TPU's F@H Team

mstenholm · Nov 25, 2014

BUCK NASTY said:
I'm going with extenders with molex connectors to eliminating overdrawing the PCI-e slots. I've been doing some shopping and come up with this so far:

Well if anyone on this team who knows how to pack a lot of GPUs on one MB then it's you. This Miner rack is for extenders right? I thought that you didn't wanted to go that route...
I kind of hoping for a cold winter so I can justify buying some extra room heaters. The 970s sucks at that. Maybe I should give my old 680 another go. Anyway I'm weeks and many mills away from making any changes to my surprise still running four GPUs. Best of luck with the +2 mill systems.

BUCK NASTY · Nov 25, 2014

[Ion] said:
Is that PSU not considerably overkill?
And that mining rack is surprisingly cheap...I'm impressed

I need 4x pci 6+2 connectors and saw that this PSU was bulletproof(Seasonic...duh?) and Platinum. It is a little overkill. I was considering the EVGA Supernova 750w G2 as well. Haven't purchased anything yet. Got to get Linux/GPU's running.

mstenholm said:
Well if anyone on this team who knows how to pack a lot of GPUs on one MB then it's you. This Miner rack is for extenders right? I thought that you didn't wanted to go that route...
I kind of hoping for a cold winter so I can justify buying some extra room heaters. The 970s sucks at that. Maybe I should give my old 680 another go. Anyway I'm weeks and many mills away from making any changes to my surprise still running four GPUs. Best of luck with the +2 mill systems.

A 4x PCI-E mobo will be too tight for the cards, so I have to use the riser cables an spread the cars out for proper cooling. The miner rack is an obvious choice for this set-up(an it's cheap!)

Norton · Nov 25, 2014

BUCK NASTY said:
I need 4x pci 6+2 connectors and saw that this PSU was bulletproof(Seasonic...duh?) and Platinum. It is a little overkill. I was considering the EVGA Supernova 750w G2 as well. Haven't purchased anything yet. Got to get Linux/GPU's running.

A 4x PCI-E mobo will be too tight for the cards, so I have to use the riser cables an spread the cars out for proper cooling. The miner rack is an obvious choice for this set-up(an it's cheap!)

I would have went with the Seasonic 1000w Platinum unit... watch for a sale on one in the 860-1200w range since Black Friday/Cyber Monday is right around the corner

thebluebumblebee · Nov 25, 2014

[Ion] said:
Is that PSU not considerably overkill?

Nope, that's exactly the size/type that I would suggest, ATM. If anything, it might be on the small side. If Nvidia ever gets their butt in gear and fixes the problem with Folding, the load might go up on Maxwell and Kepler cards. (Support CUDA on Nvidia GPUs (waiting for JIT compiler from Nvidia)) W1zzard tested the 970 at 180 watts, and that is without OC'ing, which I'm sure is how Buck will run them. :rolleyes:

If they stay at ~150 watts/card, then an 850 class PSU is perfect. If they move up to ~200 watt/card, then a 1000 watt class PSU would be better.

[Ion] said:
And that mining rack is surprisingly cheap...I'm impressed

Notice that it's half price. GPU mining is dead, therefore there are fire sales on all things GPU mining.

Norton said:
I would have went with the Seasonic 1000w Platinum unit... watch for a sale on one in the 860-1200w range since Black Friday/Cyber Monday is right around the corner

That's what I wanted to say, but couldn't figure how to put the words together. Buck, I think you'll have a couple guys watching for you.

BUCK NASTY said:
I need 4x pci 6+2 connectors

I think Asus's usage of one 8 pin connector is brilliant. Hope to see more of this in the future. Hope this is the end of 2 x 6 pin.

[Ion] · Nov 25, 2014

thebluebumblebee said:
Nope, that's exactly the size/type that I would suggest, ATM. If anything, it might be on the small side. If Nvidia ever gets their butt in gear and fixes the problem with Folding, the load might go up on Maxwell and Kepler cards. (Support CUDA on Nvidia GPUs (waiting for JIT compiler from Nvidia)) W1zzard tested the 970 at 180 watts, and that is without OC'ing, which I'm sure is how Buck will run them. If they stay at ~150 watts/card, then an 850 class PSU is perfect. If they move up to ~200 watt/card, then a 1000 watt class PSU would be better.

