Henry

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/176532-the-macbook-pro-is-actually-not-overpriced/
I still don't see how people continuously say macbook are overpriced. Maybe they were several years back, but they aren't overpriced for sure at the moment

Folding at Home As Fast As Possible

What ever you do, don't do this.

Corsair Carbide Spec 01. Idk if it fits a h100i. 

That isn't even relevant to the topic being discussed here.

The reason for this is because SLI has a requirement that each card run at 8x or better. It's set by NVIDIA rather than any sort of performance ceiling, so there's really no way around it.

I went with this because I read that you should have at least one CPU core per GPU. 

This is from the folding mother ship people (Bruce, in this case):
 
"There's a discussion around here somewhere considering running a GPU at 1x or 2x and the general consensus seems to be that it'll be slow. The whole point of good FAH software design is to make sure that whatever I/O needs to be done can be overlapped with the processing that the GPU does. As long as the GPU is busy (almost) all of the time, the I/O speed isn't important. 
 
If you could reduce the I/O speed to any setting, there would be a "minimum" speed where it becomes very important. That minimum speed isn't the same for all cases, though. A fast GPU and a slow GPU will probably have a different minimum speed. Different projects will have different minimum speeds. 16x and 8x are probably more than most people need and 1x is probably less that most people need. If you happen to try 2x or 4x you can report your results."
 
In my experience, I haven't seen much ppd difference between PCIe 2.0 8x or 16x vs PCIe 3.0 8x or 16x, but the only rigorous analysis I have done was to compare the same GPU in a PCIe 3.0 16x slot vs an 8x slot.  The 16x was less than 2% more ppd over a 2 month period.
 
Note that the slot bandwidth primarily affects the loading and unloading of the data from the card, not the actual folding calculations performance.  The general concensus is that 8x and 16x slots are plenty fast in either PCIe 2.0 or 3.0, and there are reports from people running GPUs on PCIe 3.0 4x without taking a significant, if any, performance hit.
 
- Pete

He's an admin at https://foldingforum.org, the official folding@home forum run by Pande Lab - the group at Stanford responsible for folding@home.
 
Any server or project issues/updates are posted there, as well as a number of people posting problems they may be experiencing with a specific work unit, gpu, driver version, etc., so it's a good place to start when you are having folding problems, or for getting answers to the more technical questions, or just browsing to learn more about folding in general.  I'm not sure if anyone monitors the forum full time; they may have other priorities so they may not always answer quickly, but I've found them to be very helpful.
 
You'll need to join to post, but it's easy and free.
 
- Pete

Suggestions for general LTT videos, not necessarily reviews.

Full list of other LTT-related suggestions: 
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/543545-video-suggestions-for-ltttechquickiechannelsuperfun/#comment-7195559


LinusTechTips
Getting started with Folding at Home
Ultimate GPU Folding at Home Showdown (benchmarks)
Bang for Buck Folding at Home Build Log
CPU vs GPU Folding at Home

EDIT2: Holy crap, the comment section has gone crazy about something I didn't even notice in my post

EDIT: @LinusTech I'd rather you have a premium channel for early access than Vessel. Only reason ppl go on vessel is for you

Just got this email from Vessel.

The fact that Linus is all over this email, makes me think 99% of people on Vessel only go on Vessel because of Linus...
BTW this picture made me realize exactly how small Linus is, especially since Dennis, who's asian, is taller than him (or same height, can't tell because they aren't standing straight)

 

EDIT2: Holy crap, the comment section has gone crazy about something I didn't even notice in my post

EDIT: @LinusTech I'd rather you have a premium channel for early access than Vessel. Only reason ppl go on vessel is for you

Just got this email from Vessel.

The fact that Linus is all over this email, makes me think 99% of people on Vessel only go on Vessel because of Linus...
BTW this picture made me realize exactly how small Linus is, especially since Dennis, who's asian, is taller than him (or same height, can't tell because they aren't standing straight)

 

Just saying, would not use a psu that comes with a case.

EDIT2: Holy crap, the comment section has gone crazy about something I didn't even notice in my post

EDIT: @LinusTech I'd rather you have a premium channel for early access than Vessel. Only reason ppl go on vessel is for you

Just got this email from Vessel.

The fact that Linus is all over this email, makes me think 99% of people on Vessel only go on Vessel because of Linus...
BTW this picture made me realize exactly how small Linus is, especially since Dennis, who's asian, is taller than him (or same height, can't tell because they aren't standing straight)

 

To clarify, this is not a Channel Super Fun series. That was a mistake in their copy. Nerd Sports is its own entity under Linus Media Group, and all future copy will reflect that.

This is a content idea that we had that would not have been possible without external support, and Vessel stepped up to the plate to support its creation.

Official comment will come soon I'm sure...

EDIT2: Holy crap, the comment section has gone crazy about something I didn't even notice in my post

EDIT: @LinusTech I'd rather you have a premium channel for early access than Vessel. Only reason ppl go on vessel is for you

Just got this email from Vessel.

