agrikk
Gawd
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2002
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- 933
it's 3 times slower than everyone's laptop!
but it gets the job done, and that's what's important at the end of the day.
next build is going to be a dual socket G34 with a couple of 16-core Opteron 6300s in it, when money allows for it-- and I'm looking at that to last me someplace in the ballpark of 10 years when it is all finally built. but prices have to come down some before I can even think about it more.
Why would you do this to yourself? Ten years for a computer means that you are paying a premium for parts that are hot now, solid for 2-4 years and then slow as hell for the remaining six. By spending a third of that outlay every couple of years you'll have a great rig all the time.
What possible use do you have for a 32-core desktop? Besides folding for 33, that is. I mean it's [H]ard and all, but really...