TechPowerUp Community Crunching/Folding Contest Announced, Score Your Way to a DC-PC

btarunr · Oct 9, 2009, 08:53 PM

TechPowerUp's Folding@Home and World Community Grid teams, both among the top 100 teams in their own merits, have decided to give back to the community by announcing the TechPowerUp Community Crunching/Folding Contest. Organized entirely by the community, the contest gives one lucky winner, a pre-assembled, turnkey PC with optimal hardware for distributed computing (DC-PC). For starters, the PC has an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 accelerator to run GPU-accelerated distributed computing applications of the likes of Folding@Home GPU, while its Pentium Dual-Core handles CPU-driven distributed computing applications, such as World Community Grid. With 500 GB of handy storage, Windows XP SP2 OS, Antec BP-550Plus 550W PSU to power it all, and In Win X-Fighter as its housing, the prize would make a perfect addition to any distributed computing enthusiast's armory.

Now open to everyone, the contest is a purely community funded and organized. It involves achieving 60,000 BOINC points and 100,000 F@H points within a contest time frame of 60 days, starting from 11:59PM EST on 10/14/09. The contest ends on 11:59PM EST on 12/12/09. Participants must 'crunch' (score) for WCG Team #22175 and 'fold' (scoring) for Folding@Home team #50711 only. The winner will be selected within five days of contest closure, and contacted by e-mail. TechPowerUp doesn't partake as the organizers of this contest, and hence do not hold any liabilities. We do however, like to commend our Folding@Home and World Community Grid teams for organizing this contest, that symbolizes goodwill and team-spirit, and wish everyone associated with it good luck. For more information, please visit this page.

Fitseries3 · Oct 9, 2009, 09:00 PM

I'll start by saying...

may the best man(or lady) win

[I.R.A]_FBi · Oct 9, 2009, 09:22 PM

i has no shot

soldier242 · Oct 9, 2009, 09:23 PM

so that's nothing for EU members

Fitseries3 · Oct 9, 2009, 09:25 PM

actually... i think we can get something established as far as shipping but i cannot promis anything as of now.

i wouldnt let that keep you from trying in the event that we can get it shipped over to you.

bogmali · Oct 9, 2009, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soldier242

so that's nothing for EU members

It is in the works so stay tuned

soldier242 · Oct 9, 2009, 09:49 PM

are 2 or more PCs per person allowed then or does it even work ... i mean there are 3 pcs that would fold kinda good ... one of 'em even folds from time to time for TPU

LittleLizard · Oct 9, 2009, 10:05 PM

i like that. altough i not fold, its a good cause that i will always support

Steevo · Oct 9, 2009, 10:14 PM

I know a few who will be having this.

Is it a "either/or" points or total?

btarunr · Oct 9, 2009, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steevo

I know a few who will be having this.

Is it a "either/or" points or total?

"and"

"60,000 BOINC points and 100,000 F@H points"

BUCK NASTY · Oct 9, 2009, 10:22 PM

It is a minimum for both WCG and F@H. Both clients must be run and with the hardware out there, it is completely withing reach for people within the time frame of the contest.

CDdude55 · Oct 9, 2009, 10:48 PM

I don't fold or crunch.

BUCK NASTY · Oct 9, 2009, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDdude55

I don't fold or crunch.

Time to start?

DanishDevil · Oct 9, 2009, 10:51 PM

Sweet idea guys! I've been putting off setting up WCG and F@H for a while since I've been so busy, but once my P55 setup gets in I'm gonna run them

CDdude55 · Oct 9, 2009, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BUCK NASTY

Time to start?

Not sure if its worth my time.

t77snapshot · Oct 9, 2009, 11:06 PM

This is an awesome idea! Props to who ever wins

I'm only crunching 3 comps but I don't fold, so no prize for me.

El Fiendo · Oct 9, 2009, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDdude55

Not sure if its worth my time.

Well, its entirely up to you. Should you choose to start and require questions answered, just post up. Half the guys froth at the mouth to help.

Also, contest is officially International as per the Contest threads in the Folding and WCG subforums. I'm sure Bta has been contacted to modify that little tidbit, but I figured I'd give you guys a heads up.

Velvet Wafer · Oct 10, 2009, 12:06 AM

i dont fold, so no win for me. as usual

wiak · Oct 10, 2009, 02:30 AM

"Not open to residents of United States and Canada" would have been great

Chicken Patty · Oct 10, 2009, 03:48 AM

very good news. Good luck to everyone who is in the contest

JrRacinFan · Oct 10, 2009, 05:07 AM

How will the winner be determined? Also, how will point accumulation be tracked?

