TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

22 cores?! Hmmm...

$4k...

Ummm I don't think any of those will be in my future. Not with it being 4k. Nope.

 

[manofthem]

Ummm I don't think any of those will be in my future. Not with it being 4k. Nope.

Neither you nor me, likely all of us. Sure would be nice but I guess we'll just have to content ourselves with regular cpu's

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Neither you nor me, likely all of us. Sure would be nice but I guess we'll just have to content ourselves with regular cpu's

You see what my fleet is LOL. I have to be content on less the regular cpu's. But But when Zen gets released I will build a new rig, will it be part of my crunching fleet that is yet to be decided.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

22 cores?! Hmmm...

$4k...

But I remembered that the 18 core E5-4669 v3 was $7007! (okay, I had to go look it up)

 

[mstenholm]

So I got my first HST WU . Now the fight is on - Gold for Beta or Bronze for HST. I think that beta gets here first with the current feed rate.

 

[xvi]

Deal alert: Newegg's eBay store is offloading the Intel Compute Stick 2GB/Win10 for $80. It's been a while so my memory is pretty foggy on these, but I think these things will do about 1k PPD at somewhere between 5-10 watts.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

One thing about the Stick really surprised me (ok, two, 'cause I never thought I'd utter those words): there's a fan inside that becomes audible during heavy use. The blower didn't spin up during video streaming sessions, but when I was trying to surf the web while Windows installed some updates in the background, its faint whine became audible from across the room. The fan isn't especially loud and doesn't run all that often, but the Stick isn't utterly silent, as one might expect from this class of device.

 

[xvi]

Had a really odd stability issue with my 3930k rig. Running BOINC, it would go for a few hours and then freeze (no BSOD, no reboot, just freeze). Shut down BOINC, it'd run for a few hours and then freeze. Shut it off, come back to it later, run for a few hours, freeze. Shut it off for a few months, finally fire it back up a couple days ago, runs for a few hours, freeze. Reboot again, it's running fine. Fire up BOINC again, running fine. No idea why.

 

[stinger608]

@xvi , maybe uninstall BOINC and run CCleaner and then reinstall BOINC. See if it still does the same.

 

[xvi]

@xvi , maybe uninstall BOINC and run CCleaner and then reinstall BOINC. See if it still does the same.

I'm not sure it's BOINC related. It would sit completely idle and randomly freeze. There was an odd coil/transformer buzz too when idling. Seemed to go away under load.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), it seems to be working last I checked (powered on for about a day now, crunching for the last 4 hours or so), so no more troubleshooting for me at this time. =/

 

[stinger608]

If it has "coil/transformer buzz" I would suspect that the power supply is having issues @xvi

That is usually where the whine will come from. If not, then it is most likely the video card. If you have a video card installed that is. If you don't then its almost certainly the power supply.

 

[xvi]

If it has "coil/transformer buzz" I would suspect that the power supply is having issues @xvi

That is usually where the whine will come from. If not, then it is most likely the video card. If you have a video card installed that is. If you don't then its almost certainly the power supply.

Yeah, that buzz made me think power supply too. I think it's a BFG GS-650, so certainly not quality. Does indeed have a GPU, HD 7870.

Edit: Still running. 2d 7h uptime.

 

[stinger608]

Hmm, yea I think I would suspect the power supply @xvi
Has to be a fairly old unit being BFG.

I would suspect it way more than the 7870 as them really weren't all that susceptible to coil whine.

 

[El_Mayo]

Damn guys, moving house soon which means no more inclusive electricity bills I don't wanna stop crunching though!

 

[Norton]

Damn guys, moving house soon which means no more inclusive electricity bills I don't wanna stop crunching though!

Your 4790K shouldn't draw too much power. If it does then you can drop down about 20-30% without a real noticeable impact on your power bill

 

[xvi]

Has to be a fairly old unit being BFG.

So, funny story about where I got this PSU..

