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by crashtech
Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:40 am
Forum: The Market
Topic: 3900X on [H] for $350
Replies: 1
Views: 6685

3900X on [H] for $350

I'd jump on it immediately if I hadn't spent so much already on computer-related stuff this month!

https://hardforum.com/threads/fs-amd-39 ... r.2005579/
by crashtech
Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:58 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Lucky me...
Replies: 2
Views: 7829

Re: Lucky me...

I don't want to piss in your Wheaties, but I have never heard anything good about daytrading as a long-term money maker. It's a little like winning at Vegas, most of us need to learn when to walk away. The big boys have powerful computers located as close to the stock exchange as possible to get ahe...
by crashtech
Fri Dec 18, 2020 10:36 am
Forum: The Market
Topic: FS: Complete EPYC 7452 1P and 2P system
Replies: 5
Views: 10554

Re: FS: Complete EPYC 7452 1P and 2P system

Yeah, my sights are by necessity set a bit lower.
by crashtech
Wed Dec 16, 2020 1:39 am
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used CPU Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 16637

Re: Used CPU Discussion

In my usual un-scientific and impulsive way, I found a pair of E5-2690 v4 CPUs for $450. I should be able to get about $150 for the pair of E5-2678 v3's, so this is a ~$300 experiment. I will get slightly better IPC, 300 MHz more speed at full load, 8 more threads, and possibly lower power consumpti...
by crashtech
Mon Dec 07, 2020 9:45 am
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used CPU Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 16637

Re: Used CPU Discussion

Yes, in fact on the dual socket Xeons I leave a minimum of 2 logical cores for the GPU, sometimes more depending on the project. At other times it does not seem to matter how few cores I try to use for a CPU project, the GPU is impacted unless CPU computing is suspended. It's not always like that, a...
by crashtech
Mon Dec 07, 2020 1:40 am
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used CPU Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 16637

Re: Used CPU Discussion

I wish I could remember when the performance penalty was observed. It occurred while running a GPU and CPU contest simultaneously, something I don't think that you do often or at all, StefanR5R . But I have to try to keep my compute power relatively compact, so every PC must have at least one powerf...
by crashtech
Sun Dec 06, 2020 3:51 pm
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used CPU Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 16637

Re: Used CPU Discussion

Which projects are you running that the Xeon is falling short on? I'm running an RTX 2070 on a Xeon E5-2670V3 and I've never noticed it not keeping the GPU at 100% or projects running slower than my 2070 in a Ryzen machine. I'm running a 3070 off of a used i5 6400 and it seems to run great. Well, I...
by crashtech
Sun Dec 06, 2020 3:47 pm
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used CPU Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 16637

Re: Used CPU Discussion

I think the best bang for your buck Distributed Computing CPU will be AMD Ryzen based CPUs. Even first generation such as the 1950x or the first generation epyc CPUs. They're cheaper than Intel based on core count alone and usually have more cores than Intel does which distributed computing can uti...
by crashtech
Sun Dec 06, 2020 2:22 pm
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used CPU Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 16637

Used CPU Discussion

I thought it might be useful to have a catch-all thread to discuss used CPUs, particularly which ones currently represent the best value for DC. To begin, I have two dual CPU Xeon E5-2678v3 systems that I have been thinking of replacing. Due to space constraints, I need all my rigs to run at least o...
by crashtech
Fri Nov 20, 2020 9:23 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Cellarnoise2 - post 3 ....
Replies: 10
Views: 16221

Re: Cellarnoise2 - post 3 ....

