Dunno, but look at it this way.. Prices from www.dragonpc.co.nz
ATX case with P/S, $75 20Gb HDD, $217 Duron 850 processor, $168 CPU Fan, $30 ASUS A7VI-VM M/B, $284.63 Total: $842.63 That'd give you a machine with an 850Mhz processor, 133Mhz front side bus, S3 Savage accelerated video (onboard) 256Mb of ram and 20G ATA100 HD... Chuck in a NIC, CDrom & floppy, and you're done. That as opposed to ten old chuggers drinking electricity and wasting valuable processor time passing data over the LAN. Not to mention the space issue and spousal tension as Nic mentioned.. Not being rude, but you'd have to be single, and a serious enthusiast to consider a cluster of old junk a real option.. I get enough hassle about my 'Vlan' in the gge.. (http://www.ohmark.co.nz/pill.htm) And the work I do on them pays the rent. Cheers, Chris Hellyar. Selwyn District Council Phones: X 831 (03)324 5831 (021) 350 603 <This message has not been inspected by the Chief Censors office> >I wouldn't mind trying out a cluster of these with >beowolf. 10 of these @ $70 (including netcards) plus >cabling and a few extras, say $850 at the most. >For $850, what would such a cluster be equivelant to? Gas Corporation of New Zealand Ltd (NGC), On energy, or any of NGC's subsidiaries or related companies. ###################################################################### The contents of this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Selwyn District Council ######################################################################
