LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!

[LazyDev]

The GTX 1080 is the final GPU install for my system. 3 GPU's and a CPU, and my 2 420 radiators still don't get too warm.

 

 

[shaz2sxy]

49 minutes ago, LazyDev said:

The GTX 1080 is the final GPU install for my system. 3 GPU's and a CPU, and my 2 420 radiators still don't get too warm.

 

 

That is such a Frakenstein PC.. I LOVE IT!!

[Favebook]

8 hours ago, Schnoz said:

I had it checkpointing every 15 minutes, far less frequently than the frequency of temperature fluctuations, and the GPU was running at 50W for some reason. The GPU and memory clockspeeds stayed constant throughout the entire process, so I don't think thermals or checkpoints would have accounted for the pattern I saw.

Just as @cbigfoot and I've mentioned, it's fan curve. Possible it's default one. You can set it yourself or use static fan speed as I do once you learn what temps your GPU reaches at what PL % during which workload.

[Lightwreather]

Well, it seems my azure credit is about to expire soon and take my main FOlding machine along with it.

I better apply again to continue my folding streak.

[vsteel]

8 hours ago, Starman57 said:

Not much of a match.  Linux is far superior, scheduler wise.

 

It's just that the secret weapon will need W10 for other uses.  Believe me, if I could put Mint on it for my use application, I would.  Sadly, there's one issue that won't allow it.

 

Oh, well.  Use whatever works, and choose whatever works better whenever you can.

 

I will "tune" it to within a nanometer of it's silicon though.  Hehe.

 

Folding on!

I have the pedal to the floor as it is with no other hardware so once you turn on your secret weapon you are going to leave me in the dust. 

[Kilrah]

7 hours ago, Pezui said:

I am doing 10 cancer units per 3 hour block like clock work for close to 40 days now. How can I get any other type of work load to push points up? I had 1 day of Alzheimer's work which added 3m to the days total.... Then back to cancer. 

Mine likes Alzheimer's. Maybe it keeps forgetting it's done one and always takes one again...

 

[Alex Atkin UK]

So, what I can only assume was a particularly harsh WU upset my UPS this morning, it shut down complaining of overload.  Quite bizarre given than for the past week its had 100W spare capacity which confusingly had reduced to 50W the last couple of days with no obvious reason why.  Though it has been complaining of low battery since I put the 2080 on it which oddly has vanished now I've reduced the load back to 35% (my trust in this UPS is rather wavering at this point).

Scared the crap out of me as my NAS then was power cycling, refusing to POST.  All I did was leave it 6 hours then give it a dust, re-seat a RAM stick and PSU cables and it was fine.  Probably for the best as I discovered the fix I did to make the CPU cooler fit wasn't 100% successful and it seems the fan had been rubbing causing the bearing to wear out.  So will be replacing the Noctua NH-L9x65 with a Noctua NH-L9i tomorrow (why do Amazon never do same-day delivery for anything you actually NEED same-day?) as I think having a more open fan intake will make up for the difference in less heatsink area, as just moving the motherboard tray from under the drive cage seemed to drop 10C with the defective fan.

At this point I think I've had more power interruptions caused by the "uninterruptible" power supply than I have from power cuts in 20 years.

[BondiBlue]

7 hours ago, rkv_2401 said:

@BondiBlue what frequency and voltage do you run your desktop 1660Ti at?

I'll have to check to see what it's running at right now, but I haven't changed any of the settings, so it should still be at stock. I can't go too far with the clock speeds because it's a tiny OEM card with an equally tiny heatsink. The spoiler has an eBay image that shows the card so you can see how little it is. 

 

I've actually been seriously impressed by the performance of this little card though. It's small, and it doesn't look like it would be able to keep itself cool under a heavy sustained workload, but it actually can. One major downside is the complete lack of cooling for the memory chips. They don't contact the heatsink at all. Overall I've been impressed though, especially for the price. I bought it for $75 brand new just a few months ago - it was literally sitting in a bin at a flea market. You find deals in the strangest places. Apparently a day or two earlier the man I bought it from had sold a few more of the same cards. He pulled them from desktops he had purchased that didn't need dedicated graphics. 

 

Spoiler

 

1 hour ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

At this point I think I've had more power interruptions caused by the "uninterruptible" power supply than I have from power cuts in 20 years.

I think that means your uninterruptible power supply needs its own UPS. 

