Earth said:
Valentin, What kind of hardware supports that? And how much would they cost?
Thanks for the useful info.
Hard to say; it depends if you go with single, dual socket or quad socket, what features the motherboards should have, what cpu you select, if you install maxium cpu at the beginning or you first start with one and then slowly add cpus till the max amount, what gpu will you use (professional gpu vs costumer gpu), what case will the components be in (in a rack/blade or casual case that most consumer would buy), what os will you use (server or customer), what power supply is needed, and so on.
So there are many factors that depends the costs. I will give you example of a server that would be a mid-range server.
Price
Motherboard: SuperMicro X9DRL-3F 350
CPU: 2 x Intel Xeon Processor E5-2620 790
GPU: VTX3D Radeon HD 7870 Black 210
PSU: Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W 200
Storage: OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid SE 1TB 225
Seagate Barracuda SATA III 2TB 80
Memory: Samsung 16GB DDR3 PC3-8500 CL7 180
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 100
The sum is 2135 € but I am added more so the price is a bit smaller.
Is this expensive? no; some costumer and may not even give the same performance what the example would; for instance the to cpu equals more or less an i7-3960X from price, the PSU is 1000 W platinum meaning you will have for about 900W at your disposal, The revodriver is an amazing drive and will wipe the floor with a combo of ssd and hdd at the same price.