Notice that it's half price. GPU mining is dead, therefore there are fire sales on all things GPU mining.

That's what I wanted to say, but couldn't figure how to put the words together. Buck, I think you'll have a couple guys watching for you.

I think Asus's usage of one 8 pin connector is brilliant. Hope to see more of this in the future. Hope this is the end of 2 x 6 pin.

Ahh, I was told by a friend that the 970 is lower...like 140W tops. My mistake.

And I for one would much rather they keep the 2x6pin. For those of us that tend to scavenge old stuff and milk old equipment for all that it's worth, it's helpful :rolleyes:

thebluebumblebee · Nov 25, 2014

[Ion] said:
Ahh, I was told by a friend that the 970 is lower...like 140W tops. My mistake.

And I for one would much rather they keep the 2x6pin. For those of us that tend to scavenge old stuff and milk old equipment for all that it's worth, it's helpful

Not a mistake. Folding ALWAYS changes. Yes, those who are here on TPU are reporting (Folding) power usage for 970's of 130-140 watts, but if CUDA happens, the power demand might go way up.
I like how much neater 1 x 8 pin is verse 2 x 6 pin. I'm sure we could load you up with some 2 x 6 pin GPU's. :laugh:

Norton said:
watch for a sale on one in the 860-1200w range since Black Friday/Cyber Monday is right around the corner

Second point: Since GPU mining is dead, the sale of these large PSU's must have fallen off. I would not be at all surprised if we see sales on them. (Did you guys see my note about PSU's, that the average for the last 10 PSU's reviewed here on TPU is almost 1000 watts and the average for the last 25 is, IIRC, almost 800 watts, which is just stupid)

Jstn7477 · Nov 25, 2014

My 980 consumes 240W or so in FurMark around 1300MHz/1.025v, unfortunately I can't seem to surpass that power limit even with my dual 8-pin card (may be driver protection). Gaming is about 200W I want to say at 1468/2000, 1.187v which is still way better than the R9 290 @ 1060/+81mV ~270W and that card gets obliterated by the 980.

BUCK NASTY · Nov 25, 2014

Guy's...I'm only see 80W difference in my Kill-a-watt when I fold on a 970's(on P9201). I'll check it against the dual GPU set-up I have running now.

thebluebumblebee · Nov 26, 2014

BUCK NASTY said:
Guy's...I'm only see 80W difference in my Kill-a-watt when I fold on a 970's(on P9201). I'll check it against the dual GPU set-up I have running now.

Are you saying that you're only seeing the 970 using 80 watts to Fold?

eidairaman1 · Nov 26, 2014

@Norton I would like to join, folding/wcg/crunching

Norton · Nov 26, 2014

eidairaman1 said:
@Norton I would like to join, folding/wcg/crunching

I sent you some links via PM. Post in the associated Team thread(s) if you have any questions or send me, or another Team member, a PM and we'll try to help you through getting setup.

Welcome! :toast:

BUCK NASTY · Nov 26, 2014

thebluebumblebee said:
Are you saying that you're only seeing the 970 using 80 watts to Fold?

Yes. That was only confirmed on one system. Verifying on another shortly.

BUCK NASTY · Nov 26, 2014

Ok, I don't know what the hell I was looking at before, but I was way off:

System Idle:

1st 970 @ 1501 core:

2nd 970 @ 1437 core:

So....looking at 145W per card in their overclocked state.

t_ski · Nov 26, 2014

thebluebumblebee said:
Are you saying that you're only seeing the 970 using 80 watts to Fold?

BUCK NASTY said:
Yes. That was only confirmed on one system. Verifying on another shortly.

You mean 80W MORE to crunch on it than when the card is idle, right?

BUCK NASTY · Nov 26, 2014

t_ski said:
You mean 80W MORE to crunch on it than when the card is idle, right?

No, I mean 145W additional per card from and Idle state to Full Folding state.

t_ski · Nov 26, 2014

BUCK NASTY said:
No, I mean 145W additional per card from and Idle state to Full Folding state.

