How would this be for PI compute

[Bob__]

also is it a scam

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/145011554109?epid=1252327726&hash=item21c35cb73d:g:bAwAAOSwq9BkJbhX&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8DrSxdGOdn5GnDhSJ67mLxSpn7jLakG2ZCVNLsru4QdAYMNCFiJSA678O47zDZKgG%2F3V1iI6DKYejt4urze5Rcet%2F5vbqCIkW8NO%2FN9gbelrMEPiOij1%2FXVu8ASx09B1mGTetEF68M6YUYZkA0leIX0K0h6wHDVcrIxkp6CWDfojfSdBv6QUSLzwd1KnXPhLfa%2BJbxg6SI%2BBkNnX7vGKsnRnaWC%2FN%2FbpjhqFpTtTFAJXMlRhmheNsWH6UqBNl3Xa96eYYPrFZCTbBlDPlf%2FJWu9%2BQopKvbXIqaC7dbSuQknUdKy1F2gQh9oaQk3aw8QE6w%3D%3D|tkp%3ABFBMhrWKo_Nh

 

[OhYou_]

its a Haswell era server, the only scam is that it costs too much. 

I have newer servers with almost as much ram that were free.

[NF-A12x25]

it’s pretty old hardware, I would pay maybe $200-250 for it but that’s all.

[jaslion]

Pi compute? What is this?

[Needfuldoer]

Loud.

 

Those are $17 processors, and they're probably loading up with DDR4 2133 DIMMs. They're probably not that far off, but you can probably scrounge parts together and upgrade a PowerEdge or Proliant to comparable spec for less money.

[Bob__]

1 minute ago, NF-A12x25 said:

it’s pretty old hardware, I would pay maybe $200-250 for it but that’s all.

where can i find better deals

[Bob__]

1 minute ago, Needfuldoer said:

Loud.

 

Those are $17 processors, and they're probably loading up with DDR4 2133 DIMMs. They're probably not that far off, but you can probably scrounge parts together and upgrade a PowerEdge or Proliant to comparable spec for less money.

is buying it just for the ram and then buying another PC that I can put the ram into a bad idea

[NF-A12x25]

Do some research and find yourself a local place selling their old hardware.

[Bob__]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Pi compute? What is this?

calculating PI to ridiculous amounts

[NF-A12x25]

Just now, Bob__ said:

is buying it just for the ram and then buying another PC that I can put the ram into a bad idea

yeah that’s just dumb, it’s probably ECC ram so not supported by a pc and it’s probably not fast

[Bob__]

Just now, NF-A12x25 said:

Do some research and find yourself a local place selling their old hardware.

there is straight up nothing in my area

[Bob__]

Just now, Bob__ said:

there is straight up nothing in my area

could you find me something on ebay that would be a better deal

[NF-A12x25]

then build a PC with an old threadripper or something idk what to tell ya

 

and no, i’m not gonna do your ebay work for ya

[Needfuldoer]

2 minutes ago, Bob__ said:

is buying it just for the ram and then buying another PC that I can put the ram into a bad idea

Yes that's a bad idea, because they're mystery meat parts. You don't know what you're going to get until you open the box.

 

2 minutes ago, Bob__ said:

calculating PI to ridiculous amounts

Why?

[jaslion]

3 minutes ago, Bob__ said:

calculating PI to ridiculous amounts

Ok so you want a space heater then?

 

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-500-Watt-Ceramic-Personal-Heater/dp/B074MX8VN5

 

Even comes in pink and blue

[igormp]

2 minutes ago, Bob__ said:

calculating PI to ridiculous amounts

That's not something you'd do with such hardware, and would require ~0.5 PB to be done.

See this case when Google did it:

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/calculating-100-trillion-digits-of-pi-on-google-cloud

[Bob__]

1 minute ago, igormp said:

That's not something you'd do with such hardware, and would require ~0.5 PB to be done.

See this case when Google did it:

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/calculating-100-trillion-digits-of-pi-on-google-cloud

not that large

[Bob__]

4 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

Why?

Why not

[Bob__]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Ok so you want a space heater then?

 

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-500-Watt-Ceramic-Personal-Heater/dp/B074MX8VN5

 

Even comes in pink and blue

lol

[Bob__]

for value how is this https://www.ebay.com/itm/195716797397?hash=item2d91a153d5:g:1mUAAOSwtb9j6n1Z?

[FI Fheonix]

32 minutes ago, Bob__ said:

Why not

Waste of hardware.

[Bob__]

2 minutes ago, FI Fheonix said:

Waste of hardware.

its a bunch of old server stuff that was gunna be e-waste anyway

[FI Fheonix]

4 minutes ago, Bob__ said:

its a bunch of old server stuff that was gunna be e-waste anyway

Let it rest in peace then.

[porina]

1 hour ago, Bob__ said:

calculating PI to ridiculous amounts

How ridiculous? I considered doing this myself in the past. Most important part will be storage to get sufficient speed, capacity and redundancy as you're never going to get enough ram to do it. Well, short of waiting a few decades anyway.

[Bob__]

6 minutes ago, porina said:

How ridiculous? I considered doing this myself in the past. Most important part will be storage to get sufficient speed, capacity and redundancy as you're never going to get enough ram to do it. Well, short of waiting a few decades anyway.

I think that 100b is 462 gb of ram