Will work free...for one of these.
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Pete, in 10yrs time maybe that will be low end, who knows the rate technology's going! be patient
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Solo, don't you already have a Cray mini and a Wall of screens?
Ah! you need something to surf the internet with.
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$8,317.00
@unknownuser said:
3DBOXX 8550 Series Specifications
Processors
Intel
Xeon
5600 Series Quad or Six Core Processor
Intel
5520 Chipset with QPI up to 6.4GT/S and the ICH10R.
Support 64 or 32 Bit Operating Systems
Memory
Twelve 240-pin (DIMM) sockets
Support for DDR3 1333 MHz Registered ECC Memory Expandable up to 48GB
Based on 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, DDR3 ECC Reg Modules
Bays
Eight 2.5” internal drive bays, one 5.25” drive bay
Hard Drives
SATA 2.5” 7200 RPM 160GB to 500GB
SATA 2.5” 10000 RPM 150GB to 600GB
SATA 2.5” SSD 60GB to 256GB
Ports
Front: Four USB 2.0, one Headphone and one Microphone
Rear: One Microphone, one Line In, one Speaker, Three Surround
Channel, four USB 2.0, two USB 3.0, two ESATA, two USB Mouse and
Keyboard and two RJ-45 Integrated Gigabit LANport
Expansion Slots
Seven PCI-E 2.0 x16 Mechanical Slots
Signaling Configurable as four x16 or six x8 + one x16
Power Supply
1500 Watt Power Supply
Removable Storage
20X DVD +/- R/RW/+DL DVD Writer or Blu-Ray Writer
Graphics
Up to seven single slot or four dual slot graphics cards
NVIDIA Geforce, Quadro FX, Telsa or ATI FirePro Graphics cards
Chassis
6.875” W x 17.375” H x 19.125” D (17.5 cm x 44 cm x 48.7 cm)
Optional Rack Mounting Kit available
Operating Systems
Microsoft
Windows 32-bit or 64-bit
SUSE and Red Hat Available
Optional Accessories
Configurable up to multiple Monitors
USB Mouse and Keyboard
Service & Support
3-Year standard warranty
Expert support via phone and e-mail M-F, 7AM-6PM CSTWow...
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That thing is a beast. I just bought a new rig yesterday. Can't wait to get it. Hopefully it will help relieve some frustration.
Seems to me though, that regardless of hardware power, you will always be limited by Sketchup's archaic infrastructure. I think Sketchup is the most brilliant piece of design innovation software ever conceived by man....it just sucks it's so painful to use sometimes...regardless of system specs.
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It'd almost be worth it if they'd throw in a smallish nuclear reactor to power the 1500 watt power supply.
-Brodie
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Ouch, that's not working for free.......IMHO, If you spend 5% (a lot) of your gross income on equipment, you need to gross $160,000.00 in order to purchase one. It may stay state of the art for a year, and ahead of the curve for 2-3. If you have purchased an i7 in the last year, you need to wait at least another year before thinking about upgrading, unless the new machine will open new markets for you.
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Very true. Buying a computer is always like throwing money at not so distant obsolescence.
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I have 8 machines like that connected to a network in the other room.
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Why don't you go in there? No ashtray?
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Yeah. And no beer glass either.
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Up to 5 years ago, and virtual PC, I had a DOS PC on my network. Now DOS lives on my VPC. Don't ask why, maybe it's like owning a Mustang. I also have my original floppy drive IBM PC, with its green monitor. It boots Dos 5.1, runs lotus 123, and Multimate. Sigh!
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Yep. I'll work for free too- for one of those!!
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So, do you have to run a hose from the sink for the water cooling?
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If you are asking me, no, but as you might guess, prior to vpc, the network did not use ubc.
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