NOTE: The table below denotes systems fitted with a modern ATX PSU, achieved by using a custom AXT adapter kit. This is more reliable than an original SGI PSU and much cheaper, but I can fit an original SGI PSU for extra if preferred. For the modified setup, the PSU model I use is the Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 650W 80+ Gold. Commercial users may prefer to have an original SGI PSU, but bare in mind such original PSUs are now very old.
All configurations come with a free QLOGIC Dual-channel QLA1280 U2W SCSI card, power cable and a free 36GB 10K disk containing a clone backup copy of the system disk. Keyboards and mice are available separately. All systems are now fitted with a minimum of a fast and quiet 36GB 15000rpm system disk (Fujitsu MAS3367NC + adapter); this disk is perfect for Fuel - in terms of access time, it is very good (see my disks performance page), but of course I have higher capacity models if preferred, or I can fit extra disks.
Main Table, cheaper systems listed first. Use price differences and later tables to calculate alternative configurations, or just contact me for a quote. Again, any system shown in italics is not currently available.
(NB: I do not have any Fuels available just now, sorry!)
WARRANTY | <------- System Value (UKP) ------->
TABLE | Up to 1799 | 1800 to 4999 | 5000+
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Default cover | 30 days | 60 days | 90 days
Extend to 60 days | +115 | - | -
Extend to 90 days | +235 | +355 | -
Extend to 6 months | +475 | +715 | +955
Extend to 1 year | +955 | +1435 | +1915
NOTE: These configurations are not fixed. I can upgrade/downgrade
as required. Use the upgrade prices below or price differences above
to calculate other combinations, or feel free to email me or call if
you're interested in a configuration not shown above.
I can fit extra or higher capacity disks if required, please ask for details.
Disk
Ref RAM Banks Size Disk GFX 5.25" Cost
No. CPU Type MHz L2 (MB) Used (GB) RPM Type Device (UKP)
1 R14000 500 2MB 4096 2 300 15K V12 10X DVD 3090
2 R14000 500 2MB 4096 2 300 10K V12 10X DVD 2970
3 R14000 500 2MB 4096 2 147 15K V12 10X DVD 2850
4 R14000 500 2MB 2048 1 147 15K V12 10X DVD 2700
5 R14000 500 2MB 2048 2 147 15K V12 10X DVD 2625
6 R14000 500 2MB 1024 1 147 15K V12 10X DVD 2585
7 R14000 500 2MB 1024 1 147 15K V10 10X DVD 1385
8 R14000 500 2MB 1024 1 147 10K V12 10X DVD 2560
9 R14000 500 2MB 1024 1 147 10K V10 10X DVD 1360
10 R14000 500 2MB 1024 1 73 15K V10 10X DVD 1340
11 R14000 500 2MB 1024 1 73 10K V10 10X DVD 1320
12 R14000 500 2MB 4096 2 36 15K V12 10X DVD 2765
13 R14000 500 2MB 1024 1 36 15K V12 10X DVD 2500
14 R14000 500 2MB 2048 1 36 15K V10 12X DVD 1440
15 R14000 500 2MB 2048 2 36 15K V10 12X DVD 1360
16 R14000 500 2MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 12X DVD 1325
17 R14000 500 2MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 10X DVD 1300
18 R14000 500 2MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 16/10/40 1415
19 R14000 500 2MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 40X CDROM 1295
20 R14000 500 2MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 32X CDROM 1290
21 R14000 600 4MB 4096 2 300 15K V12 10X DVD 3450
22 R14000 600 4MB 4096 2 300 10K V12 10X DVD 3330
23 R14000 600 4MB 4096 2 147 15K V12 10X DVD 3210
24 R14000 600 4MB 2048 1 147 15K V12 10X DVD 3060
25 R14000 600 4MB 2048 2 147 15K V12 10X DVD 2980
26 R14000 600 4MB 1024 1 147 15K V12 10X DVD 2945
27 R14000 600 4MB 1024 1 147 15K V10 10X DVD 1745
28 R14000 600 4MB 1024 1 147 10K V12 10X DVD 2920
29 R14000 600 4MB 1024 1 147 10K V10 10X DVD 1720
30 R14000 600 4MB 1024 1 73 15K V10 10X DVD 1700
31 R14000 600 4MB 1024 1 73 10K V10 10X DVD 1680
32 R14000 600 4MB 4096 2 36 15K V12 10X DVD 3125
33 R14000 600 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V12 10X DVD 2860
34 R14000 600 4MB 2048 1 36 15K V10 12X DVD 1800
35 R14000 600 4MB 2048 2 36 15K V10 12X DVD 1720
36 R14000 600 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 12X DVD 1685
37 R14000 600 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 10X DVD 1660
38 R14000 600 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 16/10/40 1775
