TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[BUCK NASTY]

Well, provided that I'm able to sell the dual-E5420 today (an outcome that seems far more likely than not) I have a replacement already lined up: a Supermicro dual-G34 board + two Opty 6238s + two G34 HSFs for $300 shipped. I'm sure that my TX750 has enough power for it, so I'll just need to set it up with another 8pin connector, one of my spare HDDs from home, and some RAM and it'll be ready to go.

@BUCK NASTY , I know that you've said that the Optys need 4 sticks of RAM per CPU....but say I was to go with two or even one, would that work?

4 sticks needed per cpu for quad channel to work. This is the requirement for F@H -bigadv on G34 rigs. Don't know if you will suffer lower production on WCG...

 

[[Ion]]

4 sticks needed per cpu for quad channel to work. This is the requirement for F@H -bigadv on G34 rigs. Don't know if you will suffer lower production on WCG...

Well, at least on my Intel systems, bandwidth doesn't seem to have an impact, or at least not an appreciable one.
8 sticks of RAM would be pricey--but 4 would be reasonably affordable. In fact, I could loot some out of the Westmere system...

 

[manofthem]

EDIT2: And the OS is "TPB Edition"

 

[thebluebumblebee]

There is a 6 core pre built refurb on newegg shell shocker at 10am. I dont know how low it will go.

$479, shipping included. I can't figure out the warranty, but it may be as much as 3 years.

 

[[Ion]]

$479, shipping included. I can't figure out the warranty, but it may be as much as 3 years.

Yeah, that's just too pricey IMO...a nice discount, but not enough.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

$479, shipping included. I can't figure out the warranty, but it may be as much as 3 years.

It's a 2P board, so buy another Westmere and utilize the QPI links.

 

[[Ion]]

It's a 2P board, so buy another Westmere and utilize the QPI links.

Sure, so that means that it would be ~$575 for a 12c/24t Westmere setup. I can build one for $300 or so using mostly parts from Ebay. IMO just not worth it to go the HP route.

 

[t_ski]

@[ion] and @twilyth LOL yea don't feel bad for me.. hehe The one thing that I've not shared with anyone is that..... I really don't know where it is.. hehe other than it's in my building somewhere crunching.. lol I stepped away from WCG for a few months and didn't realize I still had my Duron crunching along side my 2x atom's.. lol The last time I put it on my work bench the heatsink had bonded to the processor.. I can't remove it with out ripping it off the motherboard..

Usually a heatsink that is stuck to the processor is due to the thermal interface used, and it most often comes loose when heat is applied to it. Perhaps if you had it crunching, then shut it down and almost immediately took the heatsink off, it should come loose.

Well, provided that I'm able to sell the dual-E5420 today (an outcome that seems far more likely than not) I have a replacement already lined up: a Supermicro dual-G34 board + two Opty 6238s + two G34 HSFs for $300 shipped. I'm sure that my TX750 has enough power for it, so I'll just need to set it up with another 8pin connector, one of my spare HDDs from home, and some RAM and it'll be ready to go.

I saw that and have been contemplating buying it. If you saw it where I did, you know I was asking for trades already

 

[[Ion]]

I saw that and have been contemplating buying it. If you saw it where I did, you know I was asking for trades already

I did indeed. But he said he'll hold it for me until tonight
And then I'm jumping on it

 

[t_ski]

You just can't handle being in second or third, can you?

 

[[Ion]]

You just can't handle being in second or third, can you?

 

[xvi]

I have a "special" relationship with a local charity (http://kramden.org/ -- they take donated computers, mostly corporate donations, and refurbish and give them to low-income students without a computer at home)--computers that they don't want and would otherwise be sold for recycling I buy at bargain-bin prices. This HP, they decided, wasn't a good choice to refurb to give out to the kids, and the particular one I bought (dual-core + case damage) wasn't worth refurbishing to actually sell as normal.
That's where I get things like the gaudy Apevia case that I have the dual-X5672 in or other miscelaneous stuff (older PSUs, small HDDs, etc).

EDIT: When I bought mine, it had the worst CPU it supports (dual-core no-HT), 2GB RAM, no HDD, and no GPU....so it required a bit of work to get it into worthy state.

EDIT2: And the OS is "TPB Edition"

I volunteered at an electronics recycler nearby and was hoping to catch some nice servers. There was a dual P3 system that I really liked, but I think we were a bit too small to pull any big guns in.
I've found the best value is in the systems with the lowest end CPU, which is how I built my ProLiant. Came with a single E5405, bought a second heatsink and scored two E5450s for a decent price.
As far as "Complete Server" vs "Build from parts" ordeal, it seems to me that the old workstation motherboards are cheaper on eBay, but by the time you get a PSU, memory, and drive, it seems to become more expensive than just grabbing a complete server (with bottom-end proc, of course).

 

[[Ion]]

Well, the dual-E5420 has now been sold--but I've paid for the dual-Opty 6238...should be here and ready to go on all 24 cores sometime next week

 

[Mindweaver]

Usually a heatsink that is stuck to the processor is due to the thermal interface used, and it most often comes loose when heat is applied to it. Perhaps if you had it crunching, then shut it down and almost immediately took the heatsink off, it should come loose.

