Show off your WCG farm

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Nov 4, 2014

twilyth said:
@ThE_MaD_ShOt - I like Eve's low cut, sexy case. I think she's in danger of a wardrobe malfunction though. Please post pix if that ever happens.

And I have to ask about that white bucket in one of the photos. I hope you're giving your rigs proper bathroom breaks and not making them use that bucket.

Seriously though, very impressive farm. Very nice!!!

Gotta watch out for eve she isn't what she seems. LOL

Also they get there state mandated breaks and are allowed to use the big potty.

BUCK NASTY · Nov 16, 2014

Don't know if I've ever posted "the Cart" in this wonderful thread(don't mind the mess, it's busy crunching :laugh:

).

[Ion] · Nov 16, 2014

That is a truly amazing setup there Buck! :toast:

Are those old PC P&C PSUs you're running there?

Aquinus · Nov 16, 2014

BUCK NASTY said:
Don't know if I've ever posted "the Cart" in this wonderful thread(don't mind the mess, it's busy crunching).

I definitely dig the mini-farm. That's really the best option until you build or buy something to specifically hold that many components. It's almost worth getting a short rack on wheels (20U?) along with some 4U chassis'. What you have costs a lot less though.

Mindweaver · Nov 17, 2014

@BUCK NASTY - I believe the last time I seen your rack it was full of GTX260 or GTX270? And it didn't have the P4's.

BUCK NASTY · Nov 17, 2014

Mindweaver said:
@BUCK NASTY - I believe the last time I seen your rack it was full of GTX260 or GTX270? And it didn't have the P4's.

Yep, I had a mixture of GPU's back then. Kinda funny how it coming full circle and I'm converting back to GPU's for F@H again. The Pande Group can kiss my arse!

Mindweaver · Nov 17, 2014

BUCK NASTY said:
Yep, I had a mixture of GPU's back then. Kinda funny how it coming full circle and I'm converting back to GPU's for F@H again. The Pande Group can kiss my arse!

Wow, then they really screwed you over on the P4's then huh?

BUCK NASTY · Nov 17, 2014

Mindweaver said:
Wow, then they really screwed you over on the P4's then huh?

Yep, but fortunately I'm in a pretty good financial position to support this conversion. Plus the 4P rigs will switch to WCG or be sold to another cruncher(wink, wink everybody :laugh:

).

[Ion] · Nov 17, 2014

BUCK NASTY said:
Yep, but fortunately I'm in a pretty good financial position to support this conversion. Plus the 4P rigs will switch to WCG or be sold to another cruncher(wink, wink everybody).

Might be a good opportunity to replace a bunch of these single-socket systems with something faster

Mindweaver · Nov 17, 2014

BUCK NASTY said:
Yep, but fortunately I'm in a pretty good financial position to support this conversion. Plus the 4P rigs will switch to WCG or be sold to another cruncher(wink, wink everybody).

Keep me in mind when you are ready to sale them buddy.

[Ion] said:
Might be a good opportunity to replace a bunch of these single-socket systems with something faster

Nothing gets replaced unless it dies..

My farm will grow +1.

Errr... I mean 48.. lol

[Ion] · Nov 17, 2014

HW of the two new setups

Vorpommern: i7-3770k @ 3.7GHz, Gigabyte Z77X-UP4, 1x2GB DDR3 RAM, Corsair H50, WD 320GB HDD, ancient Silverstone 550W PSU, USB WiFi, Win7 Pro x64

(stuck on top of the kitchen cabinet

)

Frankfurt-am-Main: Thinkpad T410, i5-540M, 2x2GB DDR3, 40GB SSD (temporary, have a 320GB HDD for it), Ubuntu 14.10 x64:

Mindweaver · Nov 17, 2014

[Ion] said:
HW of the two new setups

Vorpommern: i7-3770k @ 3.7GHz, Gigabyte Z77X-UP4, 1x2GB DDR3 RAM, Corsair H50, WD 320GB HDD, ancient Silverstone 550W PSU, USB WiFi, Win7 Pro x64

(stuck on top of the kitchen cabinet )

Frankfurt-am-Main: Thinkpad T410, i5-540M, 2x2GB DDR3, 40GB SSD (temporary, have a 320GB HDD for it), Ubuntu 14.10 x64:

You have tainted that Ubuntu install with a Microsoft background.. :eek:

j/k lol

OneMoar · Nov 17, 2014

you people are insane ....

[Ion] · Nov 17, 2014

Mindweaver said:
You have tainted that Ubuntu install with a Microsoft background.. j/k lol

It's at least better than the brown and ugly default one

OneMoar said:
you people are insane ....

