Best value for F@H

[Bob__]

So I see a bunch of servers on ebay but IDK whats a good deal. Im hoping for abt 1.2K ish give or take like a couple hundred. I think I wanna go for GPU's not CPU's right? Im in the US if anyone wants to find smth

[Bob__]

And I forgot to include this but is it worth it to get a used mining server

[Blqckqut]

6 minutes ago, Bob__ said:

So I see a bunch of servers on ebay but IDK whats a good deal. Im hoping for abt 1.2K ish give or take like a couple hundred. I think I wanna go for GPU's not CPU's right? Im in the US if anyone wants to find smth

Just get a 7900xt

[Bob__]

1 minute ago, Blqckqut said:

Just get a 7900xt

will it be faster than a dedicated rig just for mining

[Blqckqut]

Just now, Bob__ said:

will it be faster than a dedicated rig just for mining

idk im just quoting you

[Bob__]

Just now, Blqckqut said:

idk im just quoting you

thats my advice for most people but AMD is kinda shit for folding, I was just wondering if I should get a server the only ones in my price range are kinda sketchy tho

[Blqckqut]

1 minute ago, Bob__ said:

thats my advice for most people but AMD is kinda shit for folding, I was just wondering if I should get a server the only ones in my price range are kinda sketchy tho

you could watch this video

 

theres probabmly some suggestions here

 

also why do u recomend 7900x instead of 7900xtx? 7900xt is barely an improvement over the 6950xt anyway

[Bob__]

1 minute ago, Blqckqut said:

you could watch this video

 

theres probabmly some suggestions here

 

also why do u recomend 7900x instead of 7900xtx? 7900xt is barely an improvement over the 6950xt anyway

cause a lot of people just dont have the budget for a 7900 xtx but I agree with u

[spaghet rat]

do the thing you were talking about like running 20 latops

[Blqckqut]

1 minute ago, Bob__ said:

cause a lot of people just dont have the budget for a 7900 xtx but I agree with u

its better to get a 6950xt for 200 bucks less than a 7900xt for about 10% dip in performance

[Bob__]

Just now, spaghet rat said:

do the thing you were talking about like running 20 latops

they are not power efficient enough and its too much work

[Bob__]

3 minutes ago, Blqckqut said:

its better to get a 6950xt for 200 bucks less than a 7900xt for about 10% dip in performance

maybe but thats assuming that the 7900xt's drivers wont get better in the future like the 6000 series did

[Blqckqut]

1 minute ago, Bob__ said:

maybe but thats assuming that the 7900xt's drivers wont get better in the future like the 6000 series did

i mean im sure amd can pull something out their ^ like they did with 6000 series but judging their current gpu driver updates ignoring all the things that people genuiny want fixed idk if they want to

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Go buy some old nvidia or amd mining gpus, them p106-102 are going for dort cheap

[Bob__]

1 minute ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Go buy some old nvidia or amd mining gpus, them p106-102 are going for dort cheap

what would they get in folding and also what should I run them in, I only have like a couple PCIe slots on my MB

[Chachunka]

What's your budget? Target PPD (points per day)? Your cost of electricity? Why are you buying a server? CPU is not effective/efficient for folding. Any older desktop with adequate PCIe slots and power supply for the GPU(s) will do the job.

 

For example, my cost of electricity is very high so I upgraded to the RTX 40-series since they're quite efficient.

 

Here's a lovely resource to give you an idea of different GPU PPD output and also power efficiency. https://folding.lar.systems/gpu_ppd/overall_ranks_power_to_ppd

[Bob__]

2 minutes ago, Chachunka said:

What's your budget?

think I said that in the original post but its 1.2K give or take a couple hundred

2 minutes ago, Chachunka said:

Target PPD (points per day)?

more than the 500K I'm getting with my current setup, ideally the most possible

3 minutes ago, Chachunka said:

Your cost of electricity?

0, I'm 14

3 minutes ago, Chachunka said:

Why are you buying a server?

To fold and other server stuff, maybe game hosting and screwing with things. I want a server because it seemed like the best bang for the buck

4 minutes ago, Chachunka said:

CPU is not effective/efficient for folding. Any older desktop with adequate PCIe slots and power supply for the GPU(s) will do the job.

I don't have that rn, I'm 14 and the only one I have is my current PC which has like 1

 

[Chachunka]

Given your situation and budget, my suggestion would be to upgrade your existing PC. Put in a 4070TI ($800) and if you need to, upgrade the power supply for it. You'll be doing probably at least 8 million PPD with that one card and you'll be able to do some solid gaming on the side.

 

If you want a server to mess around with, make sure you do some research on them. For example, rack mount servers are designed for dedicated server rooms or data centers. Noise is not a concern in those enviornments but I'm sure someone at home will mind if there's a screaming banshee in the garage.

[Bob__]

24 minutes ago, Chachunka said:

upgrade the power supply for it

is a EVGA 1000 G6 enough?

 

24 minutes ago, Chachunka said:

If you want a server to mess around with, make sure you do some research on them. For example, rack mount servers are designed for dedicated server rooms or data centers. Noise is not a concern in those enviornments but I'm sure someone at home will mind if there's a screaming banshee in the garage.

K thanks, but also are there any server options? Also I've heard things of doing smth with the inverse of sounds canceling them out? is this possible with good speakers and the servers