Listing of parts
You may acquire all or part of your supplies from Amazon, Adafruit, or any other online hobby or electronic parts stores. However, the author built his supercomputer from parts acquired exclusively from Amazon.
The following is a list of things you will need to build your supercomputer:
Eight Raspberry Pi2 or Pi3 model B computers ->Â 8 x $39.99 = $319.92.
Addicore Raspberry Pi heatsink set of three aluminum heat sinks -> 8 x $4.95 = $39.60.
Eight-pack, eight-color (3 feet long) Ethernet patch cables from cable matters -> 1 x $12.99 = $12.99.
Extra Ethernet patch cable for connection to the main PC.
Eight 16-GB SD cards from SanDisk or other, preloaded with NOOBS (optional, can download from website). Purchase a 10-pack and save -> 1 x $49.43 = $49.43.
Four sets of stackable case (sidewinder) for Raspberry Pi2 model B from HDZ concepts -> 4 x $15.98 = $63.92.
One Sabrent 60-watt (12-amp) 10-port family-sized desktop USB rapid charger -> 1 x $37.99 = $37.99.
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