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Glen David Short
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I wonder if these would be a cheap way to add 4 cores to your WCG process. They run windows 8.1 and Linux, but have been getting mixed reviews. Maybe wait till 2nd generation gets the bugs ironed out
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KLiK
Master Cruncher Croatia Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Post Count: 3108 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I wonder if these would be a cheap way to add 4 cores to your WCG process. They run windows 8.1 and Linux, but have been getting mixed reviews. Maybe wait till 2nd generation gets the bugs ironed out http://www.zdnet.com/article/intel-compute-stick/ It would...and it's also prepared for WCG science... not like RPi-s...  |
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3315 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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The Linux version has Ubuntu 14.04 LTS but only 1 GB of RAM.
----------------------------------------That sucks.  - AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W - AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz |
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enels
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I can't find a reference but I remember reading that it has a fan.
----------------------------------------edit: found one http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/04/intels...-in-size-and-performance/ "A tiny fan inside the stick spins up when it's been busy for a while, even if what it’s been busy with isn’t an activity you’d consider strenuous (installing a large application like 3DMark, performing a routine background anti-malware scan). The noise is a barely audible but insistent high-pitched whirr. It’s sort of like a buzzing light bulb: you’ll either be able to get used to it or it will slowly bore a tiny hole through your skull. Thankfully, it’s usually not on while the system is idle." [Edit 1 times, last edit by enels at Apr 24, 2015 5:50:45 PM] |
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Former Member
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ZOTAC ZBOX PI320 pico computer is better. $169 and it's passively cooled . It also has an ethernet connector, three USBs and a stereo output. This is a much more complete computer than Intel's compute stick. If you have a TV with many HDMIs, you could buy a few of these and connect them behind the TV, then switch between them using the TV's remote.
OT I bought a used 8" tablet with a Z3740 processor, thinking I could run it as a dedicated, power efficient crunching device, but when I tried to run it connected to the power outlet without the battery connected to the board, it wouldn't boot. So it went back to the store. However, I did try it out for a few hours, running BOINC on all four cores with the back plate removed, and the processor temperature was on average around 56C when I had it behind my desktop's rear fan. Without that extra cooling the temperature hovered around 60C. I also noticed that it sometimes ran at max turbo, on all four cores, for several hours, and other times for equally long periods only at base frequency, and I couldn't correlate it to any temperature fluctuations. It may be power efficient, 6W, but it's also very slow. Btw, the reason I didn't want to have the battery connected is because it's a potential fire hazard. |
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Glen David Short
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The ZOTAC ZBOX PI320 Pico does look promising... but its nearly twice the price of the Intel stick. But it does look a lot more user frendly though.
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OldChap
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currently running some tests on Asrock q1900m = board, cpu and ram <$100 4cores, 10w tdp, 64bit. It is said to be mATX but is smaller in depth than MVG.
----------------------------------------Eventually I will piggyback it on to an existing rig using a 24pin atx splitter for efficiency. too soon to report ppd but looks ok  |
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Former Member
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Oldchap, how many Watt from the outlet with your current setup?
----------------------------------------Can you copy and paste the results, points and runtime, from the device statistics. That way we wont have to wait several weeks for the BOINC points to settle. Your board , connected with an ATX24 splitter , could be a cheap way to boost the output from existing computers. [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at Apr 26, 2015 5:02:54 AM] |
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OldChap
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I have not used a Kill-a-Watt on it yet....was waiting for piggyback cable but later today maybe I will get a chance.
----------------------------------------http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=host&proj=bwcg&hostid=3303885 until tomorrow then I will be pulling it back on to my account and running Vina on Linux Mint. Then I will have access to device statistics too |
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enels
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The Celeron J1900 in the Asrock q1900m isn't listed in our trusty CPUmark /
TDP chart, but the J1850 is. https://www.cpubenchmark.net/power_performance.html The J1850 is not particularly efficient at 161 CPUmark / TDP. |
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