TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[phill]

£1100??? that's double the msrp! wtf

EDIT:
I just read some random dodgy Japanese chatroom and... uh.
Im not sure I can do this ... they already planning things like sleeping infront of the shop or which shop may allow some undertable arrangements.
dang, they are good...

I call that devoted lol

 

[Arjai]

Seems like I got an ARP, one of them, a couple days ago, on one of my i3's!

I thought the t-3500's would get one. Maybe I need to look at the profiles again...

Edit 17:25 had them on max performance, all projects, minus MCM, for now. Wanna get my 10 year in MIPS, then back to all projects.

Edit 17:30 Here it says I already have a result! (?)

 

[phill]

They require a fair bit of RAM I think @Arjai 1Gb I think?? I've had a few of them take over a day to complete, so don't be surprised when it's 20 hours remaining or something

 

[thebluebumblebee]

If anyone is thinking about building a TR system, I'd strongly suggest looking at the CPU water block from Optimus Watercooling. PerformancePCs just tested their TR CPU water block and it beat the HeatKiller by 4-6°C! Link

 

[phill]

If anyone is thinking about building a TR system, I'd strongly suggest looking at the CPU water block from Optimus Watercooling. PerformancePCs just tested their TR CPU water block and it beat the HeatKiller by 4-6°C! Link

Was trying to find a review link but I'm blind and couldn't see one lol Those blocks, pumps and res's etc. look amazing

 

[mstenholm]

So it took plus two weeks to get one and then the PC re-started (as in crash I assume, but Linux so I can't tell why) three time during the job. 9 hours isn't bad all things considered. The elapsed time was only 9:07 which I can't understand with the few check-points this project have.

 

[phill]

I've had quite a few of the AR Projects and been getting some good results and not that I know of any crashes.. I don't think I've had any failures of yet.. There's one that's not been returned in time but PC was off

 

[mstenholm]

I've had quite a few of the AR Projects and been getting some good results and not that I know of any crashes.. I don't think I've had any failures of yet.. There's one that's not been returned in time but PC was off

I'm sure my "re-starts" wasn't related to the ARP job. I got them before. Maybe I need to re-consider my OC.

 

[phill]

I must admit only one folding PC I have is overclocked, I tend to run them all as stock but that said, I really do need to tweak the settings and such with them as they could be wasting power needlessly... Ah, if only I had some more time....

 

[mstenholm]

I must admit only one folding PC I have is overclocked, I tend to run them all as stock but that said, I really do need to tweak the settings and such with them as they could be wasting power needlessly... Ah, if only I had some more time....

I only got my "i7-970" and the 3900X overclocked. I need to heat in my office . Sure the extra 20-30 W on the 3900X is not efficient PPD/W wise and for sure the old Intel is just burning calories. I'm up to 70 kWh/day now.....I keep my 1070Ti in its box to it get really cold.

 

[phill]

I only got my "i7-970" and the 3900X overclocked. I need to heat in my office . Sure the extra 20-30 W on the 3900X is not efficient PPD/W wise and for sure the old Intel is just burning calories. I'm up to 70 kWh/day now.....I keep my 1070Ti in its box to it get really cold.

Just the amount of hardware you have is amazing but the sheer electric costs to run everything is crazy high!! That is a lot of electric I hope it's cheap!!

 

[thebluebumblebee]

@Arjai , Newegg has the G.SKILL Flare X (for AMD) 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GFX for $60!

 

[phill]

There's a load of 16Gb kits for sale, anyone would think it's Christmas!! I think even the 32Gb kits are worth a look at $110 a kit... Even more so if you have some 16 threaded monsters, you don't want to be running out of RAM crunching away

 

[Arjai]

@Arjai , Newegg has the G.SKILL Flare X (for AMD) 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GFX for $60!

I already have the TeamGroup Night Hawk, White, 2x8GB set. Got 'em for $75, or so. Don't remember the actual number. I got a Crucial 500GB Sata M.2, B450m Aorus board doesn't have NVME, but there were no standoffs in the box to mount it! the only standoff on there is for the M.2 heatsink. I contacted Gigabyte about it, moments ago. I hope they can send one to me, I don't have a computer store near me that I can get to easily.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Standoffs come with the case.

 

[Arjai]

My case that I bought 2 years ago, SilverStone KL06, had a couple MB standoffs, but not M.2 standoffs. I don't think they are the same. (?) Plus, my MB manual says to use the "included" standoff for the M.2...it did not come with one, a screw for it but no standoff to screw into.

 

[NastyHabits]

@Arjai If you have trouble getting your M.2 standoffs, Amazon has them really inexpensive.

 

[hat]

My case that I bought 2 years ago, SilverStone KL06, had a couple MB standoffs, but not M.2 standoffs. I don't think they are the same. (?) Plus, my MB manual says to use the "included" standoff for the M.2...it did not come with one, a screw for it but no standoff to screw into.

In my case, the motherboard had the standoff already installed in the 2280 position (the most common). I needed only to install the SSD and add the screw and then buy an M.2-SATA adapter because I bought a SATA M.2 SSD and my motherboard only recognizes PCI-E SSDs. It is indeed true that these standoffs are different from traditional motherboard standoffs (which can come in various sizes as it is). In case you were wondering, the screw is also different. I expected the standoff to take a fine threaded screw like you might use on motherboard standoffs or an SSD, but no, it's a tiny screw indeed.

I got the Ryzen 3200 machine running today. I'll be checking on it every now and then to see what the BOINC manager reports the average PPD as...

 

[Arjai]

I contacted GigaByte through they're website. I received a response and they asked for my address. I still have not received the stand-off, it's been over a week. I am hoping to get it soon.

 

[Arjai]

f

Finally got the memory program from Team Group, to control the RGB. My phone camera does not do this justice. The AMD ring and the memory are the same color but, the ring is brighter, throwing it off a bit. The memory slowly flashes from the ' Starlight' setting and looks awesome. Not seen is the outline of the Audio on the board. Giga Byte controls the Ring and the outline, so all 3 sets of lights are the same orange.

Also, got the Stand off for my SATA M.2, yesterday. Problem is, I thought this board needed a SATA M.2 SSD. But, I am wrong. Because it doesn't work. After a deep dive into my MB Manuel, which indicates the use of a m.2 SATA SSD, it mentions the use of a NVME SSD. In a Paul's Hardware video, I saw him refer to a build with this same board w/ a NVME m.2 SSD.

So, anybody want a 500GB m.2 SATA unused? It's a Crucial MX500. PM me and let's work something out.

So, looks like I will have to find a NVME SSD after Christmas. Then this thing will be as fast as it looks. The 7200 rpm laptop HDD I have in there now? Even Glary's Optimized defrag can't speed this thing up enough!! I was playing Car Mechanic 2015, the other day, and the load screens between areas, was grueling! I plan on also getting an SSD for it for a Game drive, at some point. Then use the HDD as the BIONC drive. Which will happen as soon as I get an M.2 NVME drive working...

Anyway, Merry Christmas to the Best Crunching Team on the Planet!!

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Did everyone see this:

LINK

 

[NastyHabits]

Did everyone see this:

LINK

Yes. Alas I already bought a Ryzen 5 2600.

 

[phill]

Such great value its unreal

Be great for a small NAS or server build etc

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Be great for a small NAS or server build etc

SACRILEGE!

 

[phill]

SACRILEGE!

Well I suppose we could always run WCG in the background of the NAS