TPU's F@H Team

[thebluebumblebee]

I might add a few more 970's to the farm if thy get cheap enough.

What if the GM200 x80 comes out at $550, uses ~200 watts and gets 600,000+ PPD?

 

[mstenholm]

What if the GM200 x80 comes out at $550, uses ~200 watts and gets 600,000+ PPD?

If that would be the case I will get one

 

[BUCK NASTY]

What if the GM200 x80 comes out at $550, uses ~200 watts and gets 600,000+ PPD?

Then, 970 pricing would plummet and it would be an even tougher decision which way to go.... I wonder when Pande group will reevaluate the benchmarks in the future or will it continue to scale in this fashion?

 

[thebluebumblebee]

The other thing that I'm wondering about is if the Xeon Phi can be used for core_5?

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I tried the new iteration of the "many cores" work units and they would only net 200K PPD. Considering that I'm using 800w per server, this is highly inefficient for my taste. I have shut the Opty servers down for good. I will invest in additional 970's for a total of 8 within the next month.

I also started disassembling/cleaning the servers last night. Have not had them apart for about 2+ years. Gotta get everything cleaned up for the epic For Sale thread that is coming in the next week. Gotta admit, I'm impressed how rock solid these servers were while they folded, even with the overclock. I'll post up some disassembled pics tonight for old times sake.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

There's a WCG challenge coming up in 2 weeks. TPU's February 2015 WCG Challenge planning thread

 

[johnerz]

II'm going to give it a little while longer - eternal optimist

 

[LightningZ71]

I was encouraged to post here after my intro post in the F@H and WCG forums. I'm getting back into the distributed Computing scene and am having a debate with myself about investing in some interestingly priced hardware.

I've been eyeing up the HP Proliant DL580 at www.savemyserver.com I have a modest hobby budget and can buy into one for less than $300 for a 4 X quad core Xeon processor setup with 32 GB ram. IT comes from the factory with 8 X PCI-E slots and has an available add-on module that can give three more PCI-E slots. So, if it turns out that I'm going for more processing power, I can upgrade it to Hex core processors (total of 24 cores). If it turns out that I need more GPU power, I can just throw on more cards.

My first box that I'm starting with is an HP Proliant ML350 G5 with a quad core Intel Xeon E5430 and 12 GB ram. I'm more than likely going to purchase a second processor for it.

 

[mstenholm]

I was encouraged to post here after my intro post in the F@H and WCG forums. I'm getting back into the distributed Computing scene and am having a debate with myself about investing in some interestingly priced hardware.

I've been eyeing up the HP Proliant DL580 at www.savemyserver.com I have a modest hobby budget and can buy into one for less than $300 for a 4 X quad core Xeon processor setup with 32 GB ram. IT comes from the factory with 8 X PCI-E slots and has an available add-on module that can give three more PCI-E slots. So, if it turns out that I'm going for more processing power, I can upgrade it to Hex core processors (total of 24 cores). If it turns out that I need more GPU power, I can just throw on more cards.

My first box that I'm starting with is an HP Proliant ML350 G5 with a quad core Intel Xeon E5430 and 12 GB ram. I'm more than likely going to purchase a second processor for it.

Welcome onboard. As you can see in the posts above CPU folding is not the way to go but the nice Xeons are most welcome in the WCG camp. GPU - the best of the 960/970/980 you can aford or a 750Ti. AMD 7000 series works too.

Edit: I can't find any spec on the PSU (for the 580) other than overall output. You might need a more PC oriented PSU to run more then one GPU (6-8 pin connectors). I had an old HP server once and it was impossible to add a decent GPU.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

I was encouraged to post here after my intro post in the F@H and WCG forums. I'm getting back into the distributed Computing scene and am having a debate with myself about investing in some interestingly priced hardware.

I've been eyeing up the HP Proliant DL580 at www.savemyserver.com I have a modest hobby budget and can buy into one for less than $300 for a 4 X quad core Xeon processor setup with 32 GB ram. IT comes from the factory with 8 X PCI-E slots and has an available add-on module that can give three more PCI-E slots. So, if it turns out that I'm going for more processing power, I can upgrade it to Hex core processors (total of 24 cores). If it turns out that I need more GPU power, I can just throw on more cards.

My first box that I'm starting with is an HP Proliant ML350 G5 with a quad core Intel Xeon E5430 and 12 GB ram. I'm more than likely going to purchase a second processor for it.

Welcome!
F@H is basically GPU based at this time. The work units are QRB (Quick Return Bonus), which means that the faster you return them, the more pints points you get. There are other (frustrating) variables that I won't go into now. Basically, stay away from the low end GPU's. It's better to have one faster GPU than several slow.
Nvidia: 750 Ti (because of it's low power) and 660 Ti or better...although the 650 Ti's are okay as well (I'd stay away from the 660)
AMD: 7750 or better. Might also want to consider that if WCG ever has GPU work, AMD GPU's might be better poised to do that work, but who knows.

BTW, running Linux gives the best results for both WCG and F@H(with Nvidia GPU's)

 

[manofthem]

I'm going to have to stop my 290s from folding. Temps are creeping up, and since I'm watercooling, it means there's some issue going on, whether it be gunk build up in the loop or dust in pc/filters/fans/etc. So hopefully by this weekend I'll be able to take it all apart, clean it all out, and make it pretty again. Also, I think I'll switch from the EK coolant to regular distilled, and then down the line I'll just switch the tubing to colored tubing.

Anyway, i'll drop off for a little while but ...

Spoiler: But...

