[Planning thread] TPU Spring 2017 Crunching Challenge

Norton · Mar 4, 2017

Hey Team,

It's been a while since we participated in or hosted a Challenge- my fault :oops:

Time to correct this....

We've opened a Team Challenge at WCG starting on 3/22/2017

Details:

Now to do some planning.

Will there be prizes for Team members who participate?

Absolutely! :cool:

We already have some items coming in with more to come and additional donations are welcome

What else?

We want to hear from you. Post your comments and thoughts in this thread.

:lovetpu:

manofthem · Mar 4, 2017

I'm ready to rock :rockout:

theonedub · Mar 4, 2017

All Hail the Return of the Captain :toast:

Hopefully I will have my X99 setup ready by then- but if not my current PC will of course be in the challenge.

I'll definitely chip in either some games or PayPal for prizes

yotano211 · Mar 4, 2017

I got my laptops ready and hopefully the fast one will get back from RMA soon.

manofthem · Mar 4, 2017

Just had an epiphany..

Going to rearrange a lot of stuff here before the Challenge starts. Going to change my cpu and mobo to the wife and I'm going to take the 4790 for me. The 2600k will sit for a while since it gets the lowest ppd.

My hope is to prepare for an AMD build in the near future. My exit could happen prior to the Challenge.... We'll see

jboydgolfer · Mar 4, 2017

aasim1111 · Mar 4, 2017

What kinda challenge

Caring1 · Mar 4, 2017

My computer hasn't stopped crunching, I only wish I had more to add.

Toothless · Mar 4, 2017

I'd join but housing is needed first! And a job to support my horrid obsession with not satisfying my "i need more desktops" idealism.

Caring1 · Mar 4, 2017

Norton said:
We've opened a Team Challenge at WCG starting on 3/22/2017

Will there be prizes for Team members who participate?

Absolutely!
We already have some items coming in with more to come and additional donations are welcome

PM sent

stinger608 · Mar 4, 2017

Here we go!!!!!! This is frigging awesome!!!!!!!

yotano211 · Mar 4, 2017

I'll add something to the prize pool. I dont know yet, maybe shipping expenses this time like last time.

t_ski · Mar 4, 2017

Are we going to put together a PC to give away?

Norton · Mar 5, 2017

t_ski said:
Are we going to put together a PC to give away?

A couple of cruncher combo's have been donated but we'll likely skip on a build this time... we can do a build if the majority of the Team wants to and if we have the support/parts/etc.

Will try to post the preliminary prize list in about an hour or so. :cool:

That's IF I don't pass out first.... Got called out to work twice today and I'm pretty beat

Norton · Mar 5, 2017

Prize update!

*Socket 2011 specs updated

Here are the prize donations we have gathered so far:

Socket 2011 Xeon (16 core/32 thread) Cruncher Combo* donated by @twilyth
m/b - Supermicro X9DAi
ram - 16 gig (4x4) of ECC ram - Kingston kvr1333D3S8E9Sk2
chips - 2 x QA92 Engineering Samples for the 2687W [v1] cpu
coolers - 2 x Noctua NH-D14

Socket 1366 Xeon Cruncher Combo donated by @4x4n
- Xeon X5670
- Gigabyte GA-EX58 UD3R
- 3x2gb OCZ Platinum PC3 15000
- Thermalright TRUE 120 cooler

2X CoolerMaster Liquid Master Pro 240 AIO coolers donated by @sneekypeet

2X AZIO EXO1 Gaming mouse donated by @stinger608

Gigabyte R9 270 2Gb OC graphics card donated by @Caring1

And

A Challenge game giveaway hosted by @manofthem

Awesome job Team!!!

More to come .....

If anyone wants to donate a prize for the challenge please post in this thread or send me a PM to discuss

:lovetpu:

twilyth · Mar 5, 2017

Would there be any interest in some HD 79xx and 78xx gpu's?

Also have an MSI A88XM-E45 mATX m/b with 16gb (4x4gb) of DDR3-1066 ram (Cas7 I think), A10-6700 APU and HD7750 gpu. I don't know if anyone would want this though. The passmark score is only 4592. But on the plus side the tdp is only 65 watts. This originally had a buggy Asus m/b but it looks like I replaced that at some point. It boots up into the bios fine but couldn't run it since the SSD it was using looks like it's fried.

Norton · Mar 5, 2017

twilyth said:
Would there be any interest in some HD 79xx and 78xx gpu's?

Also have an MSI A88XM-E45 mATX m/b with 16gb (4x4gb) of DDR3-1066 ram (Cas7 I think), A10-6700 APU and HD7750 gpu. I don't know if anyone would want this though. The passmark score is only 4592. But on the plus side the tdp is only 65 watts. This originally had a buggy Asus m/b but it looks like I replaced that at some point. It boots up into the bios fine but couldn't run it since the SSD it was using looks like it's fried.

