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Hold on. So it only cost you 1.5k for that 4p rig?

 

If you hunt down the really good deals (on sites like Ebay, cragslist, ect), you could have it possibly cheaper than that.  ;)

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Yep, about that - ended up, most expensive part was the mobo - I got ripped off on cross border duty as well. Folks in the US could probably do a lot better on it...

 

Holy crap that's so much power for the money! Now I wanna build my own 4P rig just to fold <3

export PS1='\[\033[1;30m\]┌╼ \[\033[1;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[1;30m\] ╾╼ \[\033[0;34m\]\w\[\033[0;36m\]\n\[\033[1;30m\]└╼ \[\033[1;37m\]'


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Holy crap that's so much power for the money! Now I wanna build my own 4P rig just to fold <3

 

Well, look around. I ended up buying the mobo new and the PSU (good sale though) and a custom case from @Spotswood, but otherwise, everything else is used. I have seen some used turnkey G34 rigs for between $1500 and $2000....

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Folding/Boinc Info - Check out the Folding and Boinc Section, read the Folding Install thread and the Folding FAQ. Info on Boinc is here. Don't forget to join team 223518. Check out other users Folding Rigs for ideas. Don't forget to follow the @LTTCompute for updates and other random posts about the various teams.

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Whaler_99 Links - "Green Machine" (watercooled), "Out of the Blue" (watercooled), My 4P Folding rigs, My multi GPU Folding Rigs, The Water Cooling FAQ, My 40TB Storage Server, My Folding Stats. The CM HAF XB review, the Aqualis Pro 450 review, the PrimoChill CTR Phase II Res review, the IcyDock ToughArmor 6x1 review, the 3x2 Storage Cage review, the 5x3 Storage Cage review, my Milwaukee Jobsite Backpack review, my Thermaltake Core X2 review, my CoolerMaster Storm Stryker overview. Link to DA Blogs home.

Follow me on Twitter for updates @Whaler_99

 

 

 

 

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Well, look around. I ended up buying the mobo new and the PSU (good sale though) and a custom case from @Spotswood, but otherwise, everything else is used. I have seen some used turnkey G34 rigs for between $1500 and $2000....

 

What does it cost you in power?

export PS1='\[\033[1;30m\]┌╼ \[\033[1;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[1;30m\] ╾╼ \[\033[0;34m\]\w\[\033[0;36m\]\n\[\033[1;30m\]└╼ \[\033[1;37m\]'


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That unit - not sure offhand - probably draw about 600-700 watts.... I know for my four folders I a spending around $100 a month on power...

Forum Links - Community Standards, Privacy Policy, FAQ, Features Suggestions, Bug and Issues.

Folding/Boinc Info - Check out the Folding and Boinc Section, read the Folding Install thread and the Folding FAQ. Info on Boinc is here. Don't forget to join team 223518. Check out other users Folding Rigs for ideas. Don't forget to follow the @LTTCompute for updates and other random posts about the various teams.

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Whaler_99 Links - "Green Machine" (watercooled), "Out of the Blue" (watercooled), My 4P Folding rigs, My multi GPU Folding Rigs, The Water Cooling FAQ, My 40TB Storage Server, My Folding Stats. The CM HAF XB review, the Aqualis Pro 450 review, the PrimoChill CTR Phase II Res review, the IcyDock ToughArmor 6x1 review, the 3x2 Storage Cage review, the 5x3 Storage Cage review, my Milwaukee Jobsite Backpack review, my Thermaltake Core X2 review, my CoolerMaster Storm Stryker overview. Link to DA Blogs home.

Follow me on Twitter for updates @Whaler_99

 

 

 

 

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I want one.

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Just some helpful stuff: You're - You are, Your - Your car, They're - They are, Their - Their car, There - Over there.

 

Folding @ Home Install Guide and Links | My Build

 

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only one?

 

If I can have more then I will gladly have more, ATM I only have $60 so a $1500 folding rig might not be in the future for a while

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Just some helpful stuff: You're - You are, Your - Your car, They're - They are, Their - Their car, There - Over there.

 

Folding @ Home Install Guide and Links | My Build

 

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The King of Folding has arrived.

 

You ? 

 

I need to see some numbers, I am convinced that Whaler_99 is the king lol

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Just some helpful stuff: You're - You are, Your - Your car, They're - They are, Their - Their car, There - Over there.

 

Folding @ Home Install Guide and Links | My Build

 

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You ? 

 

I need to see some numbers, I am convinced that Whaler_99 is the king lol

I was talking about Whaler lol.

 

 

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I was talking about Whaler lol.

 

Oh lol, He's been here a while lol 

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Just some helpful stuff: You're - You are, Your - Your car, They're - They are, Their - Their car, There - Over there.

 

Folding @ Home Install Guide and Links | My Build

 

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Really? whaler i know you said about the deal you have with your wife....but i don't know how you got away with this one!!! haha great build man and crazy build, fair play

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@Whaler_99

Knowing how expensive electricity in our province is, Hydro One has to start sending you a christmas card!