I posted that before you posted your corrected numbers (editing your post)

Jstn7477 · Nov 27, 2014

I know I live in freakin' Florida, but I decided to bring the PNY XLR8 GTX 465 I bought from Stinger a couple of years ago back online in my 5820K/GTX 980 rig, trying as a dedicated PhysX processor and room warmer in the cooler months (30 year old windows suck, so my room can still become cool even with this rig and two laptops running full bore). I'm sure Stinger is probably happy to hear his former card is still running perfectly, aside from a slightly brown PCB under the VRM area and needing a fan replacement early this year (I took the Delta blower fan from my GTX 470's unused cooler since that board has a GELID Icy Vision on it, and the card survived the original Cooler Master blower fan seizing up while folding and the card shut down).

Anyway, I shall test its PhysX offloading capabilities, and it will be folding whenever my room isn't a sauna and needs a little more warmth. Perhaps it will help exhaust hot air out of my chassis as well, though it has plenty of fans already.

FazzoMetal · Nov 27, 2014

Hi everybody.
I'd like to ask for an advice. I'm currently folding using my R9 270X OC with core 17 and good performance (about 27kPPD in 'medium').
Do you think that using my FX6300 will help me to increase my score? What kind of performance could I get? Is it dangerous for the CPU?
Thanks in advance.

mstenholm · Nov 27, 2014

FazzoMetal said:
Hi everybody.
I'd like to ask for an advice. I'm currently folding using my R9 270X OC with core 17 and good performance (about 27kPPD in 'medium').
Do you think that using my FX6300 will help me to increase my score? What kind of performance could I get? Is it dangerous for the CPU?
Thanks in advance.

Hi FazzoMetal. It will increase you score but not by much. A couple of thousand maybe. It is not worth it in my opinion. It would do more good doing WCG work.

I had CPUs running for 4 years 24/7, no problem if you keep it cool.

FazzoMetal · Nov 27, 2014

mstenholm said:
Hi FazzoMetal. It will increase you score but not by much. A couple of thousand maybe. It is not worth it in my opinion. It would do more good doing WCG work.

I had CPUs running for 4 years 24/7, no problem if you keep it cool.

Thanks for the quick answer and for the feedback about CPU usage.
If I buy another R9 270X would it be possible to configure the Crossfire in order to use both the card on Folding@Home?

mstenholm · Nov 27, 2014

FazzoMetal said:
Thanks for the quick answer and for the feedback about CPU usage.
If I buy another R9 270X would it be possible to configure the Crossfire in order to use both the card on Folding@Home?

That should not be a problem - https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=26421&p=265804&hilit=crossfire#p265804

FazzoMetal · Nov 27, 2014

mstenholm said:
That should not be a problem - https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=26421&p=265804&hilit=crossfire#p265804

Thanks again!

stinger608 · Nov 27, 2014

Jstn7477 said:
I know I live in freakin' Florida, but I decided to bring the PNY XLR8 GTX 465 I bought from Stinger a couple of years ago back online in my 5820K/GTX 980 rig, trying as a dedicated PhysX processor and room warmer in the cooler months (30 year old windows suck, so my room can still become cool even with this rig and two laptops running full bore). I'm sure Stinger is probably happy to hear his former card is still running perfectly, aside from a slightly brown PCB under the VRM area and needing a fan replacement early this year (I took the Delta blower fan from my GTX 470's unused cooler since that board has a GELID Icy Vision on it, and the card survived the original Cooler Master blower fan seizing up while folding and the card shut down).

Anyway, I shall test its PhysX offloading capabilities, and it will be folding whenever my room isn't a sauna and needs a little more warmth. Perhaps it will help exhaust hot air out of my chassis as well, though it has plenty of fans already.

That puppy is still going strong bro? That is awesome!!! :rockout:

mstenholm · Nov 27, 2014

I lost my internet connection to my two 7970s, I think. For various reasons it will not be possible to re-connect it for the next 10 days. I made the first step in making up for lost points by book marking a MSI R9 290X.

mx500torid · Nov 30, 2014

reconfiguring a couple systems so points will be down today. Still looking for another video card. How are the maxwells doing still? Any problems? I am wondering why ms is looking at a 290x when he has a 970.

