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- Sun Apr 25, 2021 3:07 pm
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: big coolers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 30533
Re: big coolers
Somewhat related, I would like to find 120mm fans that have durability as their main feature. MTBF is not a spec that is found often when shopping for fans. The priorities in order for 90% of my fan needs: 1. Long life 2. Air flow 3. PWM 4.Noise Last time I searched for dual ball bearing PWM fans, v...
- Thu Apr 15, 2021 4:03 pm
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: Cost of building the site.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 173411
Re: Cost of building the site.
Looks like a little over $220/month if amortized out over 2 years. I'm willing to sign up for a monthly payment of a percentage of that, if we can get enough others to help.
- Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:41 pm
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: Server ordered
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22385
Re: Server ordered
Good ol' Westmere! I'm not sure if you will need 32GB, but 4GB is a little light. IIRC, that's a 3-channel memory system, so the optimal memory config would probably be 12, 24, or 48GB for all channels populated evenly.
- Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:48 am
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: New domain, possibly
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13572
Re: New domain, possibly
Good point!
In my ignorance, perhaps I'm overly cautious.
In my ignorance, perhaps I'm overly cautious.
- Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:02 am
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: New domain, possibly
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13572
Re: New domain, possibly
I figured you might be trying to avoid copyright issues, but I don't even know if a volunteer computing project out of Berkeley would even be copyrighted, and even if so, our use of it would probably be allowed if it was not for profit.
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:52 pm
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: New domain, possibly
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13572
Re: New domain, possibly
b-games is alright, but now that you mention it, I like boincgames since it is much less ambiguous.
- Sun Mar 28, 2021 11:13 am
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: b-games.org
- Replies: 21
- Views: 33513
Re: b-games.org
Wow, lots of great ideas! I don't think I can even add anything to it, except perhaps to create a GoFundMe when the time comes to help pay for the site design.
- Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:23 pm
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: b-games.org
- Replies: 21
- Views: 33513
Re: b-games.org
I'm gonna have to think about this one for a while!
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 1:09 pm
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: 3-2021 Big Core Options under $2,000.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 44834
Re: 3-2021 Big Core Options under $2,000.
I have had good luck with CPUs, but not perfect luck. I've had quite a few Haswell Xeons get to me with at least one memory channel bad. Looking at prices, performance, and power use, according to my little spreadsheet, the best bang for the buck is simply the 3700X right now. All the Zen3's and Ze...
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:45 am
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: 3-2021 Big Core Options under $2,000.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 44834
Re: 3-2021 Big Core Options under $2,000.
I have had good luck with CPUs, but not perfect luck. I've had quite a few Haswell Xeons get to me with at least one memory channel bad. Looking at prices, performance, and power use, according to my little spreadsheet, the best bang for the buck is simply the 3700X right now. All the Zen3's and Zen...
- Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:48 am
- Forum: The Camp Fire
- Topic: Near miss: "2001 FO32" passing the 3rd rock from the sun
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13404
Re: Near miss: "2001 FO32" passing the 3rd rock from the sun
"Bend over and kiss your ass goodbye."
- Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:20 pm
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: 3-2021 Big Core Options under $2,000.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 44834
Re: 3-2021 Big Core Options under $2,000.
I like your premise and I want to follow your progress. As far as I could tell last time I looked, Epyc hardware was just too expensive for me. First-gen Naples CPUs are at a disadvantage due to their essentially half-speed AVX2 operation. Second-gen Epyc are really good, but are still pretty expens...
- Sun Mar 21, 2021 1:11 pm
- Forum: The Camp Fire
- Topic: Near miss: "2001 FO32" passing the 3rd rock from the sun
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13404
Re: Near miss: "2001 FO32" passing the 3rd rock from the sun
One of these days, our luck will run out!
- Mon Mar 15, 2021 12:49 am
- Forum: Distributed Computing News
- Topic: [iThena] First summary of a major SBG Strasbourg incident
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1876
Re: [iThena] First summary of a major SBG Strasbourg incident
Wow, that's crazy! Everybody keep an offsite backup!
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:53 pm
- Forum: Distributed Computing News
- Topic: [TN-Grid] World Gene Expansion Challenge 2021
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6682
Re: [TN-Grid] World Gene Expansion Challenge 2021
I for one will leave TN-Grid in your capable hands, @StefanR5R, and see about running it at a later time when demand for work is lower.
