TechPowerUp's WCG February Challenge (2/15 thru 2/22/2014)- UPDATE-- TPU wins the Challenge!!!

[Norton]

Come on folks- TPU's WCG crunching team needs your help!!!!!

Challenge has finished- WCG won!!!.... and TPU also!

Need some incentives? Check out the next post
Welcome all to the TechPowerUp February Challenge
We have opened this Challenge to show our continued support for the World Community Grid and for some friendly competition between WCG Teams as well as within our TPU Team.

Fellow TPU members and WCG crunchers are invited to join us to heat up some silicon for a good cause and to hang out with us.

Link to official Challenge/Challenge results:
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/challenge/viewTeamChallenge.do?challengeId=6497

We have a great history in participating in Team challenges:
Link :
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/t...lterType=0&filterOpen=-1&pageNum=1&listType=3

What do you need to do?
- Join the Team*
- Install the software*
*How to join our Team and get started
*Note- the WCG website has been updated- screenshots may differ slightly
- Crunch from 2/15 (0:00 GMT) to 2/22/2014 (24:00 GMT)
- Hang out with your Team mates
Challenge results- TPU Wins!!!
Day 1- total 4,092,199 pts /net 4,092,199 pts /rank- #1

Day 2- total 8,022,043 pts /net 3,929,844 pts /rank- #1

Day 3- total 12,655,920 pts /net 4,633,877 pts /rank- #1

Day 4- total 17,004,680 pts /net 4,348,760 pts /rank- #1

Day 5- total 21,789,304 pts /net 4,784,624 pts /rank- #1

Day 6- total 26,109,823 pts /net 4,320,519 pts /rank- #1

Day 7- total 30,435,337 pts /net 4,325,514 pts /rank- #1

Day 8- total 34,960,967 pts /net 4,525,630 pts /rank- #1

 

[Norton]

As with many of our Challenges we have a few prizes available

*Note on Challenge prizes. Our prizes are donated by WCG-TPU Team members "By Cruncher's for Crunchers" for the purpose of assisting the Team to continue to maintain our rigs, grow our membership (or our crunching farms), and to promote the good work of crunching in general.
Grand Prize: Win a Crunching Rig* (donated by the TPU WCG crunching Team)
Specifications/Details
- NZXT Source 210 (White)- Norton
- 5x120mm fans- Norton
- NZXT Sentry Mesh fan controller- Norton
- ASUS P7H55-M PRO motherboard- Brandonwh64
- i3-530 chip - TheGrapist
- NZXT Respire T20 cooler- dank1983man420
- 3GB DDR3- TheGrapist
- Radeon 5850 GPU- the54thvoid
- 500GB HDD (2.5"- 7,200rpm)- yotano211
- NZXT Hale N 550w psu- BarbaricSoul
- Windows 7 Pro- james888
*available to Team members in the USA (Canada/Mexico if extra shipping is paid)- shipping would be too difficult otherwise
The winner of the Grand Prize will need to declare that he/she will dedicate a minimum of 6 months crunching for the Team WCG-TPU on the rig.
Grand Prize (2): Win a socket 2011 motherboard and cpu (donated by mjkmike)
Quote from mjkmike

Spoiler

- Elligible for TPU crunchers that have not previously received a mobo/cpu combo from me
- Winner uses the combo for crunching
- I will ship anywhere

