So the tech called and the motherboard is DOA. they are already fitting a replacement as we speak and all i have to do is bring the empty mobo box in.
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Crunching Hardware
CPU: i5 3570K and i5 2400 = 8 cores
GPU: 7870 (8 wu's) and 7770 (4 wu's) = 1920 GCN cores (no GPU wu's atm)