TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[p_o_s_pc]

That's sure nicer than the dedicated laptop I have crunching (PentM 1.4ghz)

Awesome, keep us posted!

I see yours

What do you use daily?

Never fear, I have more coming

@bold: most of the time i use my zune or my lappy. But i have really cut back on how much time i spend on the computer.
@Underlined As do i my b-day is next month and x-mas is coming soon so that means more hardware(most likely but is subject to change)

 

[[Ion]]

I should have the C2Q coming this weekend, the i7 going 24/7 for WCG + FAH, and then my old PhII X4 going part-time.

And then whatever I can get going @ work

 

[Phxprovost]

Are they all crunching 24/7 and 100% CPU load? Cause you should be around ~4-4.3k w/ that

My rig has been happily crunching away @ 100% across all cores for about a week now*except that day wcg was down and i ran out of work *.
The atom is my htpc but no one has used it for months, so its sits there happily crunching away @100%.
then my roommate has a rig with almost matching stats, crunching @100% except for when he uses it but he never does so its crunching away for all but maybe 2 hours a day
my rig is crunching on ubuntu, might that have something to do with it?

 

[[Ion]]

It might, I get better PPD in Win7 that Ubuntu. Mind posting your WUs/Runtime/Points for at least a week from each rig?

 

[theonedub]

I still think that 75k/28days is too much, because that rules out members just folding on a C2Q or PhII X4 or even an X6 or i7 only part of the time. Not everyone has an i7 that they can leave going 24/7

Don't have to tell me that, I started on an E2140 and I crunched that thing 24/7 too I just agree with W1zzard in that the badge should be for those who are continuously dedicated to the project. 14k/28days can be met by anyone. I'll agree than 50k/28 is more reasonable and is a good compromise between the two extremes.

 

[[Ion]]

I guess 50k/28 would be OK, that's not quite 2k PPD so it should be fine....I just don't want to disqualify many dedicated members

 

[Phxprovost]

It might, I get better PPD in Win7 that Ubuntu. Mind posting your WUs/Runtime/Points for at least a week from each rig?

is this what you mean?

 

[p_o_s_pc]

I should have the C2Q coming this weekend, the i7 going 24/7 for WCG + FAH, and then my old PhII X4 going part-time.

And then whatever I can get going @ work

looks like your going to be able to pass me. i think i have my choice made for me. Spend the money on crunching power. (maybe grab a couple PII's or AII's and a cheap board as a X-max and b-day gift)

 

[[Ion]]

is this what you mean?
http://img.techpowerup.org/101019/wu.jpg

Click on the names of each system from that page

looks like your going to be able to pass me. i think i have my choice made for me. Spend the money on crunching power. (maybe grab a couple PII's or AII's and a cheap board as a X-max and b-day gift)

That would be cool

I'm really a bit pissed I'm only allowed to have 1 rig...I'd really like to have an AII X4 or similar as well

EDIT: My PentM ran out of work (came disconnected from the WiFi again), and since I don't check on it much, I decided to just set it to buffer 8 days of work (instead of 2 days), so this shouldn't happen again in the future

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Click on the names of each system from that page


That would be cool

I'm really a bit pissed I'm only allowed to have 1 rig...I'd really like to have an AII X4 or similar as well

I think having 2 Athlon II X4's or a PII x4 along side of my i7 would be some nice PPD. Keep in mind that i would settle for no less then 3.4ghz on the X4's

here is what i have in mind
AII X4 + my old Gigabyte GA-m61p-S3
AII x4 OR PII 940 + buy a Gigabyte MA785GM-US2H

that would make for some cheap crunchers. I could use lappy HDD's or use some 4gb Flash drives(run Linux off a flash drive) i would have some cheap efficient dedicated crunchers
I think a 400-500w PSU would be just fine for one of them and possibly a video card later,would you agree?

 

[[Ion]]

The GA-785GM-US2H isn't bad, I got 3.8ghz on my X4 955 w/ it

Linux would definitely work, I had the PentM running on a 4GB flash drive for the first week...couldn't be bothered to install a HDD

400w would be well more than enough, I had a CX400w that ran an OCed C2Q & 9600GSO SLI folding

You should be able to run a GTX460 & an OCed X4 on a VX450w without issue

 

[p_o_s_pc]

I have ran a couple crunchers on Linux but i didn't like it that much because i couldn't connect remotely to them(there maybe a way to set it up but i am a noob at Linux) but if i only run them on a flash drive i don't see any point in connecting remotely i could just grab out the old CRT and use it to keep an eye on them once a week or so.

as for the PSU i was thinking of a Corsair,Seasonic or Antec (possibly a FSP or Silverstone) but no matter what i pick it will be from a quality brand

on another note does anyone know how a Tt V1 would cool a Athlon II x4? Also what about the Xiggy S1283 on a Athlon II x4?
I have both of them and would be putting both to use.

