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[Ion] · Jan 10, 2015

Those certainly make great crunchers. At $300 I'm not sure of the value proposition any more (I set mine up for about half that). But they're small, basically silent, easy to configure, and impressively stable. Not hard at all to get a month of two of uptime out of them. ~3800 PPD isnt great, but it's certainly not bad either, and that's almost 1.4M points over the course of a year :toast:

hat · Jan 10, 2015

I have plans to bring a q6600 online along side my i5 2400. There will be no over clocking, though. The 650i boars does not like quads! I tried, even tried the bsel mod.

At least it will be a dedicated cruncher. I'm gonna try folding on the gt720 I stuck in it though so that'll eat up a core unfortunately. I don't understand why fah GPU eats CPU power like this... I don't remember it doing this.

hat · Jan 10, 2015

The Q6600 is running. The GT720 is folding, but only at 420 PPD (??) I'm going to watch it and see what happens.

Nordic · Jan 11, 2015

So team, I am working on this computer for a friend. It has an i3-3220 in it. It is a dell prebuilt. I am fixing it for free, and in return he will run boinc 24/7 for me. Troubleshooting it, the hardware seems just fine. I can not find anything wrong. I can not boot into windows, or repair windows, and will have to re install windows. I can find specific folders, such as C:\users\UserName is corrupted. This computer was hardly ever used. All it had for software installed was chrome and antivirus.

The computer is 3 years old almost exactly. I have heard before that big names like Dell sabotage their computers after 3 years to spur sales. I never really thought much of it, but I can not see any reason this PC should of failed or have a corrupt hdd. What are your thoughts?

twilyth · Jan 11, 2015

A significant percentage of hard drives fail after a couple of years with some manufacturers having stats that are significantly worse than other. I'd run a diagnostic on the drive to make sure it's actually functioning w/in spec before you go any further.

If that's not the problem, I'd do a full reformat and re-install.

stinger608 · Jan 11, 2015

twilyth said:
A significant percentage of hard drives fail after a couple of years with some manufacturers having stats that are significantly worse than other. I'd run a diagnostic on the drive to make sure it's actually functioning w/in spec before you go any further.

If that's not the problem, I'd do a full reformat and re-install.

And from what I have seen, Dell is one of the worst for using "sub par" quality hardware in their systems!

Nordic · Jan 11, 2015

twilyth said:
A significant percentage of hard drives fail after a couple of years with some manufacturers having stats that are significantly worse than other. I'd run a diagnostic on the drive to make sure it's actually functioning w/in spec before you go any further.

If that's not the problem, I'd do a full reformat and re-install.

I have done a series of tests on every piece of hardware. Everything seems to be functioning. Once I get windows installed again I can do more thorough testing, but that is proving difficult.
These dell bios are such crap. I have to fight my way into them. It never wants to boot from the correct device. For some reason it keeps choosing the cdrom drive although nothing is there.

I am excited to get this fixed though. That is a 3ghz dual core i3-3220 I will have crunching for me, and not have to pay the power for if my friend actually follows through and runs it consistently.

Edit:
On a related note. Playing with the g1620 celeron and this h61 board, I am unable to downvolt as much as I could on a p67 board. Better board in this case down equal better undervolting. On my p67 I would downvolt to 0.8v, and probably could of went further. This would drop the cpu power used from 14w to 8w measured with HWinfo and confirmed with KillAWatt. Once, if, I get this itx board stable I will be curious to see its power usage compared to the 60w the p67 board put out with this cpu.

twilyth · Jan 11, 2015

It might be worth pulling the drive and putting into an external dock to run those additional tests.

It might be trying to boot from the cdrom because the hdd is borked. You can try booting from a utility cd to do the tests though. I'm guessing that's what you've already tried though.

But if you're booting from a cd and still can't run the diagnostics you want, there may be a problem with the main board. In that case, you're going to have to get into the guts anyway in order to isolate the problem

t_ski · Jan 11, 2015

james888 said:
I have done a series of tests on every piece of hardware. Everything seems to be functioning. Once I get windows installed again I can do more thorough testing, but that is proving difficult.
These dell bios are such crap. I have to fight my way into them. It never wants to boot from the correct device. For some reason it keeps choosing the cdrom drive although nothing is there.

Can you reset the BIOS?

Nordic · Jan 11, 2015

twilyth said:
It might be worth pulling the drive and putting into an external dock to run those additional tests.

It might be trying to boot from the cdrom because the hdd is borked. You can try booting from a utility cd to do the tests though. I'm guessing that's what you've already tried though.

