In this world of
netbooks, "
mini" this and "
pico" that, it's nice to see someone taking things to the opposite extreme. When folks at Puget Systems mentioned that they were working on a "high-end" custom build,
Tom's Hardware asked the logical follow-up question: "how high-end are we talkin'?" Let's just say that we'd be hard-pressed find someone who wouldn't be content with this beast: four quad-core 2GHz Opteron processors (that's a lot of cores!), 32GB of memory, two VelociRaptor hard drives in RAID1, and six 1TB hard drives in RAID 5. Of course, this guy generates a lot of heat: the system boasts both liquid cooling and a ginormous side-mounted radiator -- with so much surface area, the fans can be run at a low speed to keep things nice and quiet. Additionally, a
Koolance pump and reservoir unit was installed in one of the CD-ROM bays, allowing the user to adjust the pump speed based on desired performance and noise levels. Including Windows Server 2008 Standard, a one-year parts warranty, and a lifetime labor warranty, the machine went for a mere $16,338.89. Go ahead, treat yourself. You deserve nice things too.
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posted Mar 3rd 2009 5:32AM
That's nice, but I believe you need more than 9TB to get into Mordor.
I'm sure the 9 ginormous fans might help it get there buiddy.
I'm not your buddy, friend.
That was very well timed, sir.
What a shame... great specs gone to waste on a windows platform.
Don't get me wrong. I love windows... but not any of my servers. Linux could really juice those specs better.
Only 1 yr warranty? I was expecting a bit more than a year for that price. LOL.
1 year parts warranty - however, most individual components will have longer warranties. Seagate drives are 5 year, WD are 3 year (most of them), processors and such are 1 or 2 years, typically.
However, the lifetime labor warranty is nice. All you have to do is buy a new processor and they'll be there to put it in lickety-split (hopefully)
neat concept, but vastly overpriced.
As of 2009, Seagate changed their warranty to 3 years.
For that price I'd expect some fancy SSD like the one from FusionIO.
http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=iodrive&invocationType=wl-gadget&searchsubmit=
http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=fusionio&invocationType=wl-gadget&searchsubmit=
http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=fusion+io&invocationType=wl-gadget&searchsubmit=
Where do I buy one? :)
**Windows Server 2008
Now that's a heatsink.
but can it fly?..)
Look at how many fucking fans are on that goddamn motherfucker!!!
Yes, all the profanity was for emphasis. :)
or just buy a Mac Pro and save you the ugliness.
1) Mac Pro has Dual Quad cores, this has Quad Quad Cores
2) Who gives a toss about how ugly it is, normal people dont buy PCs because they look pretty especially not servers.
we'll see about quad quad after today's announcement ;)
....yeah, but can your Mac play Crisis ?
This is redicioulus, sure you MIGHT be able to have it under your desk, but a DELL R900 with the same config is probably less than half the price, and is enterprise grade to boot. Theres no point in having a windows 2008 server under your desk either, its called server for a reason.
You should read this
http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/2008/03/16/why-should-i-use-a-server-os-for-my-workstation/
Apparently: "Windows Server 2008 has almost exactly the same features as Windows Vista (SP1), but is remarkably faster and more stable! People say: “It’s Windows Vista without the bloat“!"
I don't know, I'm taking their word for it.
I just configured a Dell R905 on Dell's canadian website with the following specs.
4x Opteron 2.3GHz Quad core
16GB RAM
2x 15k 173GB RAID 1
3x 7.2k 1TB RAID 5
And the total was $11,780 canadian dollars, or approx. US$9161.31. So that's a savings of over $6000. With that savings you get slightly faster CPUs, an enterprise class rackmount chassis, full hardware level remote management (you can even install an OS on it from half way around the world), redundant power supplies, hot swap drives.
You'll lose a couple of drives (an external drive cage is dirt cheap), and of course that lovely fan wart on the side of the case... :p
I can assure you that Server 2008 converted to a work station is considerably faster than Vista (I am using it that way)!
In 3 years this will cost $2000 tops. Why bother.... (I have made the mistake before)
Yeah, I was pretty much going to same the same, although I'd give it 2 years, and a price tag of $800.
Seriously? You buy computer that is three years old?
I can't even remember what I have three years ago
1st gen Core CPU? One thing for sure though, it probably get like 3fps in Crysis
I mean you can't really enjoy the technology if you always wait for the price to drop
Regardless, it is on pricey side....well is it? Some 'ET' brand probably will sell for a lot more with the same spec ...LOL
...a mere $16,338.89! We live in different worlds
Standard edition only support up to 2 processors, need at least enterprise edition to use all those cores.
Not true. Server 2008 Standard supports 4 physical sockets. And if it is x64 the 32GB is covered too.
I stand corrected
hey that looks good but not better than the alienware
Thats actually a lot cheaper than a similar spec R900 in the UK!!!
All old shit.
Not impressed.
We have rack mount servers of an equal specification to this at work for hosting virtualised guests, and they don't need anywhere near such extreme cooling, nor do they cost anywhere near ~$16,000. Fair enough not all manufacturers have the same output and sourcing capabilites as the big boys, but it raises the question why bother at all if the price tag ends up so high that you have no potential market.
Enormous..... yes. Gigantic...... yes. Ginormous..... well not in any real dictionary but it carries with the standard of grammar on this site :)
Actually, Engadget would find it easy to "find someone who wasn't content with this beast". Gamers. The graphics in it are not too great, but then that is not what it is designed for. The customer wanted POWER in a QUIET form factor... best guess would be video-editing.
Still, it would be nice to hear from the customer exactly what he (or possibly she) is up to.
Too rich for my blood, but I'd otherwise pick this up in a heartbeat for some intense personal scientific computing. With these specs it's ideal for some massive, brute force multi-threaded calculations.
At some point isn't it just more effective to buy a real server?
>two VelociRaptor hard drives in RAID1
Wouldn't you go SAS for this price?
I guess it would depend on your application, but most people would probably benefit more from a faster disk subsystem and higher speed cores than the extra couple of sockets. I build 2 x Intel 2.5 GHz (or faster) quads w/ 32 GB for VM servers all the time and they'd run circles around this things for my need needs. And they cost less and have a 4-hour replacement warranty.
Wouldn't a 15k.7 be faster, though?
Or SSD
With a price like that it should come with some oral pleasure as well...
Is anyone else wondering why the URL says windows 2000 instead of 2008?
Because Joseph L. Flatley screwed up?
inb4 but can it handle Crysis?
Hmm maybe If I add 2 top of the line video cards and 4 more processors to this I could play Crysis at max settings lol.
This computer on ebay is way cheaper and has 4x Quad-Core OPTERON 8356 model
running at 2.3Ghz 15 TB array 64GB, $9,700.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/TYAN-S4985G3NR-Server-15-TB-array-64GB-4-x-8356-OPTERON_W0QQitemZ270340837689QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCOMP_EN_Servers?hash=item270340837689&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50
risking water leaks in a server class machine + risking data loss with bit-rot champ Raid5 = FAIL.
And why exactly for that price don't you get Shanghai 2.7Ghz?
Of course, you could turn the fans up to full blast and roam the countryside via hot air balloon. Seems like something Corey Doctorow could get used to :). 'Course, then he'd have the problem of power supply. But that's what the Palm Touchstone is for, right? :D