Planning thread- WCG-TPU upcoming TechPowerUP Fall WarmUP! crunching challenge

Norton · Oct 1, 2018

Hey Team,

Fall is here and the temperatures are finally cooling down so to warm things up for crunching season we've decided to host a Challenge.

We've opened a Team Challenge at WCG starting on October 18th, 2018

TechPowerUP Fall WarmUP!

Details:

Link:
https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/challenge/viewTeamChallenge.do?challengeId=9168

This challenge will be a warmup for the WCG 14th Birthday Challenge hosted SETI.Germany that starts on November 16th, 2018
Link:
https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/challenge/viewTeamChallenge.do?challengeId=9145

Now to do some planning.

Will there be prizes for Team members who participate?

Absolutely! :cool:

We already have some items coming in with more to come and additional donations are welcome!

One of prizes offered will be a nice EVGA X58 hex core Cruncher Combo :cool:

What else?

We want to hear from you. Post your comments, thoughts, and questions in this thread.

hat · Oct 1, 2018

Good time for a challenge. I came back to the team a couple weeks ago cause temps dropped in my area.

phill · Oct 1, 2018

I'll be hoping helping along as much as I can

stinger608 · Oct 1, 2018

Of course count me in.

AlienIsGOD · Oct 1, 2018

I'm in, the i7 has been chugging along. Will fire up the 2 pc at my house for the challenge as well

Arjai · Oct 1, 2018

I'm IN!! 2 xeon x5670's, an i5 2400, 3 i3 2120's and the LappyTop with an i5 3317, Oh, and my phone, crunching overnights while plugged in.
Also, I have another computer on it's way. An i5 that I am going to upgrade to an i7 3770!

So, this year, I will feel better about contributing!! Last year's contest's I basically had the lappytop and the i5, for a while, I had to get the i5 comp re working after an OS issue, long story.

Anyway, Let's DO THIS!!
:lovetpu:

Zachary85 · Oct 1, 2018

It's cooling off here also. I hate to turn on the furnace this early in the fall, so time to fire up the idle crunchers and add some supplemental heat. I'm in for this. :toast:

Irony · Oct 2, 2018

Nice, count me in. Finally got my little ryzen 5 rolling, time to inaugurate it

Liquid Cool · Oct 2, 2018

Don't count on much help with my Ryzen 3 2200G, but I do plan on getting my account all straightened out and at least giving a few cores to the cause.

,

Liquid Cool

Norton · Oct 2, 2018

Bump it up- let's hear your feedback team- and as mentioned in the OP... prize donations are welcome

Count me in for:
- An EVGA X58/hex core cruncher combo
- 2x$25 PayPal gifts
May have some more coming from me and will list any additional donations we have through today at some point this evening :cool:

T-Bob · Oct 4, 2018

Challenge Time :rockout:

Radical_Edward · Oct 5, 2018

I got everything I can crunching away. I hope to have another system built soon.

VulkanBros · Oct 6, 2018

Well...nothing as crunching machines to heat up the house properly. See if I can get an old XEON server up and running for some extra muscle. I'm in

thebluebumblebee · Oct 6, 2018

This will be a good time for some payback. That's right @Arjai and @phill , you'll rue the day you took my slice of the pie! :laugh:

Arjai · Oct 6, 2018

NastyHabits · Oct 6, 2018

One Ryzen and one i7 reporting for duty.

phill · Oct 6, 2018

thebluebumblebee said:
This will be a good time for some payback. That's right @Arjai and @phill , you'll rue the day you took my slice of the pie!

I'm not trying to take anyone's pie :laugh:

I've not had a lot running today as the clouds and rain really suck at giving you a lot of free electric!! :laugh:

XSmeagolX · Oct 6, 2018

Hello Crunchers of TechPowerUp!

For testing our scripts, i decided to activate our stats script to your "WarmUp"-Challenge.
So if you like, you can have a look at our Birthday-Challenge-Stats starting at 10/18/2018 with a nice warmup-Challenge-Fever!

https://www.seti-germany.de/wcg/stats_team_all.php?proj=wcg&lang=en

The headline will be "Testing Scripts" at the moment, because we do not want to confuse visitors, but the data will be to your challenge.

Norton · Oct 6, 2018

XSmeagolX said:
Hello Crunchers of TechPowerUp!

For testing our scripts, i decided to activate our stats script to your "WarmUp"-Challenge.
So if you like, you can have a look at our Birthday-Challenge-Stats starting at 10/18/2018 with a nice warmup-Challenge-Fever!

https://www.seti-germany.de/wcg/stats_team_all.php?proj=wcg&lang=en

The headline will be "Testing Scripts" at the moment, because we do not want to confuse visitors, but the data will be to your challenge.

That's awesome! :rockout:

A huge thanks from us for doing that! :toast:

phill · Oct 7, 2018

XSmeagolX said:
Hello Crunchers of TechPowerUp!

