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I have been getting 8-900 MB/s write speeds on my 500gb 970 Evo Plus, wasn't sure what was going on. As mentioned on a similar older thread, disabling anti-virus (in my case windows defender) seemed to make the drive run normally again. There are occasions where the drive may produce a lower speed perhaps due to some other interference, but I can say that my main issue was windows defender.

I was at rank 101 on day 11 and 12, was hoping I could increase just one rank to make it into the top 100, but got pushed down one place to 102 by these cloud computers jumping on google compute for the last few days of the event. Still... 102nd out of 8k+ broke 25 million total points (2m from the day before the event, 23m during the event) I made it onto LTT's team summary stats page. Silver Folding Badge! [EDIT] All that with just 2 GPUs, an RTX 2080 and a GTX 970. I'm pretty happy with that. I folded 10-15 years ago and got 100k points from 215 WUs (old account), but the difference with modern GPUs is phenomenal! It's been fun. I will continue to fold for the team, but I will have to back off from doing it 24/7.

I'm curious, will you do all that manually, or have you got scripts to process the flat file?

You can manage fah clients on other computers with it? I have FAHControl running on both computers but just use TeamViewer to manage remotely.

That probably would have been easier than logging into my two computers with teamviewer at regular intervals

Nice. Do you run stock or do any overclocking or anything? I wouldn't expect much of a difference in performance from a better cooler but would consider a cooler upgrade at some point for lower temps/noise. I'm not just in it for a number, as mentioned I would have left the 3700X running but didn't feel comfortable with the amount of heat/noise for 24/7 use. Noise especially, it vibrates through the whole house!

Do you think the 3700X is worth folding on? I have a 3700x but the points compared to an RTX 2080 just didn't seem worth it. Especially with the stock fan sounding like a jet engine! I'd let it run even if the points are not great but the heat and noise put me off.

I know, I'm saying the date that was posted (April 10th 23:59) is 38 hours from now, so it must be a mistake if the event is 14 days. I'm saying the original post must be wrong, not what you've just stated.

Yeah, "Ends April, 10th (23:59 BST)" is definitely 38 hours from now, so maybe a mistake on the original post. Have day 13 stats been posted? Since it sounds like the stats have been recorded.

Check the logs, is it failing to send the results? That can happen sometimes with some servers. I had one WU that wouldn't send for 4 days! I got another WU which was destined for the same server and that got stuck too, so I had 2 failing to send, but then they both made it to the server. There's not much you can do but wait. Pausing and resuming folding can make the client try again sooner, but that didn't help for me.

Ends April, 10th (23:59 BST) Doesn't that mean it will end at the end of tomorrow, 38.5 hours from now, not 15 hours from the time of your post? 14.5 hours from now is April 9th 23:59 or April 10th 00:00.

It might be worth checking that the folding@home client isn't getting blocked by your firewall. It probably doesn't affect most people but when I first set up I was able to download a work unit but I wasn't able to send the result because windows firewall was blocking it. Check the client is able to send/receive in firewall settings.

When I first installed, I set it to idle to see how it would work. I wasn't doing anything on the computer but it seemed like F@H wasn't going to kick in, so I just unchecked idle. I've left it off since. I haven't used my pc much while folding but haven't had any issues when I have used it for light stuff. If I want to play games etc I'll just pause manually.

Anyone else have work units getting sent after completion but they never get added to the stats? Sometimes it seems within a few minutes stats are updated to include latest work unit, other times I feel like units are missed even if client logs show they were sent. Right now I have 3 units that have not been included. I know stats may not update very frequently but I have a feeling these won't be counted. FYI: I used to fold years ago, I have an old account with 100k points from 215 work units. I started folding again 2 days ago with a new account and I'm already near 1 million points! The difference an rtx 2080 and a gtx 970 makes compared to CPUs from 10 years ago!

