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System Name | Starlifter :: Dragonfly |
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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 |
As the title says, stability is key in running WCG (and F@H, and whatever else). If you're going to overclock and you don't want to be faced with problems such as BSOD, lockups, or the ever so infamous you sending work units in and the server raises the BS flag on them.
If your overclock isn't entirely stable, it will come out in the wash in your crunching results. First and foremost you don't want to be turning bad results that could booger the research, and secondly, if you turn in bad work units and they get recgonized as bad, you don't get points for them.
My advice: make sure you know everything about the frequencies you change when overclocking. If you're planning on achieveing some really high clocks, get appropriate cooling (water is almost a given on overclocked i7 rigs) and make sure you get a motherboard that can withstand the voltage. What program to use? OCCT Linpack is the most stressful, but other members like to run this program called Linx and loop it for some number of times. 20 seems to be a good number.
If your overclock isn't entirely stable, it will come out in the wash in your crunching results. First and foremost you don't want to be turning bad results that could booger the research, and secondly, if you turn in bad work units and they get recgonized as bad, you don't get points for them.
My advice: make sure you know everything about the frequencies you change when overclocking. If you're planning on achieveing some really high clocks, get appropriate cooling (water is almost a given on overclocked i7 rigs) and make sure you get a motherboard that can withstand the voltage. What program to use? OCCT Linpack is the most stressful, but other members like to run this program called Linx and loop it for some number of times. 20 seems to be a good number.