System Name	The work PC /2700x/5950x
Processor	3900X stock/ 2700x stock/ 5950x 4200 MHz fixed @ 1,056-1,08V
Motherboard	Gigabyte AORUS Master X570/2xMSI X470 M7 AC
Cooling	Custom WC XSPC RX480, Laing DDC, XSPC Laing DDC Top V3 and EK Velocity/NH15/NH-U12S SE
Memory	32 GB Viper 3600/14 /16 GB Trident Z F4-4000C18D-16GTZSW 3600 /32 GB G Skill Flare CL14 3400
Video Card(s)	2070 Super X MSI/GTX 970 MSI/ GTX 970 MSI
Storage	1 TB SSD+500 GB NVMe / 500 GB SSD/ 2 TB 990 Pro
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp U2518D/2408WFP
Case	Corsair 800D / Lian test bench/NZXT 500
Power Supply	AX 850 Titanium/AX 860i/AX 760
Software	Dual boot/Win 10 / Linux / Win 10+Linux

System Name	Main Rig
Processor	AMD RYZEN 5600X
Motherboard	MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI
Cooling	CORSAIR H115i
Memory	16gb DDR4 @ 1200MHZ
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE RTX 4080 SUPER
Storage	SAMSUNG M.2 1TB
Display(s)	ASUS 24" IPS
Case	Coolermaster Centurion 590
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA SUPERNOVA 1000
Software	Windows 10 64

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	Main/DC
Processor	i7-3770K/i7-2600K
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD55/GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14CS/H80
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) LP /4GB Kingston DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 660 Ti/MSI HD7770
Storage	Crucial MX100 256GB/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB(died)
Display(s)	Asus 24' LED/Samsung SyncMaster B1940
Case	P100/Antec P280 It's huge!
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

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	Awesomesauce 4.3 \| Laptop (MSI GE72VR 6RF Apache Pro-023)
Processor	Intel Core i7-5820K 4.16GHz 1.28v/3GHz 1.05v uncore \| Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.1GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-UD5 WiFi LGA2011-v3\| Stock
Cooling	Corsair H100i v2 w/ 2x EK Vardar F4-120ER + various 120/140mm case fans \| Stock
Memory	G.Skill RJ-4 16GB DDR4-2666 CL15 quad channel \| 12GB DDR4-2133
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1080 Ti Hybrid SC2 11GB @ 2012/5151 boost \| NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB +200/+500 + Intel 530
Storage	Samsung 840 EVO 500GB + Seagate 3TB 7200RPM + others \| Kingston 256GB M.2 SATA + 1TB 7200RPM
Display(s)	Acer G257HU 1440p 60Hz AH-IPS 4ms \| 17.3" 1920*1080 60Hz wide angle TN notebook panel
Case	Fractal Design Define XL R2 \| MSI
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster Z \| Realtek with quad stereo speakers and subwoofer
Power Supply	Corsair HX850i Platinum \| 19.5v 180w Delta brick
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64 \| Windows 10 Home x64

System Name	PCGOD
Processor	AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz
Motherboard	Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios
Cooling	Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED
Memory	16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V)
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB
Display(s)	NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter)
Case	AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition
Audio Device(s)	Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply	Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3)
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD
Keyboard	Roccat Ryos MK Pro
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64

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	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	Mine, spare gamer, comp,
Processor	5800x, 5800x. 3600,
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Elite wifi, Gigabyte B550m wifi, Asus x570 Gaming wifi
Cooling	Ventoo V5, Coolermaster 240 mm AIO, Ventoo V5
Memory	32 GB 3600 ddr4, 32 GB 3600 ddr4, 16 GB 3200 ddr4
Video Card(s)	6800 XT reference, MSI Gaming Z 6800XT, EVGA RTX 2080,
Storage	MSI 2 tb, MSI 1 tb, Spatium 1 tb
Display(s)	2-TCL 43 inch 4k, , 27 Inch Dell 1920x1080,
Case	2-Antec 280, Matrexx 50
Audio Device(s)	Bluetooth output to Sony STR-DH190 into Sony SS-CS5 speakers, same, onboard, same
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1350 , Seasonic 650 Watt Platinum, Deepcool 750 Watt Gold
Mouse	EVGA x20, Logitech G 300s, Corsair
Keyboard	EVGA z20 , CMStorm, Corsair
Software	Win 10, Zorin, Ubuntu

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