I'm coming over

Ripshod · 18 May 2012 at 16:20

I'm coming over to your team. I'm bringing 7000+PPD with me. I guess there's no way to bring my points with me so it's start again time!

robj20 · 18 May 2012 at 16:57

Its a shame you cant bring your points with you, i had a few million with my last team.

Biffa · 18 May 2012 at 17:06

Nice to have you guys over here.. the more the merrier, and its the science that counts

Pilgrim57 · 20 May 2012 at 20:20

Welcome to the team

Good news, you'll climb up the rankings quickly.
Don't forget to parp active folders before you overtake % post you tiffy cats

dekez · 21 May 2012 at 11:16

Welcome to the team

robj20 · 21 May 2012 at 12:29

Pilgrim57 said:
Don't forget to parp active folders before you overtake % post you tiffy cats

Must be me but i dont understand a word of that?

j_Remos · 21 May 2012 at 12:47

robj20 said:
Must be me but i dont understand a word of that?

In English "Always stick two fingers up as you pass someone and make sure to show off when you earn a certificate."

robj20 · 21 May 2012 at 12:51

That makes much more sense, thanks

I still cant decide what to do with a new rig, do i go big and get a 3930k, or go cheap and get a 2700k, (already have a spare P67 board for the 2700k).

Biffa · 21 May 2012 at 13:07

Is it going to be a dedicated rig or you going to be using it for other things?

robj20 · 21 May 2012 at 14:19

Just folding, under my work bench should be on 24/7 bar over xmas.

Biffa · 21 May 2012 at 14:42

Whats the overall plan? CPU + GPU or just CPU?

robj20 · 21 May 2012 at 15:50

It will be cpu and gpu, possibly multiple gpu, if i splash out was thinking of the 3930k and upto 4 GTX 570's.

If the cheap route 2700k and upto 2 GTX460's.

Just cant decide if its worth the extra 1k+

Biffa · 21 May 2012 at 16:39

3930K on its own running Linux will net around 100K PPD of course you can't run that and the gpus in Linux so thats your limit for a single cpu Intel, but certainly nothing to be sniffed at.

You *could* get it working in windows with VirtualBox and a Linux image and run the windows gpu client, you do, however lose a bit on the CPU, say around 40K if you take into account Virtualbox overheads plus losing a core to give the GPU's (if you are running 4 of them) but with that you could probably net around 120-130K PPD on the right work units with the right cards. Maybe even up to 150K with GTX570's

Or just stick to the V7 client in windows for CPU's and GPU's, probably back down to around 100K PPD.

One thing to bear in mind is heat, its going to get hot with an Overclocked CPU and 4 GPU's in there. On air you might have trouble with the GPU's overheating. On water there is still danger of overheating unless you have excellent ambient temps due to being underground or having aircon.

Plus you have the power issue. A high end intel cpu and 4 GPU's is going to pull close to 6-700W constantly from the plug. That does work out expensive over the year, so make sure you take that into account.

robj20 · 21 May 2012 at 17:29

How easy is it to setup for running on linux? Might just try the 2700k on linux see what it can do. Then maybe do another bigger pc next year.

Heat and power consumption arent a problem, we leave around 600 pcs/cctv dvrs on 24/7 anyway.

Biffa · 22 May 2012 at 08:53

Linux not too hard, stick with 10.10 for ease of use, good guide here

Ah work box, gotcha

robj20 · 22 May 2012 at 10:16

Well thats out the window now, with work letting me leave it running 24/7 im going to be using it as my work pc as well, not too bad i only really use Sage Line 500, and some programming suites.

So needs to be Windows. Also means i need a serial card of some sort.