TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[[Ion]]

Actually I would have though it would be better then that. Maybe it is still spooling up. My 2p x5650 rig at 2.6ghz averages 12.2k ppd. Let it spool for a week and we will see where it's at. I may have a mini challange between us for you. 2 rigs average ppd. Your sr2 and 3930k Vs my 2x x5650 and 3930k rigs. Winner gets a doughnut image.

Yours are on Linux though, right? My SR2 is Windows 7, and the 3930k is my daily system that sees regular gaming and school activities (Matlab and programming).
I've switched over to all projects so I'm curious to see how that changes things.

Another contest idea: your 2P and the 3930k vs my SR-2 and the Opty system
Nah, that would be no fun....what's the point of a contest when the outcome is pre-known.


But your contest sounds fun. Your slightly faster 3930k should cancel out for my slightly faster SR-2. Give me a few days to get up to speed and I'm down

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Yours are on Linux though, right? My SR2 is Windows 7, and the 3930k is my daily system that sees regular gaming and school activities (Matlab and programming).
I've switched over to all projects so I'm curious to see how that changes things.

Another contest idea: your 2P and the 3930k vs my SR-2 and the Opty system
Nah, that would be no fun....what's the point of a contest when the outcome is pre-known.

LOL hell why not your sr2 vs my 420e rig LOL But yes mine are on linux which is giving my 3930k along with your not full crunching on your 3930k an over 2k ppd avantage on that rig and why my 2p rig has the ppd it has. Also my 3930k is a dedicated cruncher. My main rig is a Fx 8350 based rig. Hey how about this for the challange? We take your average for your sr-2 rig against the average for my main rig. Has to be right now though LOL.

 

[[Ion]]

LOL hell why not your sr2 vs my 420e rig LOL But yes mine are on linux which is giving my 3930k along with your not full crunching on your 3930k an over 2k ppd avantage on that rig and why my 2p rig has the ppd it has. Also my 3930k is a dedicated cruncher. My main rig is a Fx 8350 based rig. Hey how about this for the challange? We take your average for your sr-2 rig against the average for my main rig. Has to be right now though LOL.

The SR-2 has been going for less than three full days at this point. And that's counting the time that BOINC was off while I was testing the OC.
I'm totally game for a competition, 2P + 3930k vs 2P + 3930k, but let's get started on Friday, why don't we?
That ought to be a tolerably fair fight for both sides, I think

 

[Norton]

You could always set this little contest up as a "bracket race"- set a ppd figure prior to the start and the one that gets closest to it without exceeding it wins

*** EDIT- just in case anyone is unsure of what a bracket race is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket_racing

I'm liking this idea

 

[[Ion]]

You could always set this little contest up as a "bracket race"- set a ppd figure prior to the start and the one that gets closest to it without exceeding it wins

Fine, let's set the PPD bracket to 170k/day then

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Fine, let's set the PPD bracket to 170k/day then

For the 2 rigs we can set it like 22k ppd.

 

[[Ion]]

For the 2 rigs we can set it like 20k ppd.

I'd say that's a tad low...currently at about 21-22k from the two and I don't want to have to go partial hours on either of them

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

I am aro

I'd say that's a tad low...currently at about 21-22k from the two and I don't want to have to go partial hours on either of them

I am around 21k for both on a good day. So we can say 22 or 23k. Part of bracket style is knowing when to lift to run under index.

 

[[Ion]]

I am aro

I am around 21k for both on a good day. So we can say 22 or 23k. Part of bracket style is knowing when to lift to run under index.

Works for me. I'll have an idea by Friday how well the SR-2 does and we can run from there

 

[bubbleawsome]

Remember how you guys warned me about the crunching bug? And how I said it wouldn't be an issue because I don't have any money?
Yeah right.

Just spent about an hour using Intel ARK to compare the E5 v2 and then the e5000 chips. Turns out some of the E5v2 ES chips can be seen on ebay for $250. Then I found $130 6 core e5000 chips. That's just $260 for 24 threads. Less than a 4790k.

Then I started trying to find an ATX 2P board that used LGA 1366. (Near impossible)
Then I remembered I don't even have enough money to buy another PSU or HDD, let alone all that, and I really needed to write a school paper anyway.

I guess I'm bit.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Works for me. I'll have an idea by Friday how well the SR-2 does and we can run from there

I have a better ideal which I will explain once I have it totally figured out.

 

[manofthem]

You could always set this little contest up as a "bracket race"- set a ppd figure prior to the start and the one that gets closest to it without exceeding it wins

*** EDIT- just in case anyone is unsure of what a bracket race is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket_racing

I'm liking this idea

Yes, I was unsure of what a bracket race was til this link, and now I'm just a little unsure of what it is

But I love a little friendly competition

 

[Nordic]

I listened to a talk given by William Y. Arms today about old school academic computing. He is a very nice man. I talked with him briefly after.

 

[xvi]

Winner gets a doughnut image.

Spoiler

2P + 3930k vs 2P + 3930k

I almost have the appropriate rigs to join. Just need a proprietary HP heatsink (ugh) and a second Xeon.

