TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[KrisC]

I am finally moving to an ssd. I have had the ssd for a month or two as a game drive but I think it is time to put windows on it. I have not really looked into it yet, but how do you guys manage boinc with an ssd? I am assuming I install and tell it to put everything on my secondary 500gb hdd and that would be it.

My machine is 100% pure SSD and zero issues with boinc up to this point. On another note - will 85* 24/7 on a 3570k be bad for it? Running @ 4.2ghz on auto volts with a stock cooler (friend of mine desperately needed a cooler so I sold him my h80i until I get a Kraken cooler).

 

[Chicken Patty]

My machine is 100% pure SSD and zero issues with boinc up to this point. On another note - will 85* 24/7 on a 3570k be bad for it? Running @ 4.2ghz on auto volts with a stock cooler (friend of mine desperately needed a cooler so I sold him my h80i until I get a Kraken cooler).

Actually what's funny is the SSD I had for years that gave me nothing but issues is the one in one of my crunchers since I had no more HDD's to use on it and it's crunching away without an issue. I just heard that all that writing/reading shortened their life span a bit. But since I didn't care about this particular SSD I didn't care if it went bad or not. Guess it just wanted some abuse

 

[[Ion]]

My machine is 100% pure SSD and zero issues with boinc up to this point. On another note - will 85* 24/7 on a 3570k be bad for it? Running @ 4.2ghz on auto volts with a stock cooler (friend of mine desperately needed a cooler so I sold him my h80i until I get a Kraken cooler).

That's hot. I'm not sure of the voltage that you need--I have my 3770k @ 4GHz @ 1.106v on a stock cooler, and it loads at ~70C (plus or minus 7 degrees depending on room temp). I'd try downclocking just a tad (even to 4GHz) and dropping the voltage a bit.

On the other hand, 85C for a month or two probably isn't a crisis.

 

[Jstn7477]

My 3770K @ 4.3GHz/1.18v maxes out (non-IntelBurnTest) at 82c on a Thermaltake Water 2.0 Performer, thanks to Intel's junk IHS thermal paste. I'm not to worried about it and may even de-lid it if I can get some Coolaboratory Liquid Metal Pro to put under the lid.

 

[[Ion]]

My 3770K @ 4.3GHz/1.18v maxes out (non-IntelBurnTest) at 82c on a Thermaltake Water 2.0 Performer, thanks to Intel's junk IHS thermal paste. I'm not to worried about it and may even de-lid it if I can get some Coolaboratory Liquid Metal Pro to put under the lid.

That really seems quite hot to me--given that it's a much better cooler than stock and you aren't running much higher clocked than I am.

EDIT: Just checked my temps again, and either my room is really hot right now (not sure, I'm in the library) or the CPU just runs hotter than I remembered.

 

[TRWOV]

just bought this: http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM-417210687-amd-phenom-ii-x6-black-1090t-_JM

 

[Norton]

just bought this: http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM-417210687-amd-phenom-ii-x6-black-1090t-_JM

1090T .... nice chip!

 

[F150_Raptor]

I haven't been around much, but just dropped in to say keep up the good work every body. You guys are doing an amazing job!

@ Ion, Here's a way to figure out how many computers you can run before your breaker trips. Take a volt meter and stick each end in a slot at the wall socket. You should be at 120 volts plus or minus a couple. Now your average breaker is 15 amps, but I'd guess the dorms would run a 20 amp breaker so they aren't tripping all the time.

volts x amps=wattage

120 x 15=1800 watts before the 15 amp breaker trips

120 x 20=2400 watts before the 20 amp breaker trips

I hope this helps you a little.

 

[TRWOV]

1090T .... nice chip!

I think I've my cruncher farm laid out:
1 GPU cruncher w/ PDC 620 + 7750
1 CPU cruncher w/ 1090T
The machines at work: Turion ML-37, AMD V120, Celeron 900, PDC E5800 and the upgraded CCTVDVR will run an Athlon X4 620 with 3 cores dedicated to WCG.

 

[Peter1986C]

I haven't been around much, but just dropped in to say keep up the good work every body. You guys are doing an amazing job!

@ Ion, Here's a way to figure out how many computers you can run before your breaker trips. Take a volt meter and stick each end in a slot at the wall socket. You should be at 120 volts plus or minus a couple. Now your average breaker is 15 amps, but I'd guess the dorms would run a 20 amp breaker so they aren't tripping all the time.

volts x amps=wattage

120 x 15=1800 watts before the 15 amp breaker trips

120 x 20=2400 watts before the 20 amp breaker trips

I hope this helps you a little.

Here in the NL, 16 amps is usual except for groups likely to be used for fridges etc. (20 amps), both at 240 volts. I need to pay for my electricity though, so that is one of the reasons I will not turn my dorm room into a "[Ion] style" place. Despite the larger "headroom".

 

[Jstn7477]

Here in the NL, 16 amps is usual except for groups likely to be used for fridges etc. (20 amps), both at 240 volts. I need to pay for my electricity though, so that is one of the reasons I will not turn my dorm room into a "[Ion] style" place. Despite the larger "headroom".

I'd love to have a true 240v power source for my farm. The closest things we have in America are the 208v leg of a 3 phase power source or using hot to hot (opposing 120v legs) but I think that might be dangerous for computer power supplies if some sort of fluctuation occurs. I'm no electrical distribution expert, though.

