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[Ion] · Oct 3, 2015

james888 said:
I go caseless, because it is cheaper and easier to set up. Less time setting up, more time crunching. I also have no chance of them being touched or moved.

Well, when cases are sub-$10 each and I can get something assembled in 20 minutes it's well worth it IMO

manofthem · Oct 3, 2015

[Ion] said:
Well, when cases are sub-$10 each and I can get something assembled in 20 minutes it's well worth it IMO

I wish I could find cases sub $10.

[Ion] · Oct 3, 2015

manofthem said:
I wish I could find cases sub $10.

Well if you pay shipping I can get you old and dinged up cases too

Nordic · Oct 3, 2015

[Ion] said:
Well, when cases are sub-$10 each and I can get something assembled in 20 minutes it's well worth it IMO

When $10 is a lot of money, it means something. That 20 minutes is more like 2 minutes for me, so I find the time trade off well worth it. That is 18 more minutes I could be gaming and enjoying myself.

manofthem · Oct 3, 2015

[Ion] said:
Well if you pay shipping I can get you old and dinged up cases too

Well, I thank you sir. I wish I had room for more cases and funds for more pcs, but alas, I am at my limit for the time being

[Ion] · Oct 3, 2015

james888 said:
When $10 is a lot of money, it means something. That 20 minutes is more like 2 minutes for me, so I find the time trade off well worth it. That is 18 more minutes I could be gaming and enjoying myself.

I can't argue with either of those. For me, the trade-off is well worth it for the security of knowing that my computers aren't nearly as fragil.

t_ski · Oct 4, 2015

The answer is density, boys. Built yourself 2P/4P rigs and you can have four rigs in one spot.

Nordic · Oct 4, 2015

It has been very nice getting pie fairly often. I am going to shut down most of my fleet, and make some adjustments. Might not them back online too quickly.

[Ion] · Oct 4, 2015

Sold two more of my i5s and used the proceeds from that to buy another 4P setup. Supermicro H8QGi-F setup with the [H] OC BIOS preflashed, 4 Opteron 6172 CPUs (2.1GHz 12C PhII gen), and 4 2U G32 coolers. Despite being a somewhat older board it still supports the newest Opteron 6300 series CPUs, so once the prices come down a bit I can upgrade to those.

Also--looking at getting some new G34 heatsinks for the 1U setup--if I leave the top off, I can use regular 92mm or 120mm coolers. Gonna see how the OCed 115W CPUs do with the Supermicro 2U coolers because they're cheap (~$30 each vs $60 for the Noctua ones). But either way before too long I'll be getting new heatsinks to quiet it down a bit

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Oct 4, 2015

james888 said:
enjoying myself.

Ummm

Nordic · Oct 4, 2015

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
Ummm

Steam games. Not....

xvi · Oct 6, 2015

All my Win 10 Insider Preview machines are rebooting. Looks like Microsoft stopped pushing new preview builds out, so the trial is running out.
I guess it's time to break down and buy Windows 10 for my main machine at least.

[Ion] · Oct 6, 2015

xvi said:
All my Win 10 Insider Preview machines are rebooting. Looks like Microsoft stopped pushing new preview builds out, so the trial is running out.
I guess it's time to break down and buy Windows 10 for my main machine at least.

I'll give you a 7 Pro key that you can upgrade to 10

hat · Oct 6, 2015

xvi said:
All my Win 10 Insider Preview machines are rebooting. Looks like Microsoft stopped pushing new preview builds out, so the trial is running out.
I guess it's time to break down and buy Windows 10 for my main machine at least.

Insider trial? That's how I got W10... but I thought it was a full legit copy.

xvi · Oct 6, 2015

hat said:
Insider trial? That's how I got W10... but I thought it was a full legit copy.

It's the "If you be our beta guinea pig and find bugs for us, we'll let you keep using beta versions" version. I thought they were going to keep rolling out beta builds, but it appears that they've stopped doing that. Each build expires at a set date which, as I've recently experienced, will BSOD every hour or two with an error like "WINDOWS_NT_TRIAL_EXPIRED". Since there's no new beta build to update to (apparently?), Insider Previews just stop working.