Yeah, I'm just not sure how soon I'd be upgrading, could be in a few months, could be in 6 months, just don't really feel like it's urgent right now. But I'm sure sooner or later I'll get the urge to get a better CPU and a mobo with more modern features If I haven't figured out a solution by the time I eventually upgrade CPU then I'd definitely build something with spare parts. Though I'm not sure if repurposed parts would be able to do HDR. That's actually a very interesting idea! I see it on amazon.co.uk for ~£180 which is pretty reasonable. I'll look into how convenient they are in terms of downloading movies to external storage, if I'd need to be transferring files from laptop to shield via USB HDD, converting video formats etc. On the laptop I just download and can play immediately, so if it's as convenient as that it might be a very decent option!

It should be fine, it will probably even put itself to sleep after a while depending on your power settings. For future reference, you could do a number of things to help you manage this in future. You could check to see how long the download will take, and then run a command in cmd to shut the system down after a certain amount of time. open up windows Command Prompt and enter (without quotes): "shutdown /s /f /t 1800" This should shut the system down in 30 minutes, you can adjust the timing however you need. The time is in seconds. "shutdown /a" will abort any shutdown you have scheduled, in case you need to cancel. Alternatively, install TeamViewer. You can then either install TeamViewer on your computer at work, or on your phone. Then you can connect to your home computer at any time to monitor and manually shut it down if you need to.

Hi All! New to LTT Forums! So I'd like to get feedback on the best, or most reasonable way to view 4K HDR content on a 4K TV. Primarily from local files. Curious if a small form factor pc would make the most sense, or a laptop with HDMI 2.0a. Right now, I have my relatively old laptop on a table beside the sofa, connected to the TV via a 5m HDMI cable, with a USB 3 external HDD for extra storage. The laptop was decent when I bought it in 2012, Core i7 quad core, dedicated AMD graphics card. It actually still performs pretty decently, for standard definition, but the output is limited to 1080p. I have the laptop connected via wired network. So it's a pretty handy setup, I can download videos relatively quickly over wired network and play on the TV via HDMI, at 1080p60. This has been great, very convenient and effective. But I'd like to have the option to play 4K videos, in particular with HDR. A few options I've considered: 1) Small form-factor pc like an Intel NUC or alternative (NUC8i3, or similar fully built alternative) 2) Buy a new laptop with HDMI 2.0a that can play 4K HDR 3) Build a system with a spare GTX 970 I have lying around --- 3a) I'd either buy some cheap components to support this build or... --- 3b) Upgrade my desktop PC's cpu/mobo/ram and then reuse my old i7 4790k etc in a new budget build, maybe only needing a case/psu Thoughts: A NUC looks interesting, and not too expensive, but could still end up costing a significant amount, and I wonder if I can get a laptop for a similar price or cheaper that will handle 4K HDR just as well, or better. If a NUC and a cheap laptop end up similiar in terms of cost/performance, then it would probably be worth getting a laptop just because I could bring it with me when I go on trips etc. I've thought about upgrading the CPU/Mobo/RAM in my desktop, and if I was to do that I could probably reuse my old components for a HTPC, but I don't know if I'll be doing that any time soon. The Ryzen 3000 series sounds very interesting and could be a real possibility a few months from now, but I don't feel like I really need to upgrade my 4790k just yet if a 3000 series cpu/mobo/ram combo ends up being a bit expensive. I don't think I'd be too interest building a HTPC if I would need to buy most of the components new, and a NUC would just be easier and potentially cheaper, not to mention the small form factor would be nice in the living room. Notes: -I don't need this to be able to play games, I have a desktop PC with an RTX 2080 for gaming, and I can stream that to the TV via steam link if I need to. So I have no need for any gaming ability. -I mainly just want to play local files, as I can easily download videos in the format I want. I don't really care too much about streaming from a server or transcoding on the fly or anything like that. I'd just like a cost effective way to play files I've already downloaded via HDMI 2.0a. -I'd like it to be reasonably cheap. I am already pretty well set up for playing 1080p and would just like to bump up to 4K HDR, but if it ends up costing a lot of money I can probably do without the 4K HDR for the time being (although I can watch YouTube videos in 4K via TV app). €3-400 would be reasonable, and I could spend more if there was a really worthwhile solution. Just looking for a cost effective solution, don't really want to spend a ton of money for capabilities/features I don't need. Would appreciate any advice/suggestions/recommendations!