I'll take that as a compliment

BUCK NASTY · Nov 17, 2014

Dude, you have too many rigs if the only useable space is on top of the Kitchen cabinets. LOL. Nice work Kai!

[Ion] · Nov 17, 2014

BUCK NASTY said:
Dude, you have too many rigs if the only useable space is on top of the Kitchen cabinets. LOL. Nice work Kai!

Oh, there's plenty of other space, but this spreads out the heat/noise/electricity demand across more space. I could easily fit upwards of a dozen under the bed....only issue is I'd have to stretch an extension cord across the floor and I'd rather not do that.

twilyth · Nov 17, 2014

There's something to be said for moderation. I've gotten caught up in the points race myself and probably spent enough money over the years to buy a new car - not to mention the cost of running that gear. At some point it just becomes a compulsion instead of a hobby. But each individual has to judge when they cross that line for themselves. Unfortunately that's hard to do.

OCD runs in my family. It's rampant actually. But no one thinks they have a problem. I have one cousin who had to collect every top 40 or 100 or whatever song/album, etc that came out. I haven't talked to him in years but last I did, he had tens of thousands of vinyl albums and cds in his "collection." But no OCD issues. Nope. No problem at all. My mom held on to news papers that were several years old saying that she was eventually going to read them and she "collected" all manner of tchotchkes. But again, no OCD issues there.

Personally I'm happy to admit my OCD since by recognizing it, its no longer invisible and can't subvert me w/o my knowledge. I still might give in to it from time to time, but if I denied it, I wouldn't be able to fight it at all.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Nov 17, 2014

twilyth said:
There's something to be said for moderation. I've gotten caught up in the points race myself and probably spent enough money over the years to buy a new car - not to mention the cost of running that gear. At some point it just becomes a compulsion instead of a hobby. But each individual has to judge when they cross that line for themselves. Unfortunately that's hard to do.

OCD runs in my family. It's rampant actually. But no one thinks they have a problem. I have one cousin who had to collect every top 40 or 100 or whatever song/album, etc that came out. I haven't talked to him in years but last I did, he had tens of thousands of vinyl albums and cds in his "collection." But no OCD issues. Nope. No problem at all. My mom held on to news papers that were several years old saying that she was eventually going to read them and she "collected" all manner of tchotchkes. But again, no OCD issues there.

Personally I'm happy to admit my OCD since by recognizing it, its no longer invisible and can't subvert me w/o my knowledge. I still might give in to it from time to time, but if I denied it, I wouldn't be able to fight it at all.

Oh I agree with you totally. I think I crossed the line right about the second 8350. Which is why after the challenge I am going to spool a few rigs down and just run full force for challenges.

TRWOV · Dec 16, 2014

My "new" 3770K cruncher:

It's the 3770K I had on my main rig for a year but I just didn't like the power figures I was getting from it while crunching but taking into account all the hardware I had on my tower that wasn't surprising.

I then got the itch for an AMD rig and hatched a plan: Take apart the rig, get an ITX board to make a dedicated cruncher and build an FX rig for gaming. Initially I was considering an H61 ITX board but came across an Asrock Z77X-ITX with a damaged USB 3.0 connector that fit in the bill :toast:

I didn't want the cruncher all sprawled out on a table or something so I got an Elite 110 for it. As for cooling I still had my busted Kuhler 620 that Antec and Digitalife just kept kicking back and fort the RMA for and managed to fix the clicking noise following the instructions on this video (you can see the tape on mine on the top-down shot):

I'll keep it running stock for 24/7 crunching, on challenges it's going to be OCed to 4Ghz

t_ski · Dec 16, 2014

TRWOV said:
My "new" 3770K cruncher:

It's the 3770K I had on my main rig for a year but I just didn't like the power figures I was getting from it while crunching but taking into account all the hardware I had on my tower that wasn't surprising.

I then got the itch for an AMD rig and hatched a plan: Take apart the rig, get an ITX board to make a dedicated cruncher and build an FX rig for gaming. Initially I was considering an H61 ITX board but came across an Asrock Z77X-ITX with a damaged USB 3.0 connector that fit in the bill I didn't want the cruncher all sprawled out on a table or something so I got an Elite 110 for it. As for cooling I still had my busted Kuhler 620 that Antec and Digitalife just kept kicking back and fort the RMA for and managed to fix the clicking noise following the instructions on this video (you can see the tape on mine on the top-down shot):

I'll keep it running stock for 24/7 crunching, on challenges it's going to be OCed to 4Ghz

I can't decide if you need a bigger PSU or a smaller case

Nordic · Dec 16, 2014

t_ski said:
I can't decide if you need a bigger PSU or a smaller case

Thicker radiator.

