[Neil Evans]

Wow, just found an amazing supplier of PC's, check them out...Already placed my order!! http://www.xworksinteractive.com/

There cluster machine looks really interesting but would it render Maxwell?? or would there be a licence problem?

Cheers

Neil

[michaelplogue]

Saw these a while ago. Basically you have four independent dual socket, dual core Opteron motherboards (running independently) crammed into a single box. each has it's own power supply and HD. The aren't even networked together in the box - you have to connect each one to a separate switch/hub. So it's not really a "cluster" system. It's four systems stuffed into a pretty (and over priced) enclosure.

You could build your own systems with the exact same configurations for a heck of a lot cheaper...

[Eric Lagman]

Looks cool, but I cant seem to get pricing. I sent a request for a login, but it has been hours and I got nothing. Why do they want you to have a login just to see prices. Am I missing something. When companies do things like that it makes me think they are shady. Why not make things easy for potential customers instead of difficult like this. Forgive me if I overlooked something obvious.

[michaelplogue]

Froogle search:

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?clien ... a=N&tab=wf

(That's just the case with the four MB's and PS).

[Eric Lagman]

I was more interested in the core 2 duo machine. I did a search on froogle, and got nothing. Also why is the "render box" called a typhoon on froogle, and not on their website. Thanks by the way michael.

[michaelplogue]

Tyan actually produces this box:

http://www.tyan.com/products/html/typhoon_b2881.html

The company that Neil posted are just selling the systems pre-build with all the processors, ram, etc.