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dave c

05-01-15, 07:56 PM

hey guys im back ,
went threw nasty breakup and just recently , i had bought a new dirtbike , after restoring the dirtbike and putting it back together.The very next day i had a bad wreck at 60-70mph training for a desert race , tore myself up pretty good , broken collar bone & seprated it from my shoulder ,along with breaking my foot , and lots of nasty road rash and brusing. not compliants form me though it could have been alot worse..

anyways figured id pop back on and get back to crunching , i have a few new machines to add amd 9590 with 4x 7990's a second 8320 with 2x 550ti's

so how much stuff did i miss?

cineon_lut

05-01-15, 08:00 PM

hey guys im back ,
went threw nasty breakup and just recently , i had bought a new dirtbike , after restoring the dirtbike and putting it back together.The very next day i had a bad wreck at 60-70mph training for a desert race , tore myself up pretty good , broken collar bone & seprated it from my shoulder ,along with breaking my foot , and lots of nasty road rash and brusing. not compliants form me though it could have been alot worse..

anyways figured id pop back on and get back to crunching , i have a few new machines to add amd 9590 with 4x 7990's a second 8320 with 2x 550ti's

so how much stuff did i miss?

Glad you're okay. We did miss you I was wondering what happened to you. You're just in time for the pentathlon, and those GPUs will come in mighty handy!

Vic (mobile)

dave c

05-01-15, 08:18 PM

Glad you're okay. We did miss you I was wondering what happened to you. You're just in time for the pentathlon, and those GPUs will come in mighty handy!

Vic (mobile)

i need to move some of my bitcoin miners out of my house and down to the datacenter i built befor ei can plug those pc's back in, ive actually gotten into mining full time , me and a friend purchased 200th worth of spoondoolies sp31's and built our own datacenter were power is at .03 c kw , got a ton of older hardware still plugged in at my house since the power is free, but once i move 2-3 machines over to the datacenter ill be able to get those pc's back up and crunching

dave c

05-01-15, 11:39 PM

can somone direct me to the thread for the penathalon so i know what to run i cant seem to find it

Al

05-01-15, 11:54 PM

http://www.setiusa.us/forumdisplay.php?190-6th-Annual-BOINC-PENTATHLON

dave c

05-02-15, 12:14 AM

http://www.setiusa.us/forumdisplay.php?190-6th-Annual-BOINC-PENTATHLON

thanks

dave c

01-28-16, 11:45 PM

well i thought i was back before but i am this time , i ended up selling that quad 7990 pc i bought just didnt have the power needed to run it at home
anyways i built a new pc
thermaltake core p5 open case
fx 8320
32gb ripjaws g.skill ram
ocz triton 240gb ssd
2x r9 280x's
rm 1000 psu
magicool watercooling system , 360 radiator , cpu waterblock , ind combo resivor and pump

picture with the old 550ti and cx psu and yes the red sata cable is now gone
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0587_zps51uzddjs.jpg

and my brand new 280x's
http://i.imgur.com/pwc3efE.jpg
going to buy 2x waterblocks for the 280x's and redo the cooling system with hard acrylic tubing to make it really neat

prolly going to stick the 550ti in a sempron computer i have

Duke of Buckingham

01-28-16, 11:48 PM

It seems very good to me but I dont know much about computers, good to have you back Dave.

dave c

01-28-16, 11:55 PM

thanks duke, anyone know if i should remove the xfire bridges for crunching? working on some primegrid now and it seems both gpus are crunching though one is about 10* hotter then the other

dave c

01-29-16, 12:00 AM

i actually just had to shut it down , gpu 1 hit 92* gpu 2 was sitting at 68*

zombie67

01-29-16, 07:42 AM

thanks duke, anyone know if i should remove the xfire bridges for crunching? working on some primegrid now and it seems both gpus are crunching though one is about 10* hotter then the other

Crossfire makes no difference to BOINC. I usually remove it, just to make sure there is no wasted communication overhead going on. But I don't think I saw a measurable difference either way.

dave c

01-29-16, 10:20 AM

Crossfire makes no difference to BOINC. I usually remove it, just to make sure there is no wasted communication overhead going on. But I don't think I saw a measurable difference either way.

thanks i tried both ways last night no difference. i ether need to get my waterblocks soon or find another long pci-ex16 riser so i can move my gpus further apart , gpu 1 just isnt getting enough air for the fans/
thermaltake isnt selling there pci-e16 extenders yet , and the one i got off ebay is about 4 inches to short :(

worst comes to worse for now ill pull one of the 280x's and install it in the other pc

FourOh

01-29-16, 11:09 AM

Great case - I look forward to seeing that with acrylic tubing! I always try to undervolt (sometimes underclock) my 280Xs when they're next to each other like that. Seems to be the only way to keep the temps down.

dave c

01-30-16, 12:43 AM

Great case - I look forward to seeing that with acrylic tubing! I always try to undervolt (sometimes underclock) my 280Xs when they're next to each other like that. Seems to be the only way to keep the temps down.

ive never used acrylic tubing before so im a lil worried im going to scrap a bunch of it learning how to properly heat it with a torch and bend it , but the end result will be well worth it im sure

so far i love the case with e few exceptions
its heavy as hell
no room for 5.25 drives
thermaltake is not yet offering the special pci-e x16 extender cables that u need to use to run 2 or more gpus when the case is in the vertical position or wall mounted

John P. Myers

01-30-16, 09:20 AM

Thermaltake is selling their extenders. UPS delivered one to me yesterday actually

dave c

01-30-16, 10:43 AM

Thermaltake is selling their extenders. UPS delivered one to me yesterday actually

got a link to were i can grab one ?

dave c

01-30-16, 12:55 PM

Great case - I look forward to seeing that with acrylic tubing! I always try to undervolt (sometimes underclock) my 280Xs when they're next to each other like that. Seems to be the only way to keep the temps down.

whjat program r u using to undervolt and clock ur cards , i tried afterburner but it only seems to work on card #1

dave c

01-30-16, 01:03 PM

heres the temp issue im dealing with , temp on that gpu will go well above 90* if i let it
http://i.imgur.com/efqru4H.png

John P. Myers

01-31-16, 07:37 AM

got a link to were i can grab one ?

This is who i bought mine from: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0195XYVMK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01

The overall length including pins is 10 7/8"

dave c

01-31-16, 12:29 PM

thanks man

Mike029

01-31-16, 02:01 PM

Sweet Setup... :-B

FourOh

01-31-16, 09:21 PM

whjat program r u using to undervolt and clock ur cards , i tried afterburner but it only seems to work on card #1

I use MSI Afterburner. You have to enable voltage control on each individual card, and sometimes you need a monitor or dummy plug on the card to enable full control.

dave c

02-09-16, 12:51 PM

since the g4 mac i have turned out to be a bust for remote access to my datacenter , and i want i5 laptop back ( laptop is currently in the dc pulling remote access duty ) i decided to take some of the spare parts i had for sale and put together a temporary mini cruncher/ remote access machine , if anyone ends up buying any of the stuff ill just pull it apart

http://i.imgur.com/zm0YLly.jpg

cx430
asrock 880gm-le mobo
sempron 145 @ 3.2ghz with an stock amd fx8xxx series cooler
4gb ram
550ti

should be worth some gpu credits till parts get sold off