Could someone check these stats please

Duke · 5 Apr 2008 at 14:15

Hi chaps,

I started to fold again last week, after getting a PS3. I've got the PS3 crunching 24/7 (except when gaming

) and have a E8400 @ 3.8GHz with a single core crunching 24/7 (only want to run one core due to the heat and expense).

At the moment I'm showing as doing an average of about 1200 units a day, does that sound ok? Also my PC has a huge work unit of 5000? Is that normal?

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=130071

Any tips to tweak this would be appreciated

Berserker · 5 Apr 2008 at 14:17

First tip - run the SMP client on that E8400. Expect about 3x more credit. Enough said.

Duke · 5 Apr 2008 at 14:30

Ah yes I think this is the same client I used before (few years ago).

MikeTimbers · 5 Apr 2008 at 14:57

If you're worried about expense, computers really don't cost a lot to run. Secondly, run the smp client for half the day and get way more points per day.

Berserker · 5 Apr 2008 at 15:09

Didn't notice the heat/expense comment.

Expense with that sort of overclock will be somewhere around 50W/hour I expect. That's probably just under a third of the total running costs of the PC.

As for the heat - fair point. Backing off that overclock a tad will help with that. Better a lower oferclock and more PPD than a willy waving contest tbh.

Duke · 5 Apr 2008 at 15:10

It was more the heat issue than cost really. My room gets quite warm with the PC and PS3 running all the time

SMP is now running so hopefully should see more points

theheyes · 5 Apr 2008 at 15:28

My PS3 gives off quite a lot of heat but if you only got it recently then its probably a newer version that uses less power.

Duke · 5 Apr 2008 at 15:32

Yep its the new 40GB model so AFAIK is 65nm.

Duke · 8 Apr 2008 at 19:22

Had few problems getting WinSMP setup, it wouldn't run on boot which was odd. Might give it another go later, just gone back to the non-graphic tray F@H client for now.

Borged my work system for the hell of it. It is only a Celeron 430 though (1.6/1MB/800FSB) & 1GB RAM. Although it is a Celeron, it is one of the 65mn ones so isn't too shabby. Hmm might try OCing it (very bored at work at the moment

).

PhillyDee · 8 Apr 2008 at 19:40

My WinSMP client will not run as a service on my WHS system either. Im pretty sure you can do it yourself, I keep meaning to hunt for the tutorial that showed you how to do it. But since my server is on 24/7 anyway im not that bothered.