[Ion] said:
I'll give you a 7 Pro key that you can upgrade to 10

I wouldn't mind that at all. :toast:

Looking at this guide, it looks like I can possibly get a fairly clean Win10 install off of it.

thebluebumblebee · Oct 6, 2015

Huh, they just removed the ending date for MCM and dropped the progress to 71%. And I was so proud of finishing my 5 year badge (I'm at 4:354:12:02:18) so close to the end. Good news for @Arjai and @ThE_MaD_ShOt. (those are just 2 that I happen to know that are close to major badge upgrades)

[Ion] · Oct 6, 2015

Well, the seller of the 4P Opty setup says he's sorry it's taking him longer to ship than he promised, so he's throwing in the 16GB RAM for free!

manofthem · Oct 6, 2015

[Ion] said:
Well, the seller of the 4P Opty setup says he's sorry it's taking him longer to ship than he promised, so he's throwing in the 16GB RAM for free!

I sure hope that at the very least it gets here in time to be setup up before Challenge time! :eek:

FireFox · Oct 6, 2015

[Ion] said:
longer to ship

If take longer he could add a few X5675

[Ion] · Oct 6, 2015

manofthem said:
I sure hope that at the very least it gets here in time to be setup up before Challenge time!

He shipped it today, but the long part is going to be waiting for the PCIe-> EPS adapters from Newegg. Not going to run 4 115W CPUs on a single EPS plug--really need all 3 of them hooked up.

xvi · Oct 8, 2015

Numbers will be down due to VMs not playing nicely with each other on the ESXi server. I even set the priority of the crunchbox on super low, but it slows down the other OSes considerably.

[Ion] · Oct 8, 2015

Good progress is being made on the Linux/Windows runtime discrepancy:

armstrdj said:
Internal testing is looking good and I would expect a beta test soon. It was a build issue, some of the compiler options were having a much greater than expected impact on performance.

Thanks,
armstrdj

Looking forward to it being resolved--200+ Linux threads that would love to earn some new badges

[Ion] · Oct 10, 2015

Newest Opteron setup is up and running, at least temporarily. Turns out it actually has Opteron 6176 SE CPUs instead of the 6172s it was advertised with. Clockspeed is thus higher (2.3GHz vs 2.1GHz) but TPD / CPU is also up from 115W to 140W. Don't have any PPD estimates yet.

manofthem · Oct 11, 2015

[Ion] said:
Newest Opteron setup is up and running, at least temporarily. Turns out it actually has Opteron 6176 SE CPUs instead of the 6172s it was advertised with. Clockspeed is thus higher (2.3GHz vs 2.1GHz) but TPD / CPU is also up from 115W to 140W. Don't have any PPD estimates yet.

A little higher clicks and tdp is no biggie for you. Extra PPD is all good

[Ion] · Oct 11, 2015

manofthem said:
A little higher clicks and tdp is no biggie for you. Extra PPD is all good

Well, power DOES matter. These CPUs run a bit hot too...with the 2U coolers and 120mm fans on top they're in the upper 60s. Looking forward to getting a PPD estimate come tonight's update

System Name	Niedersachsen / Ribe / Minsk
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)

Processor	3900X @ 4.0
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-E
Cooling	DeepCool Castle 360EX
Memory	G Skill Trident Z Neo 32GB 3600
Video Card(s)	RX 5700 XT Pulse
Storage	Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB
Display(s)	LG 34UC88
Case	Thermaltake P3
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III 750w
Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	G Skill KM570 MX Silver
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Niedersachsen / Ribe / Minsk
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)

Processor	7800x3d
Motherboard	Gigabyte B650 Auros Elite AX
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	GSKILL 2x16gb 6000mhz Cas 30 with custom timings
Video Card(s)	MSI RX 6750 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
Storage	Adata SX8200 1tb with Windows, Samsung 990 Pro 2tb with games
Display(s)	HP Omen 27q QHD 165hz
Case	ThermalTake P3
Power Supply	SuperFlower Leadex Titanium
Software	Windows 11 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores	CB23: 1811 / 19424 CB24: 1136 / 7687

