TechpowerUp's 10th Birthday WCG Challenge (5/14 thru 5/23)- crunch/fold and win some cool stuff!!!

[Norton]

TechpowerUp's 10th Birthday WCG Challenge- join us May 14th (0:00 UTC) thru May 23rd, 2014 (24:00 UTC) to crunch/fold and win some cool stuff!!! (less than 72 hrs to go- there's still time to join up and lend a hand)

Welcome to TechpowerUp's 10th Birthday WCG Challenge

On May 14th 2004 @W1zzard became user # 01 and started the greatest website and forum EVER!!!
How do our TPU crunchers and folders say Happy Birthday to TechpowerUp?

We have a Challenge!!!

Link to official Challenge:
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/challenge/viewTeamChallenge.do?challengeId=6628

We have opened this Challenge to show our continued support for this great site and the important work done by the World Community Grid and Folding@Home.
The plan:

Have some friendly competition between WCG Teams as well as within our TPU Teams and hopefully get a few of our fellow TPU'ers to join in.
Fellow TPU members and WCG crunchers are invited to join our Team to heat up some silicon for a good cause, hang out, have a little fun, and even get a chance to win some great prizes.

How to join:
* note- our Challenge is for WCG Team crunching. However, we work closely with the TPU folding Team and we will be sharing prizes with active TPU folders- If you have a Radeon 7750/GeForce 560 or better gpu and want to try folding then you are welcome to do that.

For crunching....

Follow this link to register and join our Team:
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/reg/viewRegister.do?teamID=S8TLJ6TFV1
Once you're registered you can follow the prompts and install software- it's all pretty straight forward

If you have any questions you can post them in this thread, our Team thread, or PM an existing Team member.
Our Team thread:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpus-wcg-boinc-team.85784/

For folding....

See this thread to get started:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/easy-setup-for-folding-home.200520/

If you have any questions you can post them in this thread, the folding Team thread, or PM an existing Team member.
Folding Team thread:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpus-f-h-team.13038/
Some of our past Challenge threads:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...22-2014-update-tpu-wins-the-challenge.197528/

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...6-11-22-2013-join-us-crunch-win-stuff.194389/

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/world-cep2-challenge-6-october-14-october.191430/

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/world-community-grid-summer-challenge.186603/

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/wcg-tpu-mothers-day-challenge-2013-5-10-5-19-2013.183575/

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/world-community-grid-february-team-challenge.179726/

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...nquer-cancer-1st-2nd-week-of-november.174550/

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/wcg-8th-birthday-challenge.175235/

Many more here too:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpu-wcg-challenges-thread.111360/

Challenges link at WCG:
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/challenge/viewTeamChallengeHistory.do?teamId=S8TLJ6TFV1



See the next post for prize info now completed, check for updates frequently!

 

[Norton]

As with many of our Challenges we have a few prizes available
*Note on Challenge prizes. Our prizes are donated by WCG-TPU Team members "By Cruncher's for Crunchers" for the purpose of assisting the Team to continue to maintain our rigs, grow our membership (or our crunching farms), and to promote the good work of crunching in general.

Grand Prize: Win a Crunching/Folding Rig(two available)*

Challenge Giveaway Rig #1- donated by various members of our crunching/folding Teams
Specifications/Details
Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 620 provided by TRWOV
Motherboard: Gigaybyte MA78GPM-DS2H provided by ThE_MaD_ShOt
Cooling: Cooler Master 212+ provided by ThE_MaD_ShOt
Memory: 8GB DDR3 provided by ThE_MaD_ShOt
Video Card: MSI 560Ti Twin Frozr II provided by thebluebumblebee & theonedub
Hard Disk(s): TBA provided by yotano211
Case: Fractal Design ARC Mini R2- provided by sneekypete
Power Supply: Corsair CX500 provided by Norton
Software: Win7 HPx64 provided by T-Bob
*available to Team members in the USA (Canada/Mexico if extra shipping is paid)- shipping would be too difficult otherwise

Challenge Giveaway Rig #2 donated by BarbaricSoul*
Specifications/Details
Processor: AMD 1045T
Motherboard: Biostar A880GZ
Cooling: Xigmatek Gaia SD1283
Memory: G Skill Red Ripjaws 2*4gig DDR3 1866
Video Card: ASUS HD7770
Hard Disk(s): WD Cavair RE 160gb
Case: Corsair 350D
Power Supply: Rosewill V2 700watt
Software: Vista 64 bit
*available to Team members in the USA (Canada/Mexico if extra shipping is paid)- shipping would be too difficult otherwise

The winner of a Grand Prize will need to declare that he/she will dedicate a minimum of 6 months crunching for the Team WCG-TPU on the rig.

