Got a new piece of gear!

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Originally Posted by tcutting

Solid server. Only thing is you better rack that somewhere far far away. Its gonna be a screamer. I bet on first boot it sounds like a jet plane. and gald to see i am not the only Epic computer nut out there!

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My tower can do that alone lol

*Not my video... Similar hardware*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVRNkA97-ig

(Smartphone Link)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVRNkA97-ig

What are your home PC specs? I have one at home that gets pretty loud as well. a few 120mm fans and loud GPU cooler make for an interesting sounding desktop

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Originally Posted by tcutting

What are your home PC specs? I have one at home that gets pretty loud as well. a few 120mm fans and loud GPU cooler make for an interesting sounding desktop

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Besides my workstation I have a 2011 27" iMac, 3.4 GHz i7 Quadcore, 12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3, AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2 GB VRAM, Display 27" 2560 x 1440, 2 TB WB Black 7200 RPM HDD, 80 GB Intel SSD (Boot Drive)

I'm considering replacing the iMac with a new MacBook Pro With Retina Display, and replacing my Workstation with a custom built PC based on the Intel LGA 2011 Socket (dual Processor)

Looking at they MoBo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...20Z9PE-D8%20WS

I'm going to wait until the Ivy Bridge Xeons are out though

My Mac Pro have 3x 140 mm, 4x 120 mm, 1x 80 mm, 2x GPU fans

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

Besides my workstation I have a 2011 27" iMac, 3.4 GHz i7 Quadcore, 12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3, AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2 GB VRAM, Display 27" 2560 x 1440, 2 TB WB Black 7200 RPM HDD, 80 GB Intel SSD (Boot Drive)

I'm considering replacing the iMac with a new MacBook Pro With Retina Display, and replacing my Workstation with a custom built PC based on the Intel LGA 2011 Socket (dual Processor)

Looking at they MoBo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...20Z9PE-D8%20WS

I'm going to wait until the Ivy Bridge Xeons are out though

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I was really hoping that it wasnt a MAC.... i saw that video and crossed my fingers hoping it wasnt. but when i saw the logo i was :(

but the Ivy bridge is a great chip. I wish AMD would pull their heads out of the rears and figure out how to comete again. i miss the days when they were on top.

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I was really hoping that it wasnt a MAC.... i saw that video and crossed my fingers hoping it wasnt. :(

but the Ivy bridge is a great chip. I wish AMD would pull their heads out of the rears and figure out how to comete again. i miss the days when they were on top.

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I'd only call it half mac lol, I've replaced everything but the processors and backplane... and I triple boot it. I run OS X, Windows 7 Pro, and Red Hat Linux. my home brewed computational software is UNIX based so I usually run it on OS X, but If I do decide to go with a PC for Ivy Bridge (which is looking very likely) I will have to run them on Linux.

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

I'd only call it half mac lol, I've replaced everything but the processors and backplane... and I triple boot it. I run OS X, Windows 7 Pro, and Red Hat Linux. my home brewed computational software is UNIX based so I usually run it on OS X, but If I do decide to go with a PC for Ivy Bridge (which is looking very likely) I will have to run them on Linux.

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Linux FTW!

What kind of work do you do?

I'm in engineering, I currently work as an electrical engineer in the sub-field of laser optics. I generate exact 3d computer models of my companies products, and run analyse of output/heat generation from the laser components as well as from the electrical components.

I also use my workstation to design competition robots.

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

I'm in engineering, I currently work as an electrical engineer in the sub-field of laser optics. I generate exact 3d computer models of my companies products, and run analyse of output/heat generation from the laser components as well as from the electrical components.

I also use my workstation to design competition robots.

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I would like to take this moment to nominate you for 'Most likely to take over the world with a master race of robots'

But can it play Crysis lol :P

Wicked setup. What kind of difference do you think that 2050 will make?

I have built tons of gaming setups in my day but never any Model rendering type stuff. looks like it would be just as fun though.