[QUOTE='Uncwilly']Further update, the local firehouse is within the evacuation area. Thousands (maybe 10's of) have been evacuated.[/QUOTE]

... upon reading that, you think "Thank goodness the machines were saved."

[quote=TauCeti;5922]... you persuade your dad that a dual Xeon system _is_ the minimum requirement today to print his shopping list
[/quote]

Better would be a nehalem 12 core server system ;).

[quote=Primeinator;143742]You get one of these- [URL]http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://media.techeblog.com/images/submerge_5.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/feature-mineral-oil-absorbs-heat-cools-computer-system-video-&h=338&w=450&sz=66&hl=en&start=115&usg=__Ed3DaAEyxYWroal5gwnR4WwmyR4=&tbnid=J61-BqILoiRYhM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcomputer%2Bheat%26start%3D108%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN[/URL][/quote]


I'm bringing this post about a oil-immersed system back to the foreground, since I just found a company that has begun producing retail versions of an oil-immersed system:
[url]http://www.hardcorecomputer.com[/url]

There's a good article about it here:
[url]http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/hardcorepc_reactor[/url]

The article says that prices range $4k to $11k. The base price on the website is $5560, and that includes:
Core2 Extreme QX9650
4GB DDR3 (speed not listed!)
GeForce GTX 260
750GB hard drive
Pioneer DVD burner
32-bit Vista Ultimate

:w00t:

[quote=uigrad;145968] 32-bit Vista Ultimate [/quote]
Such a waste :sad:

Most expensive configuration:

Core 2 Extreme QX9770
8GB Memory DDR3
3 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280s
3 Samsung 64GB SSDs
2 Samsung 1TB drives
Panasonic Blu-ray burner
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
802.11 a/b/g/n wireless adapter
6 Samsung 245BW 24" LCD (minimum resolution 1920x1280, no idea why you would want more than 1)
Logitech G11 keyboard
Logitech G9 mouse
Creative GigaWorks G550W 5.1 speakers
Creative Aurvana Live! headphones
Next Day Air Early AM shipping

Price: $14,888.75 :shock::shock::shock:

[quote=jinydu;145990]Most expensive configuration:

Core 2 Extreme QX9770
8GB Memory DDR3
3 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280s
3 Samsung 64GB SSDs
2 Samsung 1TB drives
Panasonic Blu-ray burner
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
802.11 a/b/g/n wireless adapter
6 Samsung 245BW 24" LCD (minimum resolution 1920x1280, no idea why you would want more than 1)
Logitech G11 keyboard
Logitech G9 mouse
Creative GigaWorks G550W 5.1 speakers
Creative Aurvana Live! headphones
Next Day Air Early AM shipping

Price: $14,888.75 :shock::shock::shock:[/quote]
Of course, if you're [I]really[/I] addicted, you'd leave out 2 of the SSD's, both of the hard drives, Vista Ultimate (replace it with Linux instead), the GPU's and the fancy monitors, keyboard, mouse, speakers and headphones, and use all that money to pick up one or two more machines for even more crunch power. :grin: (Removing all the goodies that don't add raw computing power will also serve to deter you from using the machine for other things, which would sap too much CPU time.) :wink:

[QUOTE]Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE=jinydu;145990]Most expensive configuration:

Core 2 Extreme QX9770
8GB Memory DDR3
3 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280s
3 Samsung 64GB SSDs
2 Samsung 1TB drives
Panasonic Blu-ray burner
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
802.11 a/b/g/n wireless adapter
6 Samsung 245BW 24" LCD (minimum resolution 1920x1280, no idea why you would want more than 1)
Logitech G11 keyboard
Logitech G9 mouse
Creative GigaWorks G550W 5.1 speakers
Creative Aurvana Live! headphones
Next Day Air Early AM shipping

Price: $14,888.75 :shock::shock::shock:[/QUOTE]

You can get a Mac Pro that costs twice as much if you go for the max options. Dual 3.2 GHZ Xeons, 32GB FBDIMM memory, 4x1TB harddrives in a RAID array, Nvidia Quadra FX 5600, dual 30" flat panels, and a bunch of other expensive software and networking addons.

[quote=uigrad;145968]32-bit Vista Ultimate[/quote]
cant 32bit vista ultimate be upgraded to 64bit i seem to remember reading that
if so why ship with 32bit vista

The retail version of Vista Ultimate ships with both 32-bit and 64-bit media.

[URL]http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/compare-editions/64-bit.aspx[/URL]

[quote][B]64-bit DVD[/B]

If you bought Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, or Business as a retail, packaged product, and you would like a DVD of 64-bit software media to install on your PC, please choose your language:

[B]Note:[/B] 64-bit media is included in the box with Windows Vista Ultimate.[/quote]

[quote=jinydu;145990]
6 Samsung 245BW 24" LCD (minimum resolution 1920x1280, no idea why you would want more than 1)[/quote]
Browsing the dual-boxing.com forums is a quick way to find dozens of pictures of setups with 6 monitors.
6 seems to be the most you can fit comfortably on a desk.

Here's a quick example: