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thebluebumblebee · Sep 22, 2015

[Ion] said:
The Egg has Dell T3500s with 6core 3.46GHz Xeons for $390 each: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA68F3946625
Running Linux they should make pretty good systems--not sure how the noise or power usage is, but PPD should be good.

Do you know about this thread? WCG-TPU Cruncher's Hardware/Tech Support Discussion Thread

[Ion] · Sep 22, 2015

thebluebumblebee said:
Do you know about this thread? WCG-TPU Cruncher's Hardware/Tech Support Discussion Thread

Yeah, but I figure that the Team thread is as good a place as any for bringing up something like this.

thebluebumblebee · Sep 22, 2015

It's not that, just that you hadn't posted over there yet.

t_ski · Sep 23, 2015

[Ion] said:
The Egg has Dell T3500s with 6core 3.46GHz Xeons for $390 each: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA68F3946625
Running Linux they should make pretty good systems--not sure how the noise or power usage is, but PPD should be good.

Mine makes some noise, but it's not too bad, especially giving that it running at 100% :pimp:

[Ion] · Sep 23, 2015

t_ski said:
Mine makes some noise, but it's not too bad, especially giving that it running at 100%

Nice. The T3500s I've had run REALLY loud under load...strange seeing as the T5500s are near silent :confused:

t_ski · Sep 23, 2015

[Ion] said:
Nice. The T3500s I've had run REALLY loud under load...strange seeing as the T5500s are near silent

I should quantify that: I have horrible tinnitus, and the rig next to it has an AIO cooler in it with a noisy pump. This is in my office an noise doesn't matter. It's one of three PCs in there that run 24/7, but this is definitely not the loudest.

[Ion] · Sep 23, 2015

Good news! Getting two more of the Dell T5500s online next week. One with two E5620s and one with two X5650s. So a nice 20c/40t. A friend asked if I had any spare laptops and I told him I'd loan him an E6420 for the rest of the semester if he'd offer up his (free, university-provided) electricity. A mutually beneficial arrangement

[Ion] · Sep 24, 2015

Got a bunch of Beta WUs on the FX8 running for about 24 hours each. Not bad

[Ion] · Sep 25, 2015

Sold off my last i7 920 today as well as the Xeon E3 V3. In their place, I have parts for a dual-sixteen core Xeon E5 V3 system on the way. A 32c/64t setup that should fit in a standard ATX case :toast:

manofthem · Sep 25, 2015

[Ion] said:
Sold off my last i7 920 today as well as the Xeon E3 V3. In their place, I have parts for a dual-sixteen core Xeon E5 V3 system on the way. A 32c/64t setup that should fit in a standard ATX case

And I have nothing new! :cry:

But alas, one day the winds shall change and bring forth pure awesomeness to me.....

Silvertigo · Sep 25, 2015

[Ion] said:
dual-sixteen core Xeon E5 V3

Wow thats some serious grunt. I have two Q6600 `s arriving soon to compliment my Q9550 , running on 3 different mATX 775 boards.

The two Q6600 `s will be replacing a lowly C2D e7500 and C2D e4600, so will be good to have an extra 4 cores in total.

Each board has 4GB, should I be running them with 2GB instead? Apparently its better for crunching to starve a system of memory :confused:

[Ion] · Sep 25, 2015

Silvertigo said:
Wow thats some serious grunt. I have two Q6600 `s arriving soon to compliment my Q9550 , running on 3 different ITX 775 boards.

The two Q6600 `s will be replacing a lowly C2D e7500 and C2D e4600, so will be good to have an extra 4 cores in total.

Each board has 4GB, should I be running them with 2GB instead? Apparently its better for crunching to starve a system of memory

Yes I am very happy. Honestly not sure what PPD it'll do, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did ~50k.
Starving the system of memory is definitely not a good thing. No idea where you heard that? :confused:

You don't need lots--my 64c Opty uses less than 8GB even w/ all 64 threads running WUs--but you should have enough. 2GB is plenty (with Linux Mint) on my 12t Xeon E5649 so I suspect it's enough (OS dependent)

manofthem said:
And I have nothing new!

But alas, one day the winds shall change and bring forth pure awesomeness to me.....

This is what's so exciting about my computer sales. I get to poke around with HW every day and it gives me excuses (and extra money) for stuff like this

xvi · Sep 25, 2015

[Ion] said:
This is what's so exciting about my computer sales. I get to poke around with HW every day and it gives me excuses (and extra money) for stuff like this

"Professionally stress tested for 48 hours to ensure utmost stability!"

Silvertigo · Sep 25, 2015

[Ion] said:
Starving the system of memory is definitely not a good thing. No idea where you heard that?

Can`t find where I read that, I may even have even misinterpreted the article, I have been trying to squeeze out as much performance

from my squeeky machines as possible.

[Ion] · Sep 25, 2015

xvi said:
"Professionally stress tested for 48 hours to ensure utmost stability!"

Everything gets 5-7 days of WCG to ensure utmost stability before being sold

Silvertigo said:
Can`t find where I read that, I may even have even misinterpreted the article, I have been trying to squeeze out as much performance

from my squeeky machines as possible.

Well, as long as there is enough RAM, its speed and amount is basically irrelevant. My 6128 4P has 32GB but under normal WCG load uses just under 3.

t_ski · Sep 25, 2015

[Ion] said:
Got a bunch of Beta WUs on the FX8 running for about 24 hours each. Not bad

I got one Beta out of hundreds of WUs

manofthem · Sep 25, 2015

t_ski said:
I got one Beta out of hundreds of WUs

Out of the 3 pcs, only 1 has any betas: 3 to be exact; I guess that's something. :rolleyes:

[Ion] · Sep 26, 2015

Bought an Antec 1200 and Antec 850W PSU for $25 today. Now I have or have in the mail everything for the new system :toast:

xvi · Sep 26, 2015

[Ion] said:
Everything gets 5-7 days of WCG to ensure utmost stability before being sold

Just long enough to get an accurate PPD reading, I see. :laugh:

[Ion] · Sep 28, 2015

UPS and USPS say the remaining parts for the E5 system will be here some time today. Certainly something to look forward to after class tonight!

thebluebumblebee · Sep 28, 2015

With the challenge coming up, how about a deal on a turn-key Cruncher? $195 gets you:
Dell OptiPlex 390 Desktop Computer - Intel i5 Quad Core 3100 MHz, 250Gig HDD, 4096MB, DVD ROM - Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit
Most likely, an i5-2400.
Today and tomorrow only.

hat · Sep 28, 2015

^^My i5-2400 topped out at 3500PPD, but it gets used for other things (gaming).

This i5 is a really nice chip, it decidedly beats my overclocked Athlon II x4 (3.5GHz) by about 800 points every day despite being clocked 300MHz slower and being used for gaming. Although, there is much better available today than my poor non overclockable non hyperthreaded i5.

[Ion] · Sep 28, 2015

thebluebumblebee said:
With the challenge coming up, how about a deal on a turn-key Cruncher? $195 gets you:
Dell OptiPlex 390 Desktop Computer - Intel i5 Quad Core 3100 MHz, 250Gig HDD, 4096MB, DVD ROM - Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit
Most likely, an i5-2400.
Today and tomorrow only.

Better idea!

Buy one of mine for $200 with a 320GB drive, 8GB RAM and an i5 3470! I have half a dozen available right now

thebluebumblebee · Sep 28, 2015

[Ion] said:
Better idea!

Buy one of mine for $200 with a 320GB drive, 8GB RAM and an i5 3470! I have half a dozen available right now

Agreed, better deal. And though I've never equally matched my 2600K's with my 3770K, the 3770K stock under Linux, always kicked the 2600K's overclocked W7 butt. So, to me, the Ivy Bridge CPU's seem to crunch better than the Sandy Bridge CPU's.

[Ion] · Sep 28, 2015

thebluebumblebee said:
Agreed, better deal. And though I've never equally matched my 2600K's with my 3770K, the 3770K stock under Linux, always kicked the 2600K's overclocked W7 butt. So, to me, the Ivy Bridge CPU's seem to crunch better than the Sandy Bridge CPU's.

That's mostly a function of Linux v Windows. IVB is about 7% faster per clock than SB but an OC will tend to make up for that.

