IT'S ALIVE!!! >:)
I've got it running Androinc and DNETC right now, I tried MW but it seems to be down again. That's 6 more cores and another GPU for the team. :)
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IT'S ALIVE!!! >:)
I've got it running Androinc and DNETC right now, I tried MW but it seems to be down again. That's 6 more cores and another GPU for the team. :)
Wee!
Too bad I'm going to have to continue hammering you, but congrats nonetheless, STM!
My bet is...on the girls with guns over the hammer! (referencing your avatars!) ;)
We shall see... It's alive but it is not complete.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxwell
The Annihilatrix is officially complete.Quote:
Originally Posted by STMahlberg
Received the last part from UPS this afternoon and just installed it this evening before I run off to work.
I have The Annihilatrix running DNETC and Androinc, so I figure by Thursday it will have run long enough for those projects to get an accurate return of what she can do; as long as the projects themselves stay up and running.
So how about a wager Maxwell? I will bet you $1 that my rig will out crunch The Silver Hammer on DNETC and Androinc.
The only problem with that plan is that I'm not on DNETC right now on the Silver Hammer and won't be for quite a while. Gotta get my 100M on Collatz first...Quote:
Originally Posted by STMahlberg
Well, give me a couple days since I want to see what my numbers jump too and then I will be more than happy to switch to Collatz.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxwell
So is Androinc okay with you for the CPU project for this wager?
This is remarkably difficult, because I will win the Collatz wager. You'd have to be on Collatz for about a week to start seeing max numbers, due to the fact that your stuff is going into pending. You and this bet. Can't we just wager a dollar over whether or not we can turn a Homeless Eddie Murphy into a successful executive?Quote:
Originally Posted by STMahlberg
Well then, I guess I'll just wait till you decide to run DNETC again. I don't really want to run Collatz for a week... I'm anxious to get on Milkyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxwell
As far as the $1 bet is concerned, yes I know it can be from a movie reference, "Trading Places"; however, my best friend and I wager bets of $1 quite often, that or a soda. The bets are not about the money but more a matter of principle.
Of course - I just REALLY felt like making the movie reference... I'll let you know when I'm in a spot to make our wager...Quote:
Originally Posted by STMahlberg
Hahaha...you two... :) I know, that's what makes crunching fun!
Tell you what, you're going to have to both crunch separate projects, and then AGREE to start the same project at the same time, on day X in order to not have build-up affect your credit score.
I've even seen nearly a whole day delay in MW reporting before, so nothing is immune to that. If one of you switches and/or is already crunching the project before the other, it's not accurate.
Just my .02
With all of that in mind, it sounds like this might be a bit impractical to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPop
I figured that you could just start two projects say now on Wednesday the 26th and allow them to run into Friday the 28th then go bad and look at the validated tasks for Thursday, add all of those up and get a ballpark figure.
Oh, sure, that makes sense too, if you just want a ball-park of what each rig can do. The best way to do that would be to crunch project X for a week, and then each of you take an average from Free-DC...=:) Good luck to both of you! Definitely waaaaaaay outta my league! :cool:
This MSI motherboard was great for spacing 3 GPU's on, lots of breathing room.
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3226/p1260962.jpg
The final damages...
Case - COOLER MASTER HAF X $199.99
PSU - Ultra X4 1200-Watt $269.99
RAM - CORSAIR XMS3 8GB $99.99
MOBO - MSI 890FXA-GD70 $199.99
CPU - AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Thuban $269.99
CPU Cooler - Corsair Hydro Series H70 $99.99
GPU (3) - SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5870 $849.97
HDD - Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB $89.99
DVD Drive - Lite-On $21.99
Fan 200mm (2) - COOLER MASTER Megaflow 200 $39.98
OS - Windows 7 Home $189.99
Sales Tax $3.24
Shipping & Handling $5.80
Subtotal: $2,322.82
Promotions: $30.00
Rebates: $30.00
Discounts: $15.00
Total Discounts: $75.00
Total: $2,247.82
That's pretty...Quote:
Originally Posted by STMahlberg
This would actually be pretty close. Technically, I have more GPUs in the Silver Hammer (2x5970 vs. 3x5870), but I can't clock mine as high as you can. I bet we could both do about 1M/day out of these boxes if we pushed it.
Another thought: there really is no reason why we have to both do this on the same day. If you want, crunch Collatz on the GPUs for exactly 1 day, then abort all other tasks. Wait for all your WUs to validate, and compare your daily total to my box average. Should give us a pretty good guage...
