Well, after taking a break for a couple years, I'm going to start up again. I will only have 3 computers and my PS3 contributing, but I guess every little bit helps.
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Well, after taking a break for a couple years, I'm going to start up again. I will only have 3 computers and my PS3 contributing, but I guess every little bit helps.
I thought about doing something like that. I was going to buy one of those Supermicro 'Twin 1U' server barebones. They're two semi-blade systems that allow you to put four sockets into 1U of rackspace. Then I'd just install Linux and let it fold. Too expensive, but it would probably save me on power in the long run.
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Latest sharky to join the foray of folding
Welcome Terry! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Terry
Got my Quad-Core on it now, I'm running 4 instances of the regular version, until the beta client gets finalized (my PC has problems with it).
Edit: In order to make my pc survive overnight at 100%, I open my window and close my room door (I'm on winter break from college), which keeps the cores around 68 degrees Celsius. If I don't, the insane heat my family seems to enjoy brings the cores up to 80.
Careful with those temps!Quote:
Originally Posted by xclite
I'm folding with 4 consoles on a Q6600 G0 @ 3.2GHz and my temps (per Core Temp) are 35/37/39/40. It helps that my ambient is only 65F, which is all my Sheepdogs will tolerate without panting like fools. I tried out 76F ambient and all four cores went up to 44-46 with F@H x 4.
What kind of HSF are you using? Mine has an Ultra 120 rev A and a S-FLEX 49 cfm fan.
I have a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118020Quote:
Originally Posted by RealBeast
When I get back to school my ambient temperature will be much cooler than here. I read that under load, G0s are fine at around 71. I would like to go water cooling, but don't have the money atm. I also don't plan to keep this as a permanent folding machine, I want to build a new machine specifically for folding.
Edit: When do I stop being a catfish?
I think it's reef shark at 250.
That's a nice fan, but even with high ambients I am still surprised by those temps being so high unless you are at 3.6GHz and have upped the Vcore a lot.
Are you using Core Temp to check those? Are you sure that your HSF is well seated and has a small amount of thermal paste?
Nice plan -- the full time folder, I have several in my hope to cure cancer before my decadent lifestyle overtakes me. :D
So far, I'm really impressed with how well my PS3 folds. It has completed 20 work units compared to only 3 by my desktop in my sig and 5 on my Core2Duo desktop. Would cost a little bit of money, but buiding a small PS3 farm would probably be cheaper than the equivalent PC farm.
I am actually at 3.6 GHz, with a Vcore of 1.36 (actual Vcore, BIOS is obviously set higher). I am using CoreTemp, the HSF is centered and the paste came with a brush. I hope to move to water cooling eventually. I have this whole idea in my mind of cutting the letters VT (I go to Virginia Tech) into the side, with orange and maroon tubing (if this can be found) or something along those lines inside.Quote:
Originally Posted by RealBeast
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Originally Posted by ksuohio
A farm with Q6600s running the Linux SMP client will smoke a PS3 points wise, especially if they're overclocked. It'd also be faster running those same CPUs with the Windows SMP client, but the Linux version is more efficient and Linux is free. I'm sure you could make an argument as to which is doing more science, but if you want to do a lot of science and not worry about points the GPU client is the best.
Nice! I like the VT mod idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by xclite
Next time that you spread HSF paste, smear some on all over and then smooth it with a credit card both directions leaving only a thin layer to take out any air pockets.
Seems from the stats page, which obviously includes lots of old pcs, seems to favor the ps3 although I have not seen any "fair" comparison where exact amounts of work are compared.Quote:
Originally Posted by ksuohio
It's really hard to compare since the PS3 folding program doesn't do all of the variations that the PC client does. Anyways, it's fun to try out. I'm going to load Linux on it sometimes soon and I'm curious to see how well the Linux client folds on it compared to an actual PC.Quote:
Originally Posted by RealBeast
So, where did most of the folding team go? I remember when we started, we where moving up quickly and in the top 100, now it looks like a slow death.