*THE* FaD Thread

[BCinSC]

Now only 30K to 22nd place and and 1.26M to top 20

 

[BadThad]

Originally posted by: BCinSC
Actually, I think BadThad was talking about personal gains after referencing team move to 23rd place, as team movement is generally fairly slow.

Huh? The FAD TeAm is now in 23rd, lol.

 

[BCinSC]

Hey Adul, don't forget about news post

 

[BCinSC]

Only 4500 points to capture 22nd

 

[Adul]

Someone Say news post

http://www.anandtech.com/news/shownews.html?i=21158

 

[BCinSC]

We're now 22nd!!!

Holy Crap - just got my electric bill, and it's only for 5 of my 17 machines (other 12 at another location, but I may have a coronary when I see THAT bill). Quick poll - how much is your electricity per KWH? It's 8 cents here in Charleston, SC, which seems a tad high. I vaguely recall Boston, MA being somewhere around 3 cents, but that was 8 years ago.

Correct me if I'm wrong:
5 machines at avg 300W = 1500W or 1.5KW x 24 hours x 30 days x $.08 = about $86 (total bill was $130)
so
12 at other location would be a little over $200? OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Baldy18]

I couldn't tell you how much my bill is because I don't pay it. You can bet though that when I move out in a few months my production will drop big time since I won't be able to aford a huge electric bill.

 

[Overkiller]

It should not be that high...remember there are many factors involved in the process ..

Not having a monitor on is a big factor.
SEcond, if they are dedciated crunchers and dont have other peripherals then you luck out on that respect as well
For the crucnhers then having cheap 2MB/16MB video cards also consume less electricity than say a 9700 PRo in each
A fast Raptor 10K drive vs. a normal 7200 or even 5400RPM model.

etc



Finally, even under peak usage the amount of electricity used is still not that high.
I believe a P4 3.2 uses only about 80-90Watts of power with other parts using a tiny extra added amount?

Either way you get the picture

 

[BCinSC]

Numero Uno, Baby!!!

 

[BCinSC]

40K+ dump this afternoon. And I just got the Barton 2500 on MSI Delta-L with a pair of DDR400 modules. Look out, baby, here I come!!!

She won't boot!
Wouldn't ya know? Been hankering for this beast for a month and t may be DOA. Everything powers/spins and no beeps, but no video.

 

[Mloot]

Originally posted by: BCinSC
Numero Uno, Baby!!!

Congrats!

Now, if I could just find a way to keep Baldy down in 4th place.

 

[Baldy18]

Don't worry I'll be in second soon.

 

[SNC]

WOO HOO!!!! 20th!!!!!

 

[BCinSC]

TeAm-wise, 310K to 21st amd 800K to 20th. We are ROCKIN!!!

 

[Baldy18]

Guess who moved into the top 3 on the TeAm last night?

 

[BCinSC]

Congrats. Guess who got his Barton 2500+ running at 3200+ this evening with dual channel DDR400. CPU rating is 210 - does that sound right?

 

[Baldy18]

I wouldn't know, I don't have any that fast.

 

[BCinSC]

SO, Matt, when are you going to catch up?

 

[Baldy18]

As soon as I win the lottery. I hear it is up to 170 million this week.

 

[BCinSC]

Baldy18 noticed Dutch Power Cows lept to 19th place with the addition of a user who had nearly 2 million points in their bag. Yeah, that's fair...

 

[Baldy18]

Maybe we should look for our own addition like that.

It will just give us the fun of catching and passing them again.

 

[BCinSC]

Well, I just uploaded 15K.

 

[Baldy18]

It looks like the new member the DPC picked up has now left them. They are back in 25th place and we are back in 22nd.

 

[BCinSC]

Wonder if it had anything to do with my posting on DPC site about it?

 

[Baldy18]

link?