But if you're booting from a cd and still can't run the diagnostics you want, there may be a problem with the main board. In that case, you're going to have to get into the guts anyway in order to isolate the problem

I am booting from USB. HDD testing I have done so far is check smart and run a check disc command in command prompt from the recovery tools. I am seeing if I can install windows, and from there I like the program Windows Surface Scanner. I am preparing to do some tests with hirens boot cd here soon for more thorough testing...

t_ski said:
Can you reset the BIOS?

Took me forever to figure out how to get into the bios. They were locked. Resetting the cmos didn't unlock the bios. Then I found a little jumper that had tiny little letters saying "Password reset." So yes I have reset the bios.

Working on two computers, while doing other household chores so nothing is getting too direct attention.

Toothless · Jan 12, 2015

Update!

I managed to sneak on the "free hour" for the Comcast wifi and got another job app done. If I wanted the wifi (it's pretty decent and gets the job done) then I'd have to drop $20 or $25 a week. The price hurts.

I'll keep you guys updated as much as I can!

xvi · Jan 12, 2015

Toothless said:
Update!

I managed to sneak on the "free hour" for the Comcast wifi and got another job app done. If I wanted the wifi (it's pretty decent and gets the job done) then I'd have to drop $20 or $25 a week. The price hurts.

I'll keep you guys updated as much as I can!

*ahem*
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*A-HEM*

Toothless · Jan 12, 2015

xvi said:
*ahem*
....
*A-HEM*

And how would one access these? They don't pop up on my list of network choices yet there are many. MANY choices according to the site.

twilyth · Jan 12, 2015

There are aerial antennas that you can get for your router or wireless ethernet card that will increase your range. Also, adapters - something like this for example.

Toothless · Jan 12, 2015

If only I had the money to grab one.

xvi · Jan 12, 2015

We use these at work. They'll pick up a home router from 10+ miles away with clear line of sight. Get a nice antenna on the router and it might do 20 miles. (Router needs to be capable of VERY high ACK timeouts though.)

The very inexpensive version of this is a cantenna. There's also cheap directional antennas on eBay.

twilyth · Jan 12, 2015

Toothless said:
If only I had the money to grab one.

It's only about 20 bucks. But if that's too much, you can always put together a can-tenna as @xvi pointed out. The only cost there is the cable which I'm sure someone here has.

Toothless · Jan 12, 2015

The cantenna gave me quite a laugh. It's so cute!

I'll look around to see if I can find a few bucks around the house. I'm sure Goodwill will have one?

AlienIsGOD · Jan 12, 2015

i'm so in love with the X41

eventually i need to buy some RAM heatsinks to cover the VRM's as i ve read they can get pretty hot on some cards.

Nordic · Jan 13, 2015

Athlon 4400 highest day so far was a bit over 800 ppd. It then fell back to about 500 ppd. If this dual core cpu usually performs at 1500 ish ppd as @mad shot mentioned, then I think the cheap hp motherboard is holding it back.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jan 13, 2015

james888 said:
Athlon 4400 highest day so far was a bit over 800 ppd. It then fell back to about 500 ppd. If this dual core cpu usually performs at 1500 ish ppd as @mad shot mentioned, then I think the cheap hp motherboard is holding it back.

Ill fire mine back up tomorrow evening if I have a psu for it and see what it does.

[Ion] · Jan 13, 2015

james888 said:
Athlon 4400 highest day so far was a bit over 800 ppd. It then fell back to about 500 ppd. If this dual core cpu usually performs at 1500 ish ppd as @mad shot mentioned, then I think the cheap hp motherboard is holding it back.

1500 PPD seems a bit high to expect....I'm getting about 1450 from an E8500 (second-best C2D) running Linux with no GUI....the Athlon I'd expect probably 800-900 from. The Brisbane cores just aren't as good as Wolfdale.

Also, does anyone have a long (25-30ft) Ethernet cable they'd sell me? After tripping on the one across the floor once again, I'd like to reroute it :rolleyes:

Nordic · Jan 13, 2015

[Ion] said:
1500 PPD seems a bit high to expect....I'm getting about 1450 from an E8500 (second-best C2D) running Linux with no GUI....the Athlon I'd expect probably 800-900 from. The Brisbane cores just aren't as good as Wolfdale.

Sounded so, because my athlon 620 quad core gets just under 2000 ppd. Even still, if I am getting 500/800 ppd that is underperforming which I would not be surprised by this old cheap proprietary hp motherboard.

[Ion] · Jan 13, 2015

james888 said:
Sounded so, because my athlon 620 quad core gets just under 2000 ppd. Even still, if I am getting 500/800 ppd that is underperforming which I would not be surprised by this old cheap proprietary hp motherboard.

