Pi

Pi
Seems that By Alexander J. Yee numberworld isnt using any NVIDIA processors, just Intel CPUs to calculate 10Trillion digits of Pi.

Hes using Intel 'Xeon 5680' which is a 6 core superior to the i7 (at $1600 it oughta be)
He says he hasnt done any work on CUDA
but "v0.5.5 is faster on processors with AVX instructions."




tomshardware

for some sexy motherboard pics:
pcguide


Meanwhile, If you merely want to run other-region DVDs, get VideoLAN software
Its grand that LapTops have HDMI sockets.
Who needs a TV set?     (except: "that 70's show" isnt on Demand...)
Not So grand that I dont have a "Home Theatre"

Of Course if you live in Sydney you can get "multi-region' DVD players... they arent allowed to advertise as such, but downtown Sydney had charming "Barkers" outside stores shouting "get your unlocked DVD playes here" (is this still true?)
great for those 20-title DVDs you picked up in PatPong

Intel i5 chip seems adequate, get an i7 if you like.

If you want heavy games, better get a tower with slots for NVIDIA cards.
Never been into games much, myself, same as Steve Jobs.



More Motherboard Porn:
theinquirer
"you may indeed have assembled the fastest/most powerful single-motherboard computer in history."
Note the liquid Nitrogen cooling. Youd want to be careful, ... N2 is a well known murder weapon - if the gas displaces the oxygen you may never wake up.



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nb I have altered the translation of Leopold Kronecker's remark...
note that Integers are Positive Natural numbers, so it appears that God created negative numbers...