Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 14:16:55 01/29/05
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On January 29, 2005 at 17:12:15, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On January 29, 2005 at 16:52:16, Eugene Nalimov wrote: > >Yes i know certain people like you like to run a quad with just 1 processor >inside. > >I like to have 4. > >I clicked quad itanium2 1.6ghz and was directly at $50k when i hit update. > >That's with just a 36GB harddisk by the way. Once again: *quad* 1.5GHz -- with all four CPUs, not with one -- costs less than $19k. Your original post was about 1.5GHz Itanium2, not high-end ones. There are much more expensive gigher end ones, I have quad 1.7GHz/9Mb system in my office. Thanks, Eugene >$50k is not bad for a system which is equally fast to a quad opteron 1.6Ghz for >Diep. That said, it's a lot faster for diep than most other software. > >Actually a quad opteron 2.2Ghz fully configured at ebay is < $10k. > >Vincent > > > > > > >>On January 29, 2005 at 15:45:25, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>... >>>We're talking practical about $70000 for a quad itanium2 at 1.5Ghz. >> >>You can buy quad Itanium2/1.5GHz/4Mb with 2Gb of RAM and fast SCSI hard drive >>for less than $19,000. >> >>http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_7250?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz >> >>(Start with default configuration, replace default CPU by 1.5GHz/4Mb, say that >>you want 4 of them, and replace 4 hours on-site support with next next business >>day one). >> >>So you are off by 3.7x (70,000/19,000). >> >>Thanks, >>Eugene
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