WCG-TPU Mother's Day Challenge 2013 (5/10-5/19/2013)

[Norton]

WCG-TPU Mother's Day Challenge 2013 (5/10-5/19/2013)
*Challenge will start on 5/10/2013 @ 0:00 GMT (5/9/2013 @ 8pm Eastern)
Challenge will end on 5/19/2013 @ 24:00 GMT (5/19/2013 @ 8pm Eastern)

Hey Team,

Welcome to the WCG-TPU Mother's Day Challenge!!!

Our goal: Honor Mom by showing her what we can do to make the world a better place. How? We run our PC's and donate our 0's and 1's to the World Community Grid to help their humanitarian efforts.

We are all signed up for the Team Challenge (Thanks CP!). Those who are participating please get your rigs ready to CRUNCH.

More info to follow...

First Item to note:
Here's a link to our Teams Official Challenges Thread
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=111360
We have a record kept of current/past/upcoming challenges here so take a look and see where we've been and where we're going next


The Challenge will run from Friday May 10th and until Sunday May 19th (Mother's Day is Sunday May 12th)

Links:


http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/challenge/viewTeamChallenge.do?challengeId=5842
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,35088_lastpage,yes#420593

Challenge is for the most points within the 10 day Challenge period and with our current Team growth, I believe we can make a strong showing in the Challenge.
Challenge results:
Day 1 (5/10/2013)- Total- 2,808,699 points (Rank #1), Net- 2,808,699 points
Day 2 (5/11/2013)- Total- 5,439,097 points (Rank #1), Net- 2,630,398 points
Day 3 (5/12/2013)- Total- 8,260,756 points (Rank #1), Net- 2,821,659 points
Day 4 (5/13/2013)- Total- 11,063,949 points (Rank #1), Net- 2,803,193 points
Day 5 (5/14/2013)- Total- 13,893,754 points (Rank #1), Net- 2,829,805 points
Day 6 (5/15/2013)- Total- 16,958,016 points (Rank #1), Net- 3,064,262 points
Day 7 (5/16/2013)- Total- 19,572,695 points (Rank #1), Net- 2,614,679 points
Day 8 (5/17/2013)- Total- 22,595,778 points (Rank #1), Net- 3,023,083 points
Day 9 (5/18/2013)- Total- 25,270,848 points (Rank #1), Net- 2,675,070 points
Day 10 (5/19/2013)- Total- 28,058,765 points (Rank #1), Net- 2,787,917 points

AND YES THERE WILL BE PRIZES- CHECK THE SECOND POST (BELOW) FOR DETAILS*

Updates/additional information to follow....

Spoiler: Links to past Challenges

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2759471#post2759471

 

[Norton]

Prizes, Results, News, etc...

We have a few prizes in and likely some more on the way. Here's a quick rundown:

We have added a Poll for prize entry- please review the notes below before selecting:
- Requirements/terms for winning a prize are outlined below
- You may vote for more than one item (see poll for more info)
- Vote carefully. You can't change your selection once it is made (PM me if you want to change something)
- Select All Prizes AND Not entering If you want to enter for grand prize only (Sorry- forgot to add that option)

Grand Prize: Win A Crunching Rig* (donated by our Team)
We ask that the winner dedicate a minimum of 6 months crunching for the Team on the rig.
Specs (subject to change):
- Enermax Ostrog Giant case
- Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi version (no antenna though)
- psu (500w minimum)
- C2D E8400
- minimum 4GB DDR2
- Palit Geforce 9800GTX
- 250GB HDD
- Windows 7 Pro
*Note- US Shipping is included for the rig (International winners will need to pay any additional shipping charges over $50)

Special Prize for dedicated Crunchers/Folders*
*see entry requirements below
We have a special prize of a PowerColor LCS 7970 graphics card that is being donated by the54thvoid
Link:
http://powercolor.com/us/products_features.asp?id=394#Specification
Pic:

Spoiler: PowerColor LCS 7970

*shipping cost to be paid by the winner*

Spoiler: Statement from the54thvoid

I'm donating it to the WCG crowd. I'm doing this for the good of the team and the crunching community and as such I want to stipulate that it goes to a recognised cruncher. Maybe someone that would do well with a better card to crunch with? I'd be pissed if it was given away just to be sold

Requirements to enter:
- Be an Active Cruncher for our Team for the past 6 months
- Have an average ppd of at least 1,000 ppd (using average column in the link below)
http://boincstats.com/en/stats/15/user/list/16/0/22175
- Pledge to use the card to Crunch, if GPU work is available, OR Fold, if it is not, for a minimum of 6 months for our Team(s)

Drawing for this card will be done on 5/19/2013 with the other hardware drawings (winning the card will not exclude you from other prizes)


Other prizes (more to come)
*Note-If anyone is interested in donating a prize- please contact me, ThE_MaD_ShOt, [Ion], or Chicken Patty (additional volunteers to assist with this would be great)