Special prize for a dedicated TPU cruncher/folder

Win a GTX Titan with an EK full waterblock and backplate -donated by the54thvoid
Quote from the54thvoid

Spoiler

- Donated to a dedicated TPU cruncher/folder (see special requirements)
- Winner uses the card for TPU folding or crunching
- Winner has at least 5 million points crunching or folding for TPU by the end of the challenge
- Shipping terms TBD upon award of prize

Details:
- Asus GTX Titan
- EK GTX Titan waterblock and backplate

The winner of the GTX Titan will need to declare that he/she will dedicate a minimum of 12 months folding or crunching for TPU on the card.

Other prizes
*Note-If anyone is interested in donating a prize- please contact me

Hardware/Software Prizes
- Sentey Revolution Pro mouse - provided by sneekypete*
- Enermax Liqtech 120S AIO cooler- provided by sneekypete*
-Thermaltake esports Challenger Pro keyboard provided by stinger608*
- Buffalo MiniStation Extreme 1TB provided by AthlonX2*
- Vantec NexStar WiFi enclosure provided by AthlonX2*
- LaCie Fuel 1TB provided by AthlonX2*
- $25 PayPal gift - provided by mx500torid
- $25 PayPal gift - provided by Bow
- $25 PayPal gift (x2) - provided by Norton
- $20 PayPal gift - provided by fullinfusion
- Cooler Master 212+ cpu cooler - provided by ThE_MaD_ShOt*
- Nvidia 8800GTS gpu - provided by ThE_MaD_ShOt*
Additional prizes TBA

*available to Team members in the USA (Canada/Mexico if extra shipping is paid)- shipping would be too difficult otherwise

Game giveaway- hosted by manofthem
Link: TBA
Game Giveaway info:
Games
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Alpha Prime - @james888
ARMA 2: Combined Operations - @Bow
Awesomenauts - @james888
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - @Vinska
Crysis 2
Daylight
Dead Space
Empire Total War - @james888
Fish Fillets - @james888
Killing Floor - @Vinska
LA Noire
Max Payne 3
Natural Selection 2 - @Vinska
Payday 2 (x2) - @Vinska
Sanctum 2 - @james888
Shadow Warrior - @Vinska
Splinter Cell Blacklist - @adulaamin
Take on Helicopters - @james888
UFO: Afterlight - @james888
The Walking Dead - @Arjai
Wanderlust - @james888

Spoiler: Grand Prizes

Grand Prizes

Dark Souls 2
Wolfenstein: The New Order* - @Vinska

Spoiler: Grand Prizes

* cannot be activated in Germany and Austria due to Nazi references

*Game giveaway ends TBA so check it out/get your votes in ASAP!!!
Requirements/terms to qualify for a prize:
* in order for your name to be drawn- you would need to be a member of this forum also (we will draw according to forum name so please post if WCG name is different)
- Participate for the duration of the TechPowerUp 10th Birthday Challenge
- Earn a minimum of 5,000 BOINC points for Team WCG-TPU during the Qualifying period (see below)
- Qualifying period ends when all participants reach 5,000 BOINC points or 5/30/2014 (whichever comes 1st)
- Winners will be chosen randomly at the end of the qualifying period.
- Participation in the Game giveaway will require that you are actively crunching during this Challenge
Special Requirements for GTX Titan giveaway
- will require crunching and folding during the challenge at the Top 20 level in either crunching or folding
- a special drawing will be held requiring opt in
- winner will need to be a current TPU cruncher or folder as of 5/1/2014
- additional details TBA
How Random Winners Will be Drawn (see below):

Spoiler: Random Drawing system provided by the theonedub

To ensure everyone gets a fair shake and to minimize any potential conflict of interest while maintaining the highest level of transparency- I have drafted a new way to draw winners. The system uses (3) members and works as follows:

Originally Posted by The System
Member 1: This member creates a list of all qualified participants usernames. This list is sent to Member 2.
Member 2: Using the list of names, Member 2 will assign each entrant a unique number. A list of the usernames with the unique numbers is sent back to Person 1. The list of just the random numbers is sent to Member 3.
Member 3: Member 3 has a list of just numbers. They use Random.Org or whatever random system to select which number wins a given prize. The list of winning numbers and the associated prize is then sent back to Member 1.
Member 1: Using the lists, Member 1 ‘decodes’ the winning numbers into the winning usernames and posts the results.
The lists are sent as Private Messages through the forum. This establishes an electronic record of everything while also preventing alterations of lists after the drawing.
When the winning usernames are posted by Member 1, Member 2 can verify that the number belongs to the correct username and Member 3 verifies that the number was actually pulled as a winner.

