Under $200...I've seen 7950s on sale for that price. Go for it!

I have just ordered my second 7790 (a PowerColor AX7790 1GBD5-DH/OC, which has an interesting cooler that I admire for its novelty), and will use both of them for Folding. I just get the 1 GB cards, which have always been sufficient for any project I have worked on or even heard about. The only exception was for Nvidia cards running CUDA on GPUGrid, but that was a goof on their part which they quickly corrected after everyone complained about it. Insofar as I know, you are safe with 1 GB for the foreseeable future.

not to take this thread to much off topic... I just found a deal on a 8350 and now looing for a good mid range mobo and memory. Mamajuamauk what would you recommend?

Depending on budget - I would go for the - Gigabyte - GA-990XA-UD3 - this will take the AMD - FX8350/x8 very well and returns

15/09/2013 22:19:13 |  | [task] Suspending computation - CPU benchmarks in progress
15/09/2013 22:19:43 |  | Benchmark results:
15/09/2013 22:19:43 |  | Number of CPUs: 8
15/09/2013 22:19:43 |  | 3023 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
15/09/2013 22:19:43 |  | 10445 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
15/09/2013 22:19:44 |  | [task] Resuming computation

And that's before overclocking! It has 3x GPU slots and 4 RAM slots. I run mine with 16Gb of RAM but will run very well with 8Gb.

For a lower budget you could try - ASUS - M5A78L-M LX V2

HOwever, if you want to get the best out of the CPU I would go for - Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z AM3+ AMD 990FX DDR3 ATX! Stunning MB! but the price reflects that!

In all MB's I have between 8 & 32 GB of Corsair Vengeance Red (with heat sync) 1866 (1500) As far as RAM goes I'm a little old school, I keep matched pairs, in dual slots and either 8, 16 or 32Gb.

These MB's all work well as my stats show...

The choice is yours, if you don't have a budget limit go for the Crosshair, if on a budget the ASUS is good, the Gigabyte sits nicely in between.

BTW - the Crosshair reports

15/09/2013 22:34:50 |  | Running CPU benchmarks
15/09/2013 22:35:21 |  | Benchmark results:
15/09/2013 22:35:21 |  | Number of CPUs: 8
15/09/2013 22:35:21 |  | 3233 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
15/09/2013 22:35:21 |  | 12298 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU

O/C to 4.4 Ghz! I have both of mine fitted with Corsair H100 watercoolers (along with all my 8350's). This MB needs a serious PSU though!

Let me know which you want more info on...

That's interesting, I am also thinking about putting together a computer just to run WCG and thinking of using a AMD 8320. I am trying to come up with the best bang for buck dedicated computer.

I already have a desktop with i7-3770 and 16gb ram, but I think what I will do is add a graphics card to it and mainly use it for the Stanford folding program which can use GPUs all the time.

Then I'd use this new computer plus my laptop (and smartphone) for WCG.

Here's the parts list I came up with, I would use Ubuntu to save $100 on the operating system. How does this look? Any better options? Thanks.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1ElO5
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1ElO5/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1ElO5/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($153.61 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($44.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($61.20 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 32GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Stallion 400W ATX12V Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $391.73
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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