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The-Frag-Machines
Processor: AMD Opteron 6172 Magny-Cours 2.1GHz Socket G34 115W 12-Core Server Processor OS6172WKTCEGOWOF
Motherboard: ASUS KGPE-D16 Dual Socket G34 AMD SR5690 SSI EEB 3.61 Dual 8/12 Core AMD Opteron 6000 series Server Motherboard
RAM: Patriot Signature 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) ECC Registered Server Memory Model PS312G13ER3K-E
Graphics Card: PNY VCQ4000-PB Quadro 4000 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Workstation Video Card
Hard Drive: Applications - Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2MH080G2R5 2.5" 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Storage - 3ware 9650SE-4LPML KIT PCI Express Lanes: 4 SATA II Controller Card + Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive (4 Drives, Raid 5 Configuration)
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Power Supply: Rosewill BRONZE series RBR1000-M 1000W Continuous@40°C, 80Plus Bronze Certified,Modular Cable Design,ATX12V v2.3/ EPS12V,SLI Ready,CrossFire Ready,Active PFC
DVD Burner: LG Black 10X Blu-ray Burner - SATA WH10LS30 LightScribe Support
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oh2bamonkey
CPU: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 Westmere 2.4 GHz
MOBO: ASUS Z8PE-D12 (ASMB4-IKVM) Dual LGA 1366 SSI EEB
ASUS PIKE 1078 8-port SAS HW RAID card
RAM: 2 x Crucial 12GB (3 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 ECC Registered CT3KIT51272BB1339
Graphics: PNY VCQ4000-PB Quadro 4000 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 Video Card
Storage: 2 x Western Digital VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX 600GB 10K RPM (use RAID 1) 3 x Western Digital RE4 WD1503FYYS 1.5TB 7.2K RPM (RAID 5)
Case: Silverstone RAVEN RV01-BW Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower
PSU: Corsair HX Series CMPSU-850HX 850W ATX80 Plus SILVER Certified
DVD Burner: SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223C
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MU_Engineer
Processors: 4x Opteron 6168
Motherboard: Supermicro H8QG6-F
RAM: 16x KVR1333D3E9S/2GI (16x2 GB unbuffered ECC DDR3-1333)
Graphics card: Radeon HD 5770 or 5830
HDD: your choice of a 128 GB SSD as the OS drive, 8x2 TB WD Green in RAID10 or RAID50 (4x2) as the data drives
Case: Chenming ATX-801F
PSU: Seventeam ST-1200F
DVD burner: pick 'em.
kelemvor4
CPU1: Intel Xeon 5620
CPU2: Intel Xeon 5620
RAM: 18Gb Kingston ECC Registered DDR3
GPU1: EVGA Gtx 480
GPU2 :EVGA Gtx 480
HDD: 4x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 (4Tb of raid10)
PSU: Corsair AX1200
Case: Danger Den Black LDR Tower 29
Optical: Lite-ON 12x Blu-ray burner
CPU COOL: Danger Den MCP-CPU Block
CPU2 COOL: Danger Den MCP-CPU Block
Reservoir: Danger Den DD-RAD Resivoir
Radiator: Swiftech MCR320
Fans: 3x scythe kaze-jyuni 800rpm
Tubing: 20' Swiftech 1/2" ID clear tubing
mobo: EVGA SR-2
GPU1 Cool: DD-GTX480 All Copper Version
GPU2 Cool: DD-GTX480 All Copper Version
Misc: Misc hardware (thumb screws/clamps etc)
Pump: MCP655-B/Liang D5
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gkay09
CPU x2: Intel Xeon E5620 Westmere
Mobo: SUPERMICRO MBD-X8DAH+-O Extended ATX Server Motherboard
RAM: Definetly an ECC Registered -> 2x
Crucial 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Registered DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Server Memory Model CT3KIT51272BB1339
CASE: LIAN LI PC-A70F or COOLER MASTER ATCS 840
PSU: Seasonic X750 Gold
Workstation card: PNY VCQ4000-PB Quadro 4000 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Workstation Video Card or ATI 100-505604 FirePro V7800 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFire Supported Workstation Video Card
SSD: OCZ Agility 2 120GB
HDD: 2x in RAID 0 Western Digital VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX 600GB 10000 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
DATA Drive: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 HDS722020ALA330 (0F10311) 2TB
