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HammerON · Dec 12, 2012

Mindweaver said:
Yea, I agree with Norton. I'd get a 7850 2gb with a 256-bit interface for another 40-50 bucks and get two free games (two worlds, Sleeping dogs). The only 2gb 7770 is $144 with no games.. Plus, you'll be able to push that 7850 to 1ghz as well.

EDIT: I believe the sweet spot for me would be the 7870 ghz here it has a really good aftermarket hsf and it's clocked at 1.1ghz out of the box for $229.99 w/ 2x games.

Good call there Mindweaver!
Congrats on becoming a Mod :toast:

johnspack · Dec 12, 2012

Yep Buck, it's my cruncher sig, 1 285 and 1 260, plus my i7 xeon of course. Now I understand how this works a bit better. When it first starts out it actually uses 8 cpu wus and 4 gpu wus, but it changes down to 4 -4 after not long. If it runs out of gpu wus, then it goes back to 8 cpu wus, probably what was confusing me. I just need a 970 is all to do what I wanted....

BUCK NASTY · Dec 12, 2012

johnspack said:
Yep Buck, it's my cruncher sig, 1 285 and 1 260, plus my i7 xeon of course. Now I understand how this works a bit better. When it first starts out it actually uses 8 cpu wus and 4 gpu wus, but it changes down to 4 -4 after not long. If it runs out of gpu wus, then it goes back to 8 cpu wus, probably what was confusing me. I just need a 970 is all to do what I wanted....

You'll notice that the GPU's will outproduce the CPU's handily, so don't worry about the cpu cores being tied up with the GPU wu's!

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johnspack · Dec 12, 2012

Yes, by far. It might actually be better to try and assign more wus to my gpus, and just use the cpu to feed them. I bet my output would be higher.

Mindweaver · Dec 12, 2012

Hey guys just wanted to let you know I order a 7770 the other day. It should be here tomorrow. I plain to put it in one of my 1055T's. I've had some issue with that x6 1055T.. It had a HD failure.. So, I order a new drive and pick that gf up too. :toast:

BUCK NASTY · Dec 12, 2012

johnspack said:
Yes, by far. It might actually be better to try and assign more wus to my gpus, and just use the cpu to feed them. I bet my output would be higher.

Watch the timeframes for completed GPU workunits and avg them out. There is a "sweet spot" as well as a "point of diminishing returns" with multiple WU's. Good Luck!

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[Ion] · Dec 12, 2012

Mindweaver said:
Hey guys just wanted to let you know I order a 7770 the other day. It should be here tomorrow. I plain to put it in one of my 1055T's. I've had some issue with that x6 1055T.. It had a HD failure.. So, I order a new drive and pick that gf up too.

Your PhII X6 should make for a very impressive crunching rig :toast:

NHKS · Dec 12, 2012

Our master cruncher Mindweaver is a mod! Congrats and you deserve nothing less sir!

[Ion] · Dec 12, 2012

Well, like an idiot I forgot to plug the Ethernet cable in for my Ethernet bridge, so the HD7770s spent about 8 hours with no work (amazingly, it burns through the entire buffer in less than two hours). Everything is fixed now :toast:

HammerON · Dec 13, 2012

I broke down and decided to upgrade the GTX 580's...
Hmm - what did I buy :rolleyes:

BUCK NASTY · Dec 13, 2012

HammerON said:
I broke down and decided to upgrade the GTX 580's...
Hmm - what did I buy

Maybe something from the Red team?

HammerON · Dec 13, 2012

Let's just say something a lot more powerful than the current AMD cards I have!

Norton · Dec 13, 2012

HammerON said:
Let's just say something a lot more powerful than the current AMD cards I have!

pics or it didn't happen

On my end I have two rigs getting a refresh (12c/18t additional when I'm done). Still considering some more gpu power but can't afford the top end atm :eek:

HammerON · Dec 13, 2012

Will be getting them Friday. Pics will follow shortly after

[Ion] · Dec 13, 2012

I have a new cruncher to throw in the Grid :toast:

A Dell Inspiron desktop with a C2Q Q6600 :toast:

I'll probably set it up some time tomorrow morning

BUCK NASTY · Dec 13, 2012

[Ion] said:
I have a new cruncher to throw in the Grid

A Dell Inspiron desktop with a C2Q Q6600
I'll probably set it up some time tomorrow morning

Ah, the venerable Q6600. About 5 years ago that was the CPU to have for F@H. You could run 2x SMP clients at a time for 5k+ PPD :rockout:

. It was like Witchcraft!

