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Dorsilfin
12-12-10, 10:19 PM
I ran a dedicated 20 amp line from my Electrical panel to my Computer center...
What could I be upto that would be encroaching on needing that much juice.....
:-$
Fire$torm
12-12-10, 11:02 PM
Kirk: Scotty! I need more power!
Scotty: Captain, I've given you all shes got!
Bones: Don't worry. Back home we call Scotty, "The Miracle Worker".
Air conditioning to cool the computers! :)
Does it have a C, an R, an A and a Y in it's name? :confused:
Enterprise level Blade Server!? :D
Dorsilfin
12-13-10, 06:33 AM
I still havnt sold myself the idea yet... but I figured having the electric in place cant hurt either :D
But it might require one of these...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256054
*Crowd*: Ooooooooohhhh.....AAAAAaaaaaahhhhhhh! :D
Fire$torm
12-13-10, 03:46 PM
*Crowd*: Ooooooooohhhh.....AAAAAaaaaaahhhhhhh! :D
My version would be *Crowd*: " We will, we will Rock You!"
I still havnt sold myself the idea yet... but I figured having the electric in place cant hurt either :D
But it might require one of these...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256054
The only bummer might be that "8 +12V rails" comment. If you aren't planning on needing that many +12V connections, you'll be leaving power stuck on the rails! :)
Dorsilfin
12-14-10, 11:27 AM
Hammer has been dropped....
I changed up the power supply to a 1200 watt one.. Didnt need "All" that 1500 watt so saved a few pennies it seemed..
Now to wait....
:D
Hahaha, good "savings" there! :D Well, we will all be as anxious as you now! %%-
Dorsilfin
12-14-10, 12:00 PM
From the Egg....
Yup im being impatient already even with rush order confirmed lol
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Dorsilfin
12-14-10, 02:02 PM
Case is coming from NJ (Im in NY) So ill have that tomorrow...
The remainder of the build is coming from CA on 3 day shipping.. *sigh* hoping for a miracle but i don't think its going to make it for the weekend challenge..
Dorsilfin
12-15-10, 07:21 AM
Ship date 12/14/2010 23:25:44
Estimated delivery 12/17/2010
!!!!!!! ^:)^^:)^^:)^^:)^
So pending they actually all show up! and all the parts work round one with nothing DOA.. ill have the "Sunday Afternoon Project" online..
oh god im pumped
Dorsilfin
12-15-10, 12:46 PM
And the first piece has arrived .
Coolermaster HAF 932 Black Full tower Mmm!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/Epton/Computers/Dec%202010%20build/IMG00034-20101215-1249.jpg
Ahhhh, that is wonderful! :D I still remember when my HAF box showed up. I was thinking hmmm...is this going to fit under the counter? (It did, just barely though.)
Best of luck on the build, and here's to hoping all the parts arrive early!
Dorsilfin
12-16-10, 10:28 AM
I took today off to do christmas shopping after my oil change... However I noticed something funny about my tracking...
!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/Epton/Computers/Dec%202010%20build/IMG00036-20101216-1027.jpg
IT SHOWED UP 1 day early.. 1+ for ups.. Tuesday morning from California to NY by Thursday morning on 3 day shipping lol!
Let the build begin!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/Epton/Computers/Dec%202010%20build/IMG00037-20101216-1030.jpg
Dorsilfin, that is sweet! I can't wait to see what kind of numbers that beast is gonna put up.
Mike029
12-16-10, 12:27 PM
AWESOME!!!! Post those numbers I can't wait to see it start kicking stones around.
Dorsilfin
12-16-10, 01:18 PM
Up and running now.. first 2 Prime grid WU's done.. 6 min 10 seconds flat..
my 8800gts's were taking 33 min a piece...
not going to OC it yet, and let it do a nice gental burn in at stock speeds and feel the machine out.. but IM impressed!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/Epton/Computers/Dec%202010%20build/IMG00038-20101216-1319.jpg
as im typing 2nd set finished.. 6:06 per.. mmmm mmm goodness!
Dorsilfin
12-16-10, 01:31 PM
By my calculations.. Its an Over a million Points a day machine! holy crapola!:ar!
Shadowlurker
12-16-10, 04:04 PM
Love the HAF case, thats what I just stuck my 570's in, I'm only using a 700 watt psu for those and an I7 920.
Dorsilfin
12-16-10, 05:32 PM
is 700 watts enough?
Under load each card pulls around 300 watts, and then motherboard + processor wouldn't leave any headroom or even overtaxing
im on a 1200 watt PSU just so I have a comfort zone to work with
His i7 setup is probably TDP 130W, + (2x) TDP 220W + ???W RAM, Fans, HDD, DVD, etc.
He's probably real close to the limit without much O/C. He can run it like that for a couple years without much problem. After maybe 2+ years @ 24/7 use, his PSU will get "tired" and where it puts out only about 650W - 550W (depending how good it is), and that's when trouble starts knocking...;)
The difference is, you have some major O/C headroom and even maxed out will be using less than 75% of your 1200W PSU, so yours will last pretty much forever if its a good one.
Dorsilfin
03-29-11, 02:07 PM
Well its been over 3 months..
the system is solid and stable with no major issues.
The components are happy as can be and the GPU's are now moderately overclocked for the past month or so.
The dual GTX 570's are pulling around 1.2 million credit a day on primegrid.
the six core 1090T amd was doing around 22-24K on androinc
All in all.. I think its a great machine. Now, If i had to do it all over again.. I would have spent half as much, bought a midtower smaller psu and only gotten 1 card..
Its OVERKILL for any gaming I do... but its a solid contender for crunching lol!
Just figured id do a status update since its been running for a few months.
Well its been over 3 months..
the system is solid and stable...
Now, If i had to do it all over again.. I would have spent half as much, bought a midtower smaller psu and only gotten 1 card...
But BOY ARE WE sure glad you didn't! :D hehehehe
Seriously thanks for all the help to the team!
Beerdrinker
03-29-11, 03:15 PM
Itīs still one INSANE cruncher!
Dorsilfin
03-29-11, 05:08 PM
Im still waiting to win the lotto... like a really really big lotto..
A, Id offer computers to all team members.. IE super machines like this..
and B.. id buy an office type building, and have a professional server room built with rack after rack of servers and GPU machines..
Id like to think id aim to have at least 100 million credits a day farm... =)
Maybe I could even hire team members to live near by and monitor and work at the farm lol
Oh to dream!
Dandasarge
03-29-11, 07:38 PM
I'm not saying not to buy a million computers if ya win a lotto but how about lobby at the white house to make distributed computing tax deductible :)
I'm not saying not to buy a million computers if ya win a lotto but how about lobby at the white house to make distributed computing tax deductible :)
Now, THERE's an idea! You know, if you donate to the Salvation Army it is...so why not BOINC donations? I'll bet a LOT of businesses would run BOINC on their rigs if that were the case, LOL! :D
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