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Oct 10, 2009, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDdude55

I don't fold or crunch.

Then why post?

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDdude55

Not sure if its worth my time.

How do you figure? I crunch while I play games on my PC. Adds no additional strain and i play my games at max settings.

btarunr · Oct 10, 2009, 06:58 AM

Contest open to everyone. Gogo South Americans, Europeans, Asians, Africans, and Auslanders.

Fatal · Oct 10, 2009, 07:19 AM

I think the contest is a wonderful idea. All of you that have been Crunching and Folding out of really the kindness of your hearts. Not to mention the bills that can pile up from what you all do. Hats off to all of you will be watching this great work every one

AphexDreamer · Oct 10, 2009, 08:16 AM

Wait so what if we already have 90000 points in folding does it mean we can't qualify since we already started?

Oct 9, 2009, 08:53 PM	#1
btarunr Editor & Senior Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hyderabad, India Posts: 14,984 (7.29/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 12,911 Times in 5,655 Posts System Specs	TechPowerUp Community Crunching/Folding Contest Announced, Score Your Way to a DC-PC TechPowerUp's Folding@Home and World Community Grid teams, both among the top 100 teams in their own merits, have decided to give back to the community by announcing the TechPowerUp Community Crunching/Folding Contest. Organized entirely by the community, the contest gives one lucky winner, a pre-assembled, turnkey PC with optimal hardware for distributed computing (DC-PC). For starters, the PC has an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 accelerator to run GPU-accelerated distributed computing applications of the likes of Folding@Home GPU, while its Pentium Dual-Core handles CPU-driven distributed computing applications, such as World Community Grid. With 500 GB of handy storage, Windows XP SP2 OS, Antec BP-550Plus 550W PSU to power it all, and In Win X-Fighter as its housing, the prize would make a perfect addition to any distributed computing enthusiast's armory. Now open to everyone, the contest is a purely community funded and organized. It involves achieving 60,000 BOINC points and 100,000 F@H points within a contest time frame of 60 days, starting from 11:59PM EST on 10/14/09. The contest ends on 11:59PM EST on 12/12/09. Participants must 'crunch' (score) for WCG Team #22175 and 'fold' (scoring) for Folding@Home team #50711 only. The winner will be selected within five days of contest closure, and contacted by e-mail. TechPowerUp doesn't partake as the organizers of this contest, and hence do not hold any liabilities. We do however, like to commend our Folding@Home and World Community Grid teams for organizing this contest, that symbolizes goodwill and team-spirit, and wish everyone associated with it good luck. For more information, please visit this page. Last edited by btarunr; Oct 10, 2009 at 06:57 AM.

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Oct 9, 2009, 09:23 PM	#4
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Fitseries3 Eleet Hardware Junkie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 14,993 (7.28/day) Thanks: 4,318 Thanked 3,285 Times in 2,186 Posts System Specs	actually... i think we can get something established as far as shipping but i cannot promis anything as of now. i wouldnt let that keep you from trying in the event that we can get it shipped over to you.

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Oct 9, 2009, 09:49 PM	#7
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Oct 9, 2009, 10:22 PM	#11
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Oct 10, 2009, 02:30 AM	#19
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Oct 10, 2009, 03:48 AM	#20
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Oct 10, 2009, 05:07 AM	#21
JrRacinFan Served 5k and counting ... Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Youngstown, OH Posts: 16,121 (7.13/day) Thanks: 4,149 Thanked 4,552 Times in 4,027 Posts System Specs	How will the winner be determined? Also, how will point accumulation be tracked? __________________ Graphics Artists United™ Request Thread Low Cache CPU Club Solaris Utility DVD 3.0 DanishDevil's Logitech Soundroom TPU Video Gallery Sciencemark Revisited

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Oct 10, 2009, 06:58 AM	#23
btarunr Editor & Senior Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hyderabad, India Posts: 14,984 (7.29/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 12,911 Times in 5,655 Posts System Specs	Contest open to everyone. Gogo South Americans, Europeans, Asians, Africans, and Auslanders. __________________ Gadgets, Phones, Tablets, Cameras, TVs, HiFi...NextPowerUp

Oct 10, 2009, 07:19 AM	#24
Fatal Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Golden, Colorado Posts: 575 (0.36/day) Thanks: 222 Thanked 112 Times in 96 Posts System Specs	I think the contest is a wonderful idea. All of you that have been Crunching and Folding out of really the kindness of your hearts. Not to mention the bills that can pile up from what you all do. Hats off to all of you will be watching this great work every one __________________