TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[[Ion]]

So your host could feel the heat from the basement Yes a hord of 4790s would be great fun.

This is at home--the heat wasn't the issue but my parents decided the power usage (which I offered to pay for) was. I'd be tempted to bring it to work and stick it under the desk with the 4790 and FX8 I have down there, but the noise would deafen the entire office. Not going to do that

 

[[Ion]]

Talked with IT at work. They weren't enamored with the idea of running WCG because it adds an unknown variable to their computers. But I was told that if I can convince management then it's fine by them. So I'll give that a shot this evening or tomorrow then.

 

[Peter1986C]

OK, so, here I am, sweating it out outside the coffee shop, loading up my cache of done WU's. I check my bank balance, rent is due.

Turns out my Wifi provider, somehow got it in their head to auto charge me. Good news, I have wifi. Bad news, my rent is gonna be short! I love my new apartment, for a ton of good reasons. But the rent, controlled through HUD, is a bit more than I believe it should be. The woman, in charge of my VA HUD stuff, will not meet with me. In Fact, she is currently on weeks vaca due to Labor DAY.
Does anyone else see the irony in this?

I am working my ass to the bone, shopping at food selves because I am perpetually broke, I make too much money for EBT, but can't afford to eat enough to maintain my weight!

I have lost over 20 LBS!!

I am hoping, one of two things, three actually, happens soon. 1. I get a raise that is at least $2.00 an hour ( pipe dream ). 2. I manage to convince the HUD lady to sit down with me in a reasonable amount of time. 3. I hit some sort of Lottery/ Million dollar idea, in the next two months.

None of those things are likely to happen. I'm unsure what to cut back. Looks like it may be the girlfriend that goes next!

Then for sure, I will have no life. As I whittle away into a skeleton of myself. Sound's good, no?

If I can manage to make it through January, I am going to enroll in school. Get, at least, a Welding Certificate. If nothing else, I can find work that will pay better than what I am doing now.


30% of $25 an hour is more rent but, 70% of $25 an hour is much better than 70% of $10 an hour!!

Anyway, @[Ion] looks like I can relieve you sooner than I thought. So, go ahead and do the post tonight, I am beat. I will resume on Thursday night, hopefully a bit more rested/ less of a downer!!

Thanks a Bunch for helping out!!

You are still crunching on all those crunchers? Turn them off for a few months I would suggest.

 

[mstenholm]

You are still crunching on all those crunchers? Turn them off for a few months I would suggest.

Or let the E5-2670 v2 run at all cores for a day a week and stop the rest. The old pentiums are not that power efficient.

 

[Peter1986C]

Yeah that is pretty much what I meant.

 

[mstenholm]

I don't think that the 10 core is his...uplaod speed is much higher then the coffeshop for the laptops. Any ways it is f

 

[mstenholm]

Yeah that is pretty much what I meant.

I don't think that the 10 core is his...upload speed is much higher then the coffeshop for the laptops. I will make up the missing work by running my 2720M during the weekend in an open window (runs hot like hell, something wrong with the fan me think).

Edit: Project has no tasks available.....and now I got 18 and fan spins up

 

[twilyth]

Talked with IT at work. They weren't enamored with the idea of running WCG because it adds an unknown variable to their computers. But I was told that if I can convince management then it's fine by them. So I'll give that a shot this evening or tomorrow then.

If they monitor their power usage, and I'm sure they do, they're going to see a sharp spike and rightfully blame it on your background process. Even if you get permission, they're not going to be happy about that - especially if you didn't spell everything out for them in advance, like how it will run all processors at 100% 24/7. I doubt that they're current usage is anything even close to that.

 

[[Ion]]

If they monitor their power usage, and I'm sure they do, they're going to see a sharp spike and rightfully blame it on your background process. Even if you get permission, they're not going to be happy about that - especially if you didn't spell everything out for them in advance, like how it will run all processors at 100% 24/7. I doubt that they're current usage is anything even close to that.

I did mention that it runs the CPUs at full load and that didn't seem to be a concern. I also mentioned that it's possible to run <100% or not 24/7 if they want to only run it during off-hours (all of these computers stay on 24/7 already). I'll make sure that I bring up power usage too because I don't want them to feel deceived.

 

[manofthem]

Going out of town tomorrow for a few days. I'm not thrilled about leaving everything on and running given the thunderstorms we have had recently but I think I'll just chance it and hope for the best. I'll be checking in on them with TeamViewer so it'll give me an idea as to their business.


Other than that, I ordered a Core2Duo refurb system for the father-in-law from Newegg, and I'll have it for a week or 2 til he gets back in the country. So while II have it (should be here early next week) I'm going to strike up Boinc on it. It won't be that much but at least it'll give me a good chance to test the system

 

[[Ion]]

Going out of town tomorrow for a few days. I'm not thrilled about leaving everything on and running given the thunderstorms we have had recently but I think I'll just chance it and hope for the best. I'll be checking in on them with TeamViewer so it'll give me an idea as to their business.


Other than that, I ordered a Core2Duo refurb system for the father-in-law from Newegg, and I'll have it for a week or 2 til he gets back in the country. So while II have it (should be here early next week) I'm going to strike up Boinc on it. It won't be that much but at least it'll give me a good chance to test the system

Should have sent me a message--I'd have cut you a good deal on a refurb Sandy i3

 

[manofthem]

Should have sent me a message--I'd have cut you a good deal on a refurb Sandy i3

Next time , I'm sure I'll be needing another pc soon. Actually I will be "needing" one in the not so distant future for the my little girl as she's going to be needing something for school work. I'll keep you in mind.

 

[[Ion]]

Next time , I'm sure I'll be needing another pc soon. Actually I will be "needing" one in the not so distant future for the my little girl as she's going to be needing something for school work. I'll keep you in mind.

Sounds good
I sell a bunch of refurbished Sandy/Ivy i3/i5 systems--great little systems. The Ivy i5s do nearly 4k PPD too running Win7 and at <100W at the wall.

 

[FireFox]

how many ppd do you think I could get running 2 x X5675

 

[t_ski]

how many ppd do you think I could get running 2 x X5675

I get around 5K PPD for one CPU, so you should get about double that.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

a single X5670 running at 3.9ghz gets about 7K per day.

i reckon at stock clocks you will get about 11K per day with 2 x X5675

 

[[Ion]]

a single X5670 running at 3.9ghz gets about 7K per day.

i reckon at stock clocks you will get about 11K per day with 2 x X5675

Yeah sounds about right....I think my dual-X5672 (quad-core) @ 3.46GHz got about 8.2k so add 50% for extra cores and chop off a little bit for lower clocks and 11k seems reasonable. A bit more under Linux.

 

[t_ski]

I have a Dell Dimension T3500 with an X5675 (the one I mentioned above). I'm thinking of parting with it: do you guys think it would be worth selling and shipping the entire rig, or would it be best to just part out the chip and recycle the PC?

 

[[Ion]]

I have a Dell Dimension T3500 with an X5675 (the one I mentioned above). I'm thinking of parting with it: do you guys think it would be worth selling and shipping the entire rig, or would it be best to just part out the chip and recycle the PC?

I'd buy the CPU from you--actually in the market for one ATM. But otherwise LGA1366 stuff (OEM at least) has gotten so cheap I'm not really sure the point. These Tx500s are heavy and not worth all that much.

 

[t_ski]

I'd buy the CPU from you--actually in the market for one ATM. But otherwise LGA1366 stuff (OEM at least) has gotten so cheap I'm not really sure the point. These Tx500s are heavy and not worth all that much.

That's what I figured I would hear

 

[[Ion]]

That's what I figured I would hear

I've been selling them locally (with 3.06GHz quad-core CPUs and 6 or 8GB RAM + a 320GB HDD) for about $140 each and they haven't been moving very quickly. About one a week if that (out of about 5 or 6 computers sold a week). I wouldn't want to think of packaging and shipping one out.

 

[t_ski]

I thought the computer would be worth around $100 without my chip (could include an E5520 or 40), and maybe $200 with the X5675. But shipping

 

[[Ion]]

I thought the computer would be worth around $100 without my chip (could include an E5520 or 40), and maybe $200 with the X5675. But shipping

Yeah that sounds about right +/- 10% maybe. But I imagine it would be $50 + to ship most places in the US. The Supermicro server is about the same weight and was $75 (albeit from Arizona).

 

[[Ion]]

Is the WCG site down for anyone else? Not able to access via the web or send/receive work.

 

[manofthem]

Is the WCG site down for anyone else? Not able to access via the web or send/receive work.

Same here. Just checked and I have a lot of work siting at "Ready to Report". Plus I can't load their site either

Site just kicked back in

Work uploaded and can access WCG again