[Ion] · Dec 20, 2014

TRWOV said:
My "new" 3770K cruncher:

It's the 3770K I had on my main rig for a year but I just didn't like the power figures I was getting from it while crunching but taking into account all the hardware I had on my tower that wasn't surprising.

I then got the itch for an AMD rig and hatched a plan: Take apart the rig, get an ITX board to make a dedicated cruncher and build an FX rig for gaming. Initially I was considering an H61 ITX board but came across an Asrock Z77X-ITX with a damaged USB 3.0 connector that fit in the bill I didn't want the cruncher all sprawled out on a table or something so I got an Elite 110 for it. As for cooling I still had my busted Kuhler 620 that Antec and Digitalife just kept kicking back and fort the RMA for and managed to fix the clicking noise following the instructions on this video (you can see the tape on mine on the top-down shot):

I'll keep it running stock for 24/7 crunching, on challenges it's going to be OCed to 4Ghz

Tidy setup there :toast:

The Antec 620 does a great job--although I have a H50 on my 3770k. Given that it does ~5.5k PPD for <100W I love it. Great output and nearly silent

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Feb 8, 2015

Consolidation :toast:

From top left: Fx8350, Fx8150, Fx8350
Middle: Dual 1366 Xeon, Fx8350
Bottom: i7 920, future home for another 8350, i7 3930k

76 threads total will be 84 in about a week in the rack.

Nordic · Feb 8, 2015

IT IS BEAUTIFUL! My equivilent monitor is a 1440x900 hp flatscreen monitor.

Norton · Feb 8, 2015

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
Consolidation
From top left: Fx8350, Fx8150, Fx8350
Middle: Dual 1366 Xeon, Fx8350
Bottom: i7 920, future home for another 8350, i7 3930k

76 threads total will be 84 in about a week in the rack.

Awesome setup Bud!!! :toast:

Needs one addition though (see below):

System Name	Selene / Yoda
Processor	Fx 8350 @ 4.4 / Phenom II x6 1090t @ 3.6
Motherboard	Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 r4.0 / Gigabyte 890XA-UD3
Cooling	H100i / Xig Dark Knight
Memory	4x 8gb G.Skill Snipers / 4x 4gb G.Skill Ares
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte R9 290x / XfX DD & VisionTek HD6850's C'fired
Storage	256gb ssd, 2x 2tb Wd Blacks & 1x 1tb Wd black / 1x 1tb
Display(s)	Dell Ultra Sharp 2408 WFp / Hp w2207
Case	Raidmax Vampire / Chieftec Alum. Dragon Blue
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio
Power Supply	Corsair TX 850 watt / Corsair TX 750 watt
Mouse	Logitech G500s
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe
Software	Win 10 pro / Win Vista Home prem. 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	What are benchmarks anyway?

System Name	Main Rig
Processor	AMD FX-4130 @ 4.8Ghz
Motherboard	ASUS M5A99X Evo
Cooling	Coolermaster Hyper 212+
Memory	8GB GSkill DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	ASUS GTX 970 Strix @ 1503Mhz Core
Storage	Corsair Force 90gb SSD/ WD Caviar Blue 750gb
Display(s)	ASUS 24" IPS
Case	Coolermaster Centurion 590
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Antec TP750 80+
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64

System Name	Niedersachsen / Ribe / Minsk
Processor	i3 3240 / i7-3520M / 4x Opteron 6376 @ 2.86GHz
Motherboard	BIOSTAR H61M / HP Q77 / Supermicro H8QG7
Cooling	Stock / Stock / 4x 1U G34
Memory	1x8GB / 2x4GB / 4x4GB
Video Card(s)	GTX260 / Intel HD 4000 / nVidia GT310
Storage	80GB Intel SSD / 256GB Intel SSD / 2x 60GB SSD (RAID1)
Display(s)	Dell 3007 + HP 2245w / 12.1" 1366x768 / None
Case	Antec NSK3480 / HP / Supermicro 1U
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax 500W / HP 130W / Supermicro Gold 1400W
Keyboard	IBM Model M
Software	Windows 7 (Niedersachsen/Ribe) / Linux Mint 17.2 (Minsk)

System Name	Apollo
Processor	Intel Core i9 9880H
Motherboard	Some proprietary Apple thing.
Memory	64GB DDR4-2667
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2
Storage	1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External
Display(s)	Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays
Case	MacBook Pro (16", 2019)
Audio Device(s)	AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers
Power Supply	96w Power Adapter
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Logitech G915, GL Clicky
Software	MacOS 12.1

