Because I am very lazy can you help please

[Spannerhands]

Sorry to ask but as it’s well lazy, but as I know nothing about this and I bow down to your wisdom...

 

I donate money to charity, and was thinking I really like the idea of folding@home as I would be personally sort of doing something to help…

Please can you help me build a folding rig and its only job will to fold (part of the Linus team) 24h 365 days a year…

 

Please suggest what parts will be best and give me some options…

 

Budget £2000

 

Parts I have lying around…

Half XB Case

Coolermaster 550 Case

Loads of hard drives etc…

H100i

FX8350

2 X HD7850

 

 

Thanks In advance… 

[Excon]

Wow that's very generous of you. I'm not an expert on folding so I'll let someone else suggest what's best but big thumbs up to you.

[Kayn]

you already have the essentials like the CPU and GPU so all you really need is like RAM and a power supply. RAM just get the cheapest that you can since Folding doesn't use RAM and for power supply I would go with a 750-850w to power the GPU. Oh almost forgot a motherboard also. So here is the list

 

Motherboard: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga990fxaud3

Ram: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls2kit4g3d1339ds1s00

Power supply: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-x850

 

Don't think I'm missing something but I might have (just woke up from a nap).

[Spannerhands]

you already have the essentials like the CPU and GPU so all you really need is like RAM and a power supply. RAM just get the cheapest that you can since Folding doesn't use RAM and for power supply I would go with a 750-850w to power the GPU. Oh almost forgot a motherboard also. So here is the list

 

Motherboard: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga990fxaud3

Ram: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls2kit4g3d1339ds1s00

Power supply: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-x850

 

Don't think I'm missing something but I might have (just woke up from a nap).

Thanks so that leaves a chuck of cash, would it be better to build a second folding rig or sell parts and build one super rig?

[gibbsy81]

Hopefully that should help us stay i front of the apple team.

[Spannerhands]

Hopefully that should help us stay i front of the apple team.

Well in that case I am here to help... not a fan of apple lol...

[Kayn]

Thanks so that leaves a chuck of cash, would it be better to build a second folding rig or sell parts and build one super rig?

you can probably make a rig from those left over parts and then make another rig. If electricity isn't a problems I would make another folding rig after the spare parts rig and start a farm and climb the ladder.

[Spannerhands]

Right done some reading, what about a farm

you can probably make a rig from those left over parts and then make another rig. If electricity isn't a problems I would make another folding rig after the spare parts rig and start a farm and climb the ladder.

I can put this in a serviced office, so wont be paying any electric lol

[Spannerhands]

Whats the best cpu & gpu combination? For second rig it can be the basis for a farm, will build a custom rack so I can keep adding to it... but whats the best bang for buck?

[Kayn]

Right done some reading, what about a farm

I can put this in a serviced office, so wont be paying any electric lol

Basically multiple computers you're using to fold is a farm. And since you're not paying for electicity I would go ahead and make another dedicated folding rig, Should make sure that you can keep it there since folding draws more power and produces a good amount of heat.

[Kayn]

Whats the best cpu & gpu combination? For second rig it can be the basis for a farm, will build a custom rack so I can keep adding to it... but whats the best bang for buck?

Unless you have a 4p folder, GPUs will give you more points than CPU folding. With the price of the 7950 and 7970 are really low now I would try to find them since they give Nvida a run for their money on core17 WUs. 

[Spannerhands]

Unless you have a 4p folder, GPUs will give you more points than CPU folding. With the price of the 7950 and 7970 are really low now I would try to find them since they give Nvida a run for their money on core17 WUs.

Thanks for all your help, 4p looks like fun, and whalers rig looks very cool, whats the cost of something like that?

[Kayn]

Thanks for all your help, 4p looks like fun, and whalers rig looks very cool, whats the cost of something like that?

thats a question best answered by Whaler_99

[Spannerhands]

thats a question best answered by Whaler_99

 

Well looked into it, and its expensive LOL

 

But have contacted a friend to see if they are doing any upgrades on G4 socket  CPU's could get lucky and score some cheap amd opterons...

 

For a laugh my FX9590 rig is currently folding.. 100% CPU temp 46 and stable...

[Whaler_99]

Yes, 4P can get a bit pricey, but if you can find used gear, they will produce more PPD then any Windows/GPU comparable box. 

 

For a second machine, go with a low end CPU, a mobo that has a bunch of PCIe lanes, I like the MSI-Z77x-GD65 myself. Then buy up 7970 or 7950. Look around for deals and/or used parts to. This can maximize your potential.