Rebuild-QX6700 or Fresh Dedi?

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I have a old QX6700-based system that has been unused for ages and I could rebuild it. What the typical weekly points total of a Q6600 without any GPUs being used at all to be run as a dedicate FAH PC?

I've been running the system in my sig whenever I can [energy-sapping combo of CPU+GPU+GPU running flatout = 550W] getting 114k-140k a week and is why I'm wondering if it's worth doing. I really want to get a combined total of 240k a week. Now I'm typing it, the QX6700 would find that impossible even with a couple new GPUs due to the bottleneck.

There is the small issue of the QX6700s TDP of a huge 130W compared to a more efficient 3570K of 77W that did cross my mind when thinking about energy consumption vs PPD. There's the additional heat when I'd be sticking it away under the stairs, it would keep the hallway warm in the winter but you don't get bonus points for that. ;)

Bought, delivered, ready to build!!
Intel Core i5-3570K - OEM [to be de-lidded]
Artic Silver 5 3.5 grams
Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra [replacement TIM]
Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler
Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case
Corsair 140mm Air Series AF140 QE
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155)
Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular

To reuse
500GB SATA1 7,200RPM HDD (Backup Image only)
120SSD Vertex 2e SATA-II (Ubuntu 64-bit and Folding)
Sata cable/s
USB thumbdrive for Linux

First image of the entire order - first posted here
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CPU cleaned with good old ArcticClean - first posted here
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Z77 Extreme4 looks good and well-specced - link above
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Completed!! - first posted here
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Latest: Finished build + now running Folding 24/7
 
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Snapshot said:
I would have thought a QX6700 would give around 8k PPD. An overclocked 3570K should give around 25k PPD for half the power consumption. No contest really.
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Wow, that is quite the difference!

I'll have a think about the rest of the system. Probably use spare 4x4GB 1866MHz RAM to cut costs, spare 500GB HDD, need to buy a 500W 80% eff PSU, micro-ATX mobo + case, and cooling. I'm trying to keep this build under £500 and the two areas I don't want to sacrifice much is the mobo+PSU due to reliability concerns by running it 24/7.
 
A little update on the core of the build so far - I'm using existing 1866MHz RAM to cut costs and also need to try ubuntu:




The Corsair PSU isn't out yet and looks ideal, has 85% eff. The Corsair 100i I know has issues with the firmware but update is available, added replacement fans to reduce noise to a minimum. Because I want a micro-ATX cube case I'm stuck at the final hurdle of finding a case to fit the Corsair 100i as most cases are single 120mm or the front of the case doesn't have much room. Has anyone come a case that would do the job because my search has been fruitless, thanks?
 
ozaudio said:
you had paid for this lot or is this what your buying?
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Not yet. I would have ordered everything but the PSU isn't in stock until around the 29th December and I'd need that to verify components work 100% - plus the little issue of needing a micro-cube case and having nothing to show for my research unless there is nothing.

Nice discount on the 3570K currently but shame I know I can get the mobo £10 cheaper elsewhere. Since this is a folding rig for OcUK it would be good if there was a discount like you get for bundles because this build is going to costing me more than I wanted (£500 max). I'm not moaning btw and will look forward to continued contribution for good causes at a time of goodwill :)

EDIT: I had another look on OcUK and found a budget mini-cube that would appear to tightly fit a Corsair H100i. It was the BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case for £64.99 - seems a lot for a plasticy case - rather pay a bit more for better build quality and design. I wanted to also see if I could find a mobo with more power phases than the 4+1+1 on the ASRock and found a 6+2 phase on the Asus P8Z77-M Pro Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) £116.99.
Asus is pricey as the ASRock has more features, Asus is very familiar but which is more robust for 24/7 use?
 
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Snapshot said:
But that's a mini-ITX case and you specced a M-ATX mobo. Are you going to fold the mobo to make it fit or just cut off the extra three slots?. :D
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Thanks for correcting me :) Of course your right, I was gulping caffeine to stay awake that early and affected my judgement. Guess I was grasping at straws to find one lol.

Snapshot said:
I don't think you need an H100i for a 3570k so you could save £50 by just speccing a good air cooler. My 3570 (no K) at 3.8GHz runs at 40C with passive cooling in a Silverstone TJ-08.
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I thought about that and the alternative is the impressive Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler £69.98 but I didn't mention it because I'm unsure about clearance in a micro-ATX case and will check mini-tower cases no taller than 42cms; Lian Li PC-V354B springs to mind so something non-aluminium to cut costs below £100.
 
Ordered everthing as of today for delivery on Wednesday!

Managed to hunt through my boxes of components spares and find a 500GB Sata1 HDD which is exactly the size I needed saving myself £45. Smaller capacity drives were only IDE. Using my spare thumbdrive for Linux - no idea yet on going about installing OS or setting up Folding on ubuntu which will delay the build log a bit. A bit of guidance on that would be great :)
 
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A couple weeks back was bad where I was awarded only 2k for CPU SMP on my gaming rig in spec because of bad WUs. It has picked up again to 15k PPD for CPU recently but that was with GTX680-SLI using the CPU too. With bonus and everything else running for 12 hours min a day I see the estimate for FAHControl showing 110k PPD. F@H stats shows it's actually 50~55K PPD in total.