Hi @cellarnoise2, welcome!
by crashtech
Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:46 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: More bad news from Arecibo Observatory
Replies: 7
Views: 12511

Re: More bad news from Arecibo Observatory

Oh, man. What a disaster this year has been.
by crashtech
Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:40 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [WCG] November Update: Smash Childhood Cancer
Replies: 2
Views: 3286

Re: [WCG] November Update: Smash Childhood Cancer

I wonder if I need to keep my eye on the hosts then, they are currently set for only SCC.
by crashtech
Sat Nov 14, 2020 1:29 pm
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used Nvidia GPU Market
Replies: 44
Views: 53927

Re: Used Nvidia GPU Market

I don't think I would want to deploy a large quantity of them. I need to keep transitioning to more powerful GPUs as I am space and power constrained at this point. Really the interesting unit is the P104-100, at least you get 1070 level performance with it. But those are not as common.
by crashtech
Fri Nov 13, 2020 11:01 pm
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used Nvidia GPU Market
Replies: 44
Views: 53927

Re: Used Nvidia GPU Market

I'm trying to win a few of those 1060 "mining only, no video output" cards myself. let me know how well they do. I'm trying to build a rig with 8 of them. I finally had a chance to get it setup tonight. So far - I'm pretty impressed. I paid $54 including tax and shipping. I have it curren...
by crashtech
Fri Nov 06, 2020 10:27 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Your [H]umble friend
Replies: 5
Views: 11150

Re: Your [H]umble friend

Well, hello there @pututu! Welcome to our humble lair!
by crashtech
Sun Nov 01, 2020 11:26 am
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used Nvidia GPU Market
Replies: 44
Views: 53927

Re: Used Nvidia GPU Market

Icecold , yes, I bought it on the [H] forum. Seller seems legit, he was very responsive and has some other Nvidia 10 series cards as well. I'm needing to move up from 1070-level performance though as I have power constraints now. What I'd like to see are cards like 2070 Super and 2080 come down to ...
by crashtech
Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:41 pm
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used Nvidia GPU Market
Replies: 44
Views: 53927

Re: Used Nvidia GPU Market

Yeah, I think I had an itchy trigger finger.
by crashtech
Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:46 pm
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used Nvidia GPU Market
Replies: 44
Views: 53927

Re: Used Nvidia GPU Market

So I just picked up a used 1080ti for $350. Seems like a decent value.
by crashtech
Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:30 pm
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used Nvidia GPU Market
Replies: 44
Views: 53927

Re: Used Nvidia GPU Market

Wrong thread!
by crashtech
Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:21 am
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used Nvidia GPU Market
Replies: 44
Views: 53927

Re: Used Nvidia GPU Market

I bought one of those output-less miner cards that was supposed to be the equivalent of a 1070, but was not able to get it to work. Probably it was just defective, but I'm afraid to try again.
by crashtech
Tue Oct 20, 2020 3:22 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Broke my phone pretty badly...
Replies: 25
Views: 35264

Re: Broke my phone pretty badly...

I'm sure they run into plenty of people who are dumb or don't want the hassle of swapping. I guess I can't blame them for trying to max out profits, but one has to wonder if it's a kind of racket where they send whatever is in stock even if it's wrong and try to fix it later.
by crashtech
Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:33 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Broke my phone pretty badly...
Replies: 25
Views: 35264

Re: Broke my phone pretty badly...

Never heard of them but I feel for you. I got a new phone a few weeks back and it arrived without the case that I ordered, but I activated it and used it anyway. Within two days the slim slippery sucker had fallen out of my pocket and I ran it over with a creeper. Broke the screen, first time for me...
by crashtech
Wed Oct 14, 2020 4:39 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: SashleyCatty
Replies: 3
Views: 4870

Re: SashleyCatty

Yeah, I hope the DC subforum over at AT rolls out the red carpet for them! :mrgreen:
by crashtech
Wed Oct 14, 2020 1:59 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: SashleyCatty
Replies: 3
Views: 4870

SashleyCatty

Does anybody know SashleyCatty? They're putting out some good numbers at WCG.
by crashtech
Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:47 pm
Forum: Forum Issues
Topic: Default site theme changed
Replies: 5
Views: 11196

Re: Default site theme changed

I like that you have done that. There's been a few times when I logged in at night from one of my many PCs and my eyes had to put up with a brief blast of white. No more! :D
by crashtech
Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:37 pm
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used Nvidia GPU Market
Replies: 44
Views: 53927

Re: Used Nvidia GPU Market

That would indicate that the 3070 will actually sell north of $600? Either that, or the 2080ti is not that great a value at $550...
by crashtech
Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:12 am
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used Nvidia GPU Market
Replