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ripken204

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The most expensive would be the supercomputers, but regarding PC-architecture computers...
Their "4.2GHz" CPU is just a 3.6 that's been overclocked; I have a P4 HT that's running at 4.17, so 4.2GHz isn't impossible. Their solid-state hard drives are commonly encountered on high-performance servers. Their systems are simply overclocked regular machines with hardware RAM disks and other minor enhancements. It still doesn't justify the price though.

The most expensive PC? Then I can get an Athlon 64 FX57 OC'ed to 3.5 ghz! Even at 2.6 ghz, it would likely whoop a Pentium 4 a 4.2 ghz!

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well take the apple POWERMAC

Power Mac G5 Quad-core 2.5GHz

Part Number: Z0AW

QUADRO FX 4500 512MB SDRAM<-- RAM just for video

Mac OS X - U.S. English

16x SuperDrive DL (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

2.5GHz Quad-core PowerPC G5

Accessory kit

Final Cut Express HD preinstalled

2x500GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm<-- 1000 GB hd

16GB 533 DDR2 ECC SDRAM- 8x2GB<--this is ram

Apple USB Modem

Apple Keyboard & Mighty Mouse - U.S English

AirPort Extreme + Bluetooth built-in

Mac OS X Server (Unlimited-Client)

Fibre Channel PCI Express Card (w/ SFP-SFP cable)

total price:

$18,169.00

With that kind of money, you could probably buy a cheap car.

crazy expensive

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lets see, 4 raptors 10000rpm with an Iram 4gig, Amd's new 4x4 AM2 platform with two fx62's, 4gigs of dual channel ram with heatspreaders, quad sli with the 7950, some very expensive am2 4x4 motherboard, ageia physx, new soundblaster or whatever.

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lets see, 4 raptors 10000rpm with an Iram 4gig, Amd's new 4x4 AM2 platform with two fx62's, 4gigs of dual channel ram with heatspreaders, quad sli with the 7950, some very expensive am2 4x4 motherboard, ageia physx, new soundblaster or whatever.

4BG RAM ?

4 64 bits processors ? It's only 1GB per processor!

Did you know 512MB on 32 bits systems lets you store as much data as 768MB on 64 bits systems ?

In fact, you should take 16GB. :P

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/1TB AtomChip® Quantum-Optical Non-Volatile RAM and storage

/ 6.8GHz AtomChip® CPU (AtomChip® Quantum® II processor)

/ 2TB Additional AtomChip® Quantum Storage

/ 12.1" WXGA 1280x800,6:10 TFT Glare Type LCD display with 1.3 Mega pixel camera

/ Integrated graphic controller [AtomChip® DVM (Dynamic Video Memory)

/802.11a/802.11b/802.11g WLAN /Intel® PRO/Wireless 2100/2200BG/2915ABG network connection

/ Bluetoth (with antenna build-in), GPS (with Bluetooth antenna)

/ PCMCIA slot x 1

/ IEEE1394A x 1

/ USB2.0 x 3

/ SVGA-out port

/ Optical Drive: DVD Super Multi

/ LAN (RJ45) / Modem(RJ11),

/ Stereo Earphone-out / Built-in two stereo speakers

/ Built-in Microphone

/ Interface Ports Front Side:4 in 1 Card reader [sDIO, SD, MS Pro, MS]

/ Application Launch Key: E-mail,Internet, Capture, WLAN

/ Pointer: Synaptics touchpad with 4 way scrolling button

/ Rechargeable Li-Ion battery

/ Windows XP Professional and Linux

/ Voice Command

/ PROMT-Translator (8 languages)

/ AC Adapter

/ BOSE Headphone Music System with noise Canceling

/ Dimensions: 320(W)x242(D)x22(H)mm/28mm (front/back) /Weight around 4.18lb (1900g) when fully equipped.

The expected selling price is $18,500.

http://atomchip.com/_wsn/page4.html

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but really is there need for 8gigas of RAM? ;D I have 512MB and worked fine till now, but some extra ram would be needed, maybe 2GB. ^^

It depends. Perhaps you have no use for 8GB on your desktop PC, but I could use that no problem (VMWare Server + several OS'es running heavy-ish processes and virtual appliances, databases, you name it). I couldn't live with just 512, my PC with the least RAM has 1.5GB (and I wish it had 4)

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QUADRO FX 4500 512MB SDRAM<-- RAM just for video

Err... sdram?... lol, i'm guessing by that stature of your comment about the ram just for the video... gddr3 is better than sdram on any graphics card wether it be a quadro or not!

i saw this invoice once, for a server for WorldMark. The total cost was $3,610,264. This is the kind of server that you run WalMart on.

Here is the link click here to see it.

Uhm... Its about 2m... its expensive because of maintenance!

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