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Toothless · Jun 11, 2015

Arjai said:
You haven't got an old HDD to dump Ubuntu on? Go find a used shop and spend 2 quid on a HDD to use for a week!!

Oops, forgot, for a moment, you live on a small, dragon infested island. Don't suppose you have one trained to bring you to town?

You have me an idea.

If I can get a small 60GB HDD to slap Windows on, I can just use that as a crunching drive. Dual booting.

Anyone have an extra drive? I don't.

thebluebumblebee · Jun 11, 2015

Toothless said:
Anyone have an extra drive? I don't.

Check CL. There's been a lot on there lately, especially laptop HDD's.

t_ski · Jun 11, 2015

Heaven7 said:
Off topic, but anyways... Stella is quite hard to get here at my location - I was amazed that it's so readily available in the U.S. when I visited a few years ago (even on tap, everywhere!) Makes me want to visit again... OK, back on topic, now! Crunch it!

I was told by a coworker that visited Germany that the kind we have here (green bottle) is much different (and not as good) as the stuff they have over there (brown bottle)

Recca29 · Jun 11, 2015

Hey guys, i need your suggestion. do i get a used i7 2600 for about 160$ + new Gigabyte H61M-S motherboard for about 50$.
will be used mostly for crunching.

CrazyBass · Jun 11, 2015

Hi everyone, just signed up for this, I'm very interested in this subject.

Perhaps I haven't read enough to understand what's necessary to participate.

Anyone could recommend a "chunching 101" or "WCG for dummies" guide?

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Jun 11, 2015

Welcome @CrazyBass

go here, the whole process is simple and takes a few minutes..........then you are crunching
https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/

Register
D/L the app
Join the TPU team

there is a new members thread which you may find useful, everyone asks the same questions when they start :toast:

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/new-wcg-tpu-team-member-welcome-thread.135433/page-42

and a crunchers helping crunchers thread here
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/crunchers-helping-crunchers.101191/page-157

there are a few settings you may want to tweak, there is plenty of help on TPU

thebluebumblebee · Jun 11, 2015

Toothless said:
You have me an idea.

If I can get a small 60GB HDD to slap Windows on, I can just use that as a crunching drive. Dual booting.

Anyone have an extra drive? I don't.

You could also install Linux on a partition on your existing HDD. It will do it for you. It's just hard to get rid of latter. 10GB partition is all that is needed.

FireFox · Jun 11, 2015

Toothless said:
Anyone have an extra drive? I don't.

I have plenty But unfortunately you live too far from Germany :banghead:

agent00skid · Jun 11, 2015

Anybody got a Windows license lying around?

Norton · Jun 11, 2015

CrazyBass said:
Hi everyone, just signed up for this, I'm very interested in this subject.

Perhaps I haven't read enough to understand what's necessary to participate.

Anyone could recommend a "chunching 101" or "WCG for dummies" guide?

Welcome aboard! :toast:

There's some basic info in the OP of our latest challenge:

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...21st-2015-for-dad-for-kreij-win-stuff.213211/

and plenty more in this thread (some of it is older info):

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/ions-wcg-essentials-thread.106593/

t_ski · Jun 12, 2015

agent00skid said:
Anybody got a Windows license lying around?

You can install whatever flavor of Windows 7 you have on-hand and do the re-arm to get you a few months' worth of free OS.

I would still like to know WTF is up with my PPD. I had over 20K yesterday, and currently have nothing on the Free-DC page. Yes, a big, fat donut :mad:

Toothless · Jun 12, 2015

thebluebumblebee said:
You could also install Linux on a partition on your existing HDD. It will do it for you. It's just hard to get rid of latter. 10GB partition is all that is needed.

Both HDDs are already filled with goodies and my SSD is the fault.

Norton · Jun 12, 2015

t_ski said:
You can install whatever flavor of Windows 7 you have on-hand and do the re-arm to get you a few months' worth of free OS.

I would still like to know WTF is up with my PPD. I had over 20K yesterday, and currently have nothing on the Free-DC page. Yes, a big, fat donut

FreeDC stats have been screwy all day- First I had no output, then I had output but my 4P was showing no points and the i3-2120 was at 13k :wtf:

t_ski · Jun 12, 2015

It won't even load for me now, so it must be Free-DC and not my rigs. Thanks Boss! :toast:

manofthem · Jun 12, 2015

Norton said:
FreeDC stats have been screwy all day- First I had no output, then I had output but my 4P was showing no points and the i3-2120 was at 13k

t_ski said:
It won't even load for me now, so it must be Free-DC and not my rigs. Thanks Boss!

Looks like Free-DC is still wonky which means that tonight's stones and pie may be messed up; I can't even load the page. Why oh why did it have to happen in challenge time?! :cry:

Edit: finally got it to load

Edit 2: and I can't find myself on the page now :cry:

I feel like I'm on an emotional rollercoaster

t_ski · Jun 12, 2015

I just looked again and it will load, but the pies on that page are messed up, too: everyone is still at 10%

Recca29 · Jun 12, 2015

Recca29 said:
Hey guys, i need your suggestion. do i get a used i7 2600 for about 160$ + new Gigabyte H61M-S motherboard for about 50$.
will be used mostly for crunching.

@Norton, @manofthem, anyone running a i7 2600 stock. what numbers does it make.

manofthem · Jun 12, 2015

Recca29 said:
@Norton, @manofthem, anyone running a i7 2600 stock. what numbers does it make.