Anything you're willing to donate is fine with me

twilyth · Mar 6, 2017

Yeah, but they're old cards. We don't want to give people something that amounts to a booby prize. I have no sense for how those cards measure up to what's currently available. But if you think people will actually want them, I'll check to see what I have available. I think I have at least 2 maybe 3 cards I can spare.

edit: OK, I've got 2 HD 7950's and an HD 7870.

Norton · Mar 6, 2017

Prize update!

Here are the prize donations we have gathered so far:

Socket 2011 Xeon (16 core/32 thread) Cruncher Combo* donated by @twilyth
m/b - Supermicro X9DAi
ram - 16 gig (4x4) of ECC ram - Kingston kvr1333D3S8E9Sk2
chips - 2 x QA92 Engineering Samples for the 2687W [v1] cpu
coolers - 2 x Noctua NH-D14

Socket 1366 Xeon (6 core/12 thread) Cruncher Combo donated by @4x4n
- Xeon X5670
- Gigabyte GA-EX58 UD3R
- 3x2gb OCZ Platinum PC3 15000
- Thermalright TRUE 120 cooler

- (2) CoolerMaster Liquid Master Pro 240 AIO coolers donated by @sneekypeet

- (2) AZIO EXO1 Gaming mouse donated by @stinger608

- Gigabyte R9 270 2Gb OC graphics card donated by @Caring1

- (2) Radeon 7950 graphics cards donated by @twilyth

- Radeon 7870 graphics card donated by @twilyth

- (2) $25 Paypal gifts (or equivalent) donated by @Norton

- (2) $25 Paypal gifts (or equivalent) donated by @theonedub

And

A Challenge game giveaway hosted by @manofthem

Awesome job Team!!!

More to come .....

If anyone wants to donate a prize for the challenge please post in this thread or send me a PM to discuss

:lovetpu:

manofthem · Mar 6, 2017

I send a yuge Thank You to the contributors of those awesome prizes, and of course, a big thanks to @Norton on getting this challenge going.

twilyth said:
We don't want to give people something that amounts to a booby prize.

This must not mean what I thought because why would that be a bad thing...?

theonedub · Mar 6, 2017

I'll match the (2) $25 PayPal gifts as long as you don't mind managing it like the last few times we've done it, @Norton.

Norton · Mar 6, 2017

theonedub said:
I'll match the (2) $25 PayPal gifts as long as you don't mind managing it like the last few times we've done it, @Norton.

I can do that- Done! :toast:

TheoneandonlyMrK · Mar 6, 2017

My first one as a cruncher I'll try and do something special , could 4x p4 do something useful?? I've got some office unitsx4 I could fire up temporarily.

Norton · Mar 7, 2017

theoneandonlymrk said:
My first one as a cruncher I'll try and do something special , could 4x p4 do something useful?? I've got some office unitsx4 I could fire up temporarily.

A P4 will do about 5-600 ppd (@Jstn7477 has a few running in his farm)- kinda loses in ppd/watt category but worth it if heat/power are not an issue

peche · Mar 7, 2017

Norton said:
We want to hear from you. Post your comments and thoughts in this thread.

online and ready for the battle cap!

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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...
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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
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Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-E
Cooling	DeepCool Castle 360EX
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Storage	Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB
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Case	Thermaltake P3
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Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	G Skill KM570 MX Silver
Software	Windows 10 Pro

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Power Supply	Corsair HX1000
Mouse	Corsair Harpoon Wireless RGB
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB w/ Cherry MX Silent
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Mouse	Logitech m705
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Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-E
Cooling	DeepCool Castle 360EX
Memory	G Skill Trident Z Neo 32GB 3600
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Storage	Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB
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Case	Thermaltake P3
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III 750w
Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	G Skill KM570 MX Silver
Software	Windows 10 Pro

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Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A
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Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	AZIO MGK-1 RGB (Kaith Blue)
Software	Win 10 Professional 64 bit
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Cooling	cooler master hyper 212 evo
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Case	corsair 450d
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Keyboard	azio gaming led

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Motherboard	Lenovo
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Mouse	Lenovo
Keyboard	Lenovo
Software	W11 Pro 64 bit

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Motherboard	Asus Crosshair VIII Hero Wi-Fi
Cooling	Corsair H150i RGB Elite
Memory	2x16GB G.Skill TridentZ
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Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 1TB, Samsung 980 1TB, Teamgroup MP34 4TB
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Case	Fractal Design Meshify Lite 2
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Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Corsair Nightsword
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK

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Case	Corsair Air 540
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Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software	Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro

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Motherboard	Asus X99-A II
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Case	Silverstone TJ07
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Keyboard	Corsair K95
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Processor	dual Xeon 2687W ES
Motherboard	Supermicro
Cooling	dual Noctua NH-D14
Memory	generic ECC reg
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Storage	generic
Case	Rosewill Thor

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Mouse	Roccat Kova/ Logitech G wireless
Keyboard	Roccat Aimo 120
VR HMD	Oculus rift
Software	Win 10 Pro
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Software	windows 10x64Pro
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