Need info on RPi 4 B and f@h!

[Critaek]

Hi everyone, i'm planning to buy a raspberry pi 4 B model for pi-hole and something else network-wise, could it be possible to use it to fold at the same time? And if someone knows, what is the expected ppd on a device like that? Thanks in advance!

[Guest]

No folding on Pi yet, but there are some BOINC projects.

[Jumballi]

Theoretically it is possible to get the program working on the pi, but the folding at home project relies on the extremely powerful desktop CPU and GPU processors to get it's work done. And those processors are leagues more powerful than the stuff in the rpi4. maybe in the future where they get desktop grade graphics cards working on the pi it would be a feasible idea, but for now it's not worth the e-waste.

[Critaek]

Thanks for the answers!

I was reading on the folding forum and there are some people already using it (there is a f@h release for ARM cpus), for the electricity part it's not really a problem, they consume very little power (around 5-10 W), even if it only gets 5k ppd it's still worth imo, as i will keep it on 24/7 anyway.

So again, does someone knows roughly the ppd of this device?

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Critaek said:

Thanks for the answers!

I was reading on the folding forum and there are some people already using it (there is a f@h release for ARM cpus), for the electricity part it's not really a problem, they consume very little power (around 5-10 W), even if it only gets 5k ppd it's still worth imo, as i will keep it on 24/7 anyway.

So again, does someone knows roughly the ppd of this device?

That's probably a better question for the folding forum where you found that info. They're probably running early test versions of an ARM core that's only discussed there.

[Critaek]

I think you are right, thanks for the advice!