Spoiler

I bought a BFG LS-550 because of decent reviews and a LOT of amperage on a single 12v rail.
Can't remember if unit was DoA or died quickly, but I have to RMA it right off the bat.
I get a GS-550 back (their bottom end PSU).
E-mail RMA, explain I sent a LS in, got a GS back.
They say ship it back, give me another RMA number.
I eventually get the same GS-550 back.
E-mail RMA again, explain again. They say ship it back.
Receive a voicemail from a manager saying they "will not upgrade my PSU".
Call back, explain I'm not asking for an upgrade, I'm asking for the same PSU I sent in.
Manager lady says she'll take care of it and practically hangs up on me.
I receive another GS-550.
A couple days later, I also receive a GS-650.
About a week later, I receive an open-box LS-550 (version 2, where they cheaped out on components though).
Shortly after, BFG goes bankrupt.
I have three PSUs from them.

Damn guys, moving house soon which means no more inclusive electricity bills I don't wanna stop crunching though!

You'll probably just want to take efficiency in to consideration. Underclocking and/or undervolting should help in that regard. Can be as easy as setting the max CPU speed in Windows power options to a lower percentage or as difficult as underclocking and finding the minimum stable voltage for your CPU.

 

[manofthem]

Your 4790K shouldn't draw too much power. If it does then you can drop down about 20-30% without a real noticeable impact on your power bill

You'll probably just want to take efficiency in to consideration. Underclocking and/or undervolting should help in that regard. Can be as easy as setting the max CPU speed in Windows power options to a lower percentage or as difficult as underclocking and finding the minimum stable voltage for your CPU.

Go for the undervolt! My 4790 @3.8 undervolted pulls only ~94/95w full load for the whole pc. Not bad.

 

[agent00skid]

I accidentally bought myself a birthday present. So CEP2 will be joining the farm with all the others, once I've fiddled with clocks and voltages.

 

[mstenholm]

I accidentally bought myself a birthday present. So CEP2 will be joining the farm with all the others, once I've fiddled with clocks and voltages.
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You can pick up an 280X (Asus) to complete the build. When I say pick up I mean pick up.

Edit: Ups - VS350 suggests 350 W and then a 280X will be a real bad GPU. Offer still stands. Pick up.

 

[manofthem]

WCG site will be down for a short while this weekend. It sounds like it won't affect much at all since the downtime is going to be of short duration
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Starts on Sunday the 10th @1am UTC (Saturday the 9th @8pm EST)

Site outage for Sunday April 10th

6 Apr 2016

Summary
We will be performing some maintenance which will result in volunteers being temporarily unable to access the website or download new work at 01:00 UTC on Sunday, April 10th.

We will be temporarily disabling the ability for World Community Grid volunteers to access the website and download/upload results at 01:00 UTC on Sunday, April 10th. The window for this outage is 6 hours; however, interruption to the critical sections is estimated to take 15 minutes. During this time, access to the website, which includes the forums, will be completely disabled. Also during this time, your BOINC client may attempt to communicate with our servers. When it does, it will be notified that we are currently offline. Your BOINC client will wait a short period of time, and then try again. Once we enable the site again, your BOINC client will automatically retry and download or upload your results. No action is required on your part during this change.

 

[Caring1]

Ordinarily I get notifications about down time, but haven't yet about this weekend.

 

[agent00skid]

You can pick up an 280X (Asus) to complete the build. When I say pick up I mean pick up.

Edit: Ups - VS350 suggests 350 W and then a 280X will be a real bad GPU. Offer still stands. Pick up.

I got other machines with room. Pick up where?

 

[mstenholm]

I got other machines with room. Pick up where?

We can make a compromise ... Ringsted Station. In order to get to my place you need a car.

 

[jboydgolfer]

Based on the Advice of @Norton I added this little HS/Fan combo to MY i3 4160 Living room PC that i crunch with on the earlier part of the weekdays when im home, and I got some great temp drops (right around 15-20C dropped) In case anyone ever needs a good HS, i can verify this one works well. And it uses stock intel mounting Hardware, so all You need to do is remove the intel HS, and install this one (it installs exactly the same way the intel one does)

Cooler Master Hyper TX3 - CPU Cooler with 3 Direct Contact Heatpipes

 

[xvi]

I've kind of wondered how the TX3 stacks up against it's big brother, the 212 Evo. Glad to know it's capable of better than stock.