TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

t_ski · Aug 13, 2015

Arjai said:
IDK, I might switch "Karen" over, this weekend. I believe it will mostly benefit my HDD space, and if it boosts my crunching...Why not.

My biggest fear is having WIN10 mess with my 7850 and the Catalyst I have, finally gotten to work. But, it might also be good enough to allow me OpenCL, which I've been unable to get working in WIN7, which will boost my Folding.

Any troubles with GPU Drivers? Any ATI's in the two rigs you switched? Got any Heroine?

One rig has an Nvidia Quadro card in it: no issues, but it's not folding. The other rig is using an on-board video that is using the Microsoft standard VGA driver. I have thought about adding a basic video card to the second one (video is just laggy due to CPU load), and I have a couple ATI cards that I would probably choose from, but I just never got around to it yet.

No heroine though - this is my favorite drug :pimp:

theonedub · Aug 14, 2015

Utility company had the power off for 8hrs today while they replaced a transformer, installed a new utility pole, and did some other work- no WCG all day. Of course they did it right after we bought groceries, too -_- Back online now, and everything made it.

hat · Aug 14, 2015

Some changes are coming to camp hat. I'm getting better DDR3 for my main machine "Starlifter". The RAM I already have will be used to go into an AMD AM3 motherboard, paired with an Athlon II x4 640. Those parts will replace the current parts in my second machine "Dragonfly", so the Athlon will replace the Q6600. This is a somewhat of a decent upgrade, as the Q6600 cannot overclock, and I've had the Athlon up to 3.6GHz I think when I used it before. I'll also (try) moving to Windows 10 on Dragonfly, which should raise output a little more. It should also help some with power consumption and heat output here, though things like that aren't so evident when looking at WCG stats...

-ed Well, after looking at the chip I found it's a 630, not a 640. I might have ran it at 3.5GHz (250x14) or 3.64GHz (260x14)... Probably gonna run at 3.5 for lower power draw and heat, since it'll be a 24/7 cruncher. If it was my main machine I'd push for more, but I'm not gonna redline a secondary system.

manofthem · Aug 15, 2015

Finally got to install Win 10 on my main rig. I kicked around the idea of waiting since I felt I was going to run into issues, but I didn't wait....

...and I should have. I'm having trouble updating AMD driver on this rig, and of course it has to be the rig with CFX. I've tried to install the latest AMD driver, and it failed. I tried uninstalling what I had, and it gave me errors and failed.

Ultimately it said AMD driver uninstalled, but it's not; it's not showing up in Control Panel's Add/Remove, but gpuz reads it fine and the game I play seems to be fine. So not sure what's going on just yet...

On the plus side, the Win10 upgrade went very quickly

Edit: well I think I finally got it worked out, after a bit more fiddling and some help from my friend Tito (@t_ski

). Haven't tested in game yet, but everything seems alright as of yet

t_ski · Aug 15, 2015

manofthem said:
Edit: well I think I finally got it worked out, after a bit more fiddling and some help from my friend Tito (@t_ski ). Haven't tested in game yet, but everything seems alright as of yet

I was like "wait, what? I didn't help you any..." But then I saw the link and I understood the connection. :pimp:

Is that stuff any good?

I did my two crunchers first, because I knew they were more basic hardware, and I knew if I messed them up I'd be upset, but I could get over it easier. I plan to wait a little while more on my main rig due to still having to test some things out on Win10, like access to my work through VPN, etc.

manofthem · Aug 15, 2015

t_ski said:
I was like "wait, what? I didn't help you any..." But then I saw the link and I understood the connection. Is that stuff any good?

Oh yeah, it's very good. For me, it's either that or Stoli as my preference (and usually Tito > Stoli), both better than the likes of Ketel or Goose

I did my two crunchers first, because I knew they were more basic hardware, and I knew if I messed them up I'd be upset, but I could get over it easier. I plan to wait a little while more on my main rig due to still having to test some things out on Win10, like access to my work through VPN, etc.

This makes very good sense and kind of what I did too, except the wait on the main rig. Did the wife's pc first, as a guinea pig run. :laugh:

Bow · Aug 17, 2015

Hot again this week with high humidity. Going to be shutting down during the day.

twilyth · Aug 17, 2015

Yeah. Today it got up to 99F. I had to fill up the swamp cooler finally. The squirrel cage fan was stuck so had to give it a little push.