Hardware Prizes
- Corsair H60 cooler (BNIB)- provided by theonedub
- Logitech X-210 2.1 speaker set (EU only- winner pays shipping)- provided by Chevalr1c
- Razer Orca headset- provided by manofthem
- Azza Silenium PC case- case provided by sneekypete/US shipping covered by Norton
- Zalman MS800 PC case- case provided by sneekypete/US shipping covered by Norton
- $25 Paypal gift (x2)- provided by NHKS
- $25 Paypal gift - provided by Bow
- Windows 7 Pro key - provided by NHKS
- Windows 7 Pro key - provided by [Ion]
- $50 NewEgg gift card/$50 Paypal gift (winners choice) provided by Norton
- COOLER MASTER GeminII M4 cooler(BNIB)- provided by stinger608
more TBA

Game Giveaway
Note- manofthem will be hosting the game giveaway. Date 5/13 thru 5/16
Link here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=183928

Requirements/terms to qualify for a prize:
- Participate for the duration of the Mother's Day Challenge
- Earn a minimum of 10,000 BOINC points for Team WCG-TPU during the Qualifying period (see below)
- Qualifying period ends when all participants reach 10,000 BOINC points or 5/19/2013 (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 want to participate but start late you may still qualify for the prizes, PM me or the Team Captain (Chicken Patty) 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...

 

[AlienIsGOD]

4.2ghz 3570K reporting for CPU wu's i miss my gpu wu's

 

[[Ion]]

Great, thanks! I'll have my i7-3612QM running 24/7 and see what I can muster with my other equipment. I'd love to run all of it too, but I can guarantee that won't be happening. I'm loaning my i7-920 system to a friend for the summer--he gets to use it for games on the condition that it also crunches, so that should be something too.

 

[d1nky]

I would of joined in but my rigs in bits! good luck guys!

Happy mothers day for when it comes!

CRUNCH ON!

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I'm in! Kinda fitting for Mother's Day, as the Cancer that took my Mother is the reason I've been Folding/Crunching for the last 5 years. We will find a cure one day!

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

I am in with 4 rigs so far and maybe a few more in a day or so.

 

[Peter1986C]

I am in of course.

Edit: I will put all projects except WCG on "no new workunits" during the challenge.

Edit 2: if the recipient of the Logitech speakers needs to pay more than 20 euro for the shipping, I am willing to pay a part myself. I did not realise that some participants live in what the postal service regards as Eurozone 2 and 3, hence this offer.

 

[manofthem]

Here is the list of games that are ready for the giveaway, thanks to all the generous donators!

Windows 7 key - NHKS
Alan Wake (Steam) - NHKS
Mark of the Ninja (Steam) - NHKS
Deus Ex HR (Steam) - NHKS
Tomb Raider (Steam) - james888
4x Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (Ubishop) - 2x james888, 2x manofthem
4x Borderlands 2 (Steam, but need a GamersGate account) - 2x theonedub, 2x manofthem
Velvet Assassin (Steam) - manofthem
Sniper Ghost Warrior Gold Edition (Steam) - manofthem
Earth 2160 (Steam) - manofthem
THQ Humble Bundle (Red Faction Armageddon+DLC, Guerilla, Darksiders 1 & 2) (Steam) - TRWOV
Red Orchestra 1 & 2 (together) (Steam) - Vinska
Killing Floor + DLC (Steam) - Vinska

Obviouisly, if I missed something, please PM me ASAP and I will make a note of it!

 

[Peter1986C]

I am in of course.

Edit: I will put all projects except WCG on "no new workunits" during the challenge.

Edit 2: if the recipient of the Logitech speakers needs to pay more than 20 euro for the shipping, I am willing to pay a part myself. I did not realise that some participants live in what the postal service regards as Eurozone 2 and 3, hence this offer.

 

[[Ion]]

Here is the list of games that are ready for the giveaway, thanks to all the generous donators!

Windows 7 key - NHKS
Alan Wake (Steam) - NHKS
Mark of the Ninja (Steam) - NHKS
Deus Ex HR (Steam) - NHKS
Tomb Raider (Steam) - james888
4x Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (Ubishop) - 2x james888, 2x manofthem
4x Borderlands 2 (Steam, but need a GamersGate account) - 2x theonedub, 2x manofthem
Velvet Assassin (Steam) - manofthem
Sniper Ghost Warrior Gold Edition (Steam) - manofthem
Earth 2160 (Steam) - manofthem
THQ Humble Bundle (Red Faction Armageddon+DLC, Guerilla, Darksiders 1 & 2) (Steam) - TRWOV
Red Orchestra 1 & 2 (together) (Steam) - Vinska
Killing Floor + DLC (Steam) - Vinska

Obviouisly, if I missed something, please PM me ASAP and I will make a note of it!

Damn, that's amazing!

I won't know until Wednesday late, but I can probably throw in another Windows 7 key, possibly two

 

[manofthem]

Damn, that's amazing!