For testing our scripts, i decided to activate our stats script to your "WarmUp"-Challenge.
So if you like, you can have a look at our Birthday-Challenge-Stats starting at 10/18/2018 with a nice warmup-Challenge-Fever!

https://www.seti-germany.de/wcg/stats_team_all.php?proj=wcg&lang=en

The headline will be "Testing Scripts" at the moment, because we do not want to confuse visitors, but the data will be to your challenge.

Very nice thank you!!

tami626 · Oct 7, 2018

Hi!

I'm new to this crunching stuff, but I'll be happy to help with my good old Sandy. I started a few days ago thanks to this thread an I'll try to do as much as I can for the competition.

Also, I will probably build a Ryzen PC after Zen 2 comes out, so it will get much better.

Deleted member 178884 · Oct 7, 2018

tami626 said:
I will probably build a Ryzen PC after Zen 2 comes out, so it will get much better.

Awesome! - I'm personally waiting out for threadripper 3 or perhaps a good value server board (Norton has given me excellent tips) - If you wait out for zen 2 it should have more cores than the 9900k and have excellent crunching power, especially with the high clocks. EDIT: I've also got my x299 board - If that 22 core takes a tip in value after amd crushes it I might be able to grab one in the used market in the £500 range down the line - I'd make a nice addition.

librin.so.1 · Oct 7, 2018

I'm kinda back to the team to give a little hand for both the warmup and the actual b-day challenge. Nothing much, though, just a pair of boxen, Ryzen 7 2700X + FX-8320. Might add another, low-end Ryzen for the b-day challenge, if I can assemble it in time. It's either 2200G or 2400G, I don't 'member the model right now.

Deleted member 178884 · Oct 7, 2018

Vinska said:
Ryzen 7 2700X + FX-8320

Nice choice

Vinska said:
Might add another, lower-end Ryzen for the b-day challenge, if I can assemble it in time.

Take a look at Ebay/Gumtree - I've seen £40 a320 boards going for ryzen in used but full working order - I could get a 1600 + board for £150~ (cex does cpus dirt cheap here) another zen is definitely good value - perhaps sell that FX rig of yours to raise more funds?

Another massive tip is engineering sample processors - I found a xeon gold 6138 20c40t ES chip for £295, dirt cheap for what it is.

BarbaricSoul · Oct 7, 2018

@Norton don't forget about this retro-build I was sent the parts for that has been sitting here for a few months waiting on you to get something started so they can be given away. I also have this i7 960/Sabertooth combo I need to test to make sure it works.

retro build includes-
CPU: Phenom II x4 940 (AM2+)
MB: ASRock K10N780SLIX3-WiFi
RAM: 2x2GB DDR2 Corsair XMS2
GPU: BFG GTX 280 & a flashed BFG GTX 285
Heatsink: Zalman 9500A
PSU: CoolerMaster SilentPro 1000W
Soundcard: ASUS Xonar DG 5.1
HHD: 500GB Seagate 7200.12
Case: LIAN LI PC-V1200B
OS: Windows XP SP2

I7 Combo-
CPU: i7 960
MB: ASUS Sabertooth X58
Heatsink: Coolermaster Hyper 212

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Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
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Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
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Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
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Cooling	DeepCool Castle EX V2 240mm AIO\| stock for now
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Software	Windows 10 Pro \| Windows 10 Pro

Planning thread- WCG-TPU upcoming TechPowerUP Fall WarmUP! crunching challenge

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

hat

Enthusiast

phill

Moderator

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

AlienIsGOD

Vanguard Beta Tester

Arjai

Zachary85

Irony

Liquid Cool

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

T-Bob

Radical_Edward

VulkanBros

thebluebumblebee

Arjai

NastyHabits

phill

Moderator

XSmeagolX

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

phill

Moderator

tami626

Deleted member 178884

Guest

librin.so.1

Deleted member 178884

Guest

BarbaricSoul

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Processor	i3 2120's/ i7 3770/ x5670's/ i5 2400/Ryzen 2700/Ryzen 2700/R7 3700x
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Case	P100/Antec P280 It's huge!
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Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

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Cooling	Wraith
Memory	16 GB Corsair Vengence 3000
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Case	Corsair mATX cube. (Alas they don't make it anymore)
Power Supply	Corsair HX 600 Watt
Mouse	Microsoft
Keyboard	Logitech
Software	Windows 10 64 ibit

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Cooling	Scythe Fuma 2
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Cooling	NZXT Kraken x72
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Case	Fractal Design Define R6 Black TG
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Power Supply	Corsair AX1200i
Mouse	Razer Naga Epic
Keyboard	Keychron Q1
Software	Funtoo Linux
Benchmark Scores	217634.24 BogoMIPS

System Name	Barb's Domain
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Mouse	Logitech G502
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