I have central a/c but the house is a bilevel and the 2.5 rooms on the upper level get really warm. If I set the a/c to try to keep that area cool, you can hang meat in the rest of the house. So I use a small window a/c to help out but that's only 5k btu so on really hot days it doesn't do the job. I also have an 8k which I should have used but I don't think it's as energy efficient. So I add the swamp cooler in.

The central a/c and window unit remove the extra moisture so it doesn't get sticky and the only juice the swampie uses is for the fan. I think it's rated at 5k btu as well.

It's really weird how much of a difference of about 2 feet makes. I think it's probably due more to the fact that the attic above the higher part is much smaller than the rest of the attic so it gets a lot hotter up there.

Arjai · Aug 18, 2015

t_ski said:
One rig has an Nvidia Quadro card in it: no issues, but it's not folding. The other rig is using an on-board video that is using the Microsoft standard VGA driver. I have thought about adding a basic video card to the second one (video is just laggy due to CPU load), and I have a couple ATI cards that I would probably choose from, but I just never got around to it yet.

No heroine though - this is my favorite drug

Karen is up and running on 10. No problems. The catalyst is still there running things AND(!!) Magically, I now have OPENCL!!!!!

I was hoping 10 would fix that! I am going to monitor the single core crunching averages over the next week. If I end up anywhere close to a 30% Jump, This Laptop is gonna be next!

BTW, that song sucks.

I am gonna lose internet on the 22nd. I need someone to help me do the Daily Numbers until, at least the 27th. I may, or may not be able to afford to renew my internet. If it is longer I will go to the library and let you all know. The rent at my apartment is still flocked up!! They keep using last years inflated numbers for my income! I don't make nearly as much now, and they are taking 46.3% of my takehome pay!! They are supposed to only take 33% of my pay! That 13.3 % means I can't eat. I have lost over 25 pounds since moving here last month! 25 POUNDS!!

Next Tuesday, I am parking my ass in her office until we get a face to face!! I am going to either end up in the hospital with exhaustion or lose this place and end up three steps back!!!

Or BOTH!!

Sorry, /Rant

I do need someone to step up and do numbers for a little while, Starting on the 22nd, Please!

:lovetpu:

twilyth · Aug 18, 2015

My stats are down today since 2687w hasn't returned any results since Sat. Somehow it got disconnected from the project. I have no idea how since I never use that machine. Thought I reattached yesterday but apparently not. Will have to check later to see if it's dl'ing new work.

twilyth · Aug 19, 2015

Damn. Pretty slow around here lately.

Anyway, the dual octo seems to be developing some problems. Keep getting bsod's. Plus there was the issue with getting detached from the project. Not sure what's going on there. To do some diagnostics I will need to find a keyboard. Think I'll get a wired usb model from amazon basic.

stinger608 · Aug 19, 2015

twilyth said:
Damn. Pretty slow around here lately.

That was kind of my thoughts the last few days.

Norton · Aug 19, 2015

The heat/humidity and my work schedule have been wearing me out lately- fell asleep in front of my PC for at least an hour almost every night over the past week :oops:

manofthem · Aug 19, 2015

twilyth said:
Damn. Pretty slow around here lately.

Times are tough lately for me, haven't been as active myself due to everything going on. Life, stress, family, business, etc... :cry:

twilyth said:
Anyway, the dual octo seems to be developing some problems. Keep getting bsod's. Plus there was the issue with getting detached from the project. Not sure what's going on there. To do some diagnostics I will need to find a keyboard. Think I'll get a wired usb model from amazon basic.

I bought a crap USB kb for the wife's pc for like $10 or $12 at Staples (or Office Max or Office Depot or somewhere like that), and it's worked fine. In fact, the wife preferred that to the Quickfire mech board :wtf:

twilyth · Aug 20, 2015

Well, I ordered the new kb last night, so we'll see how it goes. The octo has been stable since last night although I did have to do a restore. I hope it's not some software update that causing the issue.

manofthem · Aug 20, 2015

I still haven't gotten my one rig back up yet because of the issue with the gpu heatsink. Amazing how quickly time goes. I've been meaning to take care of it but I've just been top busy/tired/preoccupied to finally get it taken care of.

But I hope to get it fixed in short order.

twilyth said:
Well, I ordered the new kb last night, so we'll see how it goes. The octo has been stable since last night although I did have to do a restore. I hope it's not some software update that causing the issue.

