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| System Name | Ryzen3950X |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 3950X |
| Motherboard | AsRock X470 Taichi |
| Cooling | Corsair H100x |
| Memory | Team Group Dark Pro 4x8Gb 3200Mhz 14-14-14-31 :: testing Team 4133Mhz 18-18-18-38 |
| Video Card(s) | NVIDIA RTX-2070 |
| Storage | Samsung 960 250Gb M.2 plus a buttload of spinners |
| Display(s) | Dell U2718Q 4K HDR |
| Case | Fractal Design R6 |
| Audio Device(s) | Couple of speakers |
| Power Supply | Seasonic 650W Gold |
| Mouse | Logitech MX Ergo trackball |
| Keyboard | Velocifier wireless mechanical |
| Software | Arch kernel 5.4.17-1-MANJARO |
| Benchmark Scores | Cinebench 20: 9316 / 511 |
Thought I would share some random observations I found interesting bringing a second video card online to the Folding fight.
Base system: Ryzen 3950x in a ASRock X470 Taichi motherboard with GeForce RTX 2070 main card. I run Manjaro Linux.
I have been folding 24x7 for a few weeks now. While the NVidia was pouring out over a million PPD, I consistently saw the CPU thread contribute far less, on the order of 7-8000 PPD. Clearly the effort is advantaged toward GPU processing. Hey! I'm not using two PCIe x16 slots, I'll get another video card.
With this 16 core 32 thread CPU, I am very attentive to the power draw inside the case. I have an AIO water cooler on it, tune my fans carefully, and run BOINC 24x7 at 100% cores and cycles on the ECO power setting in UEFI. This keeps the core temps right around 60c. I like the NVidia RTX 2070 Founders Edition because it is about the top card right now that only requires only one eight pin power connector.
While researching a cheap yet effective second video card to install, I re-discovered that there are modern generation cards that do not require ANY plugs from the power supply - they take up to 75w provided natively by the PCIe slot. I decided on a Zoltac GTX 1650 OC card, which is available new for ~$149. Added a second GPU slot editing the file /etc/foldingathome/config.xml and off we went.
My findings: The card is no slouch. It is delivering over 200,000 PPD to the effort, while producing 60w at 70c. Adding 15-20% to my output.
My universal power supply reads a total consumption of 0.480 Kwh when everything is cranking at full blast.
Base system: Ryzen 3950x in a ASRock X470 Taichi motherboard with GeForce RTX 2070 main card. I run Manjaro Linux.
I have been folding 24x7 for a few weeks now. While the NVidia was pouring out over a million PPD, I consistently saw the CPU thread contribute far less, on the order of 7-8000 PPD. Clearly the effort is advantaged toward GPU processing. Hey! I'm not using two PCIe x16 slots, I'll get another video card.
With this 16 core 32 thread CPU, I am very attentive to the power draw inside the case. I have an AIO water cooler on it, tune my fans carefully, and run BOINC 24x7 at 100% cores and cycles on the ECO power setting in UEFI. This keeps the core temps right around 60c. I like the NVidia RTX 2070 Founders Edition because it is about the top card right now that only requires only one eight pin power connector.
While researching a cheap yet effective second video card to install, I re-discovered that there are modern generation cards that do not require ANY plugs from the power supply - they take up to 75w provided natively by the PCIe slot. I decided on a Zoltac GTX 1650 OC card, which is available new for ~$149. Added a second GPU slot editing the file /etc/foldingathome/config.xml and off we went.
My findings: The card is no slouch. It is delivering over 200,000 PPD to the effort, while producing 60w at 70c. Adding 15-20% to my output.
My universal power supply reads a total consumption of 0.480 Kwh when everything is cranking at full blast.
. Just so you can compare - 2x2060 stock PPD 2.3-2.7M, Linux, max 530 W including WCG on 2700X (20k PPD).