Yea, maybe I was being dramatic... by saying, "rip it out of the socket".. just to give you an idea of the kind of heat it was subjected to the 80mm fan melted about halfway into the heatsink.. hehe Plus, I would have to find it... I was not lying.. hehehe I'll let it run until it dies. When it stop producing in my list of crunchers in WCG.. Then I'll know it's gone.. This day will be sad.. In the event someone missed it.. I can not find my Duron that's located somewhere in my building.

@BUCK NASTY - My little Spitfire is truly the talk of the town.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Yea, maybe I was being dramatic... by saying, "rip it out of the socket".. just to give you an idea of the kind of heat it was subjected to the 80mm fan melted about halfway into the heatsink.. hehe Plus, I would have to find it... I was not lying.. hehehe I'll let it run until it dies. When it stop producing in my list of crunching in WCG.. Then I'll know it's gone.. This day will be sad.. In the event someone missed it.. I can not find my Duron that's located somewhere in my building.

@BUCK NASTY - My little Spitfire is truly the talk of the town.

.....and the legend continues. I bet it projected into another dimension. It's there, you just can't see it. Kinda hard to keep that much power and dedication under control.

 

[Nordic]

I am jealous ion, you can buy and sell from your craigslist for decent prices. I have put up good hardware for good prices on craigslist yet nobody even contacts me about it. I never see any good hardware deals either. Just phenom II nividea 560ti gaming rigs for $1000+. On top of your superior craigslist, you have that relationship with kramden.

 

[Tallencor]

Roger that Cap'n. Preparing to fire 8 more threads @ 2.9 Ghz in T minus 30 minutes...................

 

[[Ion]]

I am jealous ion, you can buy and sell from your craigslist for decent prices. I have put up good hardware for good prices on craigslist yet nobody even contacts me about it. I never see any good hardware deals either. Just phenom II nividea 560ti gaming rigs for $1000+. On top of your superior craigslist, you have that relationship with kramden.

Well, I've been volunteering there on-and-off for seven years now--I suppose that the discounts on old-or-partially-broken HW is their way of saying thanks.

And yeah, the Craigslist setup is pretty good....the RTP area has a pretty good population size.

 

[Nordic]

Well, I've been volunteering there on-and-off for seven years now--I suppose that the discounts on old-or-partially-broken HW is their way of saying thanks.

And yeah, the Craigslist setup is pretty good....the RTP area has a pretty good population size.

Although I am sure your area has more population, my criagslist encompasses an area of ~450,000 people. I think it partially comes down to my area is very rural where most of the population does not even use craigslist.

 

[Tallencor]

I may have been a lil premature on how long it was going to take to defrag the drives. I assume that in raid it takes twice as long? Almost there though. As a side note the new release of Boinc wouldn't allow me to log in so I downloaded the previous version from WCG and voila. I should average around 16,000 ppd now on a good run with her laptop running, main rig, server, work pc and sans the Kreij donation maybe more. That makes 24 total threads. Woot woot.

 

[Arjai]

Now, watch we are talking it up, and today will be the day it lays down on me.. lol I believe when it dies I'll turn it into a keychain... lol

I am, eventually, going to make a choker out of my Duron, since updated to a 2600!!

I have an ongoing deal w/ @ThE_MaD_ShOt that will eventually upgrade my MB so I can run a 3200 I have sitting around, since my MB doesn't support it. I am also gonna have a few other Socket A Chips to play with, They are a blast to O/C! I even OC-ed my Duron, don't remember the massive number's but it was an OC...1.2 ? (maybe?)

 

[Mindweaver]

Nice! I still have a 3200xp machine running windows server 2000. Yea, these Duron Spitfire processors were pretty nice. Back in 2000 my Duron 700 was priced over $190.

 

[Arjai]

Nice! I still have a 3200xp machine running windows server 2000. Yea, these Duron Spitfire processors were pretty nice. Back in 2000 my Duron 700 was priced over $190.

I think mine is an 800..It's buried in a friends garage, as we speak.

I was always a little bit impressed with those Socket A chips. I can't wait to get my This Old Comp back up and running!!

 

[twilyth]

I am jealous ion, you can buy and sell from your craigslist for decent prices. I have put up good hardware for good prices on craigslist yet nobody even contacts me about it. I never see any good hardware deals either. Just phenom II nividea 560ti gaming rigs for $1000+. On top of your superior craigslist, you have that relationship with kramden.

I tend to read these threads backwards (yeah, don't ask) and when I saw kramden, I thought it was some inside joke about ed norton and ralph kramden of the honeymooners. But nope. It seems like it's an actual business. That's just too spooky for words.

BTW, has anyone left their pumpkins out from Halloween to ferment so the squirrels can eat them and get drunk? Good times.

 

[[Ion]]

I tend to read these threads backwards (yeah, don't ask) and when I saw kramden, I thought it was some inside joke about ed norton and ralph kramden of the honeymooners. But nope. It seems like it's an actual business. That's just too spooky for words.

BTW, has anyone left their pumpkins out from Halloween to ferment so the squirrels can eat them and get drunk? Good times.

Nah, it's definitely a real charity--I've donated close to a thousand dollars to them at this point and volunteer there nearly every week. Notice why I always tend to get more HW Wednesday evenings? Well, now you know