, my brother won a vista disc on a microsoft website, and it wasn't 64 bit, but we are looking on how to change it, so it detects all of the ram. Western Digital hard drive.
Reply 9 years ago
Try OpenSUSE. Yea, I know Linux. Run and scream in fear of the command line.
Reply 9 years ago
Phshh, command line. Try FreeBSD.
Reply 9 years ago
Actually some people don't use Linux for fear of the command line.
Reply 9 years ago
I dunno, it makes a feel that you are actually doing something. It's nice.
Reply 9 years ago
unless you want to get illegal vista, you're stuck with it
Reply 9 years ago
It was probably OEM then, sorry, you're kinda screwed. Also if it is OEM it's stuck to that motherboard.
Reply 9 years ago
If its one of the top two versions, it should come with a 64bit disk, or you can send off i think. It has to be 64bit to detect all the ram.
9 years ago
How good is it at Crysis? and you should get a better cooler and OC it, maybe get 2 4890 (new) graphics card as well instead of the 4670's.
Reply 9 years ago
Also, Cable management? And what case are you using?
Reply 9 years ago
I wanted it to look as generic as possible, although it looks nice.
http://www.rpcrepair.com/images/inside.jpg
http://www.rpcrepair.com/images/outside.jpg
Reply 9 years ago
Wait, look here.
http://www.rpcrepair.com/images/highout.JPG
http://www.rpcrepair.com/images/highin.JPG
Reply 9 years ago
Also, not a super-computer, the PS3 is a (very) tiny super-computer (has 8 cores) but most super-computers have a minimum of 3 cores (lets see XP handle that multi-threading.)
Reply 9 years ago
Minimum of 32* cores.
Reply 9 years ago
Sorry i haven't gotten back, I Will not overclock it, i don't need to nor want to, also i risk the chance of burning out a perfectly good, perfectly fast running computer. Plus it would void the warranty.
9 years ago
I just bought a new computer for 5 times the price of yours. 8gb DDR3 Ram 3.06 GHz Intel quadcore processor ATI Radeon 4850 w/ 512mb memory Pretty similar? I'm defiantly having buyer's remorse now...
Reply 9 years ago
Well i already had the OS and mine is all custom with a more trustworthy brand of processor.
Reply 9 years ago
Oh. Well mine's an iMac - wait! That's it. Apple makes it.