BD Burner: LG WH10LS30K 10X Blu-ray Burner - LightScribe Support
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The-Frag-Machines
Processor: AMD Opteron 6172 Magny-Cours 2.1GHz Socket G34 115W 12-Core Server Processor OS6172WKTCEGOWOF
Motherboard: ASUS KGPE-D16 Dual Socket G34 AMD SR5690 SSI EEB 3.61 Dual 8/12 Core AMD Opteron 6000 series Server Motherboard
RAM: Patriot Signature 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) ECC Registered Server Memory Model PS312G13ER3K-E
Graphics Card: PNY VCQ4000-PB Quadro 4000 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Workstation Video Card
Hard Drive: Applications - Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2MH080G2R5 2.5" 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Storage - 3ware 9650SE-4LPML KIT PCI Express Lanes: 4 SATA II Controller Card + Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive (4 Drives, Raid 5 Configuration)
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Power Supply: Rosewill BRONZE series RBR1000-M 1000W Continuous@40°C, 80Plus Bronze Certified,Modular Cable Design,ATX12V v2.3/ EPS12V,SLI Ready,CrossFire Ready,Active PFC
DVD Burner: LG Black 10X Blu-ray Burner - SATA WH10LS30 LightScribe Support
Link to Build
oh2bamonkey
CPU: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 Westmere 2.4 GHz
MOBO: ASUS Z8PE-D12 (ASMB4-IKVM) Dual LGA 1366 SSI EEB
ASUS PIKE 1078 8-port SAS HW RAID card
RAM: 2 x Crucial 12GB (3 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 ECC Registered CT3KIT51272BB1339
Graphics: PNY VCQ4000-PB Quadro 4000 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 Video Card
Storage: 2 x Western Digital VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX 600GB 10K RPM (use RAID 1) 3 x Western Digital RE4 WD1503FYYS 1.5TB 7.2K RPM (RAID 5)
Case: Silverstone RAVEN RV01-BW Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower
PSU: Corsair HX Series CMPSU-850HX 850W ATX80 Plus SILVER Certified
DVD Burner: SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223C
Link to Build
MU_Engineer
Processors: 4x Opteron 6168
Motherboard: Supermicro H8QG6-F
RAM: 16x KVR1333D3E9S/2GI (16x2 GB unbuffered ECC DDR3-1333)
Graphics card: Radeon HD 5770 or 5830
HDD: your choice of a 128 GB SSD as the OS drive, 8x2 TB WD Green in RAID10 or RAID50 (4x2) as the data drives
Case: Chenming ATX-801F
PSU: Seventeam ST-1200F
DVD burner: pick 'em.
kelemvor4
CPU1: Intel Xeon 5620
CPU2: Intel Xeon 5620
RAM: 18Gb Kingston ECC Registered DDR3
GPU1: EVGA Gtx 480
GPU2 :EVGA Gtx 480
HDD: 4x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 (4Tb of raid10)
PSU: Corsair AX1200
Case: Danger Den Black LDR Tower 29
Optical: Lite-ON 12x Blu-ray burner
CPU COOL: Danger Den MCP-CPU Block
CPU2 COOL: Danger Den MCP-CPU Block
Reservoir: Danger Den DD-RAD Resivoir
Radiator: Swiftech MCR320
Fans: 3x scythe kaze-jyuni 800rpm
Tubing: 20' Swiftech 1/2" ID clear tubing
mobo: EVGA SR-2
GPU1 Cool: DD-GTX480 All Copper Version
GPU2 Cool: DD-GTX480 All Copper Version
Misc: Misc hardware (thumb screws/clamps etc)
Pump: MCP655-B/Liang D5
Link to Build
gkay09
CPU x2: Intel Xeon E5620 Westmere
Mobo: SUPERMICRO MBD-X8DAH+-O Extended ATX Server Motherboard
RAM: Definetly an ECC Registered -> 2x
Crucial 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Registered DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Server Memory Model CT3KIT51272BB1339
CASE: LIAN LI PC-A70F or COOLER MASTER ATCS 840
PSU: Seasonic X750 Gold
Workstation card: PNY VCQ4000-PB Quadro 4000 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Workstation Video Card or ATI 100-505604 FirePro V7800 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFire Supported Workstation Video Card
SSD: OCZ Agility 2 120GB
HDD: 2x in RAID 0 Western Digital VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX 600GB 10000 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
DATA Drive: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 HDS722020ALA330 (0F10311) 2TB
BD Burner: LG WH10LS30K 10X Blu-ray Burner - LightScribe Support
Link to Build