What do you get for $70K these days

Go to here, and try configure. I got 16 Opteron 880 cores, 128GB ram, 2.7TB 10K SCSI. Try dell.com, see you can anything closer to this.

IWILL, H8501 Octal Opteron™ SCSI Series 5U Rack Server
$71172.53

IWILL, H8501 8-way Opteron™ 5U Rack Server Platform, DDR400 ECC, Video, 4x GbE LAN, Socket 940
AMD, 8 x Dual-Core Opteron™ 880 2.4GHz, HT 1000MHz, 2MB (2x1MB) L2 cache, Socket 940, Retail
KINGSTON, 128GB (32 x 4GB) PC2700 DDR 333MHz CL2.5 SDRAM 184-pin DIMM, ECC Registered, Quad Rank
VIDEO, Integrated ATI® Rage™ XL SVGA 8MB PCI Video Controller
SUPERMICRO, 5-drive Hot-swappable SCSI mobile rack, SCA Ultra320/160, SAF-TE, 3x5.25" drive bays, Black
LSI LOGIC, MegaRAID SCSI 320-1, Single-channel LSI53C1020 Ultra320 SCSI controller, Retail
MAXTOR, Atlas 10K IV 36.7GB, Ultra320 SCSI, 8MB Cache, 80-pin
9 x SEAGATE, Cheetah 300GB, Ultra320 SCSI, 10K RPM, 8MB Cache, 80-pin
SERVICE, Standard Service (3 Years Limited Parts, Lifetime Labor Warranty)