 

[[Ion]]

Any would be fine, I ran my X4 955 @ 3.5 on a HDT-S963

I'll gladly show you how to remote into Linux systems if you want, it's pretty easy

 

[theonedub]

I had a Dark Knight on an Athlon 645 @ 3.4ish and it was ICY. Perfect match.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Any would be fine, I ran my X4 955 @ 3.5 on a HDT-S963

I'll gladly show you how to remote into Linux systems if you want, it's pretty easy

can you do it from a Windows based rig? (read could i connect to the Linux rigs from my i7 that is on windows 7?)

also if i do go with Linux i will be sure to ask you to show me how to

I had a Dark Knight on an Athlon 645 @ 3.4ish and it was ICY. Perfect match.

thanks for the info. The dark knight and s1283 are really close so i'm sure it would handle it just fine then.

IIRC the V1 was alittle worse then the s1283 but wasn't bad still. So it seems that the higher clocking one will get the s1283 and the lower clocking one will get the v1.lower clock so less heat,I'm not willing to pump really high voltage into a "weaker" chip to get it to the same clocks as the other one. My goal is to keep voltage <=1.4v

 

[[Ion]]

Yeah...you can always SSH in to check if they're still all crunching (from PuTTY) or use a VNC client...both are pretty easy

I'll gladly assist if you want

EDIT: My C2 X4 955 would get up to 1.62ghz on 1.4v, so even an older Deneb X4 should do 3.4 or 3.5ghz easy on those voltages

 

[p_o_s_pc]

so could someone tell me how much of a difference a Phenom II X4 810 would be vs a Athlon II X4 620 at the SAME CLOCK SPEED?

 

[[Ion]]

I'd say very little. From what I've seen, L3 cache doesn't really make much of a difference. I'd just go for whatever's cheaper. Maybe ~3% tops?

 

[p_o_s_pc]

how does this look for a start?

I would have the following setups if i bought that stuff and used what i have already

cruncher 1
Athlon II X4 620
Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3
Tt V1
512mb DDR2
350w Antec Smart power 2.0
4gb Flash drive+Linux
Dynapower Blackwidow case

Cruncher 2
Athlon II X4 620
Gigabyte MA-785GM-US2H
Xiggy s1283
512mb DDR2
Seasonic 350w
4gb Flash drive+Linux
the chopped up Antec 300 (wouldn't be using any HDD so wouldn't matter)

 

[[Ion]]

Mostly good. Stay away from OCZ. I bought that flash drive, it died a month later. OCZ wouldn't RMA it because I didn't have the packaging. I told them that I would do everything within my power to keep people from buying OCZ products in the future. So, please, but something else

Other than that, it's a lot of crunching power for not a lot of money

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Mostly good. Stay away from OCZ. I bought that flash drive, it died a month later. OCZ wouldn't RMA it because I didn't have the packaging. I told them that I would do everything within my power to keep people from buying OCZ products in the future. So, please, but something else

Other than that, it's a lot of crunching power for not a lot of money

how about i just go to a local store around here and buy a couple more HP flash drives like the one i have been using? It has decent speed and seems reliable (been using it for ~2years)

 

[[Ion]]

That would be a capital plan

I have a Kingston that I use for day-to-day stuff, my PentM actually ran Ubuntu off of a 1GB generic for a while. It didn't have enough space for a persistence file, so it was read-only, but still crunched.

Corsair, Kingston, Patriot, are all good, but stay away from OCZ please :shadedshu

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Next weekend i am going to get the x4 9500 taken care of. I need to figure out the problem with it. I think now it is a network problem but i don't have it my house so can only deal with it when i'm there.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Next weekend i am going to get the x4 9500 taken care of. I need to figure out the problem with it. I think now it is a network problem but i don't have it my house so can only deal with it when i'm there.

Good luck with that dude.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Good luck with that dude.

thanks. It would be nice to get the extra PPD from it.
I know it isn't all about numbers it's about helping but i once again am getting sucked into the number game.

Also opinions needed
should i try and build a used i7 rig (920/930 or 860/870) OR go with the 2 Athlon II X4's?
I know the 1 i7 rig would be alot easier to manage and on space but not sure about the output and the price.