I'll also make a quick post when I get my gear on Wednesday. And while I'm posting I did notice that my OEM 3570K surface isn't clean as it appears to me considering I've never touch it and maybe had thermal paste on at some point - I took this photo as RAW format and only increased exposure - otherwise what are these lines?

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ozaudio said:
has this been built yet
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I'm a bit behind but had a few more important things to take of first.

Earlier today I've been running Acronis DriveCleaner on the Barracuda 7200.10 500GB via eSata on gaming rig and it's currently at 72%. I can start the rest of the build and get a few more images up in a bit, then install HDD/OS tomorrow. When I come to installing Linux for Folding 24/7, is the consensus Ubuntu is fine?

I plan on de-lidding 3570K after I get temps from 8 hour run on IBT for a before/after comparison. Here's the first image of everything I listed from on my initial post:

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kerrgreg said:
Looking good! :)
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Thanks :)

Well what can I say, the etailer I bought the Phanteks PH-TC14PE cooler from - which shall remain nameless to obey forum rules so please don't ask - has gave me a used and damaged item at normal retail price, lucky me!

In all the years building various PCs I've never seen so many faults and it's a long list that I'll bring to their attention, why they provided me with something so obviously flawed I don't know.

Shown below is the photo with the damage that would have otherwise damaged my CPU since it stick out and note the scratches and fingerprints. I wore lint-free gloves through the build process.

Please note I can't proceed until I get a new cooler otherwise everything would have been completed today. Thanks for being patient :)

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May as well post some photos I took since I've got nothing more to do tonight.

CPU cleaned: will give the heatsink another clean when I get the new cooler - always worth taking a photo and viewing on a monitor because you notice the surface isn't 100% clean. Take one before and one after to compare your efforts. I already posted a before further up where there was a slight outline of thermal compound.

I used 5 drops of trusty old ArctiClean 1 and slowly tilt the CPU in a circle until the solution covers the surface. Wait 60 seconds as directed and carefully wipe with a folded up kitchen roll. I don't have coffee filters for a perfect finish but so long as it doesn't leave loose fibres your ok. Then finish off with ArctiClean 2 using 8 drops and this time used a 100% microfibre, lint free cloth to polish off.

Repeat above if not 100% clean. You can also use those cotton buds aka swabs for stubborn thermal paste removable [not applicable for new CPU here] and slowly turn it and you drag it vertical then repeat horizontal, wipe with kitchen roll to remove any loose fibres and inspect. We have progress but the 3570K still needs another clean, once more for luck ;)

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Black and Gold: Unboxed ASRock Z77 Extreme4, a well-specced mobo for a good price (around £100) and cushioned securely in soft polyurethane foam. For CPU/heatsink/RAM installations, etc, it's protected a little more when you place it on top of the box until placement into the case. Remember to take off the protective plastic tape from the heatsinks.

The manual Package Contents did state the 2x 45cm SATA-III cables were optional but are provided here. The CD is version 1.7b. Download latest drivers from ASRock website.

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Status: Finished build! Installing Ubuntu today and figured it's easier to use FAHControl than the client.
 
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I will post the photo of the completed folding rig later. I spent yesterday trying to figure out Folding as it wouldn't download then didn't start the core and couldn't figure it out. Nearly gave in to buying Win7 but keep at it since Ubuntu is damn fast and free :)

Installation from a slow 9MB/s USB 2.0 stick - prepared Ubuntu 12.10 x64 ISO with Universal USB Installer 1.9.2.4 - took 5 minutes on a OCZ Vertex 2e SSD! Wow that's fast. Boot takes 3 seconds. I ran a command I googled to remove bloatware to free additional resources but it was already pretty fast, probably added a few more points.

Below is a grab and shows the 3570K @4.2Ghz 1.3vcore - would show CPU speed, etc but can't find CPU-Z equivalent. Temps don't even touch 70c, after a few hours Folding from scratch (using Folding@home Client Control 7.2.9) it peaks at 68c, room at 24.5c.

Btw, I noticed the FahCore runs 0xa3 whereas on 2600K it's 0xa4, I'm running SMP so how can I change that? I have just added advanced option incase that's a Linux requirement for 0xa4(?)

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ozaudio said:
oh look, that board has 2 pci e slots ;) :D
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haha :) I looked at using my GT440 but it requires Wine and too complicated to setup. That GPU would be ok on that tiny 500W PSU but i'd only gain an additional 4k PPD for consuming 70W, way out of proportion. I could even put this case in my bedroom since the extracted air is very cool :)

Also, it appears I've got a large WU atm, each percentage step is taking 10 minutes on 0xa3 core; Progress: 48.56% - ETA 8hrs 39mins.
 
noj said:
nice!

mind if i ask how much you splashed out on that build?
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Thanks :)

mmm, probably £440. Other components such as RAM, SSD were re-used to keep costs right down and is why I went with Ubuntu too. If your an experienced system builder, it's important to have spare cables/screws to hand due to the nature of budget builds. I got the look I wanted but couldn't connect the top 140mm fan due to the short length of the cable and will get a few fan splitters. The replaced front 140mm fan is using a voltage stepdown cable. Overall it's very quiet and clean looking. Will post photo later when I get back.