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:26 pm
- Forum: Distributed Computing News
- Topic: [TN-Grid] World Gene Expansion Challenge 2021
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6682
Re: [TN-Grid] World Gene Expansion Challenge 2021
Right now it is somewhat difficult to receive tasks. I was heating the home with TN-Grid lately. I'll tweak my setup now and check back tomorrow whether or not I will have to switch to some other project. This would indicate that we may not need the entire TeAm to participate. If you wish to contin...
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:33 pm
- Forum: Distributed Computing News
- Topic: [TN-Grid] World Gene Expansion Challenge 2021
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6682
Re: [TN-Grid] World Gene Expansion Challenge 2021
It overlaps slightly with the Sierpinski Birthday Challenge, I think. I'd want to learn about whether enough work will be available, and what the task deadlines are. But I am tentatively in if the TeAm want to join. Edit: Looks like 5 day task deadlines, so that would be when to start "bunkerin...
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 10:35 pm
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: Low power video card
- Replies: 47
- Views: 127368
Re: Low power video card
Oh, in that case, I'll take 2.
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 1:42 pm
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: Low power video card
- Replies: 47
- Views: 127368
Re: Low power video card
@Fardringle, I'll get to the back of the line for one of those. I don't really have a use case for one atm, but would not mind having one in the drawer.
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:09 am
- Forum: The Camp Fire
- Topic: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging
- Replies: 25
- Views: 54196
Re: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging
Somewhere I had read that the EU spent more time negotiating price than some other countries, and this affected its place in the queue for vaccines. I don't know if there's any truth to that.
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 3:51 pm
- Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
- Topic: MLC@Home Cuda app is CPU limited
- Replies: 8
- Views: 23164
Re: MLC@Home Cuda app is CPU limited
So something odd has popped up for me now that I have had time to look at what MLC@Home is doing. It looks like I can get better max GPU utilization in Windows(!) Linux seems to top out around 80% with no CPU going, but Windows can exceed 90%. Can anyone corroborate this?
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:05 pm
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: Low power video card
- Replies: 47
- Views: 127368
Re: Low power video card
I struggle to envision just what the point would be.
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 1:55 pm
- Forum: The Camp Fire
- Topic: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging
- Replies: 25
- Views: 54196
Re: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging
Did we not eradicate polio?
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 1:11 pm
- Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
- Topic: Remote access of networked machines
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24945
Re: Remote access of networked machines
@Skillz, I'd be interested to know if you can alter resolution when accessing a Linux box.
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:12 am
- Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
- Topic: Remote access of networked machines
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24945
Re: Remote access of networked machines
@Skillz, are you simply using SSH or do you use remote desktop software? Typically what you will get without a dummy plug is 640x480 resolution if you remote into the dektop.
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:01 am
- Forum: The Camp Fire
- Topic: Broke my phone pretty badly...
- Replies: 25
- Views: 58882
Re: Broke my phone pretty badly...
The dark side of 2FA. I don't have any plan in place to recover that stuff...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:59 pm
- Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
- Topic: Remote access of networked machines
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24945
Re: Remote access of networked machines
Anydesk is the same re dummy monitor plugs
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:20 am
- Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
- Topic: Remote access of networked machines
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24945
Re: Remote access of networked machines
The only real problem I have had with AnyDesk is that sometimes it is really laggy, especially at the login screen. Often I have my Mint boxes reject my password because I'm typing too fast. I have to literally type no more than one character per second when this occurs. It's only that bad at the lo...
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:59 pm
- Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
- Topic: Linux: How to disable mitigations for CPU vulnerabilities
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22861
Re: Linux: How to disable mitigations for CPU vulnerabilities
We need nitrous for PCs!
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 1:35 pm
- Forum: Distributed Computing News
- Topic: [PrimeGrid] Good Riddance 2020! Challenge starts January 14th
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4960
Re: [PrimeGrid] Good Riddance 2020! Challenge starts January 14th
@crashtech The i7-8700K only has 12MB of L3 cache. Each DIV task currently requires 3.5MB, therefore its not able to run all tasks from L3 cache alone. Try running 3 tasks of 4 threads. Great job in the challenge by the way ;) Aww, crap. I forgot about the stupid anemic cache! Thanks, and thanks! :)