 

[Norton]

I'd love to have a true 240v power source for my farm. The closest things we have in America are the 208v leg of a 3 phase power source or using hot to hot (opposing 120v legs) but I think that might be dangerous for computer power supplies if some sort of fluctuation occurs. I'm no electrical distribution expert, though.

230/240v single phase is common in the US (just not a typical household voltage)- you're referring to 208v 3 phase which is different. Home central AC units run on 230/240v single phase.

Upsizing your incoming 120v to a dedicated 240v circuit may work just fine for you.... look into it a bit more if you're really interested

FYI- I deal with all kinds of different voltages at work so I know there's quite a few options available.....

 

[[Ion]]

I haven't been around much, but just dropped in to say keep up the good work every body. You guys are doing an amazing job!

@ Ion, Here's a way to figure out how many computers you can run before your breaker trips. Take a volt meter and stick each end in a slot at the wall socket. You should be at 120 volts plus or minus a couple. Now your average breaker is 15 amps, but I'd guess the dorms would run a 20 amp breaker so they aren't tripping all the time.

volts x amps=wattage

120 x 15=1800 watts before the 15 amp breaker trips

120 x 20=2400 watts before the 20 amp breaker trips

I hope this helps you a little.

We get twenty amps here. And as an EE intended major, I'm clear how all of this works
I'll bring my multimeter back from break

 

[Chicken Patty]

I haven't been around much, but just dropped in to say keep up the good work every body. You guys are doing an amazing job!

@ Ion, Here's a way to figure out how many computers you can run before your breaker trips. Take a volt meter and stick each end in a slot at the wall socket. You should be at 120 volts plus or minus a couple. Now your average breaker is 15 amps, but I'd guess the dorms would run a 20 amp breaker so they aren't tripping all the time.

volts x amps=wattage

120 x 15=1800 watts before the 15 amp breaker trips

120 x 20=2400 watts before the 20 amp breaker trips

I hope this helps you a little.

Good info for those who didn't' know. Thanks.

 

[Jstn7477]

I think some of us run into our electrical problems because we may not have evaluated the peak power consumption of the machines effectively (myself included). My 3770K + HD 7970 + GTS 450 didn't show its peak power consumption until after a day of continuous operation where it was consuming 30-50w more than I had observed previously. What used to be a regular minimum of 360w turned into 400-410w with peaks in the 430w range on my Kill-A-Watt, which is why I only have 3 "super duty" computing rigs (i7-870 + 2600K + 3770K + GTX 465 + 2x GTX 460 + 2x GTS 450 + 7950 + 7970) consuming a peak of 1600w and 2 other rigs amounting to 300w on this 20A circuit.

 

[TRWOV]

awaiting for the 1090T

 

[[Ion]]

I'm now home on break

I've powered down some of my systems (4P, C2Ds, Atom, C2Q). I'm going to suspend the rest of them with plans to wake them up on Sunday--hopefully since they appear to be off, they'll be ignored. Worst case scenario things will be unplugged--but I'm hoping that doesn't happen. We'll see what happens.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

The AMD Bulldozer cruncher

The I7 cruncher

I know there is another thread for showing off the cruncher but I wanted to post it here also.

 

[[Ion]]

Two impressive systems you have there

I'm surprised that both are WC'ed, but I bet it helps keep the temps in check

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Two impressive systems you have there

I'm surprised that both are WC'ed, but I bet it helps keep the temps in check

When i get a new case,PSU and CPU for the 3rd system it will also be WC'ed. It keeps the temps nice and keeps the noise down. I run my fans on "quiet" mode in the bios and have some of them running on the 5v line. All of my video cards run at max 55% fan speed and they are very quiet.

 

[[Ion]]

When i get a new case,PSU and CPU for the 3rd system it will also be WC'ed. It keeps the temps nice and keeps the noise down. I run my fans on "quiet" mode in the bios and have some of them running on the 5v line. All of my video cards run at max 55% fan speed and they are very quiet.

Well, I'd imagine that would help quite a bit

My GTX470s are in desperate need of WCing--they're easily the hottest/loudest things I'm running. But it would b quite expensive, so they just stay hot and loud

 

[TRWOV]

Got a 7770 on a Sunday sale for roughly the price of a 7750 It was online so it should show up here around Thursday. Won't help much in the challenge but it'll sure help me to keep getting a healthy amount of ppd once I put down some of my rigs.

With this change the dedicated crunchers are going to be 1090T, 1055T, 3 cores of the X4 620 and a P G620+7770.

 

[HammerON]

Your building a nice little farm there TRWOV
You got the crunching bug

 

[TRWOV]

I'm going to cruch at full throttle until Holy Week. After that the crunchers will have to do (can't keep all my machines going 24/7 indefinitely). Still they should get around 30000ppd, at least until the GPU WUs dry up. After that I guess the X6s will net around 3000ppd each and the 620s around 1500 or so.

 

[ChristTheGreat]

Just put my HD6950 fr sell, I might have someone taking it. I'll be running on the HD5670 for a couple of days, as I will be looking for a nice price on a brand new HD7970 , looking for Gigabyte or Asus, as for me Powercolor is a no go, for the cstomer service I had. I knwo t hose card are s beautiful, but I prefer buying from a company that has a service point in Canada.

Instead, I'll be looking for HD7950, but would be prefer the 7970.