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Old 11-08-2007, 22:48   #1
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Ever wondered what happened to all those unsold PS3s?
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Constructed by the SCEA IT team, this ginormous PS3 cluster will soon be used to connect Warhawk gamers everywhere
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Re: Ever wondered what happened to all those unsold PS3s?
It does look better thana bunch of servers in a rack, but I don't get why they've used PS3s instead of bog-standard servers
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Re: Ever wondered what happened to all those unsold PS3s?
Because they can!?
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Re: Ever wondered what happened to all those unsold PS3s?
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It does look better thana bunch of servers in a rack, but I don't get why they've used PS3s instead of bog-standard servers
SCEA = Sony. Basically its a sort of press release to show how versatile the PS3 is and keep it in the spotlight. If they made it out of Xeons, I don't think many would have cared
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Re: Ever wondered what happened to all those unsold PS3s?
I've counted 15 PS3s per rack, 5 racks = 75 PS3s x £425 each = £31,875
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