Dip in my RAC this week

[DrPop]

To keep anyone from being concerned, I'm going to post my intentions regarding the 2 rigs here. My RAC will probably dip considerably; I have no way of knowing how much. I am purchasing the new case and a new mobo w/ more PCI-E slots to run these GPUs in one rig. That will allow us to bring the 4870 & 4850 online for Kat. Unfortunately, I have to do a round-robin with selling off my Intel QX9650 and my DDR2 RAM for an AMD X6 and DDR3...and I've got to get the money from one before I get the other. My goal is to get this all done by the next PG challenge so that I can add a little more fire power for us there.

If all goes well with the upgrades I should be back up and running with full RAC, and Kat should be cranking out MW points (thank you again, Bryan! ) in roughly one week.

[Spankinmonkee]

We got your back...

[Beerdrinker]

Holy smokes Dr.Pop!! You are really on the move!!

I have been curious about those AMD X6....You gonna give some pointers, when up and running??

Anyway....We will try to pump as many CS as possible....(as always)

[Maxwell]

Well, I just bought a 5970 which might help a tad... (Thanks for the code, DrPop)

I have been curious about those AMD X6....You gonna give some pointers, when up and running??

I have one... what do you want to know?

[Beerdrinker]

Well, I just bought a 5970 which might help a tad... (Thanks for the code, DrPop)


I have one... what do you want to know?

Basiclly how they run...Hot/cold? Do they only run on DDR3 boards? I only got DDR2, so I need to know how much to set aside....

Which project are you working with that beast?

[Maxwell]

Basiclly how they run...Hot/cold? Do they only run on DDR3 boards? I only got DDR2, so I need to know how much to set aside....

Which project are you working with that beast?

Well, at 100% load right now running primaBOINCa, it's running at 34C. I'm running this one at stock right now. I've run quite a few projects, and never run into a heat issue. It's an AM3 socket CPU, but it should run DDR2, if I'm reading the specs correctly (I have DDR3 installed in this machine).

I like it quite a bit. Feeds the GPUs well, runs some projects better than others, but works well running a work/crunching machine. No regrets with the purchase so far...

[DrPop]

Holy smokes! You pulled the trigger on the 5970! Sweeeeeeeet.

@Beer - they will run both DDR2 and DDR3, as they have both controllers built in. I was talking with some big BOINC dudes on Anandtech's forums and they said in heavily threaded apps the X6 easily keeps up with most i7 rigs for points / day.

Honestly, it probably won't be a huge upgrade points wise from that Core2 Extreme I was running, because that thing was fast - I had it O/Ced where it was close to an i7 950 in power.
Thing is, I can't get the motherboard that I want in the socket 775...so...sheesh. I get to give the state of California another $50 tax just on my horse-trading to get what I need. Ugh!

[Bryan]

A single dip is okay Drpop, just don't double dip

[Beerdrinker]

Holy smokes! You pulled the trigger on the 5970! Sweeeeeeeet.

@Beer - they will run both DDR2 and DDR3, as they have both controllers built in. I was talking with some big BOINC dudes on Anandtech's forums and they said in heavily threaded apps the X6 easily keeps up with most i7 rigs for points / day.

Honestly, it probably won't be a huge upgrade points wise from that Core2 Extreme I was running, because that thing was fast - I had it O/Ced where it was close to an i7 950 in power.
Thing is, I can't get the motherboard that I want in the socket 775...so...sheesh. I get to give the state of California another $50 tax just on my horse-trading to get what I need. Ugh!

Oh, man...That´s just what I wanted to hear..That´s sweet music to my ears! I figured that if I could go upgrade on DDR2 that would be more "doable" on a limited budget...I really like this small AMD cruncher I got here...Migth as well go that route again since I am so happy about it. And you know....Budget usually equals AMD...

I will see what I can do...Not gonna happen this side of X-mas anyway...But I keep my hopes up!

[thepossum1]

Woot! go go go No clue what you're talking about, but it sounds good