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Really? whaler i know you said about the deal you have with your wife....but i don't know how you got away with this one!!! haha great build man and crazy build, fair play

 

Thanks! And after many years, I have worked out my ways and methods. :)

Forum Links - Community Standards, Privacy Policy, FAQ, Features Suggestions, Bug and Issues.

Folding/Boinc Info - Check out the Folding and Boinc Section, read the Folding Install thread and the Folding FAQ. Info on Boinc is here. Don't forget to join team 223518. Check out other users Folding Rigs for ideas. Don't forget to follow the @LTTCompute for updates and other random posts about the various teams.

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Whaler_99 Links - "Green Machine" (watercooled), "Out of the Blue" (watercooled), My 4P Folding rigs, My multi GPU Folding Rigs, The Water Cooling FAQ, My 40TB Storage Server, My Folding Stats. The CM HAF XB review, the Aqualis Pro 450 review, the PrimoChill CTR Phase II Res review, the IcyDock ToughArmor 6x1 review, the 3x2 Storage Cage review, the 5x3 Storage Cage review, my Milwaukee Jobsite Backpack review, my Thermaltake Core X2 review, my CoolerMaster Storm Stryker overview. Link to DA Blogs home.

Follow me on Twitter for updates @Whaler_99

 

 

 

 

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@Whaler_99

Knowing how expensive electricity in our province is, Hydro One has to start sending you a christmas card!

 

My local utility sends me a thank you card with every invoice. :D

Forum Links - Community Standards, Privacy Policy, FAQ, Features Suggestions, Bug and Issues.

Folding/Boinc Info - Check out the Folding and Boinc Section, read the Folding Install thread and the Folding FAQ. Info on Boinc is here. Don't forget to join team 223518. Check out other users Folding Rigs for ideas. Don't forget to follow the @LTTCompute for updates and other random posts about the various teams.

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Whaler_99 Links - "Green Machine" (watercooled), "Out of the Blue" (watercooled), My 4P Folding rigs, My multi GPU Folding Rigs, The Water Cooling FAQ, My 40TB Storage Server, My Folding Stats. The CM HAF XB review, the Aqualis Pro 450 review, the PrimoChill CTR Phase II Res review, the IcyDock ToughArmor 6x1 review, the 3x2 Storage Cage review, the 5x3 Storage Cage review, my Milwaukee Jobsite Backpack review, my Thermaltake Core X2 review, my CoolerMaster Storm Stryker overview. Link to DA Blogs home.

Follow me on Twitter for updates @Whaler_99

 

 

 

 

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My local utility sends me a thank you card with every invoice. :D

 

Are you serious ? That;s awesome ! lol

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Just some helpful stuff: You're - You are, Your - Your car, They're - They are, Their - Their car, There - Over there.

 

Folding @ Home Install Guide and Links | My Build

 

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Just a little update based on some recent stuff...

 

First off, those bigadv projects are huge. When one of the 4P boxes goes to upload results and then download results, my Internet connection tanks. It uses the torrent protocol, which can actually pull a good chunk of my bandwidth. My Internet is a 80Mb down and a 4Mb up. I am also running multiple internet facing services as well, which also suck up bandwidth, but ya. You ever build one, watch you internet die while the suckers does updates. :)

 

Got myself a used dual Xeon system I am playing with. Will update with more details and pix shortly. Right now, swapping some hardware, trying to get Ubuntu 12.04 running but running into video issues, so going to try and sort that tonight. This is another 24 core system...

 

Might also try @XsilentX guide on doing up Linux on it - may have better luck.

 

Cheers gang!

Forum Links - Community Standards, Privacy Policy, FAQ, Features Suggestions, Bug and Issues.

Folding/Boinc Info - Check out the Folding and Boinc Section, read the Folding Install thread and the Folding FAQ. Info on Boinc is here. Don't forget to join team 223518. Check out other users Folding Rigs for ideas. Don't forget to follow the @LTTCompute for updates and other random posts about the various teams.

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Whaler_99 Links - "Green Machine" (watercooled), "Out of the Blue" (watercooled), My 4P Folding rigs, My multi GPU Folding Rigs, The Water Cooling FAQ, My 40TB Storage Server, My Folding Stats. The CM HAF XB review, the Aqualis Pro 450 review, the PrimoChill CTR Phase II Res review, the IcyDock ToughArmor 6x1 review, the 3x2 Storage Cage review, the 5x3 Storage Cage review, my Milwaukee Jobsite Backpack review, my Thermaltake Core X2 review, my CoolerMaster Storm Stryker overview. Link to DA Blogs home.

Follow me on Twitter for updates @Whaler_99

 

 

 

 

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Just a little update based on some recent stuff...

 

First off, those bigadv projects are huge. When one of the 4P boxes goes to upload results and then download results, my Internet connection tanks. It uses the torrent protocol, which can actually pull a good chunk of my bandwidth. My Internet is a 80Mb down and a 4Mb up. I am also running multiple internet facing services as well, which also suck up bandwidth, but ya. You ever build one, watch you internet die while the suckers does updates. :)

 

Got myself a used dual Xeon system I am playing with. Will update with more details and pix shortly. Right now, swapping some hardware, trying to get Ubuntu 12.04 running but running into video issues, so going to try and sort that tonight. This is another 24 core system...

