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<blockquote data-quote="curiousbrain" data-source="post: 961911" data-attributes="member: 31608"><p>I have cheap computers dating back to about 1995 that I have as a Beowulf cluster (all running Linux - Slackware distro), sitting on a table, in the corner of a room; with a window on the left and a window on the right for maximum airflow; I give these cycles away to things like SETI. Also, because it is fun to play around with parallelism and large (relatively speaking) personal LAN's. It also acts as my music server around the house - I have several embedded devices I have built with wifi cards, so I can broadcast music around the house via my LAN, which they then output through any audio devices they detect.</p><p></p><p>My run of the mill desktop is a dual boot box - Ubuntu and Windows 7; with 8 gigs of RAM, SLI NVidia cards, 2 terabytes of storage, and 8 speakers, it accomplishes my basic needs without a hiccup. This is what I program on, and do video tasks on.</p><p></p><p>My gaming rig is Windows 7; 16 gigs of RAM, ATI Crossfire cards, 1 terabyte of storage as RAID 0 and a solid state drive for fast caching, 8 speakers, a touch screen for temperature/fan control, and ... many other things, it is my baby.</p><p></p><p>I don't own a nice car; in fact, my car has tape to keep the bumper on. But my computers ... if only the ladies liked computers like they do cars <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="curiousbrain, post: 961911, member: 31608"] I have cheap computers dating back to about 1995 that I have as a Beowulf cluster (all running Linux - Slackware distro), sitting on a table, in the corner of a room; with a window on the left and a window on the right for maximum airflow; I give these cycles away to things like SETI. Also, because it is fun to play around with parallelism and large (relatively speaking) personal LAN's. It also acts as my music server around the house - I have several embedded devices I have built with wifi cards, so I can broadcast music around the house via my LAN, which they then output through any audio devices they detect. My run of the mill desktop is a dual boot box - Ubuntu and Windows 7; with 8 gigs of RAM, SLI NVidia cards, 2 terabytes of storage, and 8 speakers, it accomplishes my basic needs without a hiccup. This is what I program on, and do video tasks on. My gaming rig is Windows 7; 16 gigs of RAM, ATI Crossfire cards, 1 terabyte of storage as RAID 0 and a solid state drive for fast caching, 8 speakers, a touch screen for temperature/fan control, and ... many other things, it is my baby. I don't own a nice car; in fact, my car has tape to keep the bumper on. But my computers ... if only the ladies liked computers like they do cars :) [/QUOTE]
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