Buck's 4P F@H Build(s)

[BUCK NASTY]

Originally Posted by mstenholm

No it was around 2 Mill when a single -bigadv gave 62 K for 8 tread systems and 92 k for 12 treads. Even I had days around 200 K.

Those were the good ol' days

The Bad:
Tonight's dump will be a little late and for only 305K, as I had to play around with the system and it cost valuable folding time. Should be included in the 9PM update.

The Good:
I now have a 13% O/C that has me netting 11:38 TPF for 437K PPD . P8101 WU's are worth 353,000 points and take me 19.44 hrs to complete. So theoretically every 4th day, I should dump 2 WU's. I cant wait for the P8102's to come around again.

[[Ion]]

Originally Posted by BUCK NASTY

Those were the good ol' days

The Bad:
Tonight's dump will be a little late and for only 305K, as I had to play around with the system and it cost valuable folding time. Should be included in the 9PM update.

The Good:
I now have a 13% O/C that has me netting 11:38 TPF for 437K PPD . P8101 WU's are worth 353,000 points and take me 19.44 hrs to complete. I cant wait for the P8102's to come around again.

Only 305k
Do say that again, and rub it in our faces

437k PPD

The days when you dump two of your 350k WUs and Bogmali dumps one of his ~280k ones will be few and far-between...but incredible. Should be close to 1.3 million then

[BUCK NASTY]

Originally Posted by [Ion]

Only 305k
Do say that again, and rub it in our faces

437k PPD

The days when you dump two of your 350k WUs and Bogmali dumps one of his ~280k ones will be few and far-between...but incredible. Should be close to 1.3 million then

Come up with $3k and we will get you set up with a 4P rig also. I will walk you through every step of the way!

Below is the guy from OCN who's build I have been following. He has helped me quite a bit with the pitfalls of this rig.

Notice any patterns?

[[Ion]]

Originally Posted by BUCK NASTY

Come up with $3k and we will get you set up with a 4P rig also. I will walk you through every step of the way!

Sorry, but I just don't think that I can reasonably dump another 800w+ into this room without temperatures becoming absurd. That and until I have a consistent job I can't just spend $3k on a FAH rig. Although, 400k+ PPD for $3k is a pretty good deal

[BUCK NASTY]

Originally Posted by [Ion]

Although, 400k+ PPD for $3k is a pretty good deal

Until Stanford changes the rules/hardware again and I am left shaking my fist at them

[[Ion]]

Originally Posted by BUCK NASTY

Until Stanford changes the rules/hardware again and I am left shaking my fist at them

I cannot imagine that they will release any WUs soon that a 48c setup can't run

[Jstn7477]

By that time we'll probably have mainstream 10/12/16 core CPUs and you can build an even better rig.

[BUCK NASTY]

Originally Posted by Jstn7477

By that time we'll probably have mainstream 10/12/16 core CPUs and you can build an even better rig.

Great(sarcasm)! Should I start saving up now? I gotta admit that I'm having a lot of fun with this rig. Although there are times I want to pull my hair out with Ubuntu, it's been a great learning experience and quite the adventure.

Dumping another P8101 @ 4PM today for 350K. Hopefully by Thursday, I will have a double dump of 700K.

[[Ion]]

Originally Posted by BUCK NASTY

Great(sarcasm)! Should I start saving up now? I gotta admit that I'm having a lot of fun with this rig. Although there are times I want to pull my hair out with Ubuntu, it's been a great learning experience and adventure.

Dumping another P8101 @ 4PM today for 350K. Hopefully by Thursday, I will have a double dump of 700K.

This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen. While the GPU farm you had looked more impressive, this is still awesome. 400k+ PPD from one rig...

[BUCK NASTY]

Originally Posted by [Ion]

This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen. While the GPU farm you had looked more impressive, this is still awesome. 400k+ PPD from one rig...

Yes, while the GPU carts that I used had more "presence", you cannot deny this rig's huge performance. I'm not even considering the electrical cost savings yet. I figure I would save $100.00/month on my electric bill vs CPU/GPU's producing 1/2 the PPD, so this rig should pay for itself in 30 months+/-. If all goes well the remainder of the year, I may throw another 4P together in the winter. I'll just have to camp on ebay to snatch up some deals on chips.

[[Ion]]

Originally Posted by BUCK NASTY

Yes, while the GPU carts that I used had more "presence", you cannot deny this rig's huge performance. I'm not even considering the electrical cost savings yet. I figure I would save $100.00/month on my electric bill vs CPU/GPU's producing 1/2 the PPD, so this rig should pay for itself in 30 months+/-. If all goes well the remainder of the year, I may throw another 4P together in the winter. I'll just have to camp on ebay to snatch up some deals on chips.