System Name	Main/DC
Processor	i7-3770K/i7-2600K
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD55/GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14CS/H80
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) LP /4GB Kingston DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 660 Ti/MSI HD7770
Storage	Crucial MX100 256GB/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB(died)
Display(s)	Asus 24' LED/Samsung SyncMaster B1940
Case	P100/Antec P280 It's huge!
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

System Name	Niedersachsen / Ribe / Minsk
Processor	i3 3240 / i7-3520M / 4x Opteron 6376 @ 2.86GHz
Motherboard	BIOSTAR H61M / HP Q77 / Supermicro H8QG7
Cooling	Stock / Stock / 4x 1U G34
Memory	1x8GB / 2x4GB / 4x4GB
Video Card(s)	GTX260 / Intel HD 4000 / nVidia GT310
Storage	80GB Intel SSD / 256GB Intel SSD / 2x 60GB SSD (RAID1)
Display(s)	Dell 3007 + HP 2245w / 12.1" 1366x768 / None
Case	Antec NSK3480 / HP / Supermicro 1U
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax 500W / HP 130W / Supermicro Gold 1400W
Keyboard	IBM Model M
Software	Windows 7 (Niedersachsen/Ribe) / Linux Mint 17.2 (Minsk)

System Name	Main/DC
Processor	i7-3770K/i7-2600K
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD55/GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14CS/H80
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) LP /4GB Kingston DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 660 Ti/MSI HD7770
Storage	Crucial MX100 256GB/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB(died)
Display(s)	Asus 24' LED/Samsung SyncMaster B1940
Case	P100/Antec P280 It's huge!
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

System Name	My i7 Beast
Processor	Intel Core i7 6800K
Motherboard	Asus X99-A II
Cooling	Nickel-plated EK Supremacy EVO, D5 with XSPC Bayres & BIX Quad Radiator
Memory	4 x 8GB EVGA SuperSC DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080 SuperClocked
Storage	Samsung 950 Pro 256GB m.2 SSD + 480GB Sandisk storage SSD
Display(s)	Three Asus 24" VW246H LCD's
Case	Silverstone TJ07
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Keyboard	Corsair K95
Software	Windows 10 x64 Pro

System Name	Niedersachsen / Ribe / Minsk
Processor	i3 3240 / i7-3520M / 4x Opteron 6376 @ 2.86GHz
Motherboard	BIOSTAR H61M / HP Q77 / Supermicro H8QG7
Cooling	Stock / Stock / 4x 1U G34
Memory	1x8GB / 2x4GB / 4x4GB
Video Card(s)	GTX260 / Intel HD 4000 / nVidia GT310
Storage	80GB Intel SSD / 256GB Intel SSD / 2x 60GB SSD (RAID1)
Display(s)	Dell 3007 + HP 2245w / 12.1" 1366x768 / None
Case	Antec NSK3480 / HP / Supermicro 1U
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax 500W / HP 130W / Supermicro Gold 1400W
Keyboard	IBM Model M
Software	Windows 7 (Niedersachsen/Ribe) / Linux Mint 17.2 (Minsk)

Processor	3900X @ 4.0
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-E
Cooling	DeepCool Castle 360EX
Memory	G Skill Trident Z Neo 32GB 3600
Video Card(s)	RX 5700 XT Pulse
Storage	Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB
Display(s)	LG 34UC88
Case	Thermaltake P3
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III 750w
Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	G Skill KM570 MX Silver
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Home Rig+part time cruncher/ Cruncher 1 / Cruncher 2
Processor	Xeon E3 1231 v3 / Xeon X5670 / Xeon X5670
Motherboard	Asus H97 Pro / Asus X58 Sabertooth / Asus P6T
Cooling	NZXT Kraken X61 / Corsair H75 / Corsair H75
Memory	2 x 8GB Avexir DDR3 1600 /
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro R9 Fury /
Storage	Crucial BX100 250gb - WD Blue 1tb /
Display(s)	AOC FreeSYNC 24" 35-75hz /
Case	NZXT Noctis 450 /
Audio Device(s)	Onboard SupremeFX /
Power Supply	Evga 750 G2 Super Nova /
Mouse	Squeek
Keyboard	Steelseries Cherry Blue
Software	Win7 x64

System Name	Rainbow
Processor	Intel Core i7 8700k
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC
Cooling	Corsair H115i, 2x Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM
Memory	G. Skill TridentZ RGB 4x8GB (F4-3600C16Q-32GTZR)
Video Card(s)	ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity
Storage	2x Samsung 950 Pro 256GB \| 2xHGST Deskstar 4TB 7.2K
Display(s)	Samsung C27HG70
Case	Xigmatek Aquila
Power Supply	Seasonic 760W SS-760XP
Mouse	Razer Deathadder 2013
Keyboard	Corsair Vengeance K95
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	4 trillion points in GmailMark, over 144 FPS 2K Facebook Scrolling (Extreme Quality preset)

System Name	Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s)	Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

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