TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[HammerON]

Sent my ASRock X99 motherboard into them for an RMA. We will see how it goes. Hopefully I can get it back and put the E5 2683 v3 CPU back in it to get it up and crunching.
I have to say that I somewhat amazed that after 14 years of building computers that this is the first motherboard I have had to RMA...

 

[jboydgolfer]

Sent my ASRock X99 motherboard into them for an RMA. We will see how it goes. Hopefully I can get it back and put the E5 2683 v3 CPU back in it to get it up and crunching.
I have to say that I somewhat amazed that after 14 years of building computers that this is the first motherboard I have had to RMA...

IME (2x) they were fast & fair. Definitely one of the better companies I've had experiences regarding RMA with. None of that "lets try to find a scratch BS, so we can claim physical damage and refuse rma crap you hear about with some companies

 

[HammerON]

Good to know!

 

[manofthem]

While I'm awaiting my nephew to increase his school grades I've been intending to use my old set up 4790 to run BOINC, sadly it was overheating to tjmax, into the 90's on stock intel HSF I ordered a replacement but in the meantime I tried a different route and the results have been extremely impressive.

You can see how bad the TIM had dried under the IHS, replaced with LM, and dropped near 30c!!! .Now the proper heat sink that's on its way to my house will easily handle whatever my nephew throws at this computer, as well as whatever WCG can put it through.

Very sweet! That's quite a hefty drop in temperatures, so definitely worth it.

Makes me want to revisit delidding mine again... What is that you used? Looks safer than my hammer, wood, and vice method.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Aqua Computer and Rockit Delidding Tools tested on Core i7-7700K Review

 

[jboydgolfer]

What is that you used?

the tool does all the work for deliddiing and relidding centering the IHS, i added a tiny drop of Liquid metal on the chip, put a small spot of RTV on each of the 4 corners, let it set for 2 hours, in the delidding tool/vice, installed it, Boom , done.
rockit88 delidding/relidding tool

Conductonaut

RTV

 

[stinger608]

If you were going to use just an automotive sealant @jboydgolfer , I think I would have gone with a high temp type like the red high temp RTV Permatex.
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...gh-temp-red-rtv-silicone-gasket/81160/4610246

 

[jboydgolfer]

I think I would have gone with a high temp type like the red high temp RTV Permatex

i dont intend on this CPU ever running over 230C, after that, whats the point? just like a nuclear bomb that is over so many megatons, after a certain point, you lose the effect into Space, so why go over that point? the one i used reaches 450f or 230c, this CPU will never even reach half that. plus this one was in stock at my local walmart

 

[manofthem]

I wanted to share a few pics of my recent hassle with the 1600x and getting the loop going.


This was before doing anything. I had already installed the rad and fans when putting the build together, but it was running on air for everything.

This was during but towards the end of the effort, after much hassle. Had a few leaks one which was major, and I had a horrible time trying to get the air out of the system. I have some changes planned already for this: I want to add the gpu to the loop, take out the blue thing in the res, maybe change tubing color, and I'd love to be able to change the color of the ram, though I don't know how to do that.

Now I have a question to pose to see if anyone else has experienced anything similar. On this system, I set the profile to FAAH2 and HST only. Since that went into effect and wiped out the old queue, I can no longer download any additional work and build up a queue; it only DLs as many WU's as there are threads. Very weird.

I'm open to any ideas...

 

[Norton]

it only DLs as many WU's as there are threads. Very weird.

This is normal- Once that work has been completed the gates open full and the work will flood back in

 

[jboydgolfer]

I've had this happen and generally what I'll do is either sign out and then sign back in, or restart the computer. You can try force running the benchmark too.

 

[manofthem]

This is normal- Once that work has been completed the gates open full and the work will flood back in

Glad to see it's normal, thank you.

It's been running and it seems to be fine so I'll just let it do its thing. Gotta say, that Mugen cooler must have been a beast because the water cooling gains are minimal

I've had this happen and generally what I'll do is either sign out and then sign back in, or restart the computer. You can try force running the benchmark too.

Haven't rebooted in about 2 days or so, last time after getting everything running fine. I'll give it a try if I need to by tomorrow.

