The “Break it Down” Blog

Joel Adams at Calvin College has put together a personal supercomputer, running Ubuntu, that is capable of 26 Gflops for a mere $2500 called Microwulf. A breakdown of the core computer parts used to build the machine are as follows (full list):

• MSI K9N6PGM-F MicroATX
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ AM2 CPU
• Kingston DDR2-667 1GByte RAM
• Echo Star 325W MicroATX Power Supply
• Intel PRO/1000 PT PCI-Express NIC
• Intel PRO/100 S PCI NIC
• Seagate 7200 250GB SATA HD
• Liteon SHD-16S1S 16X