Will this be useful for folding?

[Clanscorpia]

I have an old PC lying around I thought I could use for folding so will it work/do much? And I have 3 choices in GPUs, what should I choose?

 

Specs:

i5-2300 - 2.8 GHz

6GB DDR3 RAM

WD Green 1.5 TB

GPU choice: Radeon HD 3450, nVidia G100

 

Thanks

[FAQBytes]

Every bit is useful, but don't expect to see a very high PPD. You'll be expecting between 20-30k PPD.

[byalexandr]

We need a banner on the F@H subforum that says, "Every PC is useful for folding."

[vanished]

Every bit is useful, but don't expect to see a very high PPD. You'll be expecting between 20-30k PPD.

I think that's a very high estimate.  I get around 55k PPD with a 4770k and a GTX 660.  Those video cards are basically nothing, so counting only the CPU, you'd probably be looking at around or a little under 10k PPD

[FAQBytes]

I think that's a very high estimate.  I get around 55k PPD with a 4770k and a GTX 660.  Those video cards are basically nothing, so counting only the CPU, you'd probably be looking at around or a little under 10k PPD

I've seen where people get about 10k ppd with the CPU, can't find anything about the GPU, but I assume it would get about 10-15k. I might be a little generous, but I don't think it is incredibly far off.

[FAQBytes]

 

I have an old PC lying around I thought I could use for folding so will it work/do much? And I have 3 choices in GPUs, what should I choose?

 

Specs:

i5-2300 - 2.8 GHz

6GB DDR3 RAM

WD Green 1.5 TB

GPU choice: Radeon HD 3450, nVidia G100

 

Thanks

 

I think that's a very high estimate.  I get around 55k PPD with a 4770k and a GTX 660.  Those video cards are basically nothing, so counting only the CPU, you'd probably be looking at around or a little under 10k PPD

 

Alright, changing estimate to 10-15k PPD.

[vanished]

I've seen where people get about 10k ppd with the CPU, can't find anything about the GPU, but I assume it would get about 10-15k. I might be a little generous, but I don't think it is incredibly far off.

Actually I misspoke - I get around 65k.  But point being those GPUs are a tiny fraction of the power of mine, and mine is getting ~50k, so I'd expect those (if they are even supported, and that is a big if) to get 5k or less.

[Clanscorpia]

Alright, changing estimate to 10-15k PPD.

What are PPD?

[vanished]

What are PPD?

points per day.  It's a measure of how much folding work your computer can do in a day.

[Wander Away]

What are PPD?

points per day. 

[Clanscorpia]

Thats a lot