Folding on old hardware?

[baconborn]

So I have an old optiplex worstation that I've used basically as a guinea pig for past projects and now just sit collecitng dust. I'd like to bring it back up to use for something useful, and so I'm thinking about using it for folding. Its pretty old so I'm wondering if there are any concerns i should have about using something like this for folding?

 

Specs are Core 2 quad 9550, 4GB of DDR2, and AMD R7 250. 

[Crunchy Dragon]

You'll want a decent power supply for that setup.

 

It'll likely also draw a fair bit of power and kick out a lot of heat.

[Guest]

Anything counts.

Even though that's not the point

[baconborn]

 

11 minutes ago, hiitswilliam said:

Anything counts.

Even though that's not the point

Well i wasn't really asking if I should do it, or if my contribution would be meaningful, more of liek compatibility concerns with the old hardware, like would it even be supported

[Gorgon]

8 hours ago, baconborn said:

So I have an old optiplex worstation that I've used basically as a guinea pig for past projects and now just sit collecitng dust. I'd like to bring it back up to use for something useful, and so I'm thinking about using it for folding. Its pretty old so I'm wondering if there are any concerns i should have about using something like this for folding?

 

Specs are Core 2 quad 9550, 4GB of DDR2, and AMD R7 250. 

It will CPU fold fine and generate likely between 10 and 20,000 points per day.

 

The R7 250 isn't on the PPD database but Tech Poweredup shows it roughly equivalent to a HD 7750 so likely 15-20,000 PPD.

 

So if the GPU is supported then yes, it should work and would be a great way to get your feet wet.

 

Replacing the R7 250 with a GTX 1050 if you could find one on the cheap would give you a boost to 90-150,000PPD

[Gorgon]

Basically if it can run windows or Linux it can fold.

 

My Development rig is a re-purposed 10 year-old Acer mini-ITX motherboard with a dual-core AMD Athlon II X-2 2.9GHz processor and 3GB DDR2 and under Linux it can drive a RTX2070 and generate 1.2-1.3 million points per day.

 

As long as you can find OpenCL drivers from AMD for the GPU it should fold.