The system makes sure that there is no bias or other favoritism at play when winners are drawn. Winners are drawn based on a random number instead of usernames- where a possibility exists to redraw if that person doesn’t like who won, draw a friend, draw themselves, pass on new members, or skip doing a random drawing all together.
My hope is that this will alleviate any concerns about drawings and their legitimacy. If it works smoothly, I would like to see this become the new standard when conducting giveaways that have prizes donated by the community.
If there are any questions about this system, drop me a PM.

Note(s):
- If for some reason you cannot participate at the start of the Challenge you may still qualify for the prizes, PM me to discuss your situation and we'll make those decisions on an individual basis
Challenge Participants:
*WCG user name in () if different from TPU user name
list pending...
Prize winners:

 

[manofthem]

Wihoo, this is going to be one Epic Challenge!



Game Giveaway info:

Games
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Alpha Prime - @james888
ARMA 2: Combined Operations - @Bow
Awesomenauts - @james888
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - @Vinska
Crysis 2
Daylight
Dead Space
Empire Total War - @james888
Fish Fillets - @james888
Killing Floor - @Vinska
LA Noire
Max Payne 3
Natural Selection 2 - @Vinska
Payday 2 (x2) - @Vinska
Sanctum 2 - @james888
Shadow Warrior - @Vinska
Splinter Cell Blacklist - @adulaamin
Take on Helicopters - @james888
UFO: Afterlight - @james888
The Walking Dead - @Arjai
Wanderlust - @james888

Spoiler: Grand Prizes

Grand Prizes

Dark Souls 2
Wolfenstein: The New Order - @Vinska

 

[Arjai]

LET'S DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Norton]

Front page request has been submitted and the prize post should be finished up by tomorrow night

 

[15th Warlock]

Happy birthday TPU!

Count me in!

 

[fullinfusion]

im in like a dirty............. ahem Yup im in

 

[TRWOV]

Will make a nice stress test for the new 8320 before deployment.

Count me in for everything except the crunching rigs.

 

[Peter1986C]

Count me in for the challenge, but not for any hw prizes.

 

[Durvelle27]

i/m in

 

[AlienIsGOD]

My rigs have had a long enough rest, I'm in and will start them up in the next day or two.

 

[Bow]

I'm all in,

 

[Ja.KooLit]

I am all in in! and ready

 

[stinger608]

As I said before; you can count me in.

 

[Bow]

I have a Pentium G850 PC at work I can add if its worth it, also my phone LG-G2 and a kindle Fire HD. If I can crunch on any of them I will set them up.

Both my other rigs are Crunching 24/7.

 

[Durvelle27]

I have a Pentium G850 PC at work I can add if its worth it, also my phone LG-G2 and a kindle Fire HD. If I can crunch on any of them I will set them up.

Both my other rigs are Crunching 24/7.

I just downloaded WCG on my LG G2. Hopefully the quad can produce

 

[T-Bob]

I'm in all the way. Already have 4 systems and 2 laptops spooled-up.

 

[brandonwh64]

Im in on this one! I had a scare at work today with my cooler almost crapping out but I should be getting numbers in like usual!

 

[t_ski]

Never stopped crunching, so I'm in by default

 

[Durvelle27]

Never stopped crunching, so I'm in by default

lol same here

 

[manofthem]

I just threw the game list into post #3 in this thread, so it'll be right under Norton's post #2 that will show all the main prizes.

I added in @adulaamin's donation, which I had forgotten yesterday: Splinter Cell Blacklist!

 

[adulaamin]

I just threw the game list into post #3 in this thread, so it'll be right under Norton's post #2 that will show all the main prizes.

I added in @adulaamin's donation, which I had forgotten yesterday: Splinter Cell Blacklist!

It's a small contribution to a community I've learned so much from.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Planning to do this on my AMD APU laptop. How do I get it setup?

 

[Norton]

Planning to do this on my AMD APU laptop. How do I get it setup?

Can a Team member assist? I'm at work and my time is limited atm

Will give you a hand this evening if you still need it and will add in a quick "how to get started" in the OP as well

Thanks for your interest!

 

[manofthem]

Planning to do this on my AMD APU laptop. How do I get it setup?

Create an account here:
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/reg/viewRegister.do?teamID=S8TLJ6TFV1
(automatically registers you under team TPU)

Download BOINC:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php



While/After creating your profile on WCG, ensure you're team is TPU, and you can choose which projects you wish to participate in, or you can choose all projects.

After installing BOINC,choose "world community grid" and sign into your profile, and that will connect to WCG and down load the WU's for your respective projects.

Use FreeDC to track stats, like ppd, Stones, pie
http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=team&proj=bwcg&team=22175&sort=today

There's also a sticky here with more info and pics:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/how-to-getting-boinc-setup-for-wcg.93395/

That should be pretty close. If you have issues, let us know.