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Thread: should I bother attempting to run WCG on a tablet PC with this CPU? |
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yoerik
Senior Cruncher Canada Joined: Mar 24, 2020 Post Count: 413 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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The information on Intel's site
----------------------------------------4 GB of RAM, 4 core - 3 years old. I have no use for it rn, so I could use your input. Thoughts?  |
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Crystal Pellet
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I surely would use such a tablet for WCG.
I've such a kind of 2-in-1 tablet with even lower specs: Intel Atom CPU Z3735F @ 1.33GHz with 2GB RAM and a 24 GB disk with Windows 10 32bit as the operating system. When running 4 OPN1-tasks concurrently, they need on average 10.5 hours. |
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yoerik
Senior Cruncher Canada Joined: Mar 24, 2020 Post Count: 413 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Crystal Pellet - aha, yeah. I got ripped off when I was 14, and have had it ever since. It'll be hard to figure out how to run it without destroying the battery for good, but I'll make it work.
----------------------------------------Better to put it to use than let it sit and rot. Thanks for the advice. I'll begin crunching immediately. |
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ca05065
Senior Cruncher Joined: Dec 4, 2007 Post Count: 328 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Start slowly using only one thread and monitor temperatures. Increase the number of threads if you are happy with the temperature.
Can Tthrottle work on atom chip? |
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yoerik
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ca- thanks for the reminder about temperature. I installed Core Temp and enabled overheat protection. The temp max is 105 celsius - running 4 tasks, it doesn't break 60.
----------------------------------------Thanks for the concern, but thankfully this chip is far more durable than I thought. Pulling only 0.3 Ws, vs my laptop's 5Ws, for running 4 tasks - and it's even clocked faster than my laptop. Just a funny little tidbit, which I find hilarious. Anyway - point is - thank you, I will monitor its temperatures closely. If I find any reason for concern, I'll reduce it down to 2 core/thread usage so it is usable if I ever need it, or so it can crunch for BOINC for years to come. A small impact, but brings my fleet of devices with BOINC running, to 7. All running various WCG tasks! :D [Edit 1 times, last edit by yoerik at Aug 22, 2020 8:58:55 AM] |
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3315 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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The Intel Atom Z3740 in my sig has been crunching almost non-stop, 24/7, for the past 3 years or so. Temperatures are barely above 50ยบ Celsius, and I think even the battery isn't that damaged.
----------------------------------------I use it for BOINC since it's useless for anything else as the touchscreen doesn't work any more. Runs constantly at boost speed, 1.83 or 1.86 GHz.  - 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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catsdomain
Advanced Cruncher Canada Joined: Jul 11, 2007 Post Count: 108 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I have an old Thinkpad 8 with these specs: atom z3770 @ 1.46ghz, 2gb ram, Windows 8.1, 64gb storage (but only about 21gb free after BOINC is running). One of the few PCs where I find it too much effort to try putting Linux on it, so I just left it on Windows for now.
----------------------------------------Been running all 4 cores since OPN started and no issues so far. Recent tasks take between 13 to 17 CPU hours.  |
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