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I am downloading the F@H installer. Once I install it, what should I do?
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Takumi
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2554750Set your team number to 198.
Watch your CPU and GPU temperatures to make sure nothing overheats.
You'll probably want to set up SMP WUs and GPU work. (What hardware are you running these days anyway?) But I'll have to get reacquainted with that myself this weekend for the upcoming Holiday Season Race.
How long does this usually take?Hi and welcome to the TeAm!
A workunit (WU) has to run for at least 1% before any estimates show up ... sometimes it has to run for 5%.
:/if you're still rocking the E2140, it might take a while.
Correct me if I'm wrong, guys, but SMP WUs really require a quad-core CPU, don't they, in order to finish before the deadline? And non-SMP WUs are worth peanuts as far as points go?
Unless you have a half-decent NV graphics card, I don't know if I would start my DC career with F@H. Something like BOINC and Correlizer or WCG might be better for a dual-core.
Well, that would be a problem. I have some spare 9600GSO cards, but again, they require a 6-pin connection.:/
I do have a 9800gt but I can't use it since my PSU does not have a 6pin.
What would you recommend I do?
I downloaded BOINC as well.
Also, if i put my computer to hibernate/standby, will it keep folding?
Well F@H is working nicely with my computer, since I'm doing general word processing and such.Well, that would be a problem. I have some spare 9600GSO cards, but again, they require a 6-pin connection.
Install BOINC 7.0.28 or whatever the newest stable version is. Sign up for World Community Grid, and Correlizer. The TeAm is currently running a race in WCG, so any additional participation is encouraged. WCG WUs generally take one CPU core for each WU, so you can work on two WUs at the same time. It also generally plays nice with the rest of your system, so you can leave it running in the background while you use your computer, which is not so true of F@H.
For your second question, if you put your computer in hibernate or standby, the CPU will not crunch anything.
Not really advisable. The deadline and WU time calculations will probably get messed up.Can I run both F@H and BOINC?
That's the spirit! It gets addicting building computers.Hopefully I can build a new computer soon, I want to help out!
AlrightyNot really advisable. The deadline and WU time calculations will probably get messed up.
That's the spirit! It gets addicting building computers.
I have an AMD 2.8Ghz quad-core rig that I would be happy to sell you. I built it two years ago to sell, and it has just been collecting dust.
I could let my NIB Q6600 go for $100, if it was used for crunching. I paid $210 for it, but it keeps getting worth less and less, I guess.Alrighty
VL, I see that you have a nice little quadcore 775 chip, is that collecting dust? You know I could put it to good use
Just wait till you have to pay your own electric bill for your crunchers!Maybe once I get through high school and college I could start building some real crunchers
I live in North CarolinaI could let my NIB Q6600 go for $100, if it was used for crunching. I paid $210 for it, but it keeps getting worth less and less, I guess.
Just wait till you have to pay your own electric bill for your crunchers!
TBH, you should probably get your parent's permission to crunch while living at home, because of the additional electricity costs. (though they won't be much additional, C2D chips already have high idle power costs)
Edit: If you have a Microcenter near you, they are clearancing out their 2500K CPUs, which can OC fairly easily to 4.5Ghz or so with a good air cooler, for $100 ea. Get a cheap Z68 board (Hot Deals thread.), and go to town. That would crunch F@H pretty well.