On a side point, the CX 500w PSU cable connectors are flimsy as I found out carefully disconnecting the Sata cable as the top cracked right along the egde, going to contact Corsair or find better cables because I guarantee it will happen again no matter what I do. Nice PSU but let down by very poor fragile connectors.

Update: F@h client is now running 0xa4 core rather than 0xa3 and has increased the potential PPD. With 0xa3 the potential PPD I was seeing in client control was 28k and now running 0xa4 it's 44,547 PPD estimate; 5k credit and 600 base credit. ExtremeOC shows 11,976 for 1 WU. After a week of running FAHControl I should have a good idea of what to expect.

Log if your interested in the times - latest WU is much quicker taking only 2hours:
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Folding rig as it currently stands -no GPU since returns are too low on GT440 so popped a wireless adapter in the last PCI slot - took this photo last night:

Specs:-

CPU - Intel i5 3570K @4.8GHz, 1.3vcore - 64c avg/68c max full-load Folding with AS5 TIM and have not de-lidding yet
COOLER - Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU cooler - if your going to buy a cooler buy this beast providing your using low-profile RAM
RAM - 2x4GB DDR3 XMP v1.2 1866MHz @ 1.5v - will install another 2x4GB once I take cooling fins off again
MOBO - ASRock Z77 Extreme 4, Intel Z77 - feature packed and so easy to use
SSD - 120GB OCZ Vertex 2e - this is left-over from Corsair GTs upgrade
PSU - 500W Corsair Builder Series CX V2 - Sata connector broke on first use and need to contact Corsair regarding the flimsy plastic
CASE - Corsair Carbide 300R mid-tower case - can't fault this budget case but if I was to be really picky I could do with thicker side-panels since it's tricky getting it to slide back on
COOLING - 120mm stock-fan rear exhaust, Corsair AF140 front intake - using voltage stepdown, amazingly quiet
OS - Ubuntu x64 - installations was done in 5 minutes and booting up takes just 3 seconds which isn't important here
Other - Wireless adapter PCI 300Mbps, G15 keyboard+MX518 mouse (carried over), Sata-cables (unused/spare), spare Velcro and plastic cable-ties for pro-cable management, spare 2x screws for securing SSD.

Total spend on budget 24/7 dedi F@H rig approx £440, what's it worth to biology? Priceless :)

Q) I'm folding 24/7 on dedi rig and overnight some nights on gaming rig, is there a way to find out what the returns are on each PC without stopping a 100k+ PPD gaming rig seeing as kakaostats etc combines them?

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Good news :) I've checked the energy consumption of the whole system and it's only 125W! at 4.8GHz full-load running folding with all energy saving options disabled in the BIOS. I'm seeing daily returns of 58k for a measly 125W which isn't bad for someone starting Folding. [Note: the same energy monitor shows my system in sig consumes 540W]

ExtemeOC and Kakao stats:
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Regarding HFM and fahmon on ubuntu, I've tried via many a 2 year old guides to aid the setup process and my head is spinning to get access to setup access to folding stats and is quite hard to get your head around. Basically requires inner workings of Linux language and copy n pasting code that returns errors and no matter what I do to troubleshoot my lack of understanding with Linux versus the simplicity of Windows plays on my mind.

I then gave up on remote stats and even thinking of ditching Linux if/when I may buy a GTX 660Ti for additional points but finding that hard to justify based on the returns. At the moment I like the relative quietness of the dedi - zero heat being exhausted of the system - the only noise I can hear is the Phanteks fans from a few yards away. I could spend £240 on the 660Ti (plus £80 for Win7 x64 SP1) for a pitful 16k PPD extra whilst consuming around 160W which is 100PPD per watt versus another £440 3570K dedi that returns 464 PPD per watt. After realising that, looks like GPUs for Folding are overrated.
 
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Thanks Snapshot, Trust sent :)

That info on the GTX 660Ti was based over at other folding forums, that was the average PPD across several posted results. I read from other postings that the £200 GTX 560Ti with 448 cudas would be better but it consumes more power and is quite a bit hotter, and that was running under Windows and not Linux.

There isn't much data covering GPU PPD over the past 3 months that shows the recent driver improvements and took that figure as a reasonable estimate. I don't know 100% what PPD my GTX 680s are given me apart from the estimates showing 44k PPD:
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Folding with more RAM?

I'll be getting a bunch of white braided cables on Monday to improve the aesthetics a little and will post an update soon after. Plus I ordered a total of 16GB Sammy Greens (+£65) simply because they clock faster what I already have, going from 1866MHz to 2400MHz+, and are very low profile for the Phanteks cooler.

Currently, the whole system with Folding running is using 800MB of RAM from a total of 8GB using SMP which is surprisingly low. Is there anything else I can do to make the most of the excess RAM that will become available to set aside for Folding and hopefully more points, thanks?
 
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