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Former Member
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Oh, that sounds promising. Does the 1GB of RAM rely suffice...even for Linux? What Points per day figures are you getting from it? This is a first generation Stick with a 4 core Atom cpu running at 1.33 GHz. Not blazingly fast but is running Zeka wus in about 4 to 4.5 hours. and Ebola in about 2 to 3.5 hours. Not too bad for a $45USD stick. I will have better better numbers to share in a couple of days [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Oct 28, 2016 2:14:59 AM] |
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ThreadRipper
Veteran Cruncher Sweden Joined: Apr 26, 2007 Post Count: 1324 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Oh, that sounds promising. Does the 1GB of RAM rely suffice...even for Linux? What Points per day figures are you getting from it? This is a first generation Stick with a 4 core Adam cpu running at 1.33 GHz. Not blazingly fast but is running Zeka wus in about 4 to 4.5 hours. and Ebola in about 2 to 3.5 hours. Not too bad for a $45USD stick. I will have better better numbers to share in a couple of days Thanks, that is actually not that bad considering the cost and what CPU it has. Looking forward to the numbers! :)  Join The International Team: https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=CK9RP1BKX1 AMD TR2990WX @ PBO, 64GB Quad 3200MHz 14-17-17-17-1T, RX6900XT @ Stock AMD 3800X @ PBO AMD 2700X @ 4GHz |
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Former Member
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What Points per day figures are you getting from it? Thanks, that is actually not that bad considering the cost and what CPU it has. Looking forward to the numbers! :) Here are the returns for the last 3 full days. There are still 7 WUs in PVal. 10/27/2016-- 0:004:02:12:31-- 9,701-- 28 10/26/2016-- 0:003:05:43:36-- 8,325-- 22 10/25/2016-- 0:002:08:33:49-- 6,078-- 15 The 8GB disk space is adequate to run 4 WUs at a time. Don't run the software update that it asks for!  This update is large and takes up enough disk space to reduce WCG to only 2 WUs.  (I am running Zeka and Ebola on this mini). I did a software reset and it is now back to running 4 WUs again.  [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Oct 30, 2016 10:17:42 AM] |
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ThreadRipper
Veteran Cruncher Sweden Joined: Apr 26, 2007 Post Count: 1324 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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What Points per day figures are you getting from it? Thanks, that is actually not that bad considering the cost and what CPU it has. Looking forward to the numbers! :) Here are the returns for the last 3 full days. There are still 7 WUs in PVal. 10/27/2016-- 0:004:02:12:31-- 9,701-- 28 10/26/2016-- 0:003:05:43:36-- 8,325-- 22 10/25/2016-- 0:002:08:33:49-- 6,078-- 15 The 8GB disk space is adequate to run 4 WUs at a time. Don't run the software update that it asks for! This update is large and takes up enough disk space to reduce WCG to only 2 WUs. (I am running Zeka and Ebola on this mini). I did a software reset and it is now back to running 4 WUs again. Thanks for the numbers, that's not too bad. I shall explore this further. Maybe a Meegopad T07 with 4GB RAM from Aliexpress on the 11/11 shopping festival on Friday. :) Join The International Team: https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=CK9RP1BKX1 AMD TR2990WX @ PBO, 64GB Quad 3200MHz 14-17-17-17-1T, RX6900XT @ Stock AMD 3800X @ PBO AMD 2700X @ 4GHz |
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Former Member
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Today I did some number comparisons between 3 of my 1st generation intel compute sticks running Ubuntu 14.04 and my Apple IMac running OS X el Capitan.
----------------------------------------All computers are running a mix of Zeka and Ebola WUs. I did an average of points processed over the period of 7 days (Nov 13 - 19). The IMac averaged 27270 points per day The 3 Intel Sticks added together averaged 27714 points per day. The Intel Sticks can be had for 40USD each on Ebay. I run all computers 24/7 so we will see if they were a good investment in the long run. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Nov 26, 2016 5:12:22 PM] |
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KerSamson
Master Cruncher Switzerland Joined: Jan 29, 2007 Post Count: 1684 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I just added my first Intel Compute Stick w/Linux. It only has 1GB memory and 8GB storage, but I only plan to use it for WCG. So far it is running smoothly and is only warm to the touch. I am really frustrated with Intel marketing strategy for the compute stick. Here - Continental Europe - the Linux/Ubuntu version with only 1 GB RAM and 8 GB flash disk is significantly more expensive than the Windows 10 version with 4 GB RAM and 32 GB flash disk. Consequently, I assume that M$ pays Intel for distributing Win 10 version on expensive hardware, otherwise I cannot understand how it is more expensive to distribute an Operating System without license costs on cheaper hardware than a non-for-free OS on more expensive hardware. If I could be sure to be able to replace Win 10 with Linux on the more powerful compute stick, I would try it but since I am not sure to succeed I go away from this product. It is a pity. Cheers, Yves |
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adriverhoef
Master Cruncher The Netherlands Joined: Apr 3, 2009 Post Count: 2356 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Yves, installing Ubuntu on that cheaper Compute Stick (4 GB RAM, 32 GB SSD) seems possible: Simplest way to load Ubuntu on Intel Compute Stick.
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KerSamson
Master Cruncher Switzerland Joined: Jan 29, 2007 Post Count: 1684 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Hi Adri,
----------------------------------------I thank you for the link. I will maybe try it for test purpose. The reason to be careful is because of serious difficulties I experienced by replacing Win 8 or 10 with Ubuntu resp. Linux Mint on some laptops, where UEFI made the process really difficult or in one case impossible (I had to replace the original HDD with a new one). Cheers, Yves --- PS: The rest of my comment regarding Intel's marketing strategy remains valid. |
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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7852 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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That Intel marketing strategy you detail makes absolutely no sense. Why on earth would Intel do that ? Baffles me.
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Sgt. Joe
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adriverhoef
Master Cruncher The Netherlands Joined: Apr 3, 2009 Post Count: 2356 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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It is rumoured that there will be new models with Apollo Lake chips in 2017 and they will also be cheaper and faster: https://www.nextpowerup.com/news/31857/intel-...-lake-cpu-coming-in-2017/
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