I won't know until Wednesday late, but I can probably throw in another Windows 7 key, possibly two

Yeah, it's really amazing.

I received quite a few PMs (obviously) throwing in games. I can't say I'm surprised, since this team has really proven to be an awesome bunch in past giveaways, but it certainly was encouraging to see so many adding to the goodness

More keys, games or software, are always welcomed

 

[[Ion]]

It turns out that I didn't actually have a C2D E8400

Instead, I had a pair of E8500s, so I've installed one of those. Windows wouldn't boot when I had the other 2GB of memory installed. I suspect that one of the sticks is bad--I'll look into that tomorrow. So for now it's running on 2GB of RAM. That will be upgraded before I ship it out--somewhere around here I have a good deal more RAM

Norton, do you want me to include the stock Intel heatsink as well? It's not great (mid 50s load)--but since I don't believe that any overclocking will be possible it should be fine.

 

[Nordic]

Has the points limit been set? If so to what? At the moment all I can throw in is 3 cores from my phenom 965be and maybe that c2d 6300 if I can get usb boinc running. I'll throw them in regardless though.

Ooh win7 keys look nice.

 

[manofthem]

Has the points limit been set? If so to what? At the moment all I can throw in is 3 cores from my phenom 965be and maybe that c2d 6300 if I can get usb boinc running. I'll throw them in regardless though.

Ooh win7 keys look nice.

Post #2 talks about that

Requirements/terms to qualify for a prize:
- Participate for the duration of the Mother's Day Challenge
- Earn a minimum of 10,000 BOINC points for Team WCG-TPU during the Qualifying period (see below)
- Qualifying period ends when all participants reach 10,000 BOINC points or 5/19/2013 (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

 

[[Ion]]

Has the points limit been set? If so to what? At the moment all I can throw in is 3 cores from my phenom 965be and maybe that c2d 6300 if I can get usb boinc running. I'll throw them in regardless though.

Ooh win7 keys look nice.

We have nine days, and I'd imagine that three cores of a PhII would do about 2.4k PPD (IIRC I got about 3.2-3.3k on a stock-clocked PhII 965). So that puts you well past the required amount

 

[Nordic]

AND YES THERE WILL BE PRIZES- CHECK THE SECOND POST (BELOW) FOR DETAILS*

I saw that but just did not look assuming all relevant information would be in the first post. Silly silly me.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Has the points limit been set? If so to what? At the moment all I can throw in is 3 cores from my phenom 965be and maybe that c2d 6300 if I can get usb boinc running. I'll throw them in regardless though.

Ooh win7 keys look nice.

You'll be fine. With 9 days I could almost hit the point requirment with my s939 x2 rig by itself. A 965 ought to breeze through 10k points with days to spare.

 

[Norton]

Hey Team- just some clarification on the start/end times and dates:

Challenge will start on 5/10/2013 @ 0:00 GMT (5/9/2013 @ 8pm Eastern)
Challenge will end on 5/19/2013 @ 24:00 GMT (5/19/2013 @ 8pm Eastern)
Total time- 10 days
* I've added this to the OP as well.

Figured we would need to address this at some point (saw 9 days mentioned a few times)- WCG will use the times above to show the daily totals for the Challenge.

Hope this clears things up a bit and my apologies for any confusion

 

[d1nky]

I have four days to put my rig together???

damn I may just chuck it together for this. however ambients are high nowadays.

and I should have blood dragon cd key to put in, but haven't received the key yet :/

this is just a thought, don't know if its do able yet. but I enjoyed pushing my rigs non stop for the cc with you guys

 

[Norton]

I have four days to put my rig together???

damn I may just chuck it together for this. however ambients are high nowadays.

and I should have blood dragon cd key to put in, but haven't received the key yet :/

this is just a thought, don't know if its do able yet. but I enjoyed pushing my rigs non stop for the cc with you guys

Bring it! All help is welcome

FYI- WCG crunching is a much better stability test IMHO than IBT or prime AND you get some valuable work done while heating up your rig

 

[[Ion]]

Bring it! All help is welcome

FYI- WCG crunching is a much better stability test IMHO than IBT or prime AND you get some valuable work done while heating up your rig

I like to run Prime95/LinX or some stress test for an hour or so just to verify that my OC is OK and that I won't have it BSOD and mess up the WUs in progress. But after that, ye, I will turn to WCG and let it stress test and do something at the same time

 

[sabre23]

I'm in with just 3.6 GHz i5 -3570...:|

 

[Norton]

I like to run Prime95/LinX or some stress test for an hour or so just to verify that my OC is OK and that I won't have it BSOD and mess up the WUs in progress. But after that, ye, I will turn to WCG and let it stress test and do something at the same time

I give my new crunching rigs about 2-3 hrs run time to make sure I have all of the updates done/everything is running OK- then they get put at full throttle crunching until.... forever or until they break, whichever comes first

I do set the work buffer low for the first few days just in case it starts throwing errors.

 

[TRWOV]

Count me in with 20 cores