I think I found the answer to the slow response times of TikiWiki, throw some horsepower at it:
http://www.seamicro.com/node/213
256 cores when populated with Intel processors, 512 cores when populated with AMD processors.
Will fit in the corner rack under my work table.
Maximum number of concurrent connections: 32,000,000
If MiniModding.com ever gets that popular ...
Base price of about $140,000 plus I would guess another $70,000 to trick it out with all the ram and disk drives the box supports.
Hmm...
Would have to have an upgrade to my aDSL modem, the current one does not support the 16, 10Gbps network links.