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[biffzinker]

Ordered an new (and larger) drive.

Don’t forget to leave a post in this thread.

What's your latest tech purchase?

Bought something and would like to share? put it here :) I have bought a cheap replacement for my broken headset this morning from Ebay (Tesco outlet) TurtleBeach X12. Will replace my Logitech G230's since the connection to the right speaker is completely busted. Quite happy with the price...

www.techpowerup.com

 

[NastyHabits]

Part Two of my sad saga. I got a notice last night at 9:17 PM that my order of a replacement drive was delivered at 8:12 PM. Of course it was not there. They either delivered it to the wrong address or it got stolen. They could have at least rang my doorbell.

This is the last time I chose the low cost delivery option. (I put in a ticket to the seller - NewEgg.)

 

[windwhirl]

Part Two of my sad saga. I got a notice last night at 9:17 PM that my order of a replacement drive was delivered at 8:12 PM. Of course it was not there. They either delivered it to the wrong address or it got stolen. They could have at least rang my doorbell.

This is the last time I chose the low cost delivery option. (I put in a ticket to the seller - NewEgg.)

I can almost feel your pain. Almost, because I'm actually avoiding the purchase of a new hard drive since I don't think the delivery will go well. Either the package will get "lost", or I'll get the wrong product, or I luck out and a bunch of brutes will be in charge of transporting it (the kind of guys that grab a box and just throw it around and pile a bunch of heavy stuff on top of it regardless of whatever it may be inside). Not risking it and not bothering with all the potential drama and headaches it might bring along.

 

[biffzinker]

I usually buy my HDDs locally to prevent rough handling of package through delivery unless it’s a SSD.

 

[NastyHabits]

@windwhirl I hear you. I've decided from now on I am going to order computer parts from BestBuy for "Pick up at store". It will take a bit longer, but at least I'll get what I ordered. I'm waiting to hear from Newegg before I proceed.

 

[windwhirl]

I usually buy my HDDs locally to prevent rough handling of package through delivery unless it’s a SSD.

I'd do the same, but the high capacity drives I'm looking for (8 TB or more) are sold in three or four stores only across the country. Thankfully, all of them are in Buenos Aires, buuuuuut... all of them are only offering delivery, no pick up at store, so for now I'm just gonna have to wing it and WinRAR the crap out of everything or get creative with how everything is distributed. It's less stressing than worrying about how the drive was handled and the long-term repercussions of that handling.

To be fair, though, I'm just interested in getting a new drive for the extra capacity. It's unlikely that my current drives will fail anytime soon, if SMART is to be believed.

 

[phill]

Please do keep us posted @NastyHabits I hope you have an easy fix for this! Some of the places my parcels have been left is unreal it's amazing to think couriers or the postal service think it's ok to leave things in the places they do...

 

[mstenholm]

Core22 0.0.13 is out. It adds cuda support and cuts a lot in TPF. I assume that some might consider their OC. My 2070 super downloaded the core automatically. I started my 2x2060 Linux machine and lost 60% PPD compared to last week. That one was still on 22.0.0.11. I copied the 22.0.0.13 to this machine and restarted. It‘s now running the 13 version but the PPD is still low (13434 and 17403). Strange. I removed the beta flag for further testing tomorrow when these to WU are completed. 13435 is sweet on the 2070 super, around 3M.

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[windwhirl]

13434 is a COVID Moonshot project. Moonshot WUs seem to be low score ones, or at least it seemed so when I got a few ones a while back (keep in mind that I fold with a RX 580, so low scoring may be exacerbated even more in my case)

 

[phill]

I've had a few very low point WU's of late and then there was one last night on my 1080 Ti, that was giving me 400000 points for 4 hours work.. Has anyone else had or seen anything like this??

 

[mstenholm]

I've had a few very low point WU's of late and then there was one last night on my 1080 Ti, that was giving me 400000 points for 4 hours work.. Has anyone else had or seen anything like this??

450k, 3M PPD, 13435 so yes. @XZero450 had a few as well on his 2070 super. Running 4 in one rig lower the PPD slightly but I saw a 430K. Do you run HFM then you can back track the WU. My 2070 is running under Linux but I use https://apps.foldingathome.org/cpu from time to time and http://www.linuxforge.net/bonuscalc2.php to calculate PPD.

 

[phill]

I just read off what the FAH Client tells me to be honest @mstenholm I don't worry about how much I do, just that if the suns out, the 1080 Ti's are working lol If I can make a million points in a day for 8 hours or so, I'm happy with that as I don't run the FAH much compared to the WCG

 

[debs3759]

Weather has got cold enough here to start folding for the heat output again. Cheaper to heat the area where I sit than to put the heating on for the whole bungalow

Hoping to buy an RTX 3080 before winter - more heat output than the RX 570 I'm currently folding on, and an order of magnitude (maybe 10 x ?) more work done.

Currently looking at around 300K ppd. Might start folding on the GTX 1060 as well, that should double my output until I get the 3080.

