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cameronh779 · Sep 18, 2015

Just download the software and such and am currently running the WCG project. I signed up under TPUs page. How do I make sure I am crunching for TPU and such?

Right now I just have one computer because I am missing a few parts that I hope to have soon once I get out of my financial bind.

Just trying to help out not only patients but TPU as well. The community sure has helped me.

:toast:

[Ion] · Sep 18, 2015

cameronh779 said:
Just download the software and such and am currently running the WCG project. I signed up under TPUs page. How do I make sure I am crunching for TPU and such?

Right now I just have one computer because I am missing a few parts that I hope to have soon once I get out of my financial bind.

Just trying to help out not only patients but TPU as well. The community sure has helped me.

Welcome aboard

Go here to join our awesome WCG team. If you want to post a screenshot of BOINC running we can give an idea of whether everything looks good or not! :toast:

BarbaricSoul · Sep 18, 2015

Welcome to the team.

cameronh779 said:
How do I make sure I am crunching for TPU and such?

Look for a "my team" tab on the WCG page and click on it.

cameronh779 · Sep 18, 2015

[Ion] · Sep 18, 2015

cameronh779 said:

If you click View -> Advanced View do you see multiple WUs running? (should be one per thread of the CPU) You may wish to change the computing preferences so that it runs regardless of CPU load (or you may wish more conservative settings)

cameronh779 · Sep 18, 2015

[Ion] said:
If you click View -> Advanced View do you see multiple WUs running? (should be one per thread of the CPU) You may wish to change the computing preferences so that it runs regardless of CPU load (or you may wish more conservative settings)

Just posted a few more images above.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Sep 18, 2015

Good man

BarbaricSoul · Sep 18, 2015

I'm just getting BOINC reinstalled on my 3930k system today. Something happened with my Windows 7 install while doing a hard restart. Ended up just wiping the HD and doing a fresh install, then upgrading to W10 Pro.

Well Hell, that didnt take long-

cameronh779 · Sep 18, 2015

BarbaricSoul said:
I'm just getting BOINC reinstalled on my 3930k system today. Something happened with my Windows 7 install while doing a hard restart. Ended up just wiping the HD and doing a fresh install, then upgrading to W10 Pro.

Well Hell, that didnt take long-

Nice.

[Ion] · Sep 18, 2015

cameronh779 said:
Just posted a few more images above.

Looks good

If you really only have 1GB RAM I'd change the computing preferences so that it isn't allowed to use as much. I'd stay away from the CEP2 WUs--they are by far the hardest on the computer. The WUs are going pretty slowly but if it's a Pentium 4 then that explains it.

cameronh779 · Sep 18, 2015

[Ion] said:
Looks good
If you really only have 1GB RAM I'd change the computing preferences so that it isn't allowed to use as much. I'd stay away from the CEP2 WUs--they are by far the hardest on the computer. The WUs are going pretty slowly but if it's a Pentium 4 then that explains it.

Yeah, haven't got my new setup yet. Its in the mail though.

cameronh779 · Sep 18, 2015

Right now I am looking for a 400-500W PSU, 40GB HDD, and I can put together another cruncher for 24/7. Maybe some other crunchers might help. I'm in bad shape financially right now.

[Ion] · Sep 18, 2015

cameronh779 said:
Yeah, haven't got my new setup yet. Its in the mail though.

Sounds like a step in the right direction

cameronh779 said:
Right now I am looking for a 400-500W PSU, 40GB HDD, and I can put together another cruncher for 24/7. Maybe some other crunchers might help. I'm in bad shape financially right now.

I'd be wary about using a Pentium 4 system as a dedicated WCG cruncher. They're REALLY inefficient--maybe 400 PPD for 150w. For reference, an Ivy i5 draws ~100w load and gets 3800 PPD.

cameronh779 · Sep 18, 2015

[Ion] said:
Sounds like a step in the right direction

I'd be wary about using a Pentium 4 system as a dedicated WCG cruncher. They're REALLY inefficient--maybe 400 PPD for 150w. For reference, an Ivy i5 draws ~100w load and gets 3800 PPD.

Right now its all I have... Made it sound like its not even worth doing.

[Ion] · Sep 18, 2015

cameronh779 said:
Right now its all I have... Made it sound like its not even worth doing.

Well, if it's the computer that you already have and use, it is worthwhile still

But if it's something that will just be a dedicated WCG system, I would reconsider.

cameronh779 · Sep 18, 2015

[Ion] said:
Well, if it's the computer that you already have and use, it is worthwhile still
But if it's something that will just be a dedicated WCG system, I would reconsider.

Yeah, I'll just quit. Been really depressed this morning and just trying to find something to do. Guess ill go back to sleep.

[Ion] · Sep 18, 2015

cameronh779 said:
Yeah, I'll just quit. Been really depressed this morning and just trying to find something to do. Guess ill go back to sleep.

No don't quit. That's not the message I'm trying to communicate

BarbaricSoul · Sep 18, 2015

[Ion] said:
Well, if it's the computer that you already have and use, it is worthwhile still
But if it's something that will just be a dedicated WCG system, I would reconsider.

what are you talking about [Ion], every little bit counts.

CRUNCH ON @cameronh779 :rockout:

Silvertigo · Sep 18, 2015

does crunching use much bandwidth? Would a Quad Core 9550 be worth crunching with?

stinger608 · Sep 18, 2015

Silvertigo said:
does crunching use much bandwidth? Would a Quad Core 9550 be worth crunching with?

As @BarbaricSoul stated, every little bit always helps! Not really sure what a 775 quad 9550 would do daily, but it would still be worth it man. :peace:

[Ion] · Sep 18, 2015

Silvertigo said:
does crunching use much bandwidth? Would a Quad Core 9550 be worth crunching with?

Not much bandwidth--particularly if you avoid the CEP2 project. And a Q9550 would still do well

BarbaricSoul · Sep 18, 2015

Silvertigo said:
does crunching use much bandwidth? Would a Quad Core 9550 be worth crunching with?

As far as using bandwidth, crunching does require the downloading and uploading of work units. I would imagine it wouldn't be more than a couple hundred Mb a day, depending on how much work the system can do, though honestly I've never really looked into to it.

As far as if a Q9550 is worth it, it'll score about the same as a AMD quad core of equal GHz. I was running a Q9650 when I started crunching. Every bit helps.

BarbaricSoul · Sep 18, 2015

if I'm not mistaken, this is what my Q9650 system did clocked at 4 GHz.

scoring may be different now though

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Sep 18, 2015

my Q6600 @3.0ghz returned c.6000ppd

Silvertigo · Sep 18, 2015

BarbaricSoul said:
I would imagine it wouldn't be more than a couple hundred Mb a day

Damn, I was thinking I could set up a rig out the garage and use a mobile broadband connection.

At current rates of $50 for three gigs...might be too expensive for me.

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