 

[jboydgolfer]

I just fired up my old PC for the first time in a couple days and boinc is set to auto launch @ system boot. All it would do was download 3 work units & the existing ones had expired, so I ran the benchmark ,and then restarted the program and boom there was suddenly 60 work units in my queue

 

[manofthem]

I just fired up my old PC for the first time in a couple days and boinc is set to auto launch @ system boot. All it would do was download 3 work units & the existing ones had expired, so I ran the benchmark ,and then restarted the program and boom there was suddenly 60 work units in my queue

Just tried the benchmark and gave it a minute, nothing changed. Just tried adjusting the profile and adding in additional projects, updating, and then more work was downloaded. No worries, going to let ie crunch an assortment of projects.

 

[jboydgolfer]

Spoiler: preparing the 8600k for some better temps ;)

You can see here, i cheat a little bit . i use a very fine tipped marker, and i mark the corner of the IHS that goes to the corner of the PCB wafer that has that little golden arrow, the one that assists in placement orintation. i find it helps avoid "troubles"

 

[blindfitter]

@manofthem as me being a newby to this sort of thing, I now always read the event log, it can be very helpful. In fact i had similar experience when i changed projects and hadn't saved it to default in the custom named project.

Have you tried SCC on the ryzen? 60-PPHour per thread (linux)

 

[jboydgolfer]

Spoiler: preparing the 8600k for some better temps ;)

You can see here, i cheat a little bit . i use a very fine tipped marker, and i mark the corner of the IHS that goes to the corner of the PCB wafer that has that little golden arrow, the one that assists in placement orintation. i find it helps avoid "troubles"

To anyone who may have been curious, i dropped JUST over 10c under full sustained load its not that the Delidding didnt work, but rather, i got really lucky with my chip out of the box. It hits 5ghz & does it under 80c, now it will do it under 70c. It just always feels better when you drop closer to 20°C But its all icing on the cake (i just wanted more is all )

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Now I have a question to pose to see if anyone else has experienced anything similar. On this system, I set the profile to FAAH2 and HST only. Since that went into effect and wiped out the old queue, I can no longer download any additional work and build up a queue; it only DLs as many WU's as there are threads. Very weird.

I have my Windows systems on an identical profile. Total of 24 threads. I just checked Results Status on WCG and I have exactly 24 "in progress" WU's for FAAH2. That's what I've been seeing for FAAH2, that it only gives you 1 per thread. The only time that I have a FAAH2 WU in the queue is when I happen to get some HSTB WU's.

 

[Arjai]

Did the WU for OET change? I have some on my laptop right now and they are taking 20 + hours to complete. I don't remember any of the WU's doing that for quite some time.

 

[4x4n]

Just posted a X99 combo for sale, will give a discount for current contributors. link

As for OET, I currently have over 7 pages of pending validation wu's. All of them are over 8 hours long, some even 12.

 

[HammerON]

Sent my ASRock X99 motherboard into them for an RMA. We will see how it goes. Hopefully I can get it back and put the E5 2683 v3 CPU back in it to get it up and crunching.
I have to say that I somewhat amazed that after 14 years of building computers that this is the first motherboard I have had to RMA...

Well I received an email from them stating that they got the board yesterday and then today I received another email saying that they are shipping a board back to me via FedEx.
I looked at the RMA status link they provided and it appears I am getting a different board as the serial numbers are different. Looking forward to getting the board and getting the E5 2683 v3 crunching again!

 

[jboydgolfer]

FINALLY got my cooler from SlowEgg, 8&1/2 days to ship a order in 2018 is silly. Anyway, it handles the 4790 perfectly, a great 92mm solution recommended by @Norton.

Notice the rear case fan isnt spinning cuz it gets its temp from the cpu sensor & it only kicks on when needed. Quiet & effective

 

[AlienIsGOD]

added a i7 4770 to the lineup

 

[stinger608]

added a i7 4770 to the lineup

Sweet man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm wondering, this is at you @Norton , who is going to be the first Team TPU member to test out the new X470 motherboard's and new Ryzen's?

Damn, this might be a sweet crunching setup with fairly low wattage!!!!!!!!

 

[4x4n]

I'm going to wait for some reviews to come out, but I'm definitely going to go with a 2700X and X470 board very soon.