 

[[Ion]]

Turns out that the OC on the SR-2 system wasn't quite as stable as I thought--my roommate sent me this picture while I was in class today:

I've increased the voltage a tad, so we'll see if it does better this time.

 

[t_ski]

The SR-2 has been going for less than three full days at this point. And that's counting the time that BOINC was off while I was testing the OC.

Apparently Kai forgot that BOINC is the ultimate OC-stability tester!

 

[[Ion]]

Apparently Kai forgot that BOINC is the ultimate OC-stability tester!

Well, in the interest of not erroring a bunch of WUs, particularly as happens when it bluescreens as soon as load is applied, I like to kill BOINC and run Prime95 for an hour or two. Not long, but enough to get a preliminary idea

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Ok Kai, This is how i think we should do it. Using basic bracket racing rules, (I do some bracket racing in my spare time). We estimate a total ppd for how many ever rigs we want to include in the race for say a week. We must list the rig or rigs we are going to use for this by there id number on freedc. Whoever is closes without going over or breaking out wins. In braket racing this is called your dial in time. So if you live near a track and see cars with time on the windshield, that is not the time they ran but the dial in time the driver chose.

If there is interest in this team wise I will start a thread for it and maybe we can get a in team little challenge going on. Maybe run it for awhile kinda like a season in racing and maybe have a prize for the one who has won the most of there challenges. Also the challenges will be limited to 2 people per challenge. But multiple challenges can be running at the same time. And one person can call someone out for a challenge. Like I can call Ion out and we pick what rigs we are going to use for the challenge/race. Run for a week and see who gets closes to the est ppd they chose.

 

[[Ion]]

Ok Kai, This is how i think we should do it. Using basic bracket racing rules, (I do some bracket racing in my spare time). We estimate a total ppd for how many ever rigs we want to include in the race for say a week. We must list the rig or rigs we are going to use for this by there id number on freedc. Whoever is closes without going over or breaking out wins. In braket racing this is called your dial in time. So if you live near a track and see cars with time on the windshield, that is not the time they ran but the dial in time the driver chose.

If there is interest in this team wise I will start a thread for it and maybe we can get a in team little challenge going on. Maybe run it for awhile kinda like a season in racing and maybe have a prize for the one who has won the most of there challenges. Also the challenges will be limited to 2 people per challenge. But multiple challenges can be running at the same time. And one person can call someone out for a challenge. Like I can call Ion out and we pick what rigs we are going to use for the challenge/race. Run for a week and see who gets closes to the est ppd they chose.

Sounds like fun
I think that a DP + SB-E vs DP + SB-E ought to be a good match. Mine are IDs 2356673 (http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=host&proj=bwcg&hostid=2356673) and 3288777 (http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=host&proj=bwcg&hostid=3288777). You good for a week-long race starting, say, at the Friday night update?
Let's be gentlemen about it and not hoard/buffer work in advance--deal? Both systems are set to a three-day buffer (IIRC) across all projects.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Sounds like fun
I think that a DP + SB-E vs DP + SB-E ought to be a good match. Mine are IDs 2356673 (http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=host&proj=bwcg&hostid=2356673) and 3288777 (http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=host&proj=bwcg&hostid=3288777). You good for a week-long race starting, say, at the Friday night update?
Let's be gentlemen about it and not hoard/buffer work in advance--deal? Both systems are set to a three-day buffer (IIRC) across all projects.

Sounds good. Also sand bagging can actually hurt you. I post my ids once I sit in front of a puter again. Ill also set up a thread for it.we need to come up with our guesses on ppds before we start.

 

[[Ion]]

Sounds good. Also sand bagging can actually hurt you. I post my ids once I sit in front of a puter again. Ill also set up a thread for it.we need to come up with our guesses on ppds before we start.

Sounds good to me
I'm going to guess 8.5k for the 3930k and 15k for the SR-2. So 23.5k, or 24k to be safe should be a reasonable upper boundary. But we'll see Thursday or something as the SR-2 has a chance to even out a bit.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

We have to give a 7 day or so total combined for the two rigs by say mid day friday. And the race starts after the last update friday and ends with the last update the following thursday.

 

[[Ion]]

We have to give a 7 day or so total combined for the two rigs by say mid day friday. And the race starts after the last update friday and ends with the last update the following thursday.

Sounds good to me
7-day past total or 7-day total future estimate?

 

[Toothless]

So my desktop is running normally again, but my tv was like "no, no more picture for you" so I'm back to my 21.5" but it runs at 1080p now. Yeeey.

To everyone that has been supportive and been there for me. Those who have helped me SO much over the months. Thank you.

I'm sitting here getting the last of my issues dealt with which is lack of funds for my new place because fffff job is minimum wage and bills.

Thank you TPU. I'm trying not to cry over how much you all mean to me, because you all mean a lot to me.

 

[bubbleawsome]

Newegg has the E5530 (4c/8t) Xeons 42% off at $75 each. If anyone needs to fill up a 1366 mobo I think that's probably one of the best ways to do it. An open box supermicro 2x1366 mobo is also on newegg for $202.
Supermicro is also selling a... z97 1150 server board? Ok?