Building a Pc for Crunching.

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

How are the temps? I can see you are 100 % cpu but not much else.

my bad.... i can see clearly now. i missed the clicky at the top.

Oh man i would love to have that on my cpuz
Temps are what you were expecting i think.

@Knoxx29 Are you happy with the build buddy ?

 

[FireFox]

I am very proud of this Machine great power consumption and it does the job, I can't wait to put together the second Xeon

@krusha03 I don't know if It's a good idea to install Boinc on a SSD instead a HDD

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Spoiler: Cheers

 

[peche]

Thanks for the suggestions.
Btw I replaced the 8GB Ram 1.65v with 4GB ram 1.50v and cpu voltage set to 1.015v now is using 95W

dont trown away the other 8GB's on my asus motherboard they may perform flawless!

Spoiler: Cheers

excellent lager!

 

[krusha03]

I am very proud of this Machine great power consumption and it does the job, I can't wait to put together the second Xeon

@krusha03 I don't know if It's a good idea to install Boinc on a SSD instead a HDD

Yes you could but if it's a dedicated cruncher why not run it from a USB and remove the HDD completely? You can install linux distro and then boinc on a USB or have a look at some pre-compiled versions like

http://www.dotsch.de/boinc/Dotsch_UX.html

Also found an old thread there on the forum about it:

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/getting-boinc-setup-without-drives.206818/

I read somewhere on this forum that some member had his USB fail because of the lot of read / writes that boinc does but haven't found much elsewhere. Also I imagine if you reduce the writes from every minute to every 10 minutes for example it should prolong the lifetiem of both an SSD or USB because less read / writes will be done on them.

 

[FireFox]

Yes you could but if it's a dedicated cruncher why not run it from a USB and remove the HDD completely? You can install linux distro and then boinc on a USB or have a look at some pre-compiled versions like

http://www.dotsch.de/boinc/Dotsch_UX.html

Also found an old thread there on the forum about it:

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/getting-boinc-setup-without-drives.206818/

I read somewhere on this forum that some member had his USB fail because of the lot of read / writes that boinc does but haven't found much elsewhere. Also I imagine if you reduce the writes from every minute to every 10 minutes for example it should prolong the lifetiem of both an SSD or USB because less read / writes will be done on them.

I have some ssds laying around, maybe I could install it on one and see the difference of power consumption between the hdd vs ssd, on Tuesday I will do the test, or as you said install it on a 2.5 drive.

 

[krusha03]

I have some ssds laying around, maybe I could install it on one and see the difference of power consumption between the hdd vs ssd, on Tuesday I will do the test.

If you have some empty laying around then sure. If they are big enough you can just clone your boot partition from the HDD and be done with it in 30 minutes. Still i bet you also have some 2+GB usb drives laying around also and if not you can buy a 16GB one for €10 It should be a fun little experiment

Edit: Oh an linux should give you better performance than Win 7 i think @ThE_MaD_ShOt showed a picture somewhere comparing his rigs running Win 7, Win 8 and Linux

 

[FireFox]

Edit: Oh an linux should give you better performance than Win 7 i think @ThE_MaD_ShOt showed a picture somewhere comparing his rigs running Win 7, Win 8 and Linux

I will PM @ThE_MaD_ShOt and ask for some help with Linux, I just need some link where to download the Linux OS burnt it and install it

 

[krusha03]

I will PM @ThE_MaD_ShOt and ask for some help with Linux, I just need some link where to download the Linux OS burnt it and install it

Why don't you start with the linux build i linked for you earlier. If that doesn't work try to find never stuff

 

[FireFox]

Why don't you start with the linux build i linked for you earlier. If that doesn't work try to find never stuff

This one?
http://www.dotsch.de/boinc/Dotsch_UX.html

 

[DinaAngel]

I thought id try fold some if I get the titanx. My current setup is too power hungry and heat producing

 

[krusha03]

This one?
http://www.dotsch.de/boinc/Dotsch_UX.html

Yeah that one. It should be as easy as extracting it to a USB and booting from it.

I thought id try fold some if I get the titanx. My current setup is too power hungry and heat producing

But Norway is cold right?

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Or www.ubuntu.com

 

[FireFox]

Yeah that one. It should be as easy as extracting it to a USB and booting from i

I want to avoid USB, better ssd.

 

[manofthem]

@Knoxx29 installing boinc on an ssd isn't an issue as far as I'm concerned. I've had boinc installed on my ssd for over 2 years now, and it's still going strong. And yes, I'd avoid a USB drive since I've heard about lots of failures with that.


Also that power consumption is terrific. For comparison, my i3 2100 @3.1 pulls 100w crunching, so you're much better off there!

I'm very much looking forward to being able to throw in a Xeon, hopefully sooner than later.

 

[FireFox]

@Knoxx29 installing boinc on an ssd isn't an issue as far as I'm concerned. I've had boinc installed on my ssd for over 2 years now, and it's still going strong. And yes, I'd avoid a USB drive since I've heard about lots of failures with that.


Also that power consumption is terrific. For comparison, my i3 2100 @3.1 pulls 100w crunching, so you're much better off there!

I'm very much looking forward to being able to throw in a Xeon, hopefully sooner than later.

I was reading about the USB failures and as I said i won't risk, maybe could work for me but maybe no, so better keep it where it's, I don't know how much could be the difference between the hdd vs ssd, 3w/4w?, the power consumption is pretty good and undervolting help a lot.

have faith, I know you will have too a nice Xeon CPU.

 

[DinaAngel]

Yeah that one. It should be as easy as extracting it to a USB and booting from it.



But Norway is cold right?

Haha and we got big trolls too

 

[FireFox]

Update.
Hi Guys.

i need help urgently.

I would like to buy this Motherboard: Tyan S7010 // Dual Sockel 1366 Serverboard + 2 CPU's L5640 6c/12t @ 2.26GHz 60W
can someone tell me if the board is compatible with those CPU's?

Cheers.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Update.
Hi Guys.

i need help urgently.

I would like to buy this Motherboard: Tyan S7010 // Dual Sockel 1366 Serverboard + 2 CPU's L5640 6c/12t @ 2.26GHz 60W
can someone tell me if the board is compatible with those CPU's?

Cheers.

Appears so. if this is the board. http://www.tyan.com/product_SKU_spec.aspx?ProductType=MB&pid=633&SKU=600000023 Google is your friend. don't be afraid to use your friend.

 

[krusha03]

If the bios is v3.02 or newer. But can anyone answer how would that 6c / 12 thread westmere at 2.26 GHz compare to 4c/8t ivy at 3.4GHz

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Edit: Oh an linux should give you better performance than Win 7 i think @ThE_MaD_ShOt showed a picture somewhere comparing his rigs running Win 7, Win 8 and Linux

That was @TRWOV, IIRC.

 

[Caring1]

What Processor is that, the Ivy bridge one, Is it the 3770?
I've got the i5 3570K @ 3.4 and it's not hyperthreading.

 

[krusha03]

What Processor is that, the Ivy bridge one?
I've got the i5 3570K @ 3.4 and it's not hyperthreading.

Ah i meant the e3-1240v2 @Knoxx29 has. The e3 will be faster per thread but given that the l5640 has 4 more threads how will the ppd compare of each cpu

 

[Caring1]

You've given me an idea now for a simple upgrade to my main machine, that is used for crunching too, I rarely game on it so the xeon E3 would be perfect for it

 

[FireFox]

You've given me an idea now for a simple upgrade to my main machine, that is used for crunching too, I rarely game on it so the xeon E3 would be perfect for it

Next week a second one Xeon will be Rocking.