I just installed the 2600k recently and its running at 3.5, I think 3.4 is stock no turbo, but I haven't gotten a good read on Its numbers yet. I think @Norton said it averaged about 6.5k which seems a little high compared to my other chips, so this all means that I don't know yet :oops:

@Norton still has a 2600k running so he'll be more helpful

Edit: and since Free-DC is giving wacky results under my profile and Norton's, I can't even check those and get a idea :confused:

manofthem · Jun 13, 2015

Just dropping a note here in case anyone misses it:

Game Giveaway is up so be sure to get in on some goodness!

Recca29 · Jun 13, 2015

@Norton help me out here. i7 2600 numbers at stock clocks.
Got the guy to reduce the price to ~ 140$.

Norton · Jun 13, 2015

Recca29 said:
@Norton help me out here. i7 2600 numbers at stock clocks.
Got the guy to reduce the price to ~ 140$.

A 2600 should get you around 6-7k ppd at stock clocks- Linux will give you about a 10% boost over Windows 7...

$140 is an nice price btw!

Recca29 · Jun 14, 2015

Got the processor i 7 2600 :toast:

. Ordered the motherboard Asus H61M-CS. :toast:

now i just need to RMA the corsair CX 650 PSU for the 4th time. :nutkick:

Edit: having a really -2 bad day. :banghead:

processor slipped from my hand, fell 4 -5 feet, twisted the PCB. :banghead:

don't know if it will work or not. :nutkick:

cancelled the order for the motherboard. :cry:

FireFox · Jun 14, 2015

Recca29 said:
Edit: having a really -2 bad day. processor slipped from my hand, fell 4 -5 feet, twisted the PCB. don't know if it will work or not.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Jun 14, 2015

Recca29 said:
Got the processor i 7 2600. Ordered the motherboard Asus H61M-CS.
now i just need to RMA the corsair CX 650 PSU for the 4th time.

Edit: having a really -2 bad day. processor slipped from my hand, fell 4 -5 feet, twisted the PCB. don't know if it will work or not.

cancelled the order for the motherboard.

Gutted, totally gutted for you Dude.

4x4n · Jun 14, 2015

Norton said:
A 2600 should get you around 6-7k ppd at stock clocks- Linux will give you about a 10% boost over Windows 7...

$140 is an nice price btw!

Is that right, seems high to me. I get 6800-7000 on the 4790k at 4.5, maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Recca29 said:
Got the processor i 7 2600. Ordered the motherboard Asus H61M-CS.
now i just need to RMA the corsair CX 650 PSU for the 4th time.

Edit: having a really -2 bad day. processor slipped from my hand, fell 4 -5 feet, twisted the PCB. don't know if it will work or not.

cancelled the order for the motherboard.

Doesnt look too bad, I bet it will still work if all the pads make contact.

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Processor	7800x3D
Motherboard	x670e Asus Crosshair Hero
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Memory	2x24 Klevv Cras V RGB
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Mouse	Corsair Nightsword
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VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
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Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

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Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Keyboard	Corsair K95
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Case	Antec
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	Corsair 600X
Mouse	Logitech mx 518
Keyboard	Logitech G300s
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	CrazyMadness // FlyingMadness
Processor	i3 4170 3.7ghz (for now) // i5 2350M 2.3ghz (I'll check this)
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-GAMING 3 // loading...
Cooling	Intel's "VW" Box Air Cooling // Who needs this?
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz C9 (for now) // 4GB 1333MHz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GeForce GTX970 WF3OC // HD Graphics 3000
Storage	WD 10EZEX 1TB // 750GB "need a check too" brand
Case	Cougar Archon Midi Tower // Dell Inspiron 3000 series
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is just fine // what?
Power Supply	EVGA 500W // Innergie "Xing-Ling's" PSU

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Processor	Xeon w 3520
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty
Cooling	Big tower thing
Memory	6 gb Ballistix Tracer
Video Card(s)	HD 7970
Case	a plank of wood
Audio Device(s)	seperate amp and 6 big speakers
Power Supply	Corsair
Mouse	cheap
Keyboard	under going restoration

Processor	Intel i7 10700K
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Display(s)	Asus ROG PG278QR 2560x1440 144Hz (Overclocked 165Hz )/ Samsung
Case	Corsair Obsidian 1000D
Audio Device(s)	I prefer Gaming-Headset
Power Supply	Enermax MaxTytan 1250W 80+ Titanium
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	Virtuis Advanced Gaming Keyboard ( Batboard )
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise/Windows 10 Pro/Windows 11 Pro
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Processor	Core i3-12100F \| i5-1240P
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Memory	2*16GB \| 16GB DDR4
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Storage	Intel 660 1TB + Crucial BX100 500GB \| 1TB SSD
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Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W \| 65W USB-C Power brick
Mouse	Logitech M330
Keyboard	Logitech G610 Orion Brown \| Laptop
Software	Gentoo + Windows 10 Pro \| Gentoo

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Processor	Ryzen 5900X- Ryzen 5950X- Ryzen 3950X and etc...
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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...
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Case	Phanteks P600s- Seasonic Q704- Fractal Meshify C and etc...
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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
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Processor	3900X @ 4.0
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Cooling	DeepCool Castle 360EX
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Case	Thermaltake P3
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III 750w
Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	G Skill KM570 MX Silver
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Processor	3950x
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-E
Cooling	Custom water
Memory	4x8gb Corsair Dominator
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro RX580
Storage	Adata XPG SX8200 Pro
Display(s)	Asus 24"
Case	Phanteks Evolve X
Power Supply	Seasonic 650

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