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System Name | Niedersachsen / Ribe / Minsk |
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Processor | i3 3240 / i7-3520M / 4x Opteron 6376 @ 2.86GHz |
Motherboard | BIOSTAR H61M / HP Q77 / Supermicro H8QG7 |
Cooling | Stock / Stock / 4x 1U G34 |
Memory | 1x8GB / 2x4GB / 4x4GB |
Video Card(s) | GTX260 / Intel HD 4000 / nVidia GT310 |
Storage | 80GB Intel SSD / 256GB Intel SSD / 2x 60GB SSD (RAID1) |
Display(s) | Dell 3007 + HP 2245w / 12.1" 1366x768 / None |
Case | Antec NSK3480 / HP / Supermicro 1U |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
Power Supply | Enermax 500W / HP 130W / Supermicro Gold 1400W |
Keyboard | IBM Model M |
Software | Windows 7 (Niedersachsen/Ribe) / Linux Mint 17.2 (Minsk) |
I am new to the whole crunching thing and haven't seen previous challenges in action.
Could I get a rough outline of how these challenges work?
P.S. I can throw in some games in the prize pool as well.
We would love it if you'd throw in some games
Basically, these challenges are an inter-team effort. For individual users, basically everything continues as before: crunch, and crunch like mad. All of the work that we do, of course, contributes towards our team total. Now, the challenge takes place over a specified period of time--usually a week to a month or so. At the beginning of the challenge, the score for each team is set to zero, and then each point generated during that interval raises that team's score. It's a way for teams to face off against each other for some excitement.
Usually when we have challenges, it compels people to throw an extra rig or two on the grid to temporarily boost our output a bit