Quote Originally Posted by 'blast3r',index.php?page=Thread&postID=197367#post 197367
I'm curious if anyone is doing it. I am wondering if an i7 (maybe the extreme version) and 24 GB of memory could pull this off.
I would imagine you could run a dual-quad core motherboard with 24GB of DDR2, and that would not be quite as spendy as an i7 with DDR3. Maybe then a raid 0 setup with multiple drives, and finally a good couple video cards.

With 8 cores, you could have quite a bit of legroom, and 24GB should be more than enough. The video card would probably be the biggest hurdle.