Eh I don't think that motherboards impact it at all. All of the HPs I have do fine (admittedly, newer)....even the laptops do basically exactly what I'd expect given the CPU. And the E8500 I have is running in a Dell board. What's the OS?

Nordic · Jan 13, 2015

Windows 7 x64. Been thinking about moving it to linux, but I really don't see the point if I don't plan on running it for long. Been running it for nostalgia and I needed some hardware to play with. It was my first gaming/crunching system.

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	Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s)	Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

System Name	Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s)	Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

Processor	7800x3d
Motherboard	Gigabyte B650 Auros Elite AX
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	GSKILL 2x16gb 6000mhz Cas 30 with custom timings
Video Card(s)	MSI RX 6750 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
Storage	Adata SX8200 1tb with Windows, Samsung 990 Pro 2tb with games
Display(s)	HP Omen 27q QHD 165hz
Case	ThermalTake P3
Power Supply	SuperFlower Leadex Titanium
Software	Windows 11 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores	CB23: 1811 / 19424 CB24: 1136 / 7687

System Name	octo1
Processor	dual Xeon 2687W ES
Motherboard	Supermicro
Cooling	dual Noctua NH-D14
Memory	generic ECC reg
Video Card(s)	2 HD7950
Storage	generic
Case	Rosewill Thor

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Processor	AMD Ryzen 5800X
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming Wifi
Cooling	SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	32 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid Gaming
Storage	Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0
Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum
Software	Windows 10 Pro

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	Veral
Processor	7800x3D
Motherboard	x670e Asus Crosshair Hero
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO
Memory	2x24 Klevv Cras V RGB
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 7900XTX Red Devil
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 1TB, Samsung 980 1TB, Teamgroup MP34 4TB
Display(s)	Acer Nitro XZ342CK Pbmiiphx, 2x AOC 2425W, AOC I1601FWUX
Case	Fractal Design Meshify Lite 2
Audio Device(s)	Blue Yeti + SteelSeries Arctis 5 / Samsung HW-T550
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Corsair Harpoon
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK

System Name	Rainbow
Processor	Intel Core i7 8700k
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC
Cooling	Corsair H115i, 2x Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM
Memory	G. Skill TridentZ RGB 4x8GB (F4-3600C16Q-32GTZR)
Video Card(s)	ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity
Storage	2x Samsung 950 Pro 256GB \| 2xHGST Deskstar 4TB 7.2K
Display(s)	Samsung C27HG70
Case	Xigmatek Aquila
Power Supply	Seasonic 760W SS-760XP
Mouse	Razer Deathadder 2013
Keyboard	Corsair Vengeance K95
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	4 trillion points in GmailMark, over 144 FPS 2K Facebook Scrolling (Extreme Quality preset)

System Name	Aliens Ryzen Rig \| 2nd Hand Omen
Processor	Ryzen R5 5600 \| Ryzen R5 3600
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite (F61 BIOS) \| B450 matx
Cooling	DeepCool Castle EX V2 240mm AIO\| stock for now
Memory	8GB X 2 DDR4 3000mhz Team Group Vulcan \| 16GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 8GB \| GTX 1650 4GB
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Display(s)	Acer Nitro x27OU 27" VA 165hz Freesync Premium\|TCL 32" 1080P w/ HDR
Case	NZXT H500 Black \| HP Omen Obelisk
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Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650w 80+ Gold \| 500w
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 500 15 button mouse w/ Razor Goliathus Chroma XL mousemat \| Logitech G502
Keyboard	Corsair K65 Mini w/ Cherry MX brown keys \| Logitech G513 Carbon w/ Romer G tactile keys
Software	Windows 10 Pro \| Windows 10 Pro

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Processor	Ryzen7 5800x / Fx 8350 / Fx 8350
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite Ax V2 / Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 r4.0 / Msi 970a Krait
Cooling	Msi Mag Core liquid / H100i / Cryo-pc Cooler
Memory	2 x32 GB Gskil Ripjaws v series / 4x 8gb G.Skill Snipers / 2x 8gb G.Skill Ripjaws
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Rx 6800xt / Msi RX580 / Gigabyte R9 290x
Storage	1tb M.2, 2tb wd / 500 gb ssd, 2x 2tb Wd Blacks/ 500 gb ssd, 1tb WD Black
Display(s)	Dell Ultra Sharp 2408 WFp / Hp w2207 / Sanyo tv
Case	Corsair 780t White / Raidmax Vampire / NZXT Phantom 240
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio
Power Supply	Corsair Rm 850 watt / Corsair TX 850 watt / Corsair TX 750 watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / Logitech G500s / Logitech wireless
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe / Corsair k50 / Logitech wireless
Software	Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro
Benchmark Scores	What are benchmarks anyway?