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I have been thinking about Folding for A while now but I haven't start yet due to the fact that it has been reported to decrease your computer's performance.

Here are my specs:

Intel i7 @ 3 GHz

GTX 660 SC

6GB of 1330 MHz ram ( Will be upgrading very soon)

I would list my motherboard, ect, but I doubt you will need that information. Also I would just like to say my download speed is around 15 MBs whereas my upload speed is only around 1MBs

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I'm folding now and for web browsing you won't notice much difference but i probably couldn't game when the folding is running.

                 

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Only fold if you have a server thats on 24/7. Don't keep your computer on to fold or anything like that.

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Any computer can Fold and be productive at the same time - within the Folding client (both thin and fat) is the ability to adjust the amount of CPU resource that FAH uses. In my case, I have the client set at 100% on my download box (Acer AM 1610 - Vista Basic x32, Seagare 2TB, please don't laugh - it was free); when I need to do anything, I just shut off the FAH client, do what I have to do, and resume it when I leave. Since that computer is running 24/7 it works very well. On my laptop (HP G60, Intel 510, Win8 Pro), I have it running at 70% and I don't ever notice any lack of resource. Keeping in mind, I'm not a gamer, I just like to watch movies and TV shows and surf the Web, though I don't see how the FAH client can affect your system when it's off. The only thing I recommend is to keep the Graphic OFF as it's just a useless resource-hog.

Hope that helps!

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As said - you can essentially "pause" the client when you need to do something intensive, like gaming, and resume it when not. For web browsing, email, youtube, etc, I leave mine running at full tilt.

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Another thing to keep in mind is the electricity bill that comes along with folding.

I used to fold until i got my servers, now its just to expensive to fold.

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I heard Linus talk about folding before. What is it?

http://linustechtips.com/main/forum/community-portal/folding-home-boinc/17644-folding

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Yes, your power bill may go up a bit, however, if using PC's with decent PSU's, like 80+ Bronze, Silver, Gold, etc, you shouldn't notice much of an increase. Especially with only one or two systems. I myself do notice a bit, with two dedicated servers, one server with three Hyper-V guests and two dedicated workstations. Course, I do have a mini datacenter in my crawl space. :)

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My 24/7 i5 folding system with a i5 2400 and a GTX560Ti uses 300W out of the wall.

MEH

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fold for evga 111065. 150k a month they give you 5$ 300k a month gives you 10$ a month . but you can spend only for their products on their website. i got 120 $ to use anytime and i got 40k per day of folding points on gtx 670.

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fold for evga 111065. 150k a month they give you 5$ 300k a month gives you 10$ a month . but you can spend only for their products on their website. i got 120 $ to use anytime and i got 40k per day of folding points on gtx 670.

Well I don't know what they offer for EVGA $ but it would take me something like 10 years doing nightly folding on my current rig to buy/build a dedicated Folding rig that way haha think I'll stick with this team and help out every night like I do atm :)

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fold for evga 111065. 150k a month they give you 5$ 300k a month gives you 10$ a month . but you can spend only for their products on their website. i got 120 $ to use anytime and i got 40k per day of folding points on gtx 670.

That is really interesting. I never knew people do that. (I mean pay people for folding)

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I know a few of the bigger folding groups (these guys running 4P systems and such) also have competitions with prizes... Not sure you provides the prizes. I assume some retailer or Brand more for the advertising aspect of it...

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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.

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