TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

phill · Dec 22, 2021

Has anyone been able to view anything on the Free-DC site over the last few days?? I got a feeling "It's dead Dave...."....

windwhirl · Dec 22, 2021

phill said:
Has anyone been able to view anything on the Free-DC site over the last few days?? I got a feeling "It's dead Dave...."....

I don't know about the last couple of days, but right now it's unavailable. So it's likely the site and not your internet connection.

phill · Dec 22, 2021

windwhirl said:
I don't know about the last couple of days, but right now it's unavailable. So it's likely the site and not your internet connection.

I really wouldn't put it past my internet connection but still :laugh:

It's sad that the site is not working

stinger608 · Dec 22, 2021

phill said:
Has anyone been able to view anything on the Free-DC site over the last few days?? I got a feeling "It's dead Dave...."....

windwhirl said:
I don't know about the last couple of days, but right now it's unavailable. So it's likely the site and not your internet connection.

Well that would suck if he went down, yet again. One of these times it's going to be for good.

phill · Dec 22, 2021

stinger608 said:
Well that would suck if he went down, yet again. One of these times it's going to be for good.

I have a feeling this is that time... I remember it being posted up a while ago about it.. I know the gent hosting it had a massive electric bill because of it and so on, after I think nearly 20 years he had hosted it, I can imagine he might need a break from it all....

I guess time will tell

If anyone notices any change or differences or messages posted up from the site, please do post it up here

Stats might become a little less informative but I'll do my best

HammerON · Dec 22, 2021

I get the feeling that it may be down for good. I hope not, but based on what bok was saying a couple months ago it may have been time for him to move on to different endeavors.

thebluebumblebee · Dec 22, 2021

and I hate BOINCStats.

HammerON · Dec 22, 2021

Me too

mstenholm · Dec 22, 2021

thebluebumblebee said:
and I hate BOINCStats.

My biggest problem with BOINCStats is that not all numbers are updated at more or less the same time but if we lose Free-DC there will be a transition period where @phill will be struggle learning to handle databases

My daily driver is my 12 year old i7 970 Xeon running WIN 7. Recently Excel starting to act up like I only feed it one 400 MHz thread on an 20 year old overfilled hard-disk. Just saying my hardware is not up to handle any DB activity. On a slightly related subject the doctor that is going to operate in a new hip joint in me asked me an important question on our first meeting yesterday - do you have a private health insurance? We don't pay for hospital services in Denmark and it was only to inform me that a new hip entitles me to a compensation. My hip-replacement is because of a bicycle accident and I do have an insurance. Well there might be a little extra cash for a CPU upgrade and some much needed RAM.

THIS IS NOT A PROMISE OF ME HANDLING OUR WCG/FOLDING/ROSETTA DATA

phill · Dec 22, 2021

I'm afraid I couldn't handle the electric costs over here!! :laugh:

I think the Free-DC guy said it was something like $600 a month for him, what he was using for the site I've no idea but that sounds a little overkill to me!!

That said, I'm hoping to get an internet upgrade shortly after Christmas.... 30Mb down and 5Mb up ain't going to cut hosting a database!! :laugh:

Jacky_BEL · Dec 22, 2021

The stats.free-dc.org website is back online.

HammerON · Dec 22, 2021

Jacky_BEL said:
The stats.free-dc.org website is back online.

Glad to hear this!!!

phill · Dec 22, 2021

Just done some F5 refreshes and the sites up, but the data is missing... Might have to wait till Friday to get some stats from it... If that's the case guys, I'll do my best to cover with a mix match

thebluebumblebee · Dec 24, 2021

When the last challenge started, I quit running Openpandemics COVID-19 and I will never run it again. I am so incensed by what has been done to us all, most likely by the governments of the USA and China, that I will not participate in fixing what they did.

phill · Dec 24, 2021

I think since I'm close to the 20 year badge, I'll grab that but otherwise....... Might put a bit more into the Help TB since that's slacking on my 'profile' which I don't like!!

windwhirl · Dec 24, 2021

phill said:
I think since I'm close to the 20 year badge, I'll grab that but otherwise....... Might put a bit more into the Help TB since that's slacking on my 'profile' which I don't like!!

Gotta have all of 'em badges nice and even :laugh:

phill · Dec 24, 2021

windwhirl said:
Gotta have all of 'em badges nice and even

I know right???? My CDO kills me when I've missed out on even a few badges when I stopped the first time back in 2009... Kills me I will never fill those holes/voids/however you like to say it rather than me making it worse with all the innuendoes.. lol :laugh:

I'll grab my coat....

Peter1986C · Dec 25, 2021

thebluebumblebee said:
When the last challenge started, I quit running Openpandemics COVID-19 and I will never run it again. I am so incensed by what has been done to us all, most likely by the governments of the USA and China, that I will not participate in fixing what they did.

I am not entirely sure I am getting this.

P.S.: no judgement, just scratching the back of my head.

Lorec · Dec 30, 2021

Hi guys! I hope You are all well and kicking in those last days of 2021

Talking about kicking, I think my xeon rig might have kicked the bucket (or be very close to).
It rebooted 2 days ago because of PSU instability.
PC might've stayed around 12 hrs on the bios boot screen, when I found out I just shut it down as it is without testing.

