whos got new hardware in the pipeline?

kerrgreg · 28 Feb 2013 at 13:03

Im getting between 30-39k from a 580 which can be got pretty cheaply the GTX560ti's still get around 20kppd and use less power, after that Im not sure.

From googling the 570 fits in between the 560ti and the 580 personally I like the 580 for ££/ppd

The 6series cards run cooler but dont seem to do any better on points than the 5series not looked into the 680 or 690 due to the cost mind.

Finally the other thought Ive had recently is to get some motherboard with the most number of 16x slots possible, fill them with gpus and put the most basic CPU you can in there and fold only on the gpus a couple of those would work pretty well as the starts of a folding farm.

paradigm · 28 Feb 2013 at 13:06

Going to have a scour of eBay and see what kinds of things I can build for relatively little outlay. 560/660ti look like a potential winner, but we shall see.

ozaudio · 28 Feb 2013 at 15:43

a gtx480 should do ok? did you let it have time to sort out its ppd properly

ozaudio · 28 Feb 2013 at 18:13

Online there is refurb evga 460 and 470 at very chep prices . Scan. The net and you'll find em even 550ti very cheap
560 ti and 570 also cheap

Snapshot · 28 Feb 2013 at 18:23

paradigm said:
Going to have a scour of eBay and see what kinds of things I can build for relatively little outlay. 560/660ti look like a potential winner, but we shall see.

I've got a 560Ti in the MM at the moment. Gave well over 20k PPD the last time I used it for Folding.

robj20 · 1 Mar 2013 at 10:42

Im thinking of getting something like this soon,

YOUR BASKET
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 660TI 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £221.99 (£443.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £69.98
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £49.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
2 x Scythe Kaze Jyuni 1900RPM Slip Stream 120mm Fan £8.99 (£17.98)
Total : £912.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

The 3570k will go in my gaming pc and replace my 2600k, i already have an Msi P67 GD65 board that the 2600k will then go in, along with the 2 660ti i also have a gtx460. I would think at least 100k PPD.

kerrgreg · 1 Mar 2013 at 11:10

Yeah that should do a fair few points think on a 24hr run those two should work up a nice amount of points.

Although if your going to run 24.7 might be worth paying the extra for a 90% cert (or 80gold) psu, although it looks hard to achieve at that price point.

robj20 · 1 Mar 2013 at 11:16

Not fussed how much power it uses, its going to be running in work.

paradigm · 1 Mar 2013 at 11:52

So, any thoughts on "istanbul" based Opterons? Looking at a quad-socket (24 cores) build, with one or two 560's for good measure.

paradigm · 1 Mar 2013 at 18:25

Well, the deed is done, I'm going to see if the 4 Quad-Core Opteron 8386's i've got on the way are quick enough.

ozaudio · 1 Mar 2013 at 21:26

paradigm said:
Well, the deed is done, I'm going to see if the 4 Hex-Core Opteron 8386's i've got on the way are quick enough.

found this on google

It has 4 Opteron 8386 quad core chips, 16gb of ram, and is running Linux. It was producing >50,000 points a day.

paradigm · 1 Mar 2013 at 21:43

Sounds good, might order another 4 then, and another board obviously!

Still need to choose a GPU or two as well, but I'll get the machines built first.

ozaudio · 2 Mar 2013 at 06:24

i will send you an e-mail using the trust. check it out

ozaudio · 6 Mar 2013 at 07:48

paradigm, your ppd is going very high again, what you using now lol. as you boxed what ever you was using up?