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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Back when I got the quad for my daughter, I took a fairly simple approach that is a crude version of finding the right spot on the "knee". I was looking at the CPU and getting a quad was less than $150 more over a dual core. Double the crunching for much less than double the cost seemed sensible. I didn't get that fastest speed though and not the slowest either. When the additional cost to get the next faster chip was more than that to get to the current speed, I quit. I'm no hardware guru so I would spend far too much time trying to "max" things for the ideal cruncher. I got what I thought would be good enough. If getting the "better" version/level of something had a lower incremental cost over the lesser one, I got it to the extent the machine was still affordable. Someone who's really up on the technical side of hardware would be able to configure a machine that's closer to the "ideal" cruncher than I ever could. Trust yourself, ask a question or two if there's something you're unsure of. Most brands seem to have their websites set up to not let you configure a machine where everything won't work together. Beyond that, you'll get into the design your own from parts. There should be places where you can post what you're considering and get feedback from other "hardware gurus". You'll probably learn a few things doing that. Main thing is do what you're comfortable doing and relax. You'll always be able to get a better machine for less the longer you wait but at some point, you just have to commit. You'll end up with a decent machine.
----------------------------------------As for Gerald's question, that's way beyond my level but he seems to end up with some pretty good crunchers. He will this time too.  |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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* for me, a fast CPU with as many affordable cores as possible, a respectable hard drive and, these days, at least 3MB if not 4MB of memory. I think you mean 3GB if not 4GB.  Windows can't even think about booting with 4MB. With the current versions of Windows, it seems 2GB is the practical minimum and for crunching you should add around .5 GB for each thread you're going to run. And finally, you need 64-bit Windows if you want to use more than 3GB plus a little (Windows 32-bit can't use the full 4GB). I suspect you know all this already....- D  My senility is showing again!!! |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Oh, yes, I realize we're due for a new thread. I hope we can manage with this one until end of the month since we're so close to it already. It's kind of like nice big round numbers - new threads on month boundries. Yea, I'm weird like that.
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brown chris
Master Cruncher California - USA Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 2497 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Watched a Minotar 4 rocket launch tonight from Vandenberg. Very Cool!
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BIG BANG THEORY: In the beginning there was nothing... which exploded
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Former Member
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Watched a Minotar 4 rocket launch tonight from Vandenberg. Very Cool! You luck dog the only thing that launches up here are boats  |
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Former Member
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Cost is certainly an issue and when you look at the high cost difference between the mid and high speed i7's there is quite a difference. Currently building a new machine but a top of the line i7 is at least 3-4 k. Not cheep. Servers with dual processors almost seems to be a better choice. Servers would be a good choice--I could build two 6 core AMD cheaper than Intel and crunch more than a processor with hyperthreading-- and so less expensive also overclocking on a Gigabyte MB is very easy-- I forgot to mention that 64 bit Ubuntu kicks Windows you know what and be able to use video card for GPU crunching--Still missing Dave Bell!![Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at Sep 26, 2010 11:07:22 AM] |
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RT
Master Cruncher USA - Texas - DFW Joined: Dec 22, 2004 Post Count: 2636 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Good Sunday Morning MOT
---------------------------------------- Good morning Lurkers I spent many years in a giant company that had two different brands of mainframe computers. It was funny to watch people that worked with one or the other brands, scoff and cast dispersions on the other brand and even on the people that worked with that brand. It amazed me that we all worked for the same company, had the same basic goals and objectives but were sharply divided between the "blue" and the "Grey" camps within the same floor of the same building. (IBM and Univac). It is amusing to watch this same sort of thing today between the AMD and Intel supporters. I guess it is just in human nature for people to somehow distinguish themselves from one another and then for some reason, declare superiority. It is as confusing as it is amusing. Edit: Dubby, you might have a good idea. You thinking about building a 2 by 6 core AMD? What AMD processor(s) are you thinking about? ---------------------------------------- [Edit 2 times, last edit by RT at Sep 26, 2010 2:46:18 PM] |
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Former Member
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Good Sunday Morning MOT Good morning Lurkers I spent many years in a giant company that had two different brands of mainframe computers. It was funny to watch people that worked with one or the other brands, scoff and cast dispersions on the other brand and even on the people that worked with that brand. It amazed me that we all worked for the same company, had the same basic goals and objectives but were sharply divided between the "blue" and the "Grey" camps within the same floor of the same building. (IBM and Univac). It is amusing to watch this same sort of thing today between the AMD and Intel supporters. I guess it is just in human nature for people to somehow distinguish themselves from one another and then for some reason, declare superiority. It is as confusing as it is amusing. Edit: Dubby, you might have a good idea. You thinking about building a 2 by 6 core AMD? What AMD processor(s) are you thinking about? This is what i think-- * Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 Black * Model Number: 1090T * Frequency: 3200 * Socket Type: AM3 * Power Wattage: 125 Processor AMD Phenom™ II X6 Black Model 1090T OPN Tray HDT90ZFBK6DGR OPN PIB HDT90ZFBGRBOX Operating Mode 32 Bit Yes Operating Mode 64 Bit Yes Revision E0 Core Speed (MHz) 3200 Voltages 1.125-1.40V Max Temps (C) 62 Wattage 125 W Virtualization Yes L1 Cache Size (KB) 128 L1 Cache Count 6 L2 Cache Size (KB) 512 L2 Cache Count 6 L3 Cache Size (KB) 6144 CMOS 45nm SOI Socket AM3 AMD Business Class No Black Edition Yes [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Sep 26, 2010 7:32:04 PM] |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 09/26 - All Members:
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Points milestones report ======================== imdioxin reached 25,000 points  Runtime milestones report ========================= RT reached 69 years of runtime xroule reached 28 years of runtime Results returned milestones report ================================== No results returned milestones found. New members report ================== No new members found. Retired members report ====================== No new retired members found. For the week as a team: Statistics Total Run Time Points Results Team Records: Results Returned: 12/19/2007 2,522 Points: 07/05/2010 702,713 Runtime: 01/25/2006 1:123:00:53:34 Good crunching folks!!!!! |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 09/26 - Active Members
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Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days. Top Twenty active members returning points today: 01: RT - 125,536 points 02: Coingames - 59,000 points 03: marysduby - 50,347 points 04: judson Somerville MD - 48,330 points 05: NiceMedTexMD - 40,642 points 06: brown chris - 28,953 points 07: parmesian - 23,682 points 08: xroule - 21,450 points 09: Blueprint - 16,210 points 10: Vuj - 14,181 points 11: keithhenry - 13,970 points 12: David Autumns - 9,993 points 13: darth_vader - 8,611 points 14: Dave Bell - 6,367 points 15: finman - 4,902 points 16: Rene Punt - 4,852 points 17: PohSoon - 4,752 points 18: Esteban69 - 4,419 points 19: Jockin - 4,318 points 20: Daeloan - 3,205 points Total points returned today: 523,761 Active members returning points today: 42 Average points per member active today: 12,470.5 |
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