Question, is should I just pop in new PSU?
Is it risky to even try to boot on it ,let alone letting it crunch again?
PSU in question is Cooler Master V750 Gold Semi Modular. I got it 5 years ago.

HammerON · Dec 30, 2021

I would say if you have a PSU, then go ahead and switch it out.

Lorec · Dec 30, 2021

Unfortunately not.
Well, ive been looking for somekind of an excuse to go parts shopping... :rolleyes:

phill · Dec 31, 2021

Lorec said:
Hi guys! I hope You are all well and kicking in those last days of 2021
Talking about kicking, I think my xeon rig might have kicked the bucket (or be very close to).
It rebooted 2 days ago because of PSU instability.
PC might've stayed around 12 hrs on the bios boot screen, when I found out I just shut it down as it is without testing.

Question, is should I just pop in new PSU?
Is it risky to even try to boot on it ,let alone letting it crunch again?
PSU in question is Cooler Master V750 Gold Semi Modular. I got it 5 years ago.

I'm surprised a gentleman of your calibrate doesn't have at least one spare of everything needed

But I joke about, definitely grab another PSU, they are always handy to have a spare just in case

Need to grab a few more myself....

Whilst we are on the train of buying new hardware, what sort of cases do you all use for your crunchers? If they are not daily machines I mean

I'm running out of room to have my crunchers working which isn't good at all, so just a bit of a thought when it comes to what sort of case and so on to get.... Does anyone have any suggestions?? I'd have a 280mm AIO to install but otherwise......

Lorec · Dec 31, 2021

phill said:
I'm surprised a gentleman of your calibrate doesn't have at least one spare of everything needed
But I joke about, definitely grab another PSU, they are always handy to have a spare just in case Need to grab a few more myself....

Whilst we are on the train of buying new hardware, what sort of cases do you all use for your crunchers? If they are not daily machines I mean I'm running out of room to have my crunchers working which isn't good at all, so just a bit of a thought when it comes to what sort of case and so on to get.... Does anyone have any suggestions?? I'd have a 280mm AIO to install but otherwise......

Silverstone GD09 my favourite so far. mounted noctuas on the side for intake and exhaust so temps are great.
Also, even though hot air rises, this side flow helps to keep hot air from PC on the shelf above it.

thebluebumblebee · Dec 31, 2021

phill said:
what sort of cases do you all use for your crunchers?

I've been on a hot streak lately on CL and have picked up several Meshify C's. I put 3 fans in the front and one in the rear. Used ARCTIC F12 PWM PST. The case that absolutely surprised me was the Antec 300. Had an OC'd 2600K and 2 Folding GTX 980's in there with no temperature issues with the stock blue LED fans.

HammerON · Dec 31, 2021

I currently am using a Thermaltake Core V51 and a Suppressor F31. I like them both. They were cheap price wise and are work well for my water cooling needs. As I still use 5.25 bay reservoir/pump in both build, it makes it harder these days to find cases that still have 5.25 bays.

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

System Name	System V
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	Asus Prime X570-P
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 // a bunch of 120 mm Xigmatek 1500 RPM fans (2 ins, 3 outs)
Memory	2x8GB Ballistix Sport LT 3200 MHz (BLS8G4D32AESCK.M8FE) (CL16-18-18-36)
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte AORUS Radeon RX 580 8 GB
Storage	SHFS37A240G / DT01ACA200 / ST10000VN0008 / ST8000VN004 / SA400S37960G / SNV21000G / NM620 2TB
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Case	NZXT Source 210
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G430 Headset
Power Supply	Corsair CX650M
Software	Whatever build of Windows 11 is being served in Canary channel at the time.
Benchmark Scores	Corona 1.3: 3120620 r/s Cinebench R20: 3355 FireStrike: 12490 TimeSpy: 4624

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

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	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

phill

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windwhirl

phill

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stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

phill

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HammerON

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thebluebumblebee

HammerON

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mstenholm

phill

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Jacky_BEL

HammerON

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phill

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thebluebumblebee

phill

Moderator

windwhirl

phill

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Peter1986C

Lorec

HammerON

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Lorec

phill

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Lorec

thebluebumblebee

HammerON

The Watchful Moderator

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Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

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Memory	32 GB Viper 3600/14 /16 GB Trident Z F4-4000C18D-16GTZSW 3600 /32 GB G Skill Flare CL14 3400
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Power Supply	BeQuiet 600W
Mouse	Logitech Trackman T-BB18
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Mouse	Logitech G500 \|Steelseries Rival 300 \| no-name ergo mouse
Keyboard	Qpad MK-50 (Cherry MX brown)\| Blaze Keyboard
Software	Windows 10, EndeavourOS \| Gentoo Linux \| EndeavourOS

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Processor	Ryzen 9 5800x
Motherboard	Asus Rog Crosshair VIII Hero Wifi
Cooling	Lian Li Galahad AIO 360
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Storage	Samsung Evo 960 250gb (System), Samsung Evo 860 500gb (Misc), ADATA SX8200PNP (Games)
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