Good idea, I will do that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxwell
I'm very please with this rig... I love seeing my credit per day sky rocket; I feel that I can finally run with the Big Dogs now. :)
Hehe... it is pretty awesome. On a happy note, I finally got the 5870 back from RMA, so I can put it back in the work box...Quote:
Originally Posted by STMahlberg
Man that is a sweet setup! Totally Cool rig :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by STMahlberg
Now I have a serious case of Hardware Envy...........
It's not the size of your case that matters... it's how... eh... well... it is the size of your case that matters. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire$torm
So speaking of that bet, STM...
I totally forgot these pages existed. Here is the Silver Hammer running DNETC: http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?p...ne&hostid=9445
And yeah, you read that right - over 1M credits yesterday from a single box. Bow down to me now...=D>
Speaking of which, what's the status of the Spanker, JPM?
Errrr....Ummmm...well i added that GTX460 a couple days ago...an improvement, but not quite what i was aiming for :p Later this week, or maybe even next week, i'm going to upgrade the radiator. As you already knew, i have the HAF X case that i complained about when we met, but i still have that tiny mobo lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Maxwell
Since we're talking about this, what do you make of this:
NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 460 (driver version 26658, CUDA version 3020, compute capability 2.1, 994MB, 605 GFLOPS peak)
NVIDIA GPU 1 (not used): GeForce 9500 GT (driver version 26658, CUDA version 3020, compute capability 1.1, 998MB, 90 GFLOPS peak)
ATI GPU 0: ATI Radeon HD5800 series (Cypress) (CAL version 1.4.900, 1024MB, 2720 GFLOPS peak)
9500 GT "not used"? wtf is that about?
so seems i'm the farthest behind on this competition. i need to get to work
You said you were not going to be running DNETC for some time... :-w fine, I'll switch back and then we shall see if you truely earned that dollar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxwell
@JPM: BOINC kills the weakest GPU in the system, IIRC. The easy fix, since BOINC sees both cards, it to add in "use_all_gpus" to the cc_config file. *should* take care of the issue.
@STM: I wasn't planning on running DNETC, but since they are currently open, and have threatened to close, I figured I better push to 100M now. So Collatz is on hiatus.
Ah, well that's good to know. Scratched a bald spot into the side of my head :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Maxwell
Now i just need to grab a spiffy new PCI riser cable and add another 9500GT. And upgrade my radiator. And upgrade/add a PSU. And swap out the GTX 460 for the EVGA GTX 580 FTW Hydro Copper. And swap out the HD5870 for an HD 6990. THEN! THEN! you'll fear me...maybe...
lol
I suppose this is a bad time to mention I brought 4 more i7 860s online today... ;)
Haha i'm trying to figure out when it became acceptable for you to use a cluster against my single box :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Maxwell
Sorry. It's no longer possible to use "cluster" without the reader to infer "fsck" (scrambled for your disappointment) as the next word. You are "forcing" us to curse in our own brains! Evil!Quote:
Originally Posted by John P. Myers
LOL... :))Quote:
Originally Posted by zombie67
Try and spank whatever you must. All I'm saying is that the Hammer Armada can come to the rescue... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by John P. Myers
By any chance, did you just watch some Louis CK?Quote:
Originally Posted by zombie67
Blast! ^:)^Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxwell
http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?p...e&hostid=15694
Silver Hammer - Feb 1 - 1,055,766
The Annihilatrix - Feb 4 - 816,270
[SHAKING FIST]Next time Maxwell, next time!!![/SHAKING FIST]
PM me your address so I can send you your Dollar.
Hehe... Stop. Hammer time.Quote:
Originally Posted by STMahlberg
Put that dollar in the bank - Something tells me we may have more of these bets now that you opened the floodgates...
M'kay...last night i made a purchase to upgrade the cooling system of the Maxwell Spanker. Waiting on the parts to arrive :D I also grabbed one of those 450W drive bay PSUs i posted about. It has shown up but i can't install it until my new cooling parts arrive because of the way i have the innards of the case laid out.
Upgrading my radiator from a 2x120 to a 3x120. I'll still have the 2x120 which i can mount externally should the need arise in the future. Swiftech FTW!
Designing the system to operate without a resivoir. Purchased a fill cap. With some slight modding of the HAF X case, i can fill my coolant lines from the top of the computer case. Spiffy.
