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I am putting together a build with duak Xeon X5460s with 16gb FBECC RAM along with a GTX 980 (Yes 980 not 9800) and was wondering how well (if at all) Folding@Home or Bionc would run on this PC.

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Those CPUs don't have the newest instruction sets and IPC is much lower than that of a 2nd gen or newer core i. So the CPU is meh but the GPU will be fantastic. Your honestly better off buying a used 2500K on OCN for ~ $120 USD.

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I am putting together a build with duak Xeon X5460s with 16gb FBECC RAM along with a GTX 980 (Yes 980 not 9800) and was wondering how well (if at all) Folding@Home or Bionc would run on this PC.

It'll be fine. The GPU will be great for F@H, and although the xeon cores are weak, at least they are plenty.

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Ya, for the price of the Xeon's, ram and memory, you could get a basic core i5 with 8gb and run that 980...

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As a person folding on a Xeon, I can say GPU folding is so much more productive than CPU folding, so if folding is the main goal, prioritise GPU over CPU.

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I have a similar setup... I have Dual Xeon E5450s (no GPU) and my TPF is ~1:10 (it does 1% in 1 minute, 10 seconds)

It takes right about 2 hours to complete 1WU (250000 steps) from start to finish.

 

I don't know how this compares to other people, but thats what I've got for now.

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I have a similar setup... I have Dual Xeon E5450s (no GPU) and my TPF is ~1:10 (it does 1% in 1 minute, 10 seconds)

It takes right about 2 hours to complete 1WU (250000 steps) from start to finish.

 

I don't know how this compares to other people, but thats what I've got for now.

That is faster than a GTX 960

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I am putting together a build with duak Xeon X5460s with 16gb FBECC RAM along with a GTX 980 (Yes 980 not 9800) and was wondering how well (if at all) Folding@Home or Bionc would run on this PC.

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That is faster than a GTX 960

It's slightly larger than a GTX 960 though... xD

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While we're at it, I'm averaging 221 Points per WU. How does that fare?

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While we're at it, I'm averaging 221 Points per WU. How does that fare?

Per WU doesn't really matter as it is pretty much random. PPD is a much more representative number.

On my 1 E5-2680 I average between 36-42k points per day, while on my r9 290x down clocked I score between 260k-300k per day depending if I run stock or how far down it's clocked, for an average between 290k- 350k points per day.

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I Don't run 24/7 as i pay for the electric but dual X5660 which are a bit newer reports 50k per day ish The 7850 reports 65k ish, not proven thou as said  

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