TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[Arjai]

Well, this board should do it, and more!

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...&cm_re=am2_motherboard-_-13-157-581-_-Product

If I do that, gonna need another case!! w/ PSU, HDD, Memory...

I will put that on the back burner, I need to get the new APU going before I launch into more old stuff!!

 

[thebluebumblebee]

@Arjai , IMHO, you'd be so much better off spending your money on something like:
Dell Optiplex 390 Intel Core i5 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD - $149
Or go donate some time at FreeGeek.

 

[Arjai]

Good find @thebluebumblebee ! I am going to go pick it up on Tuesday.

I was heading there, a few minutes ago, on my Motorcycle. About 10 minutes in, I looked up at the sky. I was travelling West and was heading into a rain storm. So, I turned around. I sent him an e-mail that I will be by on Tuesday, weather permitting. That is the next time the store is open.

I hate riding in the rain, nerve racking, and I don't want to strap a computer to the bike and have to ride home with it unprotected. So, it will have to wait. Until then, I might as well tear apart the Twilyth Cruncher and prepare it for the next box...still undecided but, will probably pull the plug tonight.

Thanks, again! Not sure how you found that so quick but, awesome find!

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Good find @thebluebumblebee ! I am going to go pick it up on Tuesday.

I was heading there, a few minutes ago, on my Motorcycle. About 10 minutes in, I looked up at the sky. I was travelling West and was heading into a rain storm. So, I turned around. I sent him an e-mail that I will be by on Tuesday, weather permitting. That is the next time the store is open.

I hate riding in the rain, nerve racking, and I don't want to strap a computer to the bike and have to ride home with it unprotected. So, it will have to wait. Until then, I might as well tear apart the Twilyth Cruncher and prepare it for the next box...still undecided but, will probably pull the plug tonight.

Thanks, again! Not sure how you found that so quick but, awesome find!

Thanks, but understand that it's a SFF case if you were thinking of putting a GPU in it. If it's just for crunching, those are great. [ION] had several of them when he started.

 

[Arjai]

That's what it will be used for! I have the Twilyth APU 6700 that I am considering a gpu for. It should be strong enough to be a part time gaming machine.

The 7850 and e8600 in Karen are both beginning to become long in the tooth. I would like to someday play a AAA and it's not gonna be on that. The APU and a 290 will probably do just fine on most everything @ 1080.

 

[jboydgolfer]

I Own an OptiPlex 7010 also SFF. It's actually a pretty damn good gaming PC. Just install a LP gtx1050 ti, or 750ti & your off. Those two are the most power you're going to get without needing power( & from 1st hand experience it handles 1080p at reasonable settings just fine) ,aside from what the PCIEX16 Lane provides. It came with two sticks of ram (8gb) but I happened to have two other sticks that I just ripped the heat spreaders off of,and installed they work great( there's no room for heat spreaders in the case with 4 inches depth ) . As far as crunching goes I've had it run for a couple days straight and it really doesn't generate any heat at all ,the one I have has a i5 3570 iirc. And they're really low power which is nice

 

[Arjai]

This one is a 2400, 95W at 3.1MHz turbo 3.4?

Like I said earlier, it will be a cruncher. The APU will be the part time gamer. I will have to learn a bit. I have not tried to use Steam on any Linux machines yet. Should be interesting, to say the least.

 

[jboydgolfer]

Yeah i saw that its purpose will mainly be crunching, just mentioning that you can get some relatively decent gaming going w/ the right gpu choice if you find you want to at some point

 

[Arjai]

Pulled the plug after lot's of debating with myself and my needs vs. wants.

This is what I went with,

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0148P0EYO/?tag=tec06d-20

Thank You EVERYONE for your help!!

It made for an agonizing decision!! However, I know have more knowledge of what is good and bad w/ low cost and mid-range boxes. Also, I got to learn a little bit about fans, bonus!

SilverStone KL06, was the best compromise between price, quality, design and my wants. It was a tough decision.

The Fractal Define S was the one that got me all twisted, but, price and no optical drive, knocked it off the top spot.

I will own one, just not this time around.

 

[manofthem]

I've been a little absent lately so I may have missed any headsup about SCC.

Just noticed that my main rig is fresh out of SCC, and it was only crunching on 2 HST wus. Added another project back into the mix, and now I have to check my other 2 rigs, too.

It was such a lonely sight

 

[Caring1]

I've been a little absent lately so I may have missed any headsup about SCC.

Just noticed that my main rig is fresh out of SCC, and it was only crunching on 2 HST wus. Added another project back into the mix, and now I have to check my other 2 rigs, too.

It was such a lonely sight

Now that you mention it, I'm out of SCC too, I haven't heard anything about it ending yet.

 

[manofthem]

Now that you mention it, I'm out of SCC too, I haven't heard anything about it ending yet.

WCG site shows it ending. I knew it was getting close, but lately I've been so wrapped up that I forgot about it completely. Perhaps they'll extend the project as they did before?

Additionally, eaerlier this morning before heading out, I added FAAH2 thinking it would get me crunching back to 100% but I only got 1 wu. Added MCM after getting home, and finally back up running strong!

 

[thebluebumblebee]

There's more work coming for SSC: https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewpostinthread?post=544623

 

[manofthem]

There's more work coming for SSC: https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewpostinthread?post=544623

Good find, thanks for sharing. I'm very much looking forward to that!