[dogwitch]

5 hours ago, Arrogath said:

both my 3950x and my 5800x are on tasks with over 2 days worth of time on them, should make my point distribution interesting I guess.

yeah i even hand some longer then normal gpu wu.

[Lightwreather]

3 hours ago, J-from-Nucleon said:

Well, it seems my azure credit is about to expire soon and take my main FOlding machine along with it.

I better apply again to continue my folding streak.

That happened quite a bit faster than I expected

[rkv_2401]

56 minutes ago, BondiBlue said:

I'll have to check to see what it's running at right now, but I haven't changed any of the settings, so it should still be at stock. I can't go too far with the clock speeds because it's a tiny OEM card with an equally tiny heatsink.

Okay, that's cool. Mine's undervolted and getting around 850-900k PPD @1560Mhz, drawing just 62W. And that's with 4 CPU cores running an intense workload(which is affecting the PPD a fair amount, it's been fluctuating pretty intensely since I started that task), I think it's fair to expect it to make a million PPD @just 60W running in this config.

 

Undervolting can kick your performance up a fair notch whilst also reducing temperatures, make sure to check it out. I had a 1060 that went up from 1847Mhz @ 1.043V to 2012Mhz @ 0.993V, and it actually drew LESS power than before. And it could do 1860Mhz @ 875mV, significantly dropping power consumption(more than 25-30W for Folding).   

[Egg-Roll]

3 hours ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

why do Amazon never do same-day delivery for anything you actually NEED same-day

Because the warehouse closest to you senses distress and magically deletes all stock you want...

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 hour ago, Egg-Roll said:

Because the warehouse closest to you senses distress and magically deletes all stock you want...

I KNEW IT!

[RollinLower]

I'm afraid this folding month has made another casualty.

RIP my poor EPYC 7551. Thankfully I have a 24 core 7401P on hand to swap it out with tho.

[dogwitch]

25 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

I'm afraid this folding month has made another casualty.

RIP my poor EPYC 7551. Thankfully I have a 24 core 7401P on hand to swap it out with tho.

how?

[RollinLower]

Just now, dogwitch said:

how?

really not sure to be honest. with the watercooling it never went above 45C. i guess it just decided it was time to die?

i couldn't even get it to post now, but this system had always been rock solid.

[GOTSpectrum]

5 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

really not sure to be honest. with the watercooling it never went above 45C. i guess it just decided it was time to die?

i couldn't even get it to post now, but this system had always been rock solid.

Dont forget to add it to the thread 

 

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1387262-folding-month-2021-dead-hardware/

[NetoriusNick]

are we doing janky rigs this year ?

[GOTSpectrum]

3 minutes ago, NetoriusNick said:

are we doing janky rigs this year ?

We can do! 

[GOTSpectrum]

We have just added 4x 50USD Amazon gift cards donated by @IkeaGnome

[svmlegacy]

12 minutes ago, GOTSpectrum said:

We can do! 

Oh boy, just wait until you see my Biostar A320M stuck between a 1700X and a GTX 780

[Arrogath]

6 hours ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

At this point I think I've had more power interruptions caused by the "uninterruptible" power supply than I have from power cuts in 20 years.

Folding month is always good for stress testing your hardware and setup to find any weaknesses. In your case it sounds like you either need a new UPS battery, or just a whole new unit. Sometimes the battery can be hard to find at a reasonable price, depending on the unit. I'm sure mine isn't happy about being run at 90%+ capacity for the last 11+ days

[BondiBlue]

I decided to pick up a replacement R9 270. I'll try reflowing the dead one when I get the time, but it's already been baked a few times, so I don't have much hope. 

[RollinLower]

Just now, BondiBlue said:

I decided to pick up a replacement R9 270. I'll try reflowing the dead one when I get the time, but it's already been baked a few times, so I don't have much hope. 

sounds nice and crispy tho!

just remember, bake until golden-brown.

[Starman57]

7 hours ago, vsteel said:

I have the pedal to the floor as it is with no other hardware so once you turn on your secret weapon you are going to leave me in the dust. 

Ah, I see you didn't see the sarcasm.  Hehe.  BTW, I've overclocked it and it's doing pseudo 5 Ghz!

 

I doubt the secret weapon will even disturb dust let alone leave you in it.  LOL.

 

Had ya worried???

 

Nah, you good Vsteel.  It is folding, but I wouldn't worry about it.