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nickoli
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Nov 28, 2005 Post Count: 167 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hi,
----------------------------------------Anyone running WCG on one of these? Experience?  |
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enels
Senior Cruncher Joined: Apr 25, 2008 Post Count: 286 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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A search of 'intel compute stick fan' makes me only want a fanless version, if they exist.
There are other Intel Atom devices, like tablets, that are similarly priced and don't have fans. |
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nickoli
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Nov 28, 2005 Post Count: 167 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Hi Enels,
----------------------------------------What's the drawback of having a fan? In case of failure? Purchased this for another use but thinking of also running WCG on it. Trying to figure out how many cores and utilization I would set it for 24/7. Here's the spec sheet: http://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/e...TK1A32SC_TechProdSpec.pdf |
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enels
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The fan may be noisy and can break. It is a moving part in a device that shouldn't have one. May be my issue though after learning to hate fans :)
You should be fine running all cores 24/7. |
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KLiK
Master Cruncher Croatia Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Post Count: 3108 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Hi Enels, What's the drawback of having a fan? In case of failure? Purchased this for another use but thinking of also running WCG on it. Trying to figure out how many cores and utilization I would set it for 24/7. Here's the spec sheet: http://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/e...TK1A32SC_TechProdSpec.pdf Put some program to regulate that...like Tthrottle & forget about it! Easy...  |
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nickoli
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Nov 28, 2005 Post Count: 167 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Hey Klik,
----------------------------------------Thanks — thinking more of exactly which parameters I would implement to minimize the chance of early failure of the device |
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enels
Senior Cruncher Joined: Apr 25, 2008 Post Count: 286 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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The only thing that is likely to fail early is the fan. I would expect the fan to last several years at least while crunching. Intel builds robust stuff. The fan also looks easy to replace if you can find a replacement.
You shouldn't have any heat problems, but KLiK's advice about Tthrottle can help in some cases. There are other ways using BOINC to reduce CPU usage to meet a heat goal. |
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