TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[Recca29]

Is that right, seems high to me. I get 6800-7000 on the 4790k at 4.5, maybe I'm doing something wrong.



Doesnt look too bad, I bet it will still work if all the pads make contact.

Trying to find someone with a 1155 board close to where i live otherwise will be taking it to a computer store on weekend.

 

[FireFox]

Trying to find someone with a 1155 board close to where i live otherwise will be taking it to a computer store on weekend.

I hope you find a 1155 board otherwise it will be a pity of you have to pay extra money for it.

 

[Arjai]

OK, so, Karen is getting Home Premium, of the 7 kind, and will be down for a bit.

Hopefully, with an entirely clean HDD, now, or soon, I can install my GPU drivers and get OpenCL in the process! *Crosses Fingers*

So, until then!

 

[twilyth]

The average on the 2600k I have that that runs 24/7 is 4800ppd. But that is stock with bios defaults.

@Recca29 - Most of the chip is the integrated heat sink so only the edge or corner should be bent. Unless it's bent so bad that it's in the way of the external fan/hs, it should still work like @4x4n was saying.

But I understand your predicament. You don't want to spend money on a m/b if it's not going to work. So maybe the computer store can test it out. Just make sure that you trust them enough to tell you the truth.

 

[Nordic]

Lets call him a friend, is helping me optimize the linux install for my 2500k. He thinks I can get way over a 10% boost from it all. When I have finished I will write it up and share.

 

[mjkmike]

Hi team. Just dropping in too say thanks to you all.

 

[stinger608]

Hi team. Just dropping in too say thanks to you all.

Mike!!!!!!!! Good to see ya brother! Where the heck ya been lately man?

 

[mjkmike]

I'm at the farm cutting grass and telephone lines. Why don't the put them in the ground

Hope all is good with you.

 

[4x4n]

Lets call him a friend, is helping me optimize the linux install for my 2500k. He thinks I can get way over a 10% boost from it all. When I have finished I will write it up and share.

This would be helpful, really need to have a linux help/set up thread. When the challenge is over I think I'm going to try mint on one of my rigs.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Hi team. Just dropping in too say thanks to you all.

HEy Mike, Hows it going bud?

 

[mjkmike]

HEy Mike, Hows it going bud?

I see you are crunching strong with my old rig. This is why this is a team

 

[Nordic]

This would be helpful, really need to have a linux help/set up thread. When the challenge is over I think I'm going to try mint on one of my rigs.

My thread will be more of an advanced setup guide. One of the first tips will be not to use linux mint... .

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

I see you are crunching strong with my old rig. This is why this is a team

The 3930K ? Yuppers and it is a dedicated crunching rig.

 

[4x4n]

My thread will be more of an advanced setup guide. One of the first tips will be not to use linux mint... .

I'm all for an advanced guide, but there are some who want just the basics to get it up and running. From what little I've read mint is pretty easy and most windows like for us rookies

 

[thebluebumblebee]

I'm all for an advanced guide, but there are some who want just the basics to get it up and running. From what little I've read mint is pretty easy and most windows like for us rookies

Lets consider this a rough draft for a thread to be started later
Okay, Simple Mint install for Windows users by a Linux noob:
(Anytime a drive is re-partitioned, data loss is possible. You've been warned. Used laptop drives are cheap...)

Prep:
Download Mint(Cinnamon) (latest LTS (Long term support release) version)
Use the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool (yes, I get the irony) or something similar like the Universal USB Installer to copy the iso to a flash drive (preferred) or blank DVD

Install:
Boot PC with flash drive or DVD
The password is used often, so choose wisely
You're on your own with the decisions about where, except do not install on a flash drive - DC puts too much repetitive use on a flash drive and it will fail .
Once Mint boots, it will want to update. It's really not needed, so, whatever you want to do.

Install BOINC:
Menu - Software Manager
Type BOINC in the search box
Select and install BOINC metapackage
Setting up BOINC is just like windows.

Psensor:
To monitor system temps, you might want to install Psensor. Just go back to the software manager, search for Psensor and install it.

Done.

Advanced topic(s):
Create image so that this install only has to be done once

Edit: Added UUI

 

[Nordic]

I'm all for an advanced guide, but there are some who want just the basics to get it up and running. From what little I've read mint is pretty easy and most windows like for us rookies

I thought we used to have a guide that was written by @Vinska. I feel like my memory could be wrong though. I could not find it when I just looked.

If the optimizations I will be trying even increase ppd, I have not done any yet, I will be sharing. The guide will be for those comfortable enough with a linux terminal. I guess I could share some of what I plan on doing.

For example, I really like mint. But if you want to maximize ppd you want the latest kernal. Mint uses the long term support release so it is not ideal for maximizing your ppd. It has kernal 3.13 which is really old. The most recent kernal is 3.19. Just using that, I am told, should increase cpu performance a few percent.

Another thing I plan on trying is not using a desktop environment. I like Mate for a desktop. It uses about 1.5% of the cpu. So just running without a desktop I would get a 1.5% more ppd. Running without a desktop environment, I am told, should make the system faster overall making that maybe even upto 3% increase.

I have heard before that using a linux distro like Arch linux or Gentoo which compiles everything for your native hardware which can increase cpu performance by at least 10%. I am told you can get that same compiled beneifit from Ubuntu and Debian based distros. For those familiar with the linux terminal, you should know of apt for installing and updating linux with commands like "sudo apt-get install boinc-manager" and "apt-get update." Well apparently there is a program called apt-build that allows you to compile individual software or the whole system for greater performance. I plan on trying this one out.

There are a few other optimizations of which I don't really understand that I will not try to explain here. There are others that this "friend" has not shared with me yet. When I find some time to dedicate to trying out some new things with linux I will let you all know how it goes. I will also write a guide on how to do everything I did. I could easily add a quick and easy linux install guide like bluebumblebee just wrote too.


I have a few things I could add to improve what blue said too. I actually like conky way better than psensor. Conky allows you to display literally anything you want to know about your pc on your desktop. Cpu temps, cpu clocks, and even more mundane things like hdd temps. Whatever you feel you need. Psensor may be better on a system without a desktop environment like I am planning though. But if you have the desktop, give conky a try.


I am in no way a linux expert, I just have been playing and learning about it myself over the last couple years. I am where I feel comfortable, but some of the things I have said I will do will be pushing that comfort level.

 

[t_ski]

Happy Father's Day to all the dads on the team

 

[mstenholm]

Happy Father's Day to all the dads on the team

I'm way to young to be a dad but thanks anyway .

Jokes aside Ubuntu BONIC does not give you then same features as the Windows version - Run bench or what it is called in English is missing. I swtiched 2 weeks ago and I think that the intilal bench was done during some SW updates. And my PPD on this 2520M is down 5% from when it was running W7, 32 bit.. OK at least I don't have to look at an experired company Win license.....

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Jokes aside Ubuntu BONIC does not give you then same features as the Windows version

You're running a version of BOINC that I've not heard of, 7.4.8, according to FDC.

 

[Caring1]

Happy Father's Day to all the dads on the team

Thank you, that makes it my second Fathers Day this year then we celebrate it on another date here.

 

[mstenholm]

You're running a version of BOINC that I've not heard of, 7.4.8, according to FDC.

I did installed it the way that you descriped some posts up. I'm away from the laptop for some weeks. It might improve in the meantime, if not I could do a new install. +/- 5% of 2000 PPD is no big deal but I was surpriced that it dropped.

 

[mjkmike]

Happy Day DAD'S. I'm old and single so no kids at my farm. Still miss my dad every day, he could not understand why I bought a trs80 when I was 13 but when it came to kick the ball he was there.

 

[librin.so.1]

I thought we used to have a guide that was written by @Vinska. I feel like my memory could be wrong though. I could not find it when I just looked.

The guide's utterly broken at this point. I should rewrite it.
Thanks for reminding it about it – I totally forgot B|

 

[thebluebumblebee]

My first computer was a 386DX-25. In all that time, I never had a HDD die while in use. Had one die the day after I copied stuff off of it. Had a DOA. But, overnight, I think my newest HDD, a 2TB Seagate died. I think I bought it 5/8/13, so it looks like it's just a month out of warranty.

 

[Toothless]

First day of work for me! (At my first non-temp job) and I'll be leaving WCG on! I can't get that horrid OC going on my 4790k so stock settings but all threads.