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| System Name | octo1 |
|---|---|
| Processor | dual Xeon 2687W ES |
| Motherboard | Supermicro |
| Cooling | dual Noctua NH-D14 |
| Memory | generic ECC reg |
| Video Card(s) | 2 HD7950 |
| Storage | generic |
| Case | Rosewill Thor |
I raised this in one of the team threads and it didn't get immediately shot down. In fact the couple of people who were kind enough to respond suggested that I start a poll and get some idea of what the team thought about this.
This is a great team for a lot of reasons. One is the fact that we try to recognize the contributions that people make - whether big or small. But I think sometimes we can be a little bit on the competitive side especially with nightly pie listings. So the idea I had was that maybe we could have a giveaway where, like with the Kreij challenge, people could commit to have one or two of their rigs crunch for the winner of the contest for a month.
How we would do that and who would be eligible is something we can discuss. My initial thoughts were that I would donate a dual hex core that I just got back online and we would select from people who normally rank between say 11 and 31 in daily results. Depending on what the winner's normal output is, that might be enough to get them pie off and on for the month.
The only downside I can think of is that whoever decided to participate in terms of donating a rig would need the winner's WCG id and password so that we could attach that rig to the project for them. But I have it on good authority from @[Ion] that you can change your password w/o it affecting your existing machines. Then once the machine is attached, you should be able to change it back.
So what say ye?
edit: btw, that dualie I mentioned looks stable right now, but that's what I thought a couple of days ago too and I ended up having problems with it. So I'll need to run it for at least a week or so to make sure it's behaving well enough that if we do this, the winner will get the full benefit of it. Also it will probably take about that long to get a good idea of how many ppd it will produce when fully spooled up.
This is a great team for a lot of reasons. One is the fact that we try to recognize the contributions that people make - whether big or small. But I think sometimes we can be a little bit on the competitive side especially with nightly pie listings. So the idea I had was that maybe we could have a giveaway where, like with the Kreij challenge, people could commit to have one or two of their rigs crunch for the winner of the contest for a month.
How we would do that and who would be eligible is something we can discuss. My initial thoughts were that I would donate a dual hex core that I just got back online and we would select from people who normally rank between say 11 and 31 in daily results. Depending on what the winner's normal output is, that might be enough to get them pie off and on for the month.
The only downside I can think of is that whoever decided to participate in terms of donating a rig would need the winner's WCG id and password so that we could attach that rig to the project for them. But I have it on good authority from @[Ion] that you can change your password w/o it affecting your existing machines. Then once the machine is attached, you should be able to change it back.
So what say ye?
edit: btw, that dualie I mentioned looks stable right now, but that's what I thought a couple of days ago too and I ended up having problems with it. So I'll need to run it for at least a week or so to make sure it's behaving well enough that if we do this, the winner will get the full benefit of it. Also it will probably take about that long to get a good idea of how many ppd it will produce when fully spooled up.
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