Anyone have any thoughts? While certainly not anywhere near top of the line, I figure this could be a decent low end folding machine between the CPU and the GPU. The GPU should give anywhere from 4-8K ppd (depending on the units) from what I can see online, and the CPU should be able to do another 2K or so running SMP? I might be able to bring that system online in early December, and run it concurrently with my current setup for December (for the race), and then decommission the older X2/GT240 system in January.
Thx brownstone. The only thing that worries me there is that a more powerful GPU may require a better power supply than I have available. That 400watt PS I have is an old school Antec that doesn't even have the 24 pin mb connector.I'm thinking less $$ on the cpu and more on the gpu. Maybe just drop down to a cheaper dual core and put the extra towards a better gpu?? Just a thought.
Thx brownstone. The only thing that worries me there is that a more powerful GPU may require a better power supply than I have available. That 400watt PS I have is an old school Antec that doesn't even have the 24 pin mb connector.
I sould get a dummy plug for my GX2 and start folding with its' second GPU.
Overclocked to 3GHz, my C2Q is using 30-40% of one core on FaH. I'm running with the latest Developer Drivers for Linux (260.19.14, I believe). I'm also not sure I'm getting the same WUs as everyone else: I'm running '247 ProG_hpin' right now.
I also get irritating, occasional freeze-ups when system CPU usage jumps to 100% of one core; no idea why, though they seem to let up with time. Plus the FaH core seems to use enough memory bandwidth to stop one out of four BOINC CPU processes from executing some of the time.
Edit: with -advmethods, a 'PEPTIDE (1-42)' is better, using just 20% of one core.
I wouldn't worry too much about the PS. It may differ with various motherboard manufacturers, but I've had no problems running the same setup (the 20pin PS on a 24pin MB) on two different boards with no issues (one MSI and the other ASUS). As far as the overall power draw, I think you'd be just fine with a single more powerful video card. I've currently got a 965be with 2 gtx460's that pull under 400w at the wall under a full folding load.
check out the "Auto-Mator" script described toward the bottom of this page. I haven't used it yet but it supposedly keeps cpu usage between 8-25%.
Anyone know if this will fit with a Asus m2a-vm micro atx board?So instead of the 430 and the X4, substitute these:
GTS450: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125342
Of course, the more the merrier - every processor helps!I have a meager pentium D sitting idle as Seti gets it's act together I can throw in to the race if needed.
So instead of the 430 and the X4, substitute these:
GTS450: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125342
and
X3 445: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103872
Costs me like $15 more overall,
Anyone know if this will fit with a Asus m2a-vm micro atx board?
It's a tight fit in there.
I think that looks fine. Anyone else want to comment on this as I'm far from being an expert. :\
Count me in. Haven't kept up with f@h, is it still more productive to run a vm within windows? I will be running a 3.4 Q9400 and an ati 4830.
No VM necessary anymore. Run the SMP client for your quad and the GPU tray client for your video card.
Is there a way to save HFM.NET info for times when we need to reboot PC? so far it clears the complete and failed field.
Just concerned about the capacitor between the pci16 slot and the pci in this picture:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageG...%20Motherboard