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MyCattMaxx

Active Member
What Xeon is it?

On a side note one of my folders got one of those WU's that takes almost 2 days to fold.
My points today will be slim.
 

Aastii

VIP Member
I am considering getting it set up again and letting it run overnight each night, keeping it off during the day at work (I'm not made of money :p) and keeping it as my main system in the evenings.

Rough guesstimate of a 3570K + 560Ti?
 

MyCattMaxx

Active Member
Rough guess is about 25k for the 560 ti, 10-15k for the 3570k per day at 100% folding time.
Just depends on OC, work unit etc.
Just set it up and give it a go, I'd be interested in your finds.

You are right about the power bill, it is killing me and I will have to scale back soon.
At least I'm enjoying the heat this time of year.
 
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MyCattMaxx

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We had a record day yesterday, good going guys and gals! :good:
We might be able to make 4 million points this month. :eek:


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MyCattMaxx

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I just upgraded (cpu's) one of my servers and yes the big points was from bigadv.
Another one (8101) will finish tomorrow but is less points than the 8103 that was yesterday.
Still looking for a deal on a couple more cpu's to upgrade the second one.

Here is a pic of my set-up, just a couple of old SuperMicro servers.
Hunted down some give away deals.


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Jet

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As of right now we are in the top 150 teams in PPD. That is pretty impressive, thanks to MyCattMaxx!
 

Aastii

VIP Member
I love this new client, it is so much easier to use.

Right now I have my CPU + GPU going with a predicted 24k PPD. I may set my server up too 24/7. Will work out the cost. I can't imagine it will be mega bucks with a C2Q and mid-low end graphics card
 

Jet

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I love this new client, it is so much easier to use.

Right now I have my CPU + GPU going with a predicted 24k PPD. I may set my server up too 24/7. Will work out the cost. I can't imagine it will be mega bucks with a C2Q and mid-low end graphics card

Awesome! Keep it up!
 

Aastii

VIP Member
What are opinions on the best low price, low wattage, high PPD graphics cards? I want to price up how much it would cost upfront and then for upkeep on turning my server into a folding machine to see whether it is viable.

I would only do it on graphics cards btw, i don't want it affecting the performance of the server itself, which having it GPU only shouldn't do
 

MyCattMaxx

Active Member
I haven't really kept up on the GPU side.
But cost/power draw:
660TI for Kepler, they will eventually get Kepler working right.
560TI for Fermi.
Those 2 would be my guess.

They are also getting closer to having a solution to getting AMD back into the game.
 

Virssagòn

VIP Member
I haven't really kept up on the GPU side.
But cost/power draw:
660TI for Kepler, they will eventually get Kepler working right.
560TI for Fermi.
Those 2 would be my guess.

They are also getting closer to having a solution to getting AMD back into the game.

Nice to hear that, only got 2 nvidia's, a gt220 and a 8800GT lol
 

MyCattMaxx

Active Member
I have my Folders turned off for a little bit.
2 reasons, the main one is the $150 a month in power costs, the other reason is to do a little revamping of my set-up.
I made part of my goal of making it to the #1 spot.
My other goal is to reach 300,000 PPD but I need 2 CPU's so I can get the 2nd server up to speed.
The quads just don't cut it so I'm looking for a sweetheart deal on 2 six cores to match my other server.
I have my eye on some on fleabay but I am waiting for the price to drop about $15 more than what they are listed at.

I also am looking to find a real sweetheart deal on 2 high efficiency power supplies to replace the noisy ones I have (40mm fans).
 
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