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Ok, so I have a Supermicro H8QGi+-F G34 4P motherboard with 4 x Opteron 6166HE's that I have had sitting around, just waiting for me to get it setup. I am in need of a PSU for it, but I am curious as to the power requirements that I will need getting this setup for WCG. I was thinking about getting a EVGA or Corsair 850-1000W. I've heard from many that 850W is plenty enough power for a 4P rig with 6166HE's. My Supermicro H8QGi+-F is the version with one PCIe slot and 2 x 8-pin connectors, and my understanding is that this version of the board does not require as much power as the 3 x 8-pin version. Oh, also.. This board will be using a custom BIOS (OCNG5) which allows for a 15-20% OC on the 6166HE, with a proper cooling solution. I have 4 x CM Hyper 212 EVO's (musky mod).

Anywho.. if anyone has any advice, pointers, tip & tricks, etc, please do tell! :peace:
 
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Antykain said:
Ok, so I have a Supermicro H8QGi+-F G34 4P motherboard with 4 x Opteron 6166HE's that I have had sitting around, just waiting for me to get it setup. I am in need of a PSU for it, but I am curious as to the power requirements that I will need getting this setup for WCG. I was thinking about getting a EVGA or Corsair 850-1000W. I've heard from many that 850W is plenty enough power for a 4P rig with 6166HE's. My Supermicro H8QGi+-F is the version with one PCIe slot and 2 x 8-pin connectors, and my understanding is that this version of the board does not require as much power as the 3 x 8-pin version. Oh, also.. This board will be using a custom BIOS (OCNG5) which allows for a 15-20% OC on the 6166HE, with a proper cooling solution. I have 4 x CM Hyper 212 EVO's (musky mod).

Anywho.. if anyone has any advice, pointers, tip & tricks, etc, please do tell! :peace:
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I have the same board with 6168's- power draw is about 500w. A psu rated at least 750w should run fine- anything smaller may run too hot for the continuous load.

Do you have the [H] bios mod on it to allow for overclocking?
 
Norton said:
I have the same board with 6168's- power draw is about 500w. A psu rated at least 750w should run fine- anything smaller may run too hot for the continuous load.

Do you have the [H] bios mod on it to allow for overclocking?
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Yeah.. The custom bios is OCNG5 already installed on it from tear at the [H] forums and Area 51 Dev.

And good to hear about the PSU. I'll eventually grab one when I'm able.. really want to get this up and running! lol
 
Antykain said:
Yeah.. The custom bios is OCNG5 already installed on it from tear at the [H] forums and Area 51 Dev.

And good to hear about the PSU. I'll eventually grab one when I'm able.. really want to get this up and running! lol
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I use a Seasonic X1050 on mine and it runs cool. Crunching output is around 25k ppd :cool:
 
I want to get my QX9650 rig crunching again.. Does anyone have a really low end or old gpu they could sell/lend me?

Thanks :toast:
 
infrared said:
I want to get my QX9650 rig crunching again.. Does anyone have a really low end or old gpu they could sell/lend me?

Thanks :toast:
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I have that X1650 that I won in the last challenge from @XZero450 - you're welcome to that if it will help. PM to discuss if interested
 
Norton said:
I have that X1650 that I won in the last challenge from @XZero450 - you're welcome to that if it will help. PM to discuss if interested
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Thanks mate, that's perfect. YGPM :)

@XZero450 Looks like your old card is coming to blighty! Cheers for donating it in the challenge ;)
 
WOW, 2009 I created this thread, and I see it never lost momentum. You guys truly rock!:rockout::rockout::respect::respect::respect:
 
Looking at a CPU upgrade any crunchers interested in my i5 4460? Let me know :)
 
Wondering;
What is a decent case that will accept dual radiators that isn't too dang expensive?
 
stinger608 said:
Wondering;
What is a decent case that will accept dual radiators that isn't too dang expensive?
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Rosewill Rise can do 280 and a 360 for $65
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KW1GNUS/?tag=tec06d-20

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That sure might be an option, however that price is only on Newegg and they have gotten terrible about shipping. Amazon price is almost a hundred bucks.

Didn't the Define series take multiple radiators?
 
Enthoo proM will take up to around 300mm front 360mm top(iirc), 140/120mm back

@$80 & up
 
Okay, I'm frigging lost here: How do you include an image from your local hard drive in PM's? There isn't a "Upload a File" on the PM's?
 
Just use TPU's image hosting.
 
I'm using the image hosting from TPU but where do you get the URL?
 
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