I hope for the best stability for the octopus rig. :laugh:

Edit: octo =fun for the kids too

twilyth · Aug 20, 2015

manofthem said:
Edit: octo =fun for the kids too

Not always.

manofthem · Aug 20, 2015

twilyth said:
Not always.

Oh man I LOL'd so hard with that! Well done :laugh:

hat · Aug 20, 2015

Currently running a 24h prime95 test on both machines. I got the RAM in Starlifter, and testing my settings for it. Dreagonfly has been updated, and I'm testing my settings 3.5GHz on its athlon II x4. When it's all over I'll come back a little stronger...

Also replaced Windows 8.1 with Windows 10 on Dragonfly. I've read about Windows 10 running better than 8.1 so that could help some as well.

hat · Aug 20, 2015

Dragonfly had a BSOD 4.5hr in the test :-( raised cpu voltage tried again...

[Ion] · Aug 20, 2015

Bought something new today:
4x AMD Opteron 6376 CPUs
H8QG7+-LN4F motherboard (still sells for $985 on Amazon! )
1400watt gold certified psu
Onboard LSI 2208 RAID controller with 1Gb cache!
3 hotswap bays ( comes with 2x 60gb Kingston SSDs installed)
QUAD Intel i350 gigabit LAN
IPMI 2.0 with remote media
No RAM.

That's right, a 64 core rackmount server. I've made obscenely good money this summer selling computers, so I decided to spend a fraction of the profits on something fun. This ought to crush Kiev and Budapest combined.

manofthem · Aug 20, 2015

[Ion] said:
I've made obscenely good money this summer selling computers,

And people dare to say the desktop pc is dead :shadedshu:

Congrats on the purchase, good to see you again

Norton · Aug 20, 2015

[Ion] said:
No RAM

Can't crush anything til' that part is fixed

manofthem said:
Congrats on the purchase, good to see you again

^^^ This!

Are you back at school now or getting ready to go back soon?

xvi · Aug 20, 2015

[Ion] said:
Bought something new today:

If you don't mind my asking, what's the total on something like that? I know it's outside my budget, I'm just curious to know how far outside it is.

peche · Aug 20, 2015

Boinc manager is so weird on all 3 of my machines,
it takes like 30 min to report tasks ... i have to manually click on "update" Command ... for getting reported i guess... forgot to take a screenshot about all done tasks there being ready to report...

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	Erakith \|\| AsRock NUCS
Processor	AMD ThreadRipper 2990WX ES (32c/64t 3.5ghz@1.02v) \|\| Intel i7 1360P Raptor Lake-P
Motherboard	MSI X399 MEG Creation \|\| AsRock OE
Cooling	EK Supremacy TR4 Full Nickel, D5 w/ EK Top, 2X EK-CoolStream XTX 360 & Photon 270 Res \|\| OE
Memory	32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance PRO RGB DDR4 3000\|\| 2x16GB Corsair DDR4
Video Card(s)	Vega 64 EK FC\|\| Intel Iris Xe
Storage	250gb WD Black NVMe & (2) 2TB Intel 660p NVMe \|\| 2TB Corsair MP600 Pro
Display(s)	34" Dell Ultrasharp U3415W
Case	CaseLabs Merlin SM8 \|\| Aluminum Unibody
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000
Mouse	Corsair Harpoon Wireless RGB
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB w/ Cherry MX Silent
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64 \|\| WIndows 11 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	WCG & F@H Only

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	3900X @ 4.0
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-E
Cooling	DeepCool Castle 360EX
Memory	G Skill Trident Z Neo 32GB 3600
Video Card(s)	RX 5700 XT Pulse
Storage	Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB
Display(s)	LG 34UC88
Case	Thermaltake P3
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III 750w
Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	G Skill KM570 MX Silver
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	SLOW-MO-SHUN III
Processor	AMD RYZEN 9 7950X 4.5ghz 16 Core
Motherboard	MSI MPG X670E Carbon wifi
Cooling	Quench 360 Liquid Cooler
Memory	2x 16GB Kingston Fury Beast DDR 5-5200
Video Card(s)	NVidia GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB GDDR6X
Storage	1TB Kingston NV2 M.2 SSD 2TB 2.5 SanDisk SSD Plus
Display(s)	Asus 28" VP28UQG 4K 3840x2160
Case	Athena M1, 6 Chassis Fans
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA Super Nova 1000W
Mouse	Razer Deathadder
Keyboard	Razer Ornata
Software	Windows 11 Home 64-Bit