The fact that Linus is all over this email, makes me think 99% of people on Vessel only go on Vessel because of Linus...
BTW this picture made me realize exactly how small Linus is, especially since Dennis, who's asian, is taller than him (or same height, can't tell because they aren't standing straight)

 

Your argument sounds like that of a child not getting his toy. How about you do what Nick said, and wait for the official response, okay pumpkin?

can you even at least let Linus explain ? or even say something ?

Calm Down !

Well, first off, by quoting him EXACTLY on his claim

EDIT2: Holy crap, the comment section has gone crazy about something I didn't even notice in my post

EDIT: @LinusTech I'd rather you have a premium channel for early access than Vessel. Only reason ppl go on vessel is for you

Just got this email from Vessel.

The fact that Linus is all over this email, makes me think 99% of people on Vessel only go on Vessel because of Linus...
BTW this picture made me realize exactly how small Linus is, especially since Dennis, who's asian, is taller than him (or same height, can't tell because they aren't standing straight)

 

Give me a break. They output so much quality content over their fellow tech youtubers. FOR FREE. Cut them some slack. Now if they delivered crappy videos, then I'd be pissed.

They got me into building computers years ago, so thumbs up to them for their current ongoing success.

Freeloaders..

Well, first off, by quoting him EXACTLY on his claim

IT's late and I'm both hungry and tired from shooting Scrapyard Wars (which by the way is an LTT series and will be airing ad-supported on YouTube very soon for your viewing pleasure).
 
But there are a few points to address and you've already been patient enough.
 
I said LMG content would always be free. This was poor wording on my part. There has always been content produced by me and my team that was not necessarily available on a free platform like YouTube.
 
These "The Boost" videos that we make on contract as a sales training resource for Intel, for example:
 
 
 
In much the same way, Vessel has contracted LMG the production company to create an original series for their platform. They bankrolled the whole thing, giving us an opportunity to make something that otherwise would have been too costly, and per the licensing agreement they own the right to exploit this content. It's their show until such time as they decide it's not anymore.
 
We played more of a "production company" role in this than we're accustomed to.
 
This could, and SHOULD have been communicated better, and for that I'm sorry. The community should have heard about this from us FIRST, and not from a random email newsletter, but I've been (and so has the whole team) absolutely busting ass to not only get Nerd Sports produced, but also make sure that we're keeping up with everything else that we've got going on including not having missed a single day of LTT uploads for something like 5 years..
 
With that said, quantity isn't everything, and I've noticed that not everyone has appreciated the LTT content as much as usual lately, but it's hard for me to tell if that's because they don't like our new direction (fewer reviews, and more exploratory or experimental videos) or if they just saw a video or two they didn't like and raised hell in the comment section - it wouldn't be the first time.. And I will say, too, that honestly if a couple of the videos felt rushed then it's probably because they were.. HOWEVER, the primary reason for the rushed videos was  the entire week we're taking off this week to film Scrapyard Wars Season 4, which will be premiering on Vessel sometime in the next few weeks or so, followed by a release on YouTube 1 week later, which is the standard agreement for OUR content that is paid for by LMG or our sponsors.
 
Nerd Sports was shot 40% during evenings and weekends with employees taking time in lieu later on when we hire some more staff or when things slow down a little. We were careful to avoid disrupting any of our other commitments because imo you guys deserve the best we can deliver.
 
Which is another point that was brought up in this thread - "How will LMG keep its commitment to maintain the pace and quality of the other content if they're making Nerd Sports or other contractual content?"
 
We couldn't. We're hiring.
 
I've never shied away from investing in more staff or better equipment or a better facility to make sure that we're doing our best for ourselves, each other, our sponsors and our viewers. If we play our cards right, absolutely everyone wins.
 
Nerd Sports has been a fantastic learning experience for us, and whether we continue the series with Vessel, create other completely different web series in the future, or just say "fudge it" and flip burgers from now on, we'll be able to do those things better than we could have without having done this.
 
So bottom line is this. I screwed up the way I communicated "LMG content", which was meant to be content funded BY Linus Media Group rather than content funded entirely by and licensed to a 3rd party, and I screwed up in a MUCH bigger way the LACK of communication about this project. Sorry guys.

Give me a break. They output so much quality content over their fellow tech youtubers. FOR FREE. Cut them some slack. Now if they delivered crappy videos, then I'd be pissed.

They got me into building computers years ago, so thumbs up to them for their current ongoing success.

Freeloaders..

EDIT2: Holy crap, the comment section has gone crazy about something I didn't even notice in my post

EDIT: @LinusTech I'd rather you have a premium channel for early access than Vessel. Only reason ppl go on vessel is for you

Just got this email from Vessel.

The fact that Linus is all over this email, makes me think 99% of people on Vessel only go on Vessel because of Linus...
BTW this picture made me realize exactly how small Linus is, especially since Dennis, who's asian, is taller than him (or same height, can't tell because they aren't standing straight)