39 R14000 600 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 40X CDROM 1655
40 R14000 600 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 32X CDROM 1650
41 R16000 700 4MB 4096 2 300 15K V12 10X DVD 3990
42 R16000 700 4MB 4096 2 300 10K V12 10X DVD 3870
43 R16000 700 4MB 4096 2 147 15K V12 10X DVD 3750
44 R16000 700 4MB 2048 1 147 15K V12 10X DVD 3600
45 R16000 700 4MB 2048 2 147 15K V12 10X DVD 3520
46 R16000 700 4MB 1024 1 147 15K V12 10X DVD 3485
47 R16000 700 4MB 1024 1 147 15K V10 10X DVD 2285
48 R16000 700 4MB 1024 1 147 10K V12 10X DVD 3460
49 R16000 700 4MB 1024 1 147 10K V10 10X DVD 2260
50 R16000 700 4MB 1024 1 73 15K V10 10X DVD 2240
51 R16000 700 4MB 1024 1 73 10K V10 10X DVD 2220
52 R16000 700 4MB 4096 2 36 15K V12 10X DVD 3665
53 R16000 700 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V12 10X DVD 3400
54 R16000 700 4MB 2048 1 36 15K V10 12X DVD 2340
55 R16000 700 4MB 2048 2 36 15K V10 12X DVD 2260
56 R16000 700 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 12X DVD 2225
57 R16000 700 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 10X DVD 2200
58 R16000 700 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 16/10/40 2315
59 R16000 700 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 40X CDROM 2195
60 R16000 700 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 32X CDROM 2190
61 R16000 800 4MB 4096 2 300 15K V12 10X DVD 4890
62 R16000 800 4MB 4096 2 300 10K V12 10X DVD 4770
63 R16000 800 4MB 4096 2 147 15K V12 10X DVD 4650
64 R16000 800 4MB 2048 1 147 15K V12 10X DVD 4500
65 R16000 800 4MB 2048 2 147 15K V12 10X DVD 4420
66 R16000 800 4MB 1024 1 147 15K V12 10X DVD 4385
67 R16000 800 4MB 1024 1 147 15K V10 10X DVD 3185
68 R16000 800 4MB 1024 1 147 10K V12 10X DVD 4360
69 R16000 800 4MB 1024 1 147 10K V10 10X DVD 3160
70 R16000 800 4MB 1024 1 73 15K V10 10X DVD 3140
71 R16000 800 4MB 1024 1 73 10K V10 10X DVD 3120
72 R16000 800 4MB 4096 2 36 15K V12 10X DVD 4565
73 R16000 800 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V12 10X DVD 4350
74 R16000 800 4MB 2048 1 36 15K V10 12X DVD 3240
75 R16000 800 4MB 2048 2 36 15K V10 12X DVD 3160
76 R16000 800 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 12X DVD 3125
77 R16000 800 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 10X DVD 3100
78 R16000 800 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 16/10/40 3215
79 R16000 800 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 40X CDROM 3095
80 R16000 800 4MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 32X CDROM 3090
81 R16000 900 8MB 4096 2 300 15K V12 10X DVD 6510
82 R16000 900 8MB 4096 2 300 10K V12 10X DVD 6390
83 R16000 900 8MB 4096 2 147 15K V12 10X DVD 6270
84 R16000 900 8MB 2048 1 147 15K V12 10X DVD 6120
85 R16000 900 8MB 2048 2 147 15K V12 10X DVD 6040
86 R16000 900 8MB 1024 1 147 15K V12 10X DVD 6005
87 R16000 900 8MB 1024 1 147 15K V10 10X DVD 4805
88 R16000 900 8MB 1024 1 147 10K V12 10X DVD 5980
89 R16000 900 8MB 1024 1 147 10K V10 10X DVD 4780
90 R16000 900 8MB 1024 1 73 15K V10 10X DVD 4435
91 R16000 900 8MB 1024 1 73 10K V10 10X DVD 4740
92 R16000 900 8MB 4096 2 36 15K V12 10X DVD 6185
93 R16000 900 8MB 1024 1 36 15K V12 10X DVD 5970
94 R16000 900 8MB 2048 1 36 15K V10 12X DVD 4860
95 R16000 900 8MB 2048 2 36 15K V10 12X DVD 4780
96 R16000 900 8MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 12X DVD 4745
97 R16000 900 8MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 10X DVD 4720
98 R16000 900 8MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 16/10/40 4835
99 R16000 900 8MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 40X CDROM 4715
100 R16000 900 8MB 1024 1 36 15K V10 32X CDROM 4710
See the Parts/Spares page for a full list of available upgrade options,
including DCD, RAM, disks, GigE, audio boards, SCSI/SAS/SATA cards, etc.
The main table is ordered in terms of CPU speed. Choose the example
closest to your needs in the table, then add on any extras as
required (or discounts) - see the list of example optional
extras/upgrades after the table, or the Parts/Spares page for the full list. If
you're not sure, feel free to email me. Please widen your browser
window to see the full table.
