Summer Folding sprint 2022 - Part One

[dogwitch]

33 minutes ago, Shlouski said:

Proceeding to strip down to my shorts, the fan is on high, cool drink is in hand and I'm stuck to the sofa. 

 

Prepped and ready to go, let's do this! 

fyi i live where in after noon time its mid to high 90s... i did folding even last summer.... that was brutal ....

(i have mention folding pc's in prev post on here)

[Shlouski]

25 minutes ago, dogwitch said:

fyi i live where in after noon time its mid to high 90s... i did folding even last summer.... that was brutal ....

(i have mention folding pc's in prev post on here)

I know how you feel.

 

I have 5x 100 watt centrifugal fans around my house as ventilation, I prefer fresh air and they are cheaper to run than ac units. The last time I had everything folding in summer they were able to stop the computers from overheating, but I need the ac in the bedroom at night so I could get some respite and sleep. 

[dogwitch]

2 hours ago, Shlouski said:

I know how you feel.

 

I have 5x 100 watt centrifugal fans around my house as ventilation, I prefer fresh air and they are cheaper to run than ac units. The last time I had everything folding in summer they were able to stop the computers from overheating, but I need the ac in the bedroom at night so I could get some respite and sleep. 

i live in a cinder block house built in the 60s... i spread stuff around the house and also open windows.

i dont have central air for the house ether.

[Mxyzptlk]

Count me in. 

[Shlouski]

4 hours ago, Mxyzptlk said:

Count me in. 

Sorry we can't count you in because you get so many points, and we can't count that high

[CT854]

Managed to grab a B-Stock 2080 Super from EVGA's Midweek Madness promo...

 

[RollinLower]

4 hours ago, CT854 said:

Managed to grab a B-Stock 2080 Super from EVGA's Midweek Madness promo...

 

noice! what system are you gonna run that one in?

[CT854]

3 hours ago, RollinLower said:

noice! what system are you gonna run that one in?

No clue. Not ruling out picking up a beefy B-stock PSU, though, so I can run a 3070, 1070, and 2080 Super from the same rig. They still have 1300W and 1600W models in stock for reasonable prices.

[CT854]

[dogwitch]

if i do run for it... i will be down 1 2080.

due to over 100c vram temps.. all the sudden.

[Shlouski]

19 minutes ago, dogwitch said:

if i do run for it... i will be down 1 2080.

due to over 100c vram temps.. all the sudden.

I will be 5 cards down if I can't get 4x4 pcie bifurcation to play ball, all cards detected but fah crashes with 411 error.

 

[dogwitch]

1 hour ago, Shlouski said:

I will be 5 cards down if I can't get 4x4 pcie bifurcation to play ball, all cards detected but fah crashes with 411 error.

 

what type of mobo are you using?

[Shlouski]

48 minutes ago, dogwitch said:

what type of mobo are you using?

It's a Gigabyte x570.

 

It's one ugly home built case, but it can hold 5 large cards and keep them cool.

 

I couldn't find any server cases large enough on my island, and shipping was stupid expensive so I made my own. I took the back and motherboard tray off an old pc and lengthened it with aluminium bars. I wanted to use sheet metal on the sides but I couldn't find something suitable, so I just used plastics sheets. I bolted and silconed the bottom and side on to made them airtight, but of course I needed the top to be removable for access. I wanted to attach a centrifugal fan to the top and suck air through the case and straight outside, so the top also needed to be airtight. I considered using door gasket but decided against it, it tends to shrink in heat and the tape would likely fail after a short time, its also surprising expensive. I ended up putting silicone all around the top of the case and a thin layer vaseline on the top panel so the silicone wouldn't stick then I attached it, I waited for the silicone to dry and I was left with the perfect gap filler, just needed to clean off the Vaseline

 

It lives in the garage so I couldn't care less how it looks.

 

[dogwitch]

i look into a used x399. for lane issue you have. like one in my  sig

[RollinLower]

5 hours ago, dogwitch said:

i look into a used x399. for lane issue you have. like one in my  sig

good option! also first gen EPYC is pretty affordable. atleast, the chips are. motherboards can still be expensive.

[dogwitch]

1 hour ago, RollinLower said:

good option! also first gen EPYC is pretty affordable. atleast, the chips are. motherboards can still be expensive.

go used on ebay or amazon.  also on ebay. mis  type it.  some times people dont relize they listed it wrong.

[NetoriusNick]

Time to get the gear ready
SIGH
Still have not WCed the whole rack URG!!!

[etv24]

YAY YAY YAY! Unfortunately this is gonna be during the same week I am moving  Were gonna do what we can though! 

[Shlouski]

11 hours ago, dogwitch said:

i look into a used x399. for lane issue you have. like one in my  sig

 

Fixed the issue,  I just had to manually increase the paging file. Seems the work for the gpu's is first stored in Ram, the 4gb stick in there can't hold it all so it sent to the paging file and the windows managed paging file wasn't large enough. I have manually set it higher the the total amount of vram in the cards. 

[RollinLower]

19 hours ago, NetoriusNick said:

Time to get the gear ready
SIGH
Still have not WCed the whole rack URG!!!

you going for in-box watercooling or one of those rack-wide systems with quick connects?

[NetoriusNick]

2 hours ago, RollinLower said:

you going for in-box watercooling or one of those rack-wide systems with quick connects?

both-ish, not sure just yet how to do it but there will be in rack case rads but a way to connect to the FULL rack cooling.
currently have two boards that should be able to do 4+(multiplexer involved) gpu each but future ones im hoping to get 7 x16 + motherboards.
at the moment finances are not available top fill up the boards I do have let alone any more.

[GOTSpectrum]

There are some community donated prizes that I need to add to the OP but I've been having god awful migraines these last few days. I'll get them added before the start of next week 

[IkeaGnome]

19 minutes ago, GOTSpectrum said:

There are some community donated prizes that I need to add to the OP but I've been having god awful migraines these last few days. I'll get them added before the start of next week 

If you need a hand with anything, just let us know. I'm sure people would be more than willing to lend you a hand.

[GOTSpectrum]

5 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

If you need a hand with anything, just let us know. I'm sure people would be more than willing to lend you a hand.

I always like to have a team who help, if you would like to join drop me a pm 

[Shlouski]

Did a merch message on wan, lets see what happens.

 

Edit:

 

Not much