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KieX · Dec 13, 2012

Anybody got experience running a (separate) PSU just for GPUs?

I've run out of PCI-e cables on the HX1000 but have spare PCI-e slots on the SR2 for another GPU. I could do the pin-hack thing to power another GPU on the SR2. But I am little worried about setting a PSU to constant ON with a GPU.

[Ion] · Dec 13, 2012

BUCK NASTY said:
Ah, the venerable Q6600. About 5 years ago that was the CPU to have for F@H. You could run 2x SMP clients at a time for 5k+ PPD. It was like Witchcraft!

That was the CPU I used in my first custom-built computer. Old, but still a very decent chip IMO :toast:

KieX said:
Anybody got experience running a (separate) PSU just for GPUs?

I've run out of PCI-e cables on the HX1000 but have spare PCI-e slots on the SR2 for another GPU. I could do the pin-hack thing to power another GPU on the SR2. But I am little worried about setting a PSU to constant ON with a GPU.

Can you use molex-PCIe adapters? I'd say that 1000w should be enough for 3 HD7950s and the two Xeons. Or I know Buck had experience splicing two PSUs together--you could check with him

KieX · Dec 13, 2012

[Ion] said:
Can you use molex-PCIe adapters? I'd say that 1000w should be enough for 3 HD7950s and the two Xeons. Or I know Buck had experience splicing two PSUs together--you could check with him

Hmm, might need to go check the specs, not sure what power is available over molex. Hadn't thought of it, yet so simple! :slap:

PM'ing Buck

F150_Raptor · Dec 13, 2012

KieX said:
Anybody got experience running a (separate) PSU just for GPUs?

I've run out of PCI-e cables on the HX1000 but have spare PCI-e slots on the SR2 for another GPU. I could do the pin-hack thing to power another GPU on the SR2. But I am little worried about setting a PSU to constant ON with a GPU.

Use one of these. Put one off the first card and the second off the second card so all 3 cards divide the power between the 2 originals.

That's as long as you have enough power for all three cards.

KieX · Dec 13, 2012

F150_Raptor said:
Use one of these. Put one off the first card and the second off the second card so all 3 cards divide the power between the 2 originals.

That's as long as you have enough power for all three cards.

Awesome. Well think this is the best solution so far. Gonna go find the rails diagram for this PSU and order a couple of those. Big thanks :respect:

EDIT: Yeah, should have enough Juice. Currently loaded at around 50% with 2 GPU so as long as I check the rail schematics and divide the power correctly there's still some headroom left.

t_ski · Dec 13, 2012

They do make adapters that allow you to put two PSU's on the same system. I know Lian Li had one with the PC-A10B case I reviewed here: that case has two slots for power supplies, and 1500W PSU's weren't possible back then.

KieX · Dec 13, 2012

t_ski said:
They do make adapters that allow you to put two PSU's on the same system. I know Lian Li had one with the PC-A10B case I reviewed here: that case has two slots for power supplies, and 1500W PSU's weren't possible back then.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/LianLi/PC-A10B/images/lianlipca10b_42.jpg

Ah, looks like the one BUCK suggested too. Was the most likely route I would be going down with the second PSU hanging out the side of the case. But think I'll probably try F150's splitter to keep the single PSU.

My case has space for 2 PSU too but I took up that space with a H100 cooler. Never thought I'd ever say I'm struggling for space inside an Elysium :laugh:

Jstn7477 · Dec 13, 2012

[Ion] said:
I have a new cruncher to throw in the Grid

A Dell Inspiron desktop with a C2Q Q6600
I'll probably set it up some time tomorrow morning

I regret selling my Q6600 as with that multiplier it could do 3GHz on G41 chipsets, but I have a Xeon X3210 which is like a 2.13GHz Q6600. I'm tempted to find a Q6700 on eBay but I think I'm probably better off letting this old stuff quit working and parting with the chips.

Considering letting go of my Phenom X3 8550 for a reasonable price if anyone here is interested, as I don't really want to find any more AM2+ boards for it.

