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TechpowerUp's Spring 2017 WCG Challenge (3/22 thru 3/30)- crunch/fold with TPU and WIN!!!

It looks like my i7 970 was down for I don't know how long.. lol I have it back crunching now.
 
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Norton said:
90 minutes to go before challenge start!
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My 2695 has warmed up to 30C and my 5660 has warmed up to 64C. I think I'm ready.
That's the difference between an AIO WC setup and a Custom WC setup ;-)
 
Challenge is GO :rockout: .... started 2 hrs ago :oops:

Let's kick it off with an upbeat- best played LOUD!!! :D



AND

Another Cruncher Combo for the prize pool :toast:

#3 - Socket 1155/Xeon (4 core/4 thread) Cruncher Combo donated by @bogmali
CPU- Xeon E3-1220 V2
MB-Gigabyte Z77X-UP7
RAM- 2x4gb DDR3
Cooler- TBA
 
manofthem said:
Also there's a slight chance that I may be able to add my brothers cpu for the challenge in maybe 2 days, but I can't say for sure just yet. I'm supposed to see him tomorrow so I should know by tomorrow night.
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Well as things would have it, plans got rescheduled, and then I hear he's be going out of town so the rig is a no-go... i tried :cry:
 
4x4n said:
This shows how much difference there is between linux and windows. My 5820k at 4.3ghz with windows 10 barely beats your 2600k on linux.

Even my X58 system on linux was averaging around 10k a day.
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It depends on the WU. My Linux 2600K was getting 12K+ on OET's, but came crashing down when I put it to MCM where my 3770K on W7 that I use all day long regularly beat it.
 
Norton said:

Heat em up!!! :D
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Already running at 80±2°C on the cores. I know i shouldn't have taken out all the chassis fans :slap:

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Alabama recently hit some 80+ degree days, so I'm feeling the heat for sure. :D
 
I just added a 2500k to the mix.
 
Tech tip from @thebluebumblebee (thanks!)...

Very bottom two boxes of this dialog in WCG preferences, make sure % CPU time is at 100% ....it defaults to 60%!

And you have to do this for EACH WCG rig you're running.

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I spooled up my Athlon X4 760K overnight. Its only running 2 threads, but my temps aren't right. Hwmonitor is reading 102-105c?!? System has been running for several hours that way and is still responsive. My CPU cooling fan occasionally spins up to 2.5k-2.6k RPMs for a bit, but then runs back down to 1.2k RPMs. I hope its still alive when I get home from work. My OC'd A6-3500 in my file server is also crunching away at a nice cool 41c.

On another note, I enslaved a few phones from work to join in. Got 2 Snapdragon 820's (HTC 10 & LG G5) and 4 A53 cores running.
 
Just saw the challenge thread. I will not be adjusting my crunching in any way. I also am opting out of any prizes I may have been qualified for. Those glorious grand prizes should go to someone with more time and money to use it properly.
 
Idk if it was just adding the chassis fan or putting all fans to full speed also helped but just got my temps down by 10-12C. Feeling much better leaving the system on now unattended
 
So i tried getting four old p4s(????I thought they were) running but shit me I'll end up rage attacking them if I'm honest, i spent two nights trying to get an OS on them but even Linux is saying no oddly complaining i haven't got an x86 64 CPU , they were old but shit a biscuit .
And the biosi omfg wtf tf P o shit , would not let me pick usb to boot from in fact i couldn't change anything ,it didn't see the + or - key presses on four different keyboards including a ps2 , so i beat that pc up then binned all four.

But I've hatched a plan I'll update as it goes and it'll go something like this.

I fixed my mates lapy , it's shit but it's soak testing as we speak ;) :).

Week long soak test me thinks and more friends and family pc fixing inbound :)

Apologies for language borderline Ness but that pc you had to be there.
 
Hi everyone. It's you friendly neighborhood pie maker here inviting you all over to admire the great work that you've done for this challenge. Normally, 4,000+ points will get you into the top 40, but today that required over 7,000 points. I felt it was not right to leave people off of the list, so I selected all who had 4,000+ points today, which turned out to be 50! :toast:
Have you got pie today?
 
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Here's what I'm throwing at WCG right now. It's keeping my natural gas heating bill down, but I'll be sad when the electric bill comes.
  • EVGA x58 X5670 4.2Ghz (full time WCG rig)
  • ASUS P6X58D-E X5670 4.2Ghz (2nd full time WCG rig)
  • MSI Z97 4790K* running at stock right now... buzzing along at a cool 4.1 Ghz
  • GIGA UD5H Z77 3570K at 4.6Ghz (I dialed that back from 4.7)
  • Part time (at night): Dell Precision M6700 Lappy i7-3840QM 2.8Ghz
Daytime: 36 Threads
Nighttime: 44 Threads

Looking forward to a BOINC update today :cool:

*Edit: corrected.
 
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Day 1 Results

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We are in a healthy 3rd place, well done team! :toast:
 
Sasqui said:
Nice work!!!
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Thanks to the efforts of all the team mates. Looks like you've added quite a bit...
Sasqui said:
Here's what I'm throwing at WCG right now. It's keeping my natural gas heating bill down, but I'll be sad when the electric bill comes.
  • EVGA x58 X5670 4.2Ghz (full time WCG rig)
  • ASUS P6X58D-E X5670 4.2Ghz (2nd full time WCG rig)
  • MSI Z97 4870K running at stock right now... buzzing along at a cool 4.1 Ghz
  • GIGA UD5H Z77 3570K at 4.6Ghz (I dialed that back from 4.7)
  • Part time (at night): Dell Precision M6700 Lappy i7-3840QM 2.8Ghz
Daytime: 36 Threads
Nighttime: 44 Threads

Looking forward to a BOINC update today :cool:
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Sounds like you'll have a nice update today :D
 
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