Another one??
If so...that's 900k PPD! Or you alone will be doing ~50% more than the entire team was doing by itself!

$100 is a month is really a very sizable chunk...I assume that the X48 setup is using ~1/4 of the power of the GPU setup?

[BUCK NASTY]

Originally Posted by [Ion]

Another one??
If so...that's 900k PPD! Or you alone will be doing ~50% more than the entire team was doing by itself!

$100 is a month is really a very sizable chunk...I assume that the X48 setup is using ~1/4 of the power of the GPU setup?

Regardless of my contributions, the team will come back strong, albeit seasonal due to the heat at times.

At my height of -bigadv/GPU folding, I figure the farm was pulling 2000watts+/- and was producing approx 175K PPD. I will connect the kill-a-watt tonight to get actual wattage, but I expect 800W.

[BUCK NASTY]

Some of these WU(P8101) are slightly different. I am pulling 450K ppd on this current one with a completion time of 18.96 hrs. Should dump 357K points @ 11:30am EST Tuesday.

[Solaris17]

buck and his WUs all up in our business dropping gigaflops.

[bogmali]

Originally Posted by Solaris17

buck and his WUs all up in our business dropping gigaflops.

More like spamming 350K WUs

[[Ion]]

Originally Posted by bogmali

More like spamming 350K WUs

That's something I think we can stand to be spammed with

[BUCK NASTY]

Overclock fail! I lost a WU @ 20%, so reverting back to the original O/C. Between the power outage and the failed WU, it cost us 200K points. I will leave the rig to fold now and quit with my experiments.

P.S. The rig draws 880w at the wall and the PCP&C Silencer 750's are old tech 80+, so I figure their best efficiency is 83% at this load. With that said, the rig should be consuming 730W. Remember that i have 2x PSU's on this rig as well.

[[Ion]]

Originally Posted by BUCK NASTY

Overclock fail! I lost a WU @ 20%, so reverting back to the original O/C. Between the power outage and the failed WU, it cost us 200K points. I will leave the rig to fold now and quit with my experiments.

P.S. The rig draws 880w at the wall and the PCP&C Silencer 750's are old tech 80+, so I figure their best efficiency is 83% at this load. With that said, the rig should be consuming 730W. Remember that i have 2x PSU's on this rig as well.

Damn
These mistakes cost us the equivalent of a week and a half folding on my GPUs

Are we still going to get a WU from this today?

880w from the wall isn't too bad. A considerable improvement over the GPUs, for sure

[BUCK NASTY]

Originally Posted by [Ion]

Damn
These mistakes cost us the equivalent of a week and a half folding on my GPUs

Are we still going to get a WU from this today?

880w from the wall isn't too bad. A considerable improvement over the GPUs, for sure

I know, I feel bad enough already. I just uploaded 349K and will have another 350K uploaded by 1:30PM EST tomorrow. Saturday will be the 1st day of the "Double Dump" if all goes well.

[[Ion]]

Originally Posted by BUCK NASTY

I know, I feel bad enough already. I just uploaded 349K and will have another 350K uploaded by 1:30PM EST tomorrow. Saturday will be the 1st day of the "Double Dump" if all goes well.

Awesome, so at least we get one today. Saturday should be pretty epic!

[Norton]

Originally Posted by BUCK NASTY

I know, I feel bad enough already. I just uploaded 349K and will have another 350K uploaded by 1:30PM EST tomorrow. Saturday will be the 1st day of the "Double Dump" if all goes well.

I get that when I eat Mexican food for lunch

[BUCK NASTY]

The folding cart is back in business. There should be room for another 4P rig in there somewhere.

[[Ion]]

Originally Posted by BUCK NASTY

The folding cart is back in business. There should be room for another 4P rig in there somewhere.



http://img.techpowerup.org/121001/Capture020892.jpg

It's beautiful!

I'd say you could put those dual PSUs on the bottom level and then put the 2nd 4P rig right above the first one

[Norton]

MMmmm.... folding cart



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OT- sweet setup!!!

[BUCK NASTY]

Parts are on their way for the 2nd 4P build. Using all the same part/pieces except the CPU's are Opteron 6176 SE's. I will try for a 20%+ O/C on these chips and will need additional cooling for the VRMs. Will also try to increase the voltage on these chips as well. Aiming for 2.7-2.8Ghz and 1600mhz on the Ram as well. I may eventually upgrade to 1Kw PSU's that are modular for a cleaner appearance.