System Name	Tower of Power / Delliverance
Processor	i7 14700K / i9-14900K
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix Z690-A Gaming WiFi D4 / Z690
Cooling	CM MasterLiquid ML360 Mirror ARGB Close-Loop AIO / Air
Memory	CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3600 / DDR5 2x 16gb
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti / GeForce RTX 4080
Storage	4x Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2, 2x Crucial 1TB SSD / NVM3 PC801 SK hynix 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung 32" Odyssy G5 Gaming 144hz 1440p, 2x LG HDR 32" 60hz 4k / 2x LG HDR 32" 60hz 4k
Case	Phantek "400A" / Dell XPS 8960
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC4080 / Sound Blaster X1
Power Supply	Corsair RM Series RM750 / 750w
Mouse	Glorious Gaming Model D Wireless / Glorious Gaming Model O 2 Wireless
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK with box-white switches / Keychron K6 pro with blue swithes
VR HMD	Quest 3 (128gb) + Rift S + HTC Vive + DK1
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 / Windows 11 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Yes

System Name	RPC MK2.5
Processor	Ryzen 5800x
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus Pro V2
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit SE
Memory	CL16 BL2K16G36C16U4RL 3600 1:1 micron e-die
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE RTX 3070 Ti GAMING OC
Storage	Nextorage NE1N 2TB ADATA SX8200PRO NVME 512GB, Intel 545s 500GBSSD, ADATA SU800 SSD, 3TB Spinner
Display(s)	LG Ultra Gear 32 1440p 165hz Dell 1440p 75hz
Case	Phanteks P300 /w 300A front panel conversion
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	SeaSonic Focus+ Platinum 750W
Mouse	Kone burst Pro
Keyboard	SteelSeries Apex 7
Software	Windows 11 +startisallback

System Name	octo1
Processor	dual Xeon 2687W ES
Motherboard	Supermicro
Cooling	dual Noctua NH-D14
Memory	generic ECC reg
Video Card(s)	2 HD7950
Storage	generic
Case	Rosewill Thor

System Name	Dell-y Driver
Processor	Core i5-10400
Motherboard	Asrock H410M-HVS
Cooling	Intel 95w stock cooler
Memory	2x8 A-DATA 2999Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	UHD 630
Storage	1TB WD Green M.2 - 4TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	Asus PA248 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Dell Vostro 270S case
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Dell 220w
Software	Windows 10 64bit

System Name	My i7 Beast
Processor	Intel Core i7 6800K
Motherboard	Asus X99-A II
Cooling	Nickel-plated EK Supremacy EVO, D5 with XSPC Bayres & BIX Quad Radiator
Memory	4 x 8GB EVGA SuperSC DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080 SuperClocked
Storage	Samsung 950 Pro 256GB m.2 SSD + 480GB Sandisk storage SSD
Display(s)	Three Asus 24" VW246H LCD's
Case	Silverstone TJ07
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Keyboard	Corsair K95
Software	Windows 10 x64 Pro

Processor	7800x3d
Motherboard	Gigabyte B650 Auros Elite AX
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	GSKILL 2x16gb 6000mhz Cas 30 with custom timings
Video Card(s)	MSI RX 6750 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
Storage	Adata SX8200 1tb with Windows, Samsung 990 Pro 2tb with games
Display(s)	HP Omen 27q QHD 165hz
Case	ThermalTake P3
Power Supply	SuperFlower Leadex Titanium
Software	Windows 11 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores	CB23: 1811 / 19424 CB24: 1136 / 7687

System Name	Main PC- Gamer- Main Cruncher/Folder and too many crunching/folding rigs
Processor	Ryzen 5900X- Ryzen 5950X- Ryzen 3950X and etc...
Motherboard	Asrock X570 Extreme4- MSI X570S Tomahawk MAX WiFi- MSI B450M Bazooka Max and etc...
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S (dual fan)- EK 360 AIO with push/pull fans- Corsair H115i RGB Pro XT and etc...
Memory	2x16GB GSkill FlareX 3200/c14- 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance 3600/c16- 2x16GB Team 3600/c18 and etc..
Video Card(s)	MSI Gaming RX 6800- Asus RTX 3070 TUF OC- MSI Ventus GTX 1660Ti and etc...
Storage	Main PC (1TB WD SN850- 2TB PNY CS 3040- 2TB Seagate Firecuda) and etc...
Display(s)	Main PC (2x24" Dell UltraSharp U2414H)
Case	Phanteks P600s- Seasonic Q704- Fractal Meshify C and etc...
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z625 THX 2.1 speakers
Power Supply	EVGA 750 G3- SeaSonic DGC 750- EVGA P2 850 and etc...
Mouse	G300s
Keyboard	Corsair K65
VR HMD	N/A
Software	Windows 10 Pro or Ubuntu
Benchmark Scores	Why sit on the Bench when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!

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