 

[Nordic]

I'm going to have to stop my 290s from folding. Temps are creeping up, and since I'm watercooling, it means there's some issue going on, whether it be gunk build up in the loop or dust in pc/filters/fans/etc. So hopefully by this weekend I'll be able to take it all apart, clean it all out, and make it pretty again. Also, I think I'll switch from the EK coolant to regular distilled, and then down the line I'll just switch the tubing to colored tubing.

Anyway, i'll drop off for a little while but ...

Spoiler: But...

I love watercooling, but it can be a real pain when maintenance comes along.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

^^^+1 on the Maxwell based 750ti's!

Just received 2 more GTX 970's from Newegg. The GA-990FXA-UD7 will not deliver until Monday, so I'll be hovering around 600K PPD until I can get these 4-970's online that are now just "sitting here doing nothing".

Here are a few pics from the server cleaning that's taking place:

Before and after CM 212+

 

[Nordic]

750ti's are very convenient. They have a ppd/watt surpassing the 970 but not as good ppd/$. They don't require pcie power, only the 75w motherboard. The ones that have pcie power plugs ins have no need of them. During folding they use 50-55w if overclocked by my testing and w1zzards reviews. If you run them at stock they get about 60k ppd on core 17 wu's or linux.

 

[Nordic]

Hey team, just got around to trying to get folding running with my itx rig and a 750ti. It is not working and is giving the following errors.

23:40:06:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get IP address for assign-GPU.stanford.edu: Temporary failure in name resolution
23:40:06:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
23:40:06:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get IP address for assign-GPU.stanford.edu: Temporary failure in name resolution
23:40:06:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
23:41:11:WU00:FS00:0x17:ERROR:exception: Bad platformId size.
23:41:11:WARNING:WU00:FS00:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
23:41:28:WU01:FS00:0x17:ERROR:exception: Bad platformId size.
23:41:29:WARNING:WU01:FS00:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
23:41:54:WU00:FS00:0x17:ERROR:exception: Bad platformId size.
23:41:55:WARNING:WU00:FS00:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
23:42:04:WU01:FS00:0x17:ERROR:exception: Bad platformId size.
23:42:04:WARNING:WU01:FS00:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
23:42:25:WU00:FS00:0x17:ERROR:exception: Bad platformId size.
23:42:25:WARNING:WU00:FS00:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
23:42:43:WU01:FS00:0x17:ERROR:exception: Bad platformId size.
23:42:43:WARNING:WU01:FS00:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
23:42:55:WU00:FS00:0x17:ERROR:exception: Bad platformId size.
23:42:55:WARNING:WU00:FS00:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
23:43:09:WU01:FS00:0x17:ERROR:exception: Bad platformId size.
23:43:09:WARNING:WU01:FS00:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
23:43:30:WU00:FS00:0x17:ERROR:exception: Bad platformId size.
23:43:30:WARNING:WU00:FS00:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
23:43:58:WU01:FS00:0x17:ERROR:exception: Bad platformId size.
23:43:58:WARNING:WU01:FS00:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)

The system is on linux. I googled and it seems to be related to system instability. System is running fine for WCG and games. It does not get errors in anything but this. This is all within a couple minutes of turning on folding too. It doesn't even start a wu.

I think I might try folding on windows to see if I get the same error. Maybe I will also try an older driver version.

 

[NastyHabits]

@james888 Good luck with getting Linux working. From my experience folding with a 750 Ti in windows really sucks on anything but core 17's. I was really stoked when I first put together my little folding box. Getting 55-60 PPD on less than 85 watts. Then the bottom dropped out.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

@james888 Good luck with getting Linux working. From my experience folding with a 750 Ti in windows really sucks on anything but core 17's. I was really stoked when I first put together my little folding box. Getting 55-60 PPD on less than 85 watts. Then the bottom dropped out.

Go Linux. It's not that hard if you follow the tutorial. C'mon my Nasty Brother!

 

[NastyHabits]

Go Linux. It's not that hard if you follow the tutorial. C'mon my Nasty Brother!

@BUCK NASTY Fear not Captain. I have a new motherboard picked out. Going with 2 x 750 Ti's. Just waiting for new 5th Gen Intel processors to be available to the public. Let's hope it's soon.

 

[Nordic]

@james888 Good luck with getting Linux working. From my experience folding with a 750 Ti in windows really sucks on anything but core 17's. I was really stoked when I first put together my little folding box. Getting 55-60 PPD on less than 85 watts. Then the bottom dropped out.

I had linux working really easily not too long ago with both of my 750ti's. It was great because of constant core 17's. Wasn't even hard. For whatever reason this linux system refuses to fold right now.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

My first Linux GPU Folding attempt was a breeze. Second time was a no-go. Haven't tried again.

 

[johnspack]

In the end, the best answer to curing cancer, is if people stop smoking. I'm 13 months free after 40 years. I used ecigs. All the folding, and the hundreds of dollars in cards I burnt up didn't do squat for me, or my mother and father who both died from cancer. I will still fold again in the future, for those who choose to continue destroying their bodies smoking. But I have a lot less compassion now. Talk to me about ecigs in a pm, I'll show you how to stop smoking forever, and severely reduce your chances of cancer.

 

[Nordic]

I had linux working really easily not too long ago with both of my 750ti's. It was great because of constant core 17's. Wasn't even hard. For whatever reason this linux system refuses to fold right now.

I uninstalled the nvidea driver and reinstalled and older version. It gets the same error. So I booted up in windows and am folding just fine right now. I guess I am left with reinstalling linux.

 

[Nordic]

Have had a nice string of core 17's.

 

[mstenholm]

Have had a nice string of core 17's.

So thats were they went. I paused my 970s for half a day since all they got was core15. 77K PPD vs 270 K plus coil noise. I woke up to my 680 going on one so I thought that they were flowing. My 680 with newer drives does 28 K ......

 

[mx500torid]

AMD gets a little 300k love too.