TPU's F@H Team

[mstenholm]

I'm going with extenders with molex connectors to eliminating overdrawing the PCI-e slots. I've been doing some shopping and come up with this so far:

Well if anyone on this team who knows how to pack a lot of GPUs on one MB then it's you. This Miner rack is for extenders right? I thought that you didn't wanted to go that route...
I kind of hoping for a cold winter so I can justify buying some extra room heaters. The 970s sucks at that. Maybe I should give my old 680 another go. Anyway I'm weeks and many mills away from making any changes to my surprise still running four GPUs. Best of luck with the +2 mill systems.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Is that PSU not considerably overkill?
And that mining rack is surprisingly cheap...I'm impressed

I need 4x pci 6+2 connectors and saw that this PSU was bulletproof(Seasonic...duh?) and Platinum. It is a little overkill. I was considering the EVGA Supernova 750w G2 as well. Haven't purchased anything yet. Got to get Linux/GPU's running.

Well if anyone on this team who knows how to pack a lot of GPUs on one MB then it's you. This Miner rack is for extenders right? I thought that you didn't wanted to go that route...
I kind of hoping for a cold winter so I can justify buying some extra room heaters. The 970s sucks at that. Maybe I should give my old 680 another go. Anyway I'm weeks and many mills away from making any changes to my surprise still running four GPUs. Best of luck with the +2 mill systems.

A 4x PCI-E mobo will be too tight for the cards, so I have to use the riser cables an spread the cars out for proper cooling. The miner rack is an obvious choice for this set-up(an it's cheap!)

 

[Norton]

I need 4x pci 6+2 connectors and saw that this PSU was bulletproof(Seasonic...duh?) and Platinum. It is a little overkill. I was considering the EVGA Supernova 750w G2 as well. Haven't purchased anything yet. Got to get Linux/GPU's running.

A 4x PCI-E mobo will be too tight for the cards, so I have to use the riser cables an spread the cars out for proper cooling. The miner rack is an obvious choice for this set-up(an it's cheap!)

I would have went with the Seasonic 1000w Platinum unit... watch for a sale on one in the 860-1200w range since Black Friday/Cyber Monday is right around the corner

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Is that PSU not considerably overkill?

Nope, that's exactly the size/type that I would suggest, ATM. If anything, it might be on the small side. If Nvidia ever gets their butt in gear and fixes the problem with Folding, the load might go up on Maxwell and Kepler cards. (Support CUDA on Nvidia GPUs (waiting for JIT compiler from Nvidia)) W1zzard tested the 970 at 180 watts, and that is without OC'ing, which I'm sure is how Buck will run them. If they stay at ~150 watts/card, then an 850 class PSU is perfect. If they move up to ~200 watt/card, then a 1000 watt class PSU would be better.

And that mining rack is surprisingly cheap...I'm impressed

Notice that it's half price. GPU mining is dead, therefore there are fire sales on all things GPU mining.

I would have went with the Seasonic 1000w Platinum unit... watch for a sale on one in the 860-1200w range since Black Friday/Cyber Monday is right around the corner

That's what I wanted to say, but couldn't figure how to put the words together. Buck, I think you'll have a couple guys watching for you.

I need 4x pci 6+2 connectors

I think Asus's usage of one 8 pin connector is brilliant. Hope to see more of this in the future. Hope this is the end of 2 x 6 pin.

 

[[Ion]]

Nope, that's exactly the size/type that I would suggest, ATM. If anything, it might be on the small side. If Nvidia ever gets their butt in gear and fixes the problem with Folding, the load might go up on Maxwell and Kepler cards. (Support CUDA on Nvidia GPUs (waiting for JIT compiler from Nvidia)) W1zzard tested the 970 at 180 watts, and that is without OC'ing, which I'm sure is how Buck will run them. If they stay at ~150 watts/card, then an 850 class PSU is perfect. If they move up to ~200 watt/card, then a 1000 watt class PSU would be better.

Notice that it's half price. GPU mining is dead, therefore there are fire sales on all things GPU mining.

That's what I wanted to say, but couldn't figure how to put the words together. Buck, I think you'll have a couple guys watching for you.

I think Asus's usage of one 8 pin connector is brilliant. Hope to see more of this in the future. Hope this is the end of 2 x 6 pin.

Ahh, I was told by a friend that the 970 is lower...like 140W tops. My mistake.

And I for one would much rather they keep the 2x6pin. For those of us that tend to scavenge old stuff and milk old equipment for all that it's worth, it's helpful

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Ahh, I was told by a friend that the 970 is lower...like 140W tops. My mistake.

And I for one would much rather they keep the 2x6pin. For those of us that tend to scavenge old stuff and milk old equipment for all that it's worth, it's helpful

Not a mistake. Folding ALWAYS changes. Yes, those who are here on TPU are reporting (Folding) power usage for 970's of 130-140 watts, but if CUDA happens, the power demand might go way up.
I like how much neater 1 x 8 pin is verse 2 x 6 pin. I'm sure we could load you up with some 2 x 6 pin GPU's.

watch for a sale on one in the 860-1200w range since Black Friday/Cyber Monday is right around the corner

Second point: Since GPU mining is dead, the sale of these large PSU's must have fallen off. I would not be at all surprised if we see sales on them. (Did you guys see my note about PSU's, that the average for the last 10 PSU's reviewed here on TPU is almost 1000 watts and the average for the last 25 is, IIRC, almost 800 watts, which is just stupid)

 

[Jstn7477]

My 980 consumes 240W or so in FurMark around 1300MHz/1.025v, unfortunately I can't seem to surpass that power limit even with my dual 8-pin card (may be driver protection). Gaming is about 200W I want to say at 1468/2000, 1.187v which is still way better than the R9 290 @ 1060/+81mV ~270W and that card gets obliterated by the 980.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Guy's...I'm only see 80W difference in my Kill-a-watt when I fold on a 970's(on P9201). I'll check it against the dual GPU set-up I have running now.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Guy's...I'm only see 80W difference in my Kill-a-watt when I fold on a 970's(on P9201). I'll check it against the dual GPU set-up I have running now.