Purchased all new tubing. The interior of the tubes are coated with silver to prevent the growth of algae. Sure it was $4/foot, but cheaper than buying biocides in the long run.
I would like to thank FrozenCPU.com for supplying me yet again and helping to fulfill my dreams of crushing Maxwell :D
Quote:
Originally Posted by John P. Myers
JPM, after F$ told me about the 450W PSU in your post I ordered one. It was delivered today. Looks good but didn't come with any paperwork. Since it has 2 rails I wanted to make sure I would hook it up right. Found this review while looking on the web. http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/...supply_review/
I'm glad I only paid $20 for it. It should be OK for a card with a low power consumption. I don't think I'll be putting one of my better cards on it and no OC'ing. That's for sure.
Harley,Quote:
Originally Posted by Harley
I sorta have a bone to pick with that review. Let me say this first. I have a lot of respect for the people at [H]ardOCP. They do a great job of detailing their reviews and are very methodical.
Now to the bone. The issue I have with that review is that it is unrealistic in regards to real world application. It is primarily an auxiliary or supplemental GPU power supply. In this respect it is designed to power 2 mid-range GPUs like an ATI HD 4850 or a Single high end GPU like an ATI hd 5970.
So, 2 4850s will each draw 75W max as per the ATX specification for a 6-pin PCIe connector for a total of 150W. The ATX spec for an 8-pin PCIe connector is 150W max. The 5970 uses x1 6-pin + x1 8-pin connector. Thus the total amount of power that the card will draw from both PCIe connectors is......... 225W. This is exactly 50% of the ePower's "rated" output.
My conclusion is that this ePower PSU was never intended to actually run anywhere near 80% of rated, much less 100%. And if you review their data for all #2 tests (50% load tests) will see this is where the ePower unit performed best.
In fairness to [H]ardOCP, all other aspects of their review were spot on.
I may at some point in the future try and find a used unit and just rebuild it with quality parts, mainly the caps. I think the inductors and transformer should be fine.
F$, The 5970's are rated at 42w idle and 294w under load at stock clocks. I OC my cards pretty high and they are pulling closer to 400+w. I understand some of that power is comimg from the PCIe slot. However I don't think I trust this PSU to run my (not cheap) 5970.
Oh I wouldn't blame you for not trusting it. If you are good with a soldering iron, ten bucks in caps would make that unit a decent auxiliary PSU. As is it can handle running system fans and such without issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harley
BTW: The ATX spec for a PCIe slot is 300W max at 12V.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire$torm
You can use this psu for more than just fans. I'm willing to use it on my 5770 with a slight OC. Which is probably what its going to be used for. I wouldn't use it for a high end card like the 5970. By the way thats why the 5970 are sold down clocked to 725, to keep them under that 300w threshold. I wouldn't use this psu to power 2 mid range cards either. The 5770 draws 188w under load. Two of them would push this psu into its danger zone. All in all I like the looks and the cables seem to be good but it should not be sold as 450w psu. Max I would rate it as is 225w. I really wouldn't want to push it much beyond that.
So anybody considering buying this psu be forewarned
Actually, to test a PSU at 80% load isn't exactly fair, since no PSU, regardless of brand or type, should ever be used above 75% capacity. 50% is usually the sweet spot for efficiency on any PSU, not just this one. Also, it would have no problem powering 2 mid-range GPUs. For 2 GPUs, 150W of the total comes from the PCIe slot (75W per slot) itself, which is a large chunk of the burden this drive bay PSU doesn't have to deal with. It'd do just fine.
I hope you don't mind if I join the discussion here and add my soon to be built rig. If it's a problem I'll move it to it's own thread later. :)
"Sleepy Puppy" is ordered and on the way. Here is the breakdown.
Case - Rocketfish Full Tower used
PSU - OCZ ZX Series OCZ-ZX1250W New
RAM - GSkill Ripjaw 4GB New
MOBO - ASUS M4A79T Deluxe New
CPU - AMD Phenom II X2 560 Black Edition Callisto New (Hoping to unlock a core or 2)
CPU Cooler - ZALMAN 9500A-LED 92mm New
GPU (3) - Radeon HD 5870 2 New, 1 almost new
HDD - (2) Western Digital Caviar Black 500gb raid Used
DVD Drive - Lite-On used
OS - XP Pro Used
Will Dummy plug 2 of the video cards. Comments? I know I've said it already but want to thank everyone for their help and patience. I'll keep everyone updated.