Processor	3900X @ 4.0
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-E
Cooling	DeepCool Castle 360EX
Memory	G Skill Trident Z Neo 32GB 3600
Video Card(s)	RX 5700 XT Pulse
Storage	Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB
Display(s)	LG 34UC88
Case	Thermaltake P3
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III 750w
Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	G Skill KM570 MX Silver
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	My i7 Beast
Processor	Intel Core i7 6800K
Motherboard	Asus X99-A II
Cooling	Nickel-plated EK Supremacy EVO, D5 with XSPC Bayres & BIX Quad Radiator
Memory	4 x 8GB EVGA SuperSC DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080 SuperClocked
Storage	Samsung 950 Pro 256GB m.2 SSD + 480GB Sandisk storage SSD
Display(s)	Three Asus 24" VW246H LCD's
Case	Silverstone TJ07
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Keyboard	Corsair K95
Software	Windows 10 x64 Pro

System Name	Selene / Yoda
Processor	Fx 8350 @ 4.4 / Phenom II x6 1090t @ 3.6
Motherboard	Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 r4.0 / Gigabyte 890XA-UD3
Cooling	H100i / Xig Dark Knight
Memory	4x 8gb G.Skill Snipers / 4x 4gb G.Skill Ares
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte R9 290x / XfX DD & VisionTek HD6850's C'fired
Storage	256gb ssd, 2x 2tb Wd Blacks & 1x 1tb Wd black / 1x 1tb
Display(s)	Dell Ultra Sharp 2408 WFp / Hp w2207
Case	Raidmax Vampire / Chieftec Alum. Dragon Blue
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio
Power Supply	Corsair TX 850 watt / Corsair TX 750 watt
Mouse	Logitech G500s
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe
Software	Win 10 pro / Win Vista Home prem. 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	What are benchmarks anyway?

System Name	Rainbow
Processor	Intel Core i7 8700k
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC
Cooling	Corsair H115i, 2x Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM
Memory	G. Skill TridentZ RGB 4x8GB (F4-3600C16Q-32GTZR)
Video Card(s)	ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity
Storage	2x Samsung 950 Pro 256GB \| 2xHGST Deskstar 4TB 7.2K
Display(s)	Samsung C27HG70
Case	Xigmatek Aquila
Power Supply	Seasonic 760W SS-760XP
Mouse	Razer Deathadder 2013
Keyboard	Corsair Vengeance K95
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	4 trillion points in GmailMark, over 144 FPS 2K Facebook Scrolling (Extreme Quality preset)

System Name	Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s)	Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

System Name	Main/DC
Processor	i7-3770K/i7-2600K
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD55/GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14CS/H80
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) LP /4GB Kingston DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 660 Ti/MSI HD7770
Storage	Crucial MX100 256GB/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB(died)
Display(s)	Asus 24' LED/Samsung SyncMaster B1940
Case	P100/Antec P280 It's huge!
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

Processor	Intel i7 10700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus XII Hero
Cooling	2x Black Ice Nemesis GTX 480 - 1x Black Ice Nemesis GTX 420 - D5 VPP655P - 13x Corsair LL120 - LL140
Memory	32GB G.SKILL Trident Z RGB 3600Hz
Video Card(s)	EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB/1TB - WD Blue SN550 1TB - 2 X WD Blue 1TB - 3 X WD Black 1TB
Display(s)	Asus ROG PG278QR 2560x1440 144Hz (Overclocked 165Hz )/ Samsung
Case	Corsair Obsidian 1000D
Audio Device(s)	I prefer Gaming-Headset
Power Supply	Enermax MaxTytan 1250W 80+ Titanium
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	Virtuis Advanced Gaming Keyboard ( Batboard )
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise/Windows 10 Pro/Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	My PC runs FiFA

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