DL 360 G6 is affordable and quiet http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/15351-15351-3328412-241644-241475-3884319.html
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Darren Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > (I changed the subject to match the direction this thread has taken, and > to take it a step further.) > > It sounds like i7 will be superior to Core2 for heavy playouts, but for > light playouts the jury is still out? > > Don wrote: >> I think I have a chance to check that out as I'm putting together a dual >> motherboard i7 with 8 true cores.... > > Is this self-build? How much budget do you need to make a fast 8-core > machine at the moment? What about 12 or 16-core? > > And, does anyone know of companies selling workstations with 16 cores? > The high-end gaming machines don't go that far. I can find server > machines but I'd be paying a premium for reliability and rack-mount and > hard-drive slots. And I expect a workstation to be whisper-quiet, > whereas machines destined for a data centre can drown out a vacumn cleaner. > > Darren > > -- > Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer > > http://dcook.org/gobet/ (Shodan Go Bet - who will win?) > http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work) > http://dcook.org/blogs.html (My blogs and articles) > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > -- Go is to Western chess what philosophy is to double entry accounting. - From Shibumi, bestseller by Trevanian _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