Details:
- Asus P9X79 Deluxe motherboard
- 3930k CPU

Other prizes
*Note-If anyone is interested in donating a prize- please contact me
Hardware/Software Prizes
- $20 PayPal gift - provided by Bow
- $20 PayPal gift - provided by theonedub
- $25 PayPal gift (x2)- provided by Norton
- $10 PayPal gift - provided by dank1983man420
- $10 PayPal gift - provided by ChristTheGreat
- Naos 7000 mouse - provided by sneekypete*
- Topre Type Heaven keyboard - provided by sneekypete*
- Sapphire VaporX cpu cooler - provided by sneekypete*
- ASRock FM2A55M-DGS R2.0 motherboard - provided by HammerON*
- Roku 2 2013 Edition - provided by theonedub
*available to Team members in the USA (Canada/Mexico if extra shipping is paid)- shipping would be too difficult otherwise
Game giveaway- hosted by manofthem
Link:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpu-wcg-game-giveaway-for-the-february-challenge.197889/
*Game giveaway ends 2/18 so check it out/get your votes in ASAP!!!
Requirements/terms to qualify for a prize:
* in order for your name to be drawn- you would need to be a member of this forum also (we will draw according to forum name so please post if WCG name is different)
- Participate for the duration of the TechPowerUp February Challenge
- Earn a minimum of 5,000 BOINC points for Team WCG-TPU during the Qualifying period (see below)
- Qualifying period ends when all participants reach 5,000 BOINC points or 3/1/2014 (whichever comes 1st)
- Winners will be chosen randomly at the end of the qualifying period.
- Participation in the Game giveaway will require that you are actively crunching during this Challenge
How Random Winners Will be Drawn (see below):

Spoiler: Random Drawing system provided by the theonedub

To ensure everyone gets a fair shake and to minimize any potential conflict of interest while maintaining the highest level of transparency- I have drafted a new way to draw winners. The system uses (3) members and works as follows:

Originally Posted by The System
Member 1: This member creates a list of all qualified participants usernames. This list is sent to Member 2.
Member 2: Using the list of names, Member 2 will assign each entrant a unique number. A list of the usernames with the unique numbers is sent back to Person 1. The list of just the random numbers is sent to Member 3.
Member 3: Member 3 has a list of just numbers. They use Random.Org or whatever random system to select which number wins a given prize. The list of winning numbers and the associated prize is then sent back to Member 1.
Member 1: Using the lists, Member 1 ‘decodes’ the winning numbers into the winning usernames and posts the results.
The lists are sent as Private Messages through the forum. This establishes an electronic record of everything while also preventing alterations of lists after the drawing.
When the winning usernames are posted by Member 1, Member 2 can verify that the number belongs to the correct username and Member 3 verifies that the number was actually pulled as a winner.

The system makes sure that there is no bias or other favoritism at play when winners are drawn. Winners are drawn based on a random number instead of usernames- where a possibility exists to redraw if that person doesn’t like who won, draw a friend, draw themselves, pass on new members, or skip doing a random drawing all together.
My hope is that this will alleviate any concerns about drawings and their legitimacy. If it works smoothly, I would like to see this become the new standard when conducting giveaways that have prizes donated by the community.
If there are any questions about this system, drop me a PM.

Note(s):
- If for some reason you cannot participate at the start of the Challenge you may still qualify for the prizes, PM me to discuss your situation and we'll make those decisions on an individual basis

Challenge Participants:
*WCG user name in () if different from TPU user name
list pending...
Prize winners:

Spoiler

stinger608Grand Prize: Win a Crunching Rig* (donated by the TPU WCG crunching Team)
BarbaricSoulGrand Prize (2): Win a socket 2011 motherboard and cpu (donated by mjkmike)
fullinfusion- Naos 7000 mouse - provided by sneekypete*
Mindweaver- Topre Type Heaven keyboard - provided by sneekypete*
dhoshaw The Mad Shot (pending)- Sapphire VaporX cpu cooler - provided by sneekypete*
TRWOV theonedub- ASRock FM2A55M-DGS R2.0 motherboard - provided by HammerON*
TheGrapist
- Roku 2 2013 Edition - provided by theonedub
FordGT90Concept- $20 PayPal gift - provided by Bow
yotano211- $20 PayPal gift - provided by theonedub
t77snapshot- $25 PayPal gift - provided by Norton
Jstn7477- $25 PayPal gift - provided by Norton
MStenholm- $10 PayPal gift - provided by dank1983man420
mauriek- $10 PayPal gift - provided by ChristTheGreat

 

[manofthem]

I'm so stoked for this. I know you guys are too

 

[adulaamin]

I'm always in...

