WCG May 2014 Challenge planning thread

stinger608 · May 3, 2014

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
Well guys I not sure if I am going to make the challenge. I lost one of the x58 rigs today and it is got me thinking of selling the other and cut my loses. I may crunch part time but I can't afford to replace crap. I don't want to kill any other rigs so I am seriously thinking of having a sale and let some things go.

That is WHY I try to crunch with Xeon processors! AMD's can handle running 100% 24/7 but Intel's don't do so well unless they are Xeon processors; then they shine!

fullinfusion said:
hey master crunchers I has a 3770K clocked up now to 4.7Ghz for the cause,

Is it better to let it crunch 4c 8t or 4c 4t?

Wow, hard to say. I usually run with Hyperthreading enabled to try and get all I can out of a processor, but I have heard that shutting Hyperthreading down will result in better PPD..........That is actually a good question.

Durvelle27 · May 3, 2014

fullinfusion said:
hey master crunchers I has a 3770K clocked up now to 4.7Ghz for the cause,

Is it better to let it crunch 4c 8t or 4c 4t?

I've been crunching with my i7-4770 @4ghz w/ HT on and have generated 1,706 points so far but i don't know what that means lol

ThE_MaD_ShOt · May 3, 2014

Some will dispute whether hyperthreading helps or hurts. I crunch 4c 8t because well I think it helps. The more threads the better I think.

yotano211 · May 3, 2014

I run on a laptop so I have no choice but to run 4c 8t. But I always wondered about that.

Nordic · May 3, 2014

My 2500k does about the same as a 2600k. I don't think it hurts but is highly marginal

TRWOV · May 3, 2014

HT helps but not much,10% tops. Even if you see 8 threads, it's still a quad core.

Norton · May 3, 2014

TRWOV said:
HT helps but not much,10% tops. Even if you see 8 threads, it's still a quad core.

Depends on the workload.... the chance of getting all 8 threads to work together and getting a nice boost is about 50/50

ThE_MaD_ShOt · May 3, 2014

Okay guys, I fired the 1055t rig back up and it is crunching along nicely. Wcg seems to want to be stingy with wu's for it right now. It is just giving it 8 wu's in the buffer and I have the buffer set to 5 days. But where it's a hex core 8 at a time is fine.

Norton · May 3, 2014

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
Okay guys, I fired the 1055t rig back up and it is crunching along nicely. Wcg seems to want to be stingy with wu's for it right now. It is just giving it 8 wu's in the buffer and I have the buffer set to 5 days. But where it's a hex core 8 at a time is fine.

That's normal- you'll get a full batch once those are done

Switched my other 8350 rig over to Ubuntu this morning and it did the same thing...

ThE_MaD_ShOt · May 3, 2014

Looks like to low output is coming to an end atleast for my 8350. Don't know what the deal was for the last few days but it seemed like a chore to break 12k when I should be easy 17 to 19k.

Norton · May 4, 2014

UPDATES!
@T-Bob has donated a Windows 7 Home Premium key for the cruncher rig build :toast:

8 more Teams have signed up for the Challenge (29 Teams total so far) :rockout:

Doc41 · May 4, 2014

I'm always running :toast:

Bow · May 4, 2014

I also have a copy of ARMA 2 Combined Operations on Steam to donate

ThE_MaD_ShOt · May 4, 2014

Bow said:
I also have a copy of ARMA 2 Combined Operations on Steam to donate

You can pm manofthem with the details. He is handling the game giveaway.

manofthem · May 4, 2014

Bow said:
I also have a copy of ARMA 2 Combined Operations on Steam to donate

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
You can pm manofthem with the details. He is handling the game giveaway.

Got it, thanks!

I think the game giveaway will end up being pretty spectacular, thanks to everyone's generosity! :respect:

ThE_MaD_ShOt · May 5, 2014

You d bomb manofthem. And a great thanks to all the contributors.

manofthem · May 5, 2014

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
You d bomb manofthem. And a great thanks to all the contributors.

Thanks. This team is full of awesome bombs!!! ... and I love your new avatar

ThE_MaD_ShOt · May 5, 2014

manofthem said:
Thanks. This team is full of awesome bombs!!! ... and I love your new avatar

My new girlfriend is badass LOL :toast:

xvi · May 5, 2014

Just started spooling two 6970s and two 5870s for the folding side and I'm hunting down every last core I can for WCG. Might even manage to get a couple ARM tablets crunching.

fullinfusion said:
Is it better to let it crunch 4c 8t or 4c 4t?

Back in the Pentium 4 days, SETI@Home saw about a 30% increase with HT enabled. I rarely deal with (good) Intel chips these days, but as far as I'm aware, that hasn't changed much. Only thing I've heard is that disabling HT can net you a better overclock, but I don't think you'd get an extra 30% increase in clock to make up for having HT disabled.

Norton · May 5, 2014

xvi said:
Just started spooling two 6970s and two 5870s for the folding side and I'm hunting down every last core I can for WCG. Might even manage to get a couple ARM tablets crunching.

Norton · May 5, 2014

UPDATE- Team France joined the Challenge today as the 30th Team

No worries Arjai... just another Team

manofthem · May 5, 2014

Norton said:
UPDATE- Team France joined the Challenge today as the 30th Team

No worries Arjai... just another Team

Haha, Arjai is going to flip out, and he's going to be on our butts everyday if they pull ahead

But we can do it

yotano211 · May 6, 2014

oh the frenchies, there goes the hood.

Doc41 · May 6, 2014

~~are wcg servers down or something? i have projects pending uploads since midnight and still won't upload~~ :confused:

EDIT: never mind

Peter1986C · May 8, 2014

Edison has been put up and running, so I am not at the promised four but at the max of 6 cores! For the duration of the challenge at least.

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WCG May 2014 Challenge planning thread

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

Durvelle27

Moderator

ThE_MaD_ShOt

yotano211

Nordic

TRWOV

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

ThE_MaD_ShOt

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

ThE_MaD_ShOt

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

Doc41

Bow

ThE_MaD_ShOt

manofthem

WCG-TPU Team All-Star!

ThE_MaD_ShOt

manofthem

WCG-TPU Team All-Star!

ThE_MaD_ShOt

xvi

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

manofthem

WCG-TPU Team All-Star!

yotano211

Doc41

Peter1986C

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Case	Dell Vostro 270S case
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Power Supply	EVGA 750 G3- SeaSonic DGC 750- EVGA P2 850 and etc...
Mouse	G300s
Keyboard	Corsair K65
VR HMD	N/A
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Benchmark Scores	Why sit on the Bench when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!

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Memory	2x8GB Crucial Ballistix 3600 MHz DDR4
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Mouse	Logitech G600
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Case	Thermaltake P3
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III 750w
Mouse	Logitech G900
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Cooling	Corsair H115i, 2x Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM
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Case	Xigmatek Aquila
Power Supply	Seasonic 760W SS-760XP
Mouse	Razer Deathadder 2013
Keyboard	Corsair Vengeance K95
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