Your Folding Rig(s)

[mlecruz]

Just started yesterday. It's says I get about 45kPPD.

 

i54670K @ 4.4ghz

R9 290 @1ghz

 

I plan to run this almost 24/7 (sleep and work). How long do you guys think my rig will last?

[Me1z]

Just started yesterday. It's says I get about 45kPPD.

 

i54670K @ 4.4ghz

R9 290 @1ghz

 

I plan to run this almost 24/7 (sleep and work). How long do you guys think my rig will last?

 

How long it lasts depends on the quality of the fans on your gpu, how hot you let it run and how meticulous you are with cleaning. The most common cause of GPU death I've seen is overheating due to burned out fans. If there is adequate ventilation and you dust frequently, temperatures will obviously be lower and the fans won't work as hard, prolonging their life span. Does the R9 290 have a non-reference cooler?

[mlecruz]

How long it lasts depends on the quality of the fans on your gpu, how hot you let it run and how meticulous you are with cleaning. The most common cause of GPU death I've seen is overheating due to burned out fans. If there is adequate ventilation and you dust frequently, temperatures will obviously be lower and the fans won't work as hard, prolonging their life span. Does the R9 290 have a non-reference cooler?

 

Yeah it's a Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X OC. Runs fairly hot maxing at 80°C at auto fan speeds. Ambient temps of my room ranges from 29°C-33°C so that may be a cause for the high temps. What I want to know is how long will the fans last if I set them at 60%.

[Me1z]

Yeah it's a Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X OC. Runs fairly hot maxing at 80°C at auto fan speeds. Ambient temps of my room ranges from 29°C-33°C so that may be a cause for the high temps. What I want to know is how long will the fans last if I set them at 60%.

 

Provided that the heat doesn't increase from having the fan speed locked lower than normal, I'd start keeping a close eye on the fans from the 18-month mark onward and I wouldn't be surprised if you had to replace a fan before 2 years. Components with moving parts like fans don't cope well with prolonged exposure to heat. If you have a relatively dry basement I'd suggest moving it down there. Just by moving my folding rig out of my small bedroom the gpu temps dropped by 10 degrees.

[Romerl1998]

I run My 8350 while i sleep and get about 15k every night.

[Nidiahk]

Might add more down the line as i have a couple un used gpus still but these are old mining hardware im happy to get some use out of

 

Main Rig - 3570k + R9 280x + 7950   - 240,000 ppd

24/7 Rig - 5600k + R9280x                 - 135,000 ppd

Family Rig - Phenom x4 + 2x R9270x  -150,000 ppd

[NATYPE]

Only folding with my desktop right now, started close to a week ago and I'm almost to 21 WU's.

 

i7 4770k + GTx 770 - About 60k PPD (Seems kind of low?)

 

I haven't messed around with configuring anything but I'm usually running "Medium" unless I'm using my desktop for something other than browsing forums or Reddit.

 

 

Possibly looking into building a dedicated folding rig in the future. Cancer is pretty common on my dad's side of the family though so I like the idea of supporting anything that can help.

[FireFox]

Hot is simply a state of mind...

 

Holy shit, those two Fermi's. I'm surprised Earths atmosphere hasn't ignited yet lol

[tomtomhaxor]

Holy shit, those two Fermi's. I'm surprised Earths atmosphere hasn't ignited yet lol

the gtx 460 is now retired end replaced with a msi gtx 680 lightning. 1 fermi down 1 to go

[2mbur2n]

Dual 780Ti

[melias24]

Sorry for the dumb question, but can someone explain what 'folding' is to me?

[2mbur2n]

Sorry for the dumb question, but can someone explain what 'folding' is to me?

 

Basically you simulate cellular interactions on a molecular level in order to better understand diseases.

[tobben]

Sorry for the dumb question, but can someone explain what 'folding' is to me?

and in a more general sense, slightly modified from the boinc stickie.

 

it's a distributed computing project.

it gives you the opportunity to lend your unused processing

power to do calculations in the name of science and progress!

This can be to help medical science, physics, mathematics, better understand nature, aswell as various other things. But in the case of folding it's strictly for medical science. it gives scientists the chance to gather big amounts of data by giving them access to hundreds or thousands of computers, all of this is achieved by running some software on your computer.

[Extingquish]

I have a 6870 which I'm giving to my brother to fold with, my room gets way too hot at night with my 270 in the same system.

 

At Christmas I'm planning to buy a 7970 or two depending on how cheap I can get them

[greenroost1445]

I have my school macbook air browser folding...

[ImBleu]

I have my school macbook air browser folding...

 

I have my old Macbook Pro i5 doing this in Chrome. Wouldn't dare use my Surface Pro 3 for it

[greenroost1445]

I have my old Macbook Pro i5 doing this in Chrome. Wouldn't dare use my Surface Pro 3 for it

nice... I also have my lenovo t61 doing browser folding as well...

[Xsilent(X)]

I have my school macbook air browser folding...

 

Please do not use folding for laptops it is bad for the battery!

[2mbur2n]

Essentially all modern laptops bypass the battery when plugged in and fully charged. Unless your running on battery alone it's not going to cause excess wear.

[greenroost1445]

Please do not use folding for laptops it is bad for the battery!

not my laptop not my problem

[Whaler_99]

Please do not use folding for laptops it is bad for the battery!

 

Not really... most laptops handle this well, esp if using the Chrome App - yes, folding while ON battery will drain it fast.

[Xsilent(X)]

Not really... most laptops handle this well, esp if using the Chrome App - yes, folding while ON battery will drain it fast.

 

Even with the power supply on your battery will die more faster then normal use! A laptop is been builded to be portable not stick in the wall and let it be in the power all day long. your battery has to charge and de-charge Look @ the 20/80% charge percent it will last 5 years, if you have the battery all day long on the power supply the battery would not even last 2 years it cannot function properly. i did not said it will drain fast i said F@H will destroy the battery! faster draining is faster charging so the life-cycle of that  battery will end sooner then expected.

[MrArcadiaMine]

Not to make you guys jealous or anyhting but these are the spectaulars of my main folding rig.

 

AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core Processor 

(65nm Agena 95W, 2MB L3 Cache, 4 x 512KB L2 Cache)

4.00 GB 

(4x1GB ddr2 low voltage 866, running at 1066 CAS 5)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

 (1GB)

BIOSTAR  A780X-A2 

(supporting SATA II natively)

2x WD 750GB drives

-Black 64MB Cache 

-Green 32MB Cache

Xion 90+ Gold Series 700W

-Triple SLI capable!!!!!!!!!

SILVERSTONE NT06-E

3-cheapish long life 120mm fans various models.

 

I'm pumping out over 10k ppd on my gpu for F@H

I'm pumping out an average of like 950 ppd on BOINC for Skynet

I also have an old tablet and cell doing BOINC 24/7 doing various projects

BEYOND THAT my HTC M8 is doing world community grid on a fairly regular basis.

COME AT ME BRO!!! 

 

PLEASE SEND ME BETTER HARDWARE YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYMORE!

[Bigdaddy5414]

(3) Gigabyte Gaming G1 GTX 980 ~1 million PPD

(2) Asus DirectCU II GTX 780 ~300K PPD

[Whaler_99]

(3) Gigabyte Gaming G1 GTX 980 ~1 million PPD

(2) Asus DirectCU II GTX 780 ~300K PPD

 

Bloody hell, nice!! Now, the question, where did you find a store with 3 x 980's in stock??