 

[Irony]

Its like 9 degrees where I am, perfect crunching weather. Lol

 

[ChristTheGreat]

My 2 main rig (2500k and 2700k) are running 100%. Work laptop with the i7 2670qm, running 50% (I need some horse power to work xD )

I am ready !!

 

[yotano211]

My 2 main rig (2500k and 2700k) are running 100%. Work laptop with the i7 2670qm, running 50% (I need some horse power to work xD )

I am ready !!

My work laptop has the same processor but I run it at 100%. I will also add a i5 2520m from another laptop.

I just ordered some new thermal paste so hopefully I can run my main crusher up to 4.5ghz. My dads house is kinda warm so I had to throttle down to 4.2.

 

[yotano211]

My 2 main rig (2500k and 2700k) are running 100%. Work laptop with the i7 2670qm, running 50% (I need some horse power to work xD )

I am ready !!

Just wondering, how high of a turbo speed your 2670qm goes too. I find my cpu only stays at between 2.4-2.5ghz only.

 

[ChristTheGreat]

at 100%, 2.6ghz. It might be due to heat cause at 50%, I see more goingto 2.8ghz

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Both Opty 4P Servers and the i7-870 are at your service my Captain!

 

[manofthem]

Talk to my bro today and looks like he'll be "lending" me his 4670k for the Challenge; he'll be crunching under my name unless I can get him to join the team on his own and get him to stick around. He better not change his mind!

 

[t_ski]

Subbed

 

[Norton]

Here's my crunching fleet for this challenge:
FX-8350@ 4.4Ghz
FX-8350@ stock
FX-8150@ stock
Xeon hex-core @ 2.8Ghz
i7-970 @3.6Ghz
i7-2600K (under construction)
i3-2100 (under construction)

Hope to be hitting 40k ppd when everything is spooled up

 

[BUCK NASTY]

- Crunch from 2/15 (0:00 GMT) to 2/22/2014 (24:00 GMT)
- Hang out with your Team mates

Best reason above to Crunch during the Challenge.

I'll be in Chicago for meetings until the 22nd, so I'll get everything spooled up on the 19th so we hit the ground running. Go TPU!!!

 

[AlienIsGOD]

im in as always

 

[yotano211]

at 100%, 2.6ghz. It might be due to heat cause at 50%, I see more goingto 2.8ghz

Thats not too bad. My last gaming laptop had the same processor going to the same speed. This work laptop is a 14 incher so the heat cant dissipate that much.

 

[Norton]

Prize post updated
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...e-a-difference-win-stuff.197528/#post-3059984

If anyone wants to add anything please post in this thread or PM me

Update- new prizes!

provided by dank1983man420

- NZXT Respire T20 cooler for the cruncher rig
- $10 Paypal gift

 

[Arjai]

Gonna try and get at least one more computer crunching, maybe more.

BTW, I'm in!!

 

[HammerON]

Thanks for setting this challange up Captain
I will be crunching away as usual

 

[mjkmike]

big thanks Manofthem for running the game thing.

 

[manofthem]

big thanks Manofthem for running the game thing.

My pleasure but it's no biggie, not like a 2011 setup
Thank you for your awesome contribution





Also, thanks to dankman for the PP contribution



We have so many awesome and generous team members here!

 

[Norton]

We have another addition to the prize pool!

- $10 PayPal gift - provided by ChristTheGreat
Thanks again to all of the folks donating their time, cpu cycles, and prizes to help WCG and our Team!!!

 

[Bow]

Dont forget my $20.00 PP donation.

 

[Norton]

Dont forget my $20.00 PP donation.

Got it!

 

[sabre23]

I'm in.