Are you saying that you're only seeing the 970 using 80 watts to Fold?

 

[eidairaman1]

@Norton I would like to join, folding/wcg/crunching

 

[Norton]

@Norton I would like to join, folding/wcg/crunching

I sent you some links via PM. Post in the associated Team thread(s) if you have any questions or send me, or another Team member, a PM and we'll try to help you through getting setup.

Welcome!

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Are you saying that you're only seeing the 970 using 80 watts to Fold?

Yes. That was only confirmed on one system. Verifying on another shortly.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Ok, I don't know what the hell I was looking at before, but I was way off:

System Idle:

1st 970 @ 1501 core:

2nd 970 @ 1437 core:

So....looking at 145W per card in their overclocked state.

 

[t_ski]

Are you saying that you're only seeing the 970 using 80 watts to Fold?

Yes. That was only confirmed on one system. Verifying on another shortly.

You mean 80W MORE to crunch on it than when the card is idle, right?

 

[BUCK NASTY]

You mean 80W MORE to crunch on it than when the card is idle, right?

No, I mean 145W additional per card from and Idle state to Full Folding state.

 

[t_ski]

No, I mean 145W additional per card from and Idle state to Full Folding state.

I posted that before you posted your corrected numbers (editing your post)

 

[Jstn7477]

I know I live in freakin' Florida, but I decided to bring the PNY XLR8 GTX 465 I bought from Stinger a couple of years ago back online in my 5820K/GTX 980 rig, trying as a dedicated PhysX processor and room warmer in the cooler months (30 year old windows suck, so my room can still become cool even with this rig and two laptops running full bore). I'm sure Stinger is probably happy to hear his former card is still running perfectly, aside from a slightly brown PCB under the VRM area and needing a fan replacement early this year (I took the Delta blower fan from my GTX 470's unused cooler since that board has a GELID Icy Vision on it, and the card survived the original Cooler Master blower fan seizing up while folding and the card shut down).

Anyway, I shall test its PhysX offloading capabilities, and it will be folding whenever my room isn't a sauna and needs a little more warmth. Perhaps it will help exhaust hot air out of my chassis as well, though it has plenty of fans already.

 

[FazzoMetal]

Hi everybody.
I'd like to ask for an advice. I'm currently folding using my R9 270X OC with core 17 and good performance (about 27kPPD in 'medium').
Do you think that using my FX6300 will help me to increase my score? What kind of performance could I get? Is it dangerous for the CPU?
Thanks in advance.

 

[mstenholm]

Hi everybody.
I'd like to ask for an advice. I'm currently folding using my R9 270X OC with core 17 and good performance (about 27kPPD in 'medium').
Do you think that using my FX6300 will help me to increase my score? What kind of performance could I get? Is it dangerous for the CPU?
Thanks in advance.

Hi FazzoMetal. It will increase you score but not by much. A couple of thousand maybe. It is not worth it in my opinion. It would do more good doing WCG work.

I had CPUs running for 4 years 24/7, no problem if you keep it cool.

 

[FazzoMetal]

Hi FazzoMetal. It will increase you score but not by much. A couple of thousand maybe. It is not worth it in my opinion. It would do more good doing WCG work.

I had CPUs running for 4 years 24/7, no problem if you keep it cool.

Thanks for the quick answer and for the feedback about CPU usage.
If I buy another R9 270X would it be possible to configure the Crossfire in order to use both the card on Folding@Home?

 

[mstenholm]

Thanks for the quick answer and for the feedback about CPU usage.
If I buy another R9 270X would it be possible to configure the Crossfire in order to use both the card on Folding@Home?

That should not be a problem - https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=26421&p=265804&hilit=crossfire#p265804

 

[FazzoMetal]

That should not be a problem - https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=26421&p=265804&hilit=crossfire#p265804

Thanks again!

 

[stinger608]

I know I live in freakin' Florida, but I decided to bring the PNY XLR8 GTX 465 I bought from Stinger a couple of years ago back online in my 5820K/GTX 980 rig, trying as a dedicated PhysX processor and room warmer in the cooler months (30 year old windows suck, so my room can still become cool even with this rig and two laptops running full bore). I'm sure Stinger is probably happy to hear his former card is still running perfectly, aside from a slightly brown PCB under the VRM area and needing a fan replacement early this year (I took the Delta blower fan from my GTX 470's unused cooler since that board has a GELID Icy Vision on it, and the card survived the original Cooler Master blower fan seizing up while folding and the card shut down).

Anyway, I shall test its PhysX offloading capabilities, and it will be folding whenever my room isn't a sauna and needs a little more warmth. Perhaps it will help exhaust hot air out of my chassis as well, though it has plenty of fans already.

That puppy is still going strong bro? That is awesome!!!

 

[mstenholm]

I lost my internet connection to my two 7970s, I think. For various reasons it will not be possible to re-connect it for the next 10 days. I made the first step in making up for lost points by book marking a MSI R9 290X.

 

[mx500torid]

reconfiguring a couple systems so points will be down today. Still looking for another video card. How are the maxwells doing still? Any problems? I am wondering why ms is looking at a 290x when he has a 970.