[Ion] · Dec 13, 2012

Well, for reasons I don't understand the C2Q isn't powering up right now. I should be able to keep the C2Q chip and exchange the rest of the setup for something similar on Saturday. We'll see :ohwell:

I've tried different RAM, a different CPU, and a different PSU, so I think it must be that the motherboard is bad.

System Name	Aki
Processor	AMD 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-A
Cooling	MSI MAG CoreLiquid E360
Memory	Patriot Viper Elite 5 32GB 6200
Video Card(s)	PNY RTX 4090 XLR8
Storage	Samsung 960 Pro 512 GB + WD Black SN850 1TB
Display(s)	Dell 32" Curved Gaming Monitor (S3220DGF)
Case	Corsair 5000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	On-board
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G5
Mouse	Roccat Kone Pure
Keyboard	ASUS ROG Strix Scope II Wireless
Software	Win 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Always changing~

System Name	System2 Blacknet , System1 Blacknet2
Processor	System2 Threadripper 1920x, System1 2699 v3
Motherboard	System2 Asrock Fatality x399 Professional Gaming, System1 Asus X99-A
Cooling	System2 Noctua NH-U14 TR4-SP3 Dual 140mm fans, System1 AIO
Memory	System2 64GBS DDR4 3000, System1 32gbs DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	System2 GTX 980Ti System1 GTX 970
Storage	System2 4x SSDs + NVme= 2.250TB 2xStorage Drives=8TB System1 3x SSDs=2TB
Display(s)	1x27" 1440 display 1x 24" 1080 display
Case	System2 Some Nzxt case with soundproofing...
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar U7 MKII
Power Supply	System2 EVGA 750 Watt, System1 XFX XTR 750 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum
Keyboard	Ducky
Software	Archlinux, Manjaro, Win11 Ent 24h2
Benchmark Scores	It's linux baby!

System Name	Main Rig
Processor	AMD RYZEN 5600X
Motherboard	MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI
Cooling	CORSAIR H115i
Memory	16gb DDR4 @ 1200MHZ
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE RTX 4080 SUPER
Storage	SAMSUNG M.2 1TB
Display(s)	ASUS 24" IPS
Case	Coolermaster Centurion 590
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA SUPERNOVA 1000
Software	Windows 10 64

System Name	System2 Blacknet , System1 Blacknet2
Processor	System2 Threadripper 1920x, System1 2699 v3
Motherboard	System2 Asrock Fatality x399 Professional Gaming, System1 Asus X99-A
Cooling	System2 Noctua NH-U14 TR4-SP3 Dual 140mm fans, System1 AIO
Memory	System2 64GBS DDR4 3000, System1 32gbs DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	System2 GTX 980Ti System1 GTX 970
Storage	System2 4x SSDs + NVme= 2.250TB 2xStorage Drives=8TB System1 3x SSDs=2TB
Display(s)	1x27" 1440 display 1x 24" 1080 display
Case	System2 Some Nzxt case with soundproofing...
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar U7 MKII
Power Supply	System2 EVGA 750 Watt, System1 XFX XTR 750 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum
Keyboard	Ducky
Software	Archlinux, Manjaro, Win11 Ent 24h2
Benchmark Scores	It's linux baby!

System Name	Tower of Power / Delliverance
Processor	i7 14700K / i9-14900K
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II / Z690
Cooling	CM MasterLiquid ML360 Mirror ARGB Close-Loop AIO / Air
Memory	CORSAIR - VENGEANCE RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 7200MHz / DDR5 2x 16gb
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti / GeForce RTX 4080
Storage	4x Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2, 2x Crucial 1TB SSD / NVM3 PC801 SK hynix 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung 32" Odyssy G5 Gaming 144hz 1440p, 2x LG HDR 32" 60hz 4k / 2x LG HDR 32" 60hz 4k
Case	Phantek "400A" / Dell XPS 8960
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC4080 / Sound Blaster X1
Power Supply	Corsair RM Series RM750 / 750w
Mouse	Razer Deathadder V3 Hyperspeed Wireless / Glorious Gaming Model O 2 Wireless
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK with box-white switches / Keychron K6 pro with blue swithes
VR HMD	Quest 3 (512gb) + Rift S + HTC Vive + DK1
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 / Windows 11 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Yes