 

Might also try @XsilentX guide on doing up Linux on it - may have better luck.

 

Cheers gang!

Hey I love your rig. Did you ever get that xeon up and running? Also I've been wanting to build a 4p system for a long time,do you think your rig would have trouble doing folding and acting as a file server/nas at the same time?

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Hey I love your rig. Did you ever get that xeon up and running? Also I've been wanting to build a 4p system for a long time,do you think your rig would have trouble doing folding and acting as a file server/nas at the same time?

 

Xeon is up and running as of this weekend, putting it through it's paces now. As for a file server / nas - FAH doesn't really stress the hard drive at all. And if all you are doing is hosting the files, should be fine. I know some software/nas installs can also do encoding and stuff, which would impact FAH. But as just a straight file server, shouldn't be much of an issue. Just be aware, when a bigadv project is downloaded/uploaded, it will impact the network performance a bit. Make sure you have a Gb connection.

Forum Links - Community Standards, Privacy Policy, FAQ, Features Suggestions, Bug and Issues.

Folding/Boinc Info - Check out the Folding and Boinc Section, read the Folding Install thread and the Folding FAQ. Info on Boinc is here. Don't forget to join team 223518. Check out other users Folding Rigs for ideas. Don't forget to follow the @LTTCompute for updates and other random posts about the various teams.

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Whaler_99 Links - "Green Machine" (watercooled), "Out of the Blue" (watercooled), My 4P Folding rigs, My multi GPU Folding Rigs, The Water Cooling FAQ, My 40TB Storage Server, My Folding Stats. The CM HAF XB review, the Aqualis Pro 450 review, the PrimoChill CTR Phase II Res review, the IcyDock ToughArmor 6x1 review, the 3x2 Storage Cage review, the 5x3 Storage Cage review, my Milwaukee Jobsite Backpack review, my Thermaltake Core X2 review, my CoolerMaster Storm Stryker overview. Link to DA Blogs home.

Follow me on Twitter for updates @Whaler_99

 

 

 

 

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Xeon is up and running as of this weekend, putting it through it's paces now. As for a file server / nas - FAH doesn't really stress the hard drive at all. And if all you are doing is hosting the files, should be fine. I know some software/nas installs can also do encoding and stuff, which would impact FAH. But as just a straight file server, shouldn't be much of an issue. Just be aware, when a bigadv project is downloaded/uploaded, it will impact the network performance a bit. Make sure you have a Gb connection.

 

Thanks for the info! What's you PPD on that Xeon?

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Thanks for the info! What's you PPD on that Xeon?

 

Just about 100k - but I haven't got a 8101 yet, all 8103+ projects. I am waiting to get a 8101, they are the hardest, to see if it can complete those and what the points are.

Forum Links - Community Standards, Privacy Policy, FAQ, Features Suggestions, Bug and Issues.

Folding/Boinc Info - Check out the Folding and Boinc Section, read the Folding Install thread and the Folding FAQ. Info on Boinc is here. Don't forget to join team 223518. Check out other users Folding Rigs for ideas. Don't forget to follow the @LTTCompute for updates and other random posts about the various teams.

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Whaler_99 Links - "Green Machine" (watercooled), "Out of the Blue" (watercooled), My 4P Folding rigs, My multi GPU Folding Rigs, The Water Cooling FAQ, My 40TB Storage Server, My Folding Stats. The CM HAF XB review, the Aqualis Pro 450 review, the PrimoChill CTR Phase II Res review, the IcyDock ToughArmor 6x1 review, the 3x2 Storage Cage review, the 5x3 Storage Cage review, my Milwaukee Jobsite Backpack review, my Thermaltake Core X2 review, my CoolerMaster Storm Stryker overview. Link to DA Blogs home.

Follow me on Twitter for updates @Whaler_99

 

 

 

 

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Good God, Whaler, that's awesome.

Main rig on profile

VAULT - File Server

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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Good God, Whaler, that's awesome.

 

Thanks :)

Forum Links - Community Standards, Privacy Policy, FAQ, Features Suggestions, Bug and Issues.

Folding/Boinc Info - Check out the Folding and Boinc Section, read the Folding Install thread and the Folding FAQ. Info on Boinc is here. Don't forget to join team 223518. Check out other users Folding Rigs for ideas. Don't forget to follow the @LTTCompute for updates and other random posts about the various teams.

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Whaler_99 Links - "Green Machine" (watercooled), "Out of the Blue" (watercooled), My 4P Folding rigs, My multi GPU Folding Rigs, The Water Cooling FAQ, My 40TB Storage Server, My Folding Stats. The CM HAF XB review, the Aqualis Pro 450 review, the PrimoChill CTR Phase II Res review, the IcyDock ToughArmor 6x1 review, the 3x2 Storage Cage review, the 5x3 Storage Cage review, my Milwaukee Jobsite Backpack review, my Thermaltake Core X2 review, my CoolerMaster Storm Stryker overview. Link to DA Blogs home.

Follow me on Twitter for updates @Whaler_99

 

 

 

 

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