Good Folder for $220 ? ?

WoodsBoy · Post by **WoodsBoy** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:43 pm

Saw this today. Thought some of you guys might be interested in it.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... E=WEM819AA

peteamer · Post by **peteamer** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:38 am

Nice find Woodsie,

If you manage to click the wrong button...

... on that page you can also find this which is a P4 Mobo and case (incl. 52x32x52x CD-RW and 350W PSU) for $29:99

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I don't know much about the Intel side of the force... but $29:99 has got to be some kind of mega deal surely.

Pete

Fold on Mighty Brothers, Sisters, Aliens, Whatsits, Things... and unregistered

wooglin · Post by **wooglin** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 6:11 pm

Don't forget that you're going to have to wait 4-8 months to actually get those rebates back. Pain in the a__...

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 6:48 pm

Hello:

Here's a Sempron 2400+ system that costs $299 -- no rebate required!

http://www.sub300.com/info.htm

Or, here's a "blade" for a farm that could do a LAN boot (Realtek works in Linux, and Linspire is only $14!):

Rosewill 350W Power Supply, Model "RV350" - $18.49

Masscool "FalconRock" CPU Cooler for Socket A/ 370 Model "5F286B" $10.49

pqi POWER Series 184-Pin 128MB DDR PC-2700 -$16.50

PCCHIPS "M863G V1.5" SiS741GX Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU - $36.00

AMD Sempron 2200+ 1.5GHz, 333MHz FSB, 256KB L2 Processor - OEM
$48.00

Product total: ~$130
Shipping & Handling: $ 18 (for one set)

Of course, with the Linspire, you *could* boot from the Linspire Live CD-ROM (which included for the $14!) but you might need more RAM (?) to do this, so add it up to $145 + shipping. Would/could this work? I.E. booting from a CD-ROM on one blade, and then booting the others through the LAN?

BTW, the Rosewill PS looks pretty interesting...a straight through air flow *pushed* by an apparently quiet 80mm fan.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDe ... ory=BROWSE

Tyrdium · Post by **Tyrdium** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 7:28 pm

Wow, their memory upgrade price is surprisingly reasonable! I like...

Tibors · Post by **Tibors** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:22 am

NeilBlanchard wrote:I.E. booting from a CD-ROM on one blade, and then booting the others through the LAN?

Their is a special linux distribution that does exactly that. It is called OverFoldix. It costs even less than $14, as it is free.

hwsboss · Post by **hwsboss** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:19 pm

ah, but are they quite?

*points to the name of the forum*

wooglin · Post by **wooglin** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:35 pm

hwsboss wrote:ah, but are they quite?

*points to the name of the forum*

Are they quite what? The goal is to build a quiet system, or in this case buy a super cheap system, then make it quiet.

Oh, and this is the Folding@Home thread - systems running at full throttle, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

And why wake up a thread that has been dormant for a month and a half??

peteamer · Post by **peteamer** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:38 am

wooglin wrote:Oh, and this is the Folding@Home thread - systems running at full throttle, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Amen to That !!!

Tibors · Post by **Tibors** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:06 am

hwsboss wrote:ah, but are they quite?

*points to the name of the forum*

For a folding farm you can use the often overlooked but very usefull silencing strategy: "Put it in the basement where nobody will here it." Then the individual machines don't have to be quiet.

Good Folder for $220 ? ?

Good Folder for $220 ? ?

here's one that *costs* $299!

here's one that costs $299!