Please see the Fuel section of the Parts/Spares page for a full list of available upgrades and extras. Further items such as DVDROM/CDROM/CDRW/DAT units, SCSI cables, etc. can be found on the SCSI Items page.
Please see my Origin3000 Architecture page for background information on the architecture Fuel is based on. Fuel is effectively a single-CPU Origin3000 with one VPro graphics pipe).
See the shipping costs page for details
of postage charges to the UK, mainland Europe and beyond. Alternatively,
a personal collection is welcome; I live in Edinburgh, Scotland.
DVI monitor cables and adapters are also available - please see the
monitors page for details.
Detailed Notes
All systems have a full installation of IRIX 6.5.30m (my own special installation with lots of extras such as Blender, BMRT, Ayam3D, mplayer, OpenOffice, Freeware, Nekoware, Quake2, Quake3, etc.) Adobe Premiere 4.2 is installed, plus many other items, including a good custom desktop layout. A typical installed software list in Software Manager looks like this, though I can of course customise in any way required, or even just put on a default installation with no extras if preferred.
All systems come with the Octane2 VPro demos CD, my custom SGI Nekoware split (8 CDs) and my SGI Gifts CDs. See the IRIX CDs page for details of these CDs. Alternatively, I can include a full 6.5.30 CD set for +60 (email for details).
V12 graphics is the best graphics option available. V12 has 128MB combined VRAM/TRAM (up to 108MB for textures) and supports more resolutions than V10. It is though exactly the same speed as V10, the only difference is VRAM capacity and thus support for additional higher resolutions, deeper colour modes, etc.
For full details, see my Fuel page, but here is a summary...
CPUs found in Fuels range from R14K/500 (2MB L2) to R16K/900MHz (8MB L2), with speeds of 600, 700 and 800 inbetween. 800MHz and 900MHz systems are much harder to find and thus more expensive, but even a 700MHz CPU causes a significant price jump.
The maximum RAM is 4GB (4 DIMM slots). The system architecture compared to Octane2 has 4X faster SCSI (U160 instead of UW), 2X faster PCI (which comes built-in as standard!), 2X faster RAM, 2X faster system bandwidth, lower RAM latency, less noise, but audio is not included as standard. An M-Audio Revolution 7.1 PCI card is the best audio board to look for; the other board one can use is the Audigy2 ZS, but it's definitely not as good as the Revolution 7.1 (the Audigy2 can be kinda noisy). Fuel does have some degree of support for Firewire and USB (see www.nekochan.net for details), but it varies greatly. Hobbyist strive to improve this all the time, but it's not something with which I keep up to date.
Fuel has two internal 5.25" bays included, DVDROM typically fitted, but not always; some people have been able to use DVDR/DVDRW drives ok, but this does require a recent version of IRIX and up-to-date Nekoware apps (I can install 6.5.30 instead if required). The system has two internal 3.5" bays for disks, though one could always employ the 5.25" bays for extra disks aswell if required.
For raw speed, a 500MHz Fuel can be 40% to 50% faster than a 400MHz Octane2 with a good disk, ie. a better speed increase than is implied merely by the 25% higher clock speed. Application startup times are much improved. Fuel can take good advantage of a nice 15K drive since it has U160 SCSI. The graphics can only be V10 or V12 (just one pipe), but Fuel can get more out of them compared to the same options in Octane, though one would only notice this if working with more dynamic datasets, or if some aspect of displaying the model was CPU/memory bound, eg. repeated conversion from a prioprietory database to Performer.
Fuel already has 4 PCI slots included. PCI with Octane requires either the expensive PCI cage or an XTalk adapter, so Fuel has an advantage here. Also, Octane's PCI is only 33MHz, whereas two of Fuel's slot run at 66MHz, allowing Fuel to take good advantage of high-performance SAS, SATA and other storage technologies (eg. just a single SSD can do over 270MB/sec in a Fuel).
If you can make good use of dual CPUs, then Octane2 may be a better choice though, eg. for use with Blender, Maya, SoftImage, or other applications that can use dual-CPUs for rendering (any professional video, animation or effects package will be able to use dual-CPUs), though there comes a point where Tezro may be more cost effective. Thus, if single-threaded speed is more important (ie. running applications such as OpenOffice, Seamonkey or Firefox), then a 600MHz Fuel with a 15K disk is a very nice system (I recommend the Fujitsu MAX series), especially if you don't care about audio since most Fuels do not come fitted with an audio board by default, whereas Octane has audio built-in as standard. By contrast, dual-CPU Octanes are nice when using applications that can use multiple CPUs, but good dual-CPU Octanes (ie. dual-R12K/400 or better) are a lot more expensive than a single-CPU Octane.
See my Fuel information page for further technical details and hardware information.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask!