TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[twilyth]

I'm not familiar with this news source but it came up in one of my google alerts for ryzen performance. It seems that there is an issue with the ryzen cpu's when running 4 high frequency DIMMs - http://www.mobipicker.com/amd-ryzen-high-frequency-ddr4-memory-issue/. The issue should be fixed in a couple of months with a bios update but in the meantime, if you run into problems, either just run 2 modules or run at lower clocks. That seems to be the takeaway from the article. But like I said, not familiar with the source so verify this with other sources.

 

[t_ski]

Yes, I saw that in a thread on another forum. Was something like 2 x 3200 or 4 x 2666.

 

[Norton]

Starting to plan a challenge- keep a watch out for details, PM's, planning thread, etc...

 

[stinger608]

Starting to plan a challenge- keep a watch out for details, PM's, planning thread, etc...

Oh God yeah!!!!!!!!!!! That is frigging awesome news!!!!!!!!!

Been waiting for a challenge for........................Oh jeez.....................................months, and months, and months.

 

[manofthem]

Any team members get in on Ryzen yet? I'm hoping soon but have a lot going on right now this keeping me from doing it... read: spending too much money now

I'm eager to see how they crunch, gotta be good.

 

[infrared]

I thought mine would be here by now... OCUK haven't even replied to my webnote asking when it'll be here

 

[thebluebumblebee]

I'm waiting to see if some disillusioned person "dumps" their's on CL.

 

[bubbleawsome]

I'm pretty excited to see ryzen 8c/16t crunching performance.

 

[Norton]

Looks like my X58/i7-970 rig is acting up

It wasn't showing any work returned since yesterday morning so I checked on it this afternoon (it's running at a friends office atm). It was powered up and running but I didn't have a monitor with me to check to see if it locked up or something- I cycled power but that didn't seem to bring it back?

Will have to go back on Monday with a kb, mouse, and monitor to check it further. Hoping it's something simple and not a dead board or something?

 

[infrared]

That sucks, hope it's ok. I don't know about the monitor, but maybe you should get one of these cheap mini wireless keyboard/touchpads.. It's what I use on the QX9650 rig since it doesn't need much user input and having a full keyboard & mouse takes too much space, whereas this would fit in your pocket
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B016A6NSL0/?tag=tec053-21

 

[Norton]

That sucks, hope it's ok. I don't know about the monitor, but maybe you should get one of these cheap mini wireless keyboard/touchpads.. It's what I use on the QX9650 rig since it doesn't need much user input and having a full keyboard & mouse takes too much space, whereas this would fit in your pocket
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B016A6NSL0/?tag=tec053-21

Neat gadget

I just grab my spare kb and mouse along with an old monitor and go have at it. Hoping that it's just locked up on startup due to a power blip or something

If it's busted then I may PM @BarbaricSoul to see if he wants to give me a good price on the 3930k setup he mentioned that he might want to sell

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Ahmm:

Hey team, any interest in a X58 Xeon combo? Currently running at 4.2ghz and averaging around 10k a day in Linux. Will be more than fair with pricing, pm me if interested.

 

[Norton]

Ahmm:

We have a plan for that one- details TBA

 

[twilyth]

Any team members get in on Ryzen yet? I'm hoping soon but have a lot going on right now this keeping me from doing it... read: spending too much money now

I'm eager to see how they crunch, gotta be good.

Mine's not arriving until next wednesday but I'm only getting a 1700 not one of the X models. I'm ready to start building as soon as it comes though. Will try to remember to take pixs of everything before I open and start putting everything together and of course photos of the finished build. It's a small case with virtually no wire management so not sure how much you're going to see. I'll probably have to run it w/o the case cover since the cooler is probably going to be too big.

 

[Norton]

Mine's not arriving until next wednesday but I'm only getting a 1700 not one of the X models. I'm ready to start building as soon as it comes though. Will try to remember to take pixs of everything before I open and start putting everything together and of course photos of the finished build. It's a small case with virtually no wire management so not sure how much you're going to see. I'll probably have to run it w/o the case cover since the cooler is probably going to be too big.

Got a HAF 932 Advanced case if you want to get something bigger

 

[twilyth]

Thank you sir. No, I've always run that rig topless so it's not really a change. I just like having the option of being able to close the case. I periodically think about getting another cat but one reason I don't is all of the machines I have humming along w/o sides, tops or even a legit case of any kind. This one is up on a high shelf so it's not a big deal. The last remaining dualie would be the real issue since it's running on a test bench. But I think it's an atx board so I could probably re-rack it something I have laying around if I ever needed to.

 

[Norton]

Planning thread is live for our upcoming challenge:

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...d-tpu-spring-2017-crunching-challenge.231224/

 

[Antykain]

Any team members get in on Ryzen yet? I'm hoping soon but have a lot going on right now this keeping me from doing it... read: spending too much money now

I'm eager to see how they crunch, gotta be good.

I will be getting the 1700x after this month most likely.. Still not decided on which board to pair it up with. Most likely will be the ASUS Crosshair VI Hero. Or might hold out and wait for the Crosshair VI Formula to be released.. Either way, I am definitely getting on the Ryzen wagon soon.

 

[BarbaricSoul]

If it's busted then I may PM @BarbaricSoul to see if he wants to give me a good price on the 3930k setup he mentioned that he might want to sell

HMU, maybe we can work something out.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

STOP THE PRESSES!
I got 3 (three) HST's!

 

[Arjai]

I created a thread in the General Hardware section. Please check it out and drop your 2cents. I figured I would link it here since we are a bit more familiar, WCG Crunchers are tight! No?

Anyways, I am pulling the plug tonight after dinner, or not. Please let me know what you all thinks! LOL

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/msata-cache-mini-half-size-25mm.231261/

 

[Arjai]

OK, disregard the previous post. Or, not. However, I have made my decision.

You have to go read the posts, not a lot, to find out what I have decided. Thanks to @jboydgolfer and @alucasa for their help.

Bonus info? There are PICTURES!!! Of ME, even!! LOL

 

[infrared]

I just got off the phone with OverclockersUK, turns out it's the motherboard that's holding up the order (crosshair vi hero). They're getting a delivery some time this week which should have enough to meet all the orders. Seems like I should have it crunching soon!

@phanbuey Maybe that's what's holding up yours too?

 

[mstenholm]

I will be getting the 1700x after this month most likely.. Still not decided on which board to pair it up with. Most likely will be the ASUS Crosshair VI Hero. Or might hold out and wait for the Crosshair VI Formula to be released.. Either way, I am definitely getting on the Ryzen wagon soon.

From https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,39809_offset,30
Paul D got one and he is not a happy cruncher

Re: AMD (Ry)Zen has launched
Well right now if you're considering Ryzen let me give you one big tip - don't and let me tell you why.

First up is frequency, in the end I bought a 1700x, the one that turbos to 3.8Ghz - except it won't, it refuses to go past 3.7Ghz which might not sound like the end of the world but if I wanted to run at 3.7Ghz I'd have saved £70 and bought a 1700.

Stability, I bought a Corsair h60 closed loop water cooler to keep the temperature down, sat looking at a utility program with the cpu coolers fan and pump both flat out at 100% and Boinc using no more than 70% processor it's sat at 70/71 celcius, if I push it 100% usage same as all my other machines it leaps to 74 celcius then bombs the system.

So i'm looking at a system that can only run at 70% which might have a dodgy cooler - or not, or a motherboard that simply can't cope or some other random issue that's making the system bomb out. I'm guessing it won't give Boinc performance much above a 6 year old 3930 system that runs rock solid at 100% 24/7 if it even manages to equal it at all.

Right now I wish I'd gone with my initial plan to get a 6 core Haswell system, right now I feel like throwingt this one in a skip.

 

[infrared]

Hmmmm, I'm sure his problems can be fixed with simply better cooling (maybe even just a re-seat). It's not going to boost if it's already very hot. It doesn't impress me that he's discussing a refund with the retailer before at least trying a better cooler.
New bios, better cooling, manually set clocks and volts and I'd wager he'd be fine after that.