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

System Name	Bay2- Lowerbay/ HP 3770/T3500-2+T3500-3+T3500-4/ Opti-Con/Orange/White/Grey
Processor	i3 2120's/ i7 3770/ x5670's/ i5 2400/Ryzen 2700/Ryzen 2700/R7 3700x
Motherboard	HP UltraSlim's/ HP mid size/ Dell T3500 workstation's/ Dell 390/B450 AorusM/B450 AorusM/B550 AorusM
Cooling	All stock coolers/Grey has an H-60
Memory	2GB/ 4GB/ 12 GB 3 chan/ 4GB sammy/T-Force 16GB 3200/XPG 16GB 3000/Ballistic 3600 16GB
Video Card(s)	HD2000's/ HD 2000/ 1 MSI GT710,2x MSI R7 240's/ HD4000/ Red Dragon 580/Sapphire 580/Sapphire 580
Storage	?HDD's/ 500 GB-er's/ 500 GB/2.5 Samsung 500GB HDD+WD Black 1TB/ WD Black 500GB M.2/Corsair MP600 M.2
Display(s)	1920x1080/ ViewSonic VX24568 between the rest/1080p TV-Grey
Case	HP 8200 UltraSlim's/ HP 8200 mid tower/Dell T3500's/ Dell 390/SilverStone Kublai KL06/NZXT H510 W x2
Audio Device(s)	Sonic Master/ onboard's/ Beeper's!
Power Supply	19.5 volt bricks/ Dell PSU/ 525W sumptin/ same/Seasonic 750 80+Gold/EVGA 500 80+/Antec 650 80+Gold
Mouse	cheap GigaWire930, CMStorm Havoc + Logitech M510 wireless/iGear usb x2/MX 900 wireless kit 4 Grey
Keyboard	Dynex, 2 no name, SYX and a Logitech. All full sized and USB. MX900 kit for Grey
Software	Mint 18 Sylvia/ Opti-Con Mint KDE/ T3500's on Kubuntu/HP 3770 is Win 10/Win 10 Pro/Win 10 Pro/Win10
Benchmark Scores	World Community Grid is my benchmark!!

System Name	Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall
Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 5800X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Asus ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming Wifi
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/32 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 1660 Super/EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid Gaming
Storage	Crucial SSD 256 and 2TB spinner/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/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software	Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Main PC- Gamer- Main Cruncher/Folder and too many crunching/folding rigs
Processor	Ryzen 5900X- Ryzen 5950X- Ryzen 3950X and etc...
Motherboard	Asrock X570 Extreme4- MSI X570S Tomahawk MAX WiFi- MSI B450M Bazooka Max and etc...
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S (dual fan)- EK 360 AIO with push/pull fans- Corsair H115i RGB Pro XT and etc...
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...
Display(s)	Main PC (2x24" Dell UltraSharp U2414H)
Case	Phanteks P600s- Seasonic Q704- Fractal Meshify C and etc...
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z625 THX 2.1 speakers
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
Benchmark Scores	Why sit on the Bench when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!

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	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	Athenna
Processor	intel i7 3770 Dellided
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Rev. 1.1
Cooling	Thermaltake Water 3.0 Pro + Tt Riing12 x2 / Tt ThunderBlade / Gelid Slim 120UV fans
Memory	16GB DRR3 Kingoston with Custom Tt spreaders + HyperX Fan
Video Card(s)	GeForce GTX 980 4GB Nvidia Sample
Storage	Crucial M4 SSD 64GB's / Seagate Barracuda 2TB / Seagate Barracuda 320GB's
Display(s)	22" LG FLATRON 1920 x 1280p
Case	Thermaltake Commander G42 Window
Audio Device(s)	On-board Dolby 5.1+ Kingston HyperX Cloud 1
Power Supply	Themaltake TR2 700W 80plus bronce & APC Pro backup 1000Va
Mouse	Tt eSports Level 10M Rev 1.0 Diamond Black & Tt Conkor "L" mouse pad
Keyboard	Tt eSports KNUCKER
Software	windows 10x64Pro
Benchmark Scores	well I've fried a 775' P4 12 years ago, that counts?

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