System Name	Niedersachsen / Ribe / Minsk
Processor	i3 3240 / i7-3520M / 4x Opteron 6376 @ 2.86GHz
Motherboard	BIOSTAR H61M / HP Q77 / Supermicro H8QG7
Cooling	Stock / Stock / 4x 1U G34
Memory	1x8GB / 2x4GB / 4x4GB
Video Card(s)	GTX260 / Intel HD 4000 / nVidia GT310
Storage	80GB Intel SSD / 256GB Intel SSD / 2x 60GB SSD (RAID1)
Display(s)	Dell 3007 + HP 2245w / 12.1" 1366x768 / None
Case	Antec NSK3480 / HP / Supermicro 1U
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax 500W / HP 130W / Supermicro Gold 1400W
Keyboard	IBM Model M
Software	Windows 7 (Niedersachsen/Ribe) / Linux Mint 17.2 (Minsk)

System Name	Main PC- Gamer- Main Cruncher/Folder and too many crunching/folding rigs
Processor	Ryzen 5900X- Ryzen 5950X- Ryzen 3950X and etc...
Motherboard	Asrock X570 Extreme4- MSI X570S Tomahawk MAX WiFi- MSI B450M Bazooka Max and etc...
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S (dual fan)- EK 360 AIO with push/pull fans- Corsair H115i RGB Pro XT and etc...
Memory	2x16GB GSkill FlareX 3200/c14- 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance 3600/c16- 2x16GB Team 3600/c18 and etc..
Video Card(s)	MSI Gaming RX 6800- Asus RTX 3070 TUF OC- MSI Ventus GTX 1660Ti and etc...
Storage	Main PC (1TB WD SN850- 2TB PNY CS 3040- 2TB Seagate Firecuda) and etc...
Display(s)	Main PC (2x24" Dell UltraSharp U2414H)
Case	Phanteks P600s- Seasonic Q704- Fractal Meshify C and etc...
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z625 THX 2.1 speakers
Power Supply	EVGA 750 G3- SeaSonic DGC 750- EVGA P2 850 and etc...
Mouse	G300s
Keyboard	Corsair K65
VR HMD	N/A
Software	Windows 10 Pro or Ubuntu
Benchmark Scores	Why sit on the Bench when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!

System Name	Slick
Processor	Intel i5 2467M
Motherboard	Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook
Memory	8GB Corsair Value
Storage	Crucial M4 7mm 256GB
Display(s)	13"
Software	Windows 8 Pro x64

System Name	My i7 Beast
Processor	Intel Core i7 6800K
Motherboard	Asus X99-A II
Cooling	Nickel-plated EK Supremacy EVO, D5 with XSPC Bayres & BIX Quad Radiator
Memory	4 x 8GB EVGA SuperSC DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080 SuperClocked
Storage	Samsung 950 Pro 256GB m.2 SSD + 480GB Sandisk storage SSD
Display(s)	Three Asus 24" VW246H LCD's
Case	Silverstone TJ07
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Keyboard	Corsair K95
Software	Windows 10 x64 Pro

System Name	Awesomesauce 4.3 \| Laptop (MSI GE72VR 6RF Apache Pro-023)
Processor	Intel Core i7-5820K 4.16GHz 1.28v/3GHz 1.05v uncore \| Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.1GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-UD5 WiFi LGA2011-v3\| Stock
Cooling	Corsair H100i v2 w/ 2x EK Vardar F4-120ER + various 120/140mm case fans \| Stock
Memory	G.Skill RJ-4 16GB DDR4-2666 CL15 quad channel \| 12GB DDR4-2133
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1080 Ti Hybrid SC2 11GB @ 2012/5151 boost \| NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB +200/+500 + Intel 530
Storage	Samsung 840 EVO 500GB + Seagate 3TB 7200RPM + others \| Kingston 256GB M.2 SATA + 1TB 7200RPM
Display(s)	Acer G257HU 1440p 60Hz AH-IPS 4ms \| 17.3" 1920*1080 60Hz wide angle TN notebook panel
Case	Fractal Design Define XL R2 \| MSI
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster Z \| Realtek with quad stereo speakers and subwoofer
Power Supply	Corsair HX850i Platinum \| 19.5v 180w Delta brick
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64 \| Windows 10 Home x64

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