 

[twilyth]

Seems like there might be issues though. That was on the 12th which is almost a week ago and they said something like 'a few days.'

 

[Arjai]

Well, Looks like I am going to have to retire the P4, from crunching. Maybe keep it for a web surfer/ linux educator but, Power to BOINC output is no good.

I am pretty sure this system is pulling close to a hundred Watts. It averages less than 900 ppd.

I am gonna replace it today with one of the SFF i3's I got from work. Except, I need a power cord for it! OOPS! forgot about that...

I do have the MotherShip, a desktop i3...I will get that up and running today, instead.

Then Tuesday, the i5 2400 Dell, I will pickup. I believe that will be 8 logical cores, on it's own.

So, by Tuesday, I will gain 9 jobs a day for 14 logical cores, all running 2MHz or better(my Lap Top being the new weakling!).



Then, once I find the Power Cords, or buy 'em, I have...had to look, 2 of them. Oh, and guess what I did?

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I found the power cords!! So, 4 more, not sure if these i3's have hyper threads. If so, bonus!

Gotta run an errand, been trying to get parts together to install a windshield on my motorcycle. I may be down to the last little bit. If so, I might just spend some time doing that, then get those comps up and crunching! Yea, that's the plan!

See you on the daily list, soon!

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OK, did a little close up looks at these i3's I have from work. They are each i3 2120's 4 logical cores, 65W 3.3Mhz CPU's.

I got them out of the garbage bin. I feel like I just won, IDK, something!

6 cores 12 threads. I can smell the Pie.

OK, went and got, what I hope, is the last piece of the windshield puzzle. But, since it looks like it is gonna rain...

I am gonna start with the MotherShip, gonna load up Mint then, Boinc. But first, I have to wait for the updates to finish on the P4. Then shut her down, I have already removed WCG from BOINC. gonna leave it on there for the extra 800-900, points it gets, during challenges.

After the Mothership, it will be the other two i3's, "Lower Bay" and "Bay One". They are being named after their former positions, at the shop.

Hopefully, if it goes smoothly, I will have the 6 cores and 6 threads up and running tonight. It involves some re-arranging of the shelves but, I think that will be the easy part!

Wish me Luck!

edit. Looks like the two smaller boxes will be "Bay Two" and "Lower Bay"...Bay one was the one that was trashed? or, maybe it is just hidden here in the debris! Damn I need to clean!!

 

[thebluebumblebee]

the i5 2400 Dell, I will pickup. I believe that will be 8 logical cores, on it's own.

4 cores, 4 threads

 

[Norton]

@Arjai I merged your last 3 posts- please try to avoid double/triple posting as it's against forum rules to do so

 

[manofthem]

Seems like there might be issues though. That was on the 12th which is almost a week ago and they said something like 'a few days.'

Yeah guess we'll have to see what happens. If contributors from one project is sharing some info/data with those of another, it may take longer to work things out. We'll see

I haven't been to look over the WCG forums yet but maybe they'll drop a line there shortly.

 

[Arjai]

Mothership. One down.

BayTwo complete!

LowerBay "System Sealed!" LOL, that's the call out we use at work! LOL

Well, 3 for 3 and time for some dindin. I'm hungry!

 

[Norton]

Mothership. One down.

P.S. your Teamviewer ID is visible in the pic

 

[Arjai]

P.S. your Teamviewer ID is visible in the pic

But, wouldn't one need the password to access?

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

But, wouldn't one need the password to access?

Just giving people a headstart then
Not me obv im not skilled in that kinda hash ing.

 

[Arjai]

No issues but, The MotherShip is sounding like she made need a need HDD, before too long. "TickTick, pause, Tick" repeat.

So, list of needs, at this point.
HDD and/or SSD for TwilythCruncher ( thinking I may get a new 500GB for the LappyTop and give Twilyth the one in here and the HDD from this Lappytop)
HDD for Mothership
PSU for Karen
HDMI 6foot cable for TwilythCruncher

Waiting on CPU for MaDcRuNcHeR
Waiting on new case for TwilythCruncher
Tuesday, pick up the i5 Cruncher, gotta get a name for that one.

Right now, 8 cores and 8 threads.

In the works 10 cores and 10 threads, more.
Just a matter of time.

EDIT, oh and my phone is churning them out each night, also!
Edit #2, Karen will be 2 more cores and threads! almost forgot!

 

[Arjai]

OK, so, not so good news on the MotherShip.
A few moments ago, the fans all went MAX and it dropped contact via Teamviewer.

So, rebooted and got 4 beeps and 4 blinks from the power led a pause and repeat.

Tested each ram stick in each slot. Disconnected optical and hdd. Unplugged and did a 15 second power button push.

Hp says something about the graphics card. It doesn't have a graphics card, it's embedded!

It turns on, maxes out the fans, for a second, then beeps and flashes 4 times....over and over and over, each time.

I think next it is pull the cpu and re-seat it. It's the only thing that makes any sense to me. It did get tossed into the dumpster, they all did. So, maybe the big one, the Mothership, landed harder? Loosened it up a bit?

IDK, but here goes!

Seems something is dead. Not sure what, will have to put it off for another day. So, the other 2 seem to be doing fine (crosses fingers). I hope they stay together!