 

[NastyHabits]

I finally was able to get my Folding and Crunching PC back on line. I replaced the failed secondary 2 TB drive with a 4TB WD Purple drive. Because the original drive had bad sectors I couldn't clone it. I had to manually copy the files. It took many hours. This also gave me a chance to thoroughly clean the case, and the registry! I removed tons of irrelevant entries. It boots much faster now.

I also solved a long standing error. When I reboot the PC I get a fan error, and need to enter the BIOS and manually boot it. It turns out while the CPU cooler fans have PWM connectors, they aren't PWM fans. I won't throw the manufacturer under the bus since I'm sure it's corrected by now. Anyone have a recommendation for a quiet but powerful fan?

 

[windwhirl]

I also solved a long standing error. When I reboot the PC I get a fan error, and need to enter the BIOS and manually boot it. It turns out while the CPU cooler fans have PWM connectors, they aren't PWM fans.

My lack of interest in serious overclocking may be showing with this comment I'm about to make, but why can't you just set the fans with the voltage/DC option and leave it at that?

 

[NastyHabits]

My lack of interest in serious overclocking may be showing with this comment I'm about to make, but why can't you just set the fans with the voltage/DC option and leave it at that?

@windwhirl I don't overclock either. I've tried various solutions, but it seems the motherboard wants a PWM fan. I don't mind replacing the fans, except for my case is kinda small.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Anyone have a recommendation for a quiet but powerful fan?

Aren't you asking: "What fans other than Noctua would you recommend"?
Well:
EK Vardar , but they're even more expensive than Noctuas
FD fans have worked well for me
Arctic P12 PWM PST would be my choice though. Comes with a 10 year warranty!

 

[NastyHabits]

Aren't you asking: "What fans other than Noctua would you recommend"?
Well:
EK Vardar , but they're even more expensive than Noctuas
FD fans have worked well for me
Arctic P12 PWM PST would be my choice though. Comes with a 10 year warranty!

I've decided on Nocuta fans. I know they aren't cheap, but I've had good luck with them, and they work well.

 

[debs3759]

Good choice. I use Noctua coolers as much as possible - got 5 x NH-D14 and 1 x NH-D15 for CPUs, and more fans.

 

[bubbleawsome]

Looks like CUDA is now supported

Together we are Even More Powerful: GPU folding gets a powerup with NVIDIA CUDA support! – Folding@home

foldingathome.org

 

[mstenholm]

Looks like CUDA is now supported

Together we are Even More Powerful: GPU folding gets a powerup with NVIDIA CUDA support! – Folding@home

foldingathome.org

Yes there are a few projects running core22.0.0.13. I can see a decent increase in PPD for little or no increase in electricity consumption on my 2070 and 2070 Super.

 

[windwhirl]

Nice! Definitely taking this into consideration for when I start hunting down a new GPU

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Nice! Definitely taking this into consideration for when I start hunting down a new GPU

Even though F@H started on ATI (AMD) GPU's, Nvidia has been the better choice for F@H for, well, forever in terms of PPD/watt. Now that CUDA is supported again, Nvidia seems to be the only choice if F@H is the primary consideration.

 

[mstenholm]

Nice! Definitely taking this into consideration for when I start hunting down a new GPU

2.5M for the 2070/Windows (90% power limit) and 3M for the Super/Linux (stock) both around 180-200W up from 1.5-1-8 and 2.4M at best

 

[Flanker]

Hmmm looks like there are issues for CUDA support that needs to be ironed out. Got an error creating CUDA context on a 2060 with latest drivers

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:Project: 13426 (Run 6077, Clone 27, Gen 1)

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:Unit: 0x0000000212bc7d9a5f664ff548a310e4

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:Reading tar file core.xml

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:Reading tar file integrator.xml

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:Reading tar file state.xml.bz2

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:Reading tar file system.xml.bz2

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:Digital signatures verified

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:Folding@home GPU Core22 Folding@home Core

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:Version 0.0.13

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:  Checkpoint write interval: 50000 steps (5%) [20 total]

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:  JSON viewer frame write interval: 10000 steps (1%) [100 total]

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:  XTC frame write interval: 250000 steps (25%) [4 total]

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:  Global context and integrator variables write interval: 25000 steps (2.5%) [40 total]

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:There are 4 platforms available.

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:Platform 0: Reference

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:Platform 1: CPU

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:Platform 2: OpenCL

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:  opencl-device 0 specified

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:Platform 3: CUDA

23:20:31:WU00:FS01:0x22:  cuda-device 0 specified

23:20:38:WU00:FS01:0x22:Attempting to create CUDA context:

23:20:38:WU00:FS01:0x22:  Configuring platform CUDA

23:20:38:WU00:FS01:0x22:Failed to create CUDA context:

23:20:38:WU00:FS01:0x22:Error loading CUDA module: CUDA_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND (301)

23:20:38:WU00:FS01:0x22:Attempting to create OpenCL context:

23:20:38:WU00:FS01:0x22:  Configuring platform OpenCL

23:20:42:WU00:FS01:0x22:  Using OpenCL on platformId 0 and gpu 0

23:20:42:WU00:FS01:0x22:Completed 0 out of 1000000 steps (0%)

23:20:43:WU00:FS01:0x22:Checkpoint completed at step 0