Redbacks: emu's Budget Cruncher Farm Build

[emuexport]

Man, I think I'm just about going to have to give up on keeping ahead of you, emu, unless I win the lottery or something You're already getting roughly double my PPD, and these quads won't help either You're making a decent move through the ranks, although once you hit the top 100 or so things slow down a bit

Aww I dunno. I still have to buy a bunch of stuff before I have 5 moar Quads! Still waiting on the Q6600s to arrive so you have a few more days of glory! At least we are all on the same team both as part of XS and contributing towards finding a cure.

If you want some cheap shelving, go have a look at Bunnings (You have some over your side, don't you?). They've got some 720x300mm shelving (25kg) that goes for about $50 for a 5-shelf kit, which should give enough space for two ATX boards per shelf. If you want to get creative, JayCar sells M3 tapped 10mm spacers to make some mobo mounts, and then use some right-angle aluminium to make HDD brackets and the like.

Thanks for the info. This is exactly what I was hoping to get out of it! Ideas!!

And yes we have Bunnings over here! I drag the wife there every other weekend! Supposedly now I am making an outdoor table for us so maybe she wont be invited anymore!

And yeah, those Redbacks are nasty little buggers. Usually won't kill you, but they'll make you wish they did

Eller

Oh BTW you should click the photo and check out the photos on the wiki page! A lizard I mean WTF

The redback farm .
Talk to Fart_plume , maybe he can create a custom redback fanguard .

I thought he only farted. ;P Will see how it goes might need a 'bloody' big fan guard by the sounds of it!

Yeah redbacks . . .hmm I enjoy squishing them.

You are indeed an addict .

I never used to fear spiders, snakes or sharks when I was growing up in Oz I guess i just got used to the thought but after spending my teen years in holland where there is basically no wildlife except for some birds and non-venemous tiny grass snakes I am now officially chicken #$%^!!

And yes I am an addict! and proud of it. Of course we all know the first step to recovery is admitting it right! :P

Pics soon of hardware.

[karl_eller]

Aww I dunno. I still have to buy a bunch of stuff before I have 5 moar Quads! Still waiting on the Q6600s to arrive so you have a few more days of glory! At least we are all on the same team both as part of XS and contributing towards finding a cure.

I'm not happy, I just realised you've cleared out just about every 2nd hand Q6600 on OCAU Although hopefully by the time I get around to buying some, more people will have upgraded to Yorkies or Nehalem... but you better make sure you leave a few for me New is looking a lot less tempting now that my previous ~$600 builds are something around the $800 range...

Eller

[emuexport]

I'm not happy, I just realised you've cleared out just about every 2nd hand Q6600 on OCAU Although hopefully by the time I get around to buying some, more people will have upgraded to Yorkies or Nehalem... but you better make sure you leave a few for me New is looking a lot less tempting now that my previous ~$600 builds are something around the $800 range...

Eller

I know what you mean I dont think I am making any friends on OCAU but I think that I am making people think of upgrading so there might be more available. Just PM me if you want one that I am bidding on and I'll step aside!
However I think I might as well grab them while the CC is nowhere near its limit!
New just didnt add up anymore cos If I can save $100 per CPU and $50-100 per motherboard by buying 2nd hand andthat means more crunchers for your dollar! which has to be a good thing!

Of course, while I'm sitting reading the machine has more resources available to crunch with than when I'm making it scroll text....

I lol'd nice one! I get strange looks at work and at home with all the deliveries lately! an IO plate rocked up in an express mail bag but I dont know who it is from out of the 10 or so items I have won lately! I'm hoping the send the rest of the motherboard and just forgot to send it with the rest!

Really, you sound like the next great story brewing here on XS, it's a bit late, but welcome !

Thanks for the motivating comment don xvi! Better late than never is a belief of mine! Thanks for the welcome and I'll just slowly claw my way up the ranks. I'm just gutted that I didnt know about DC for the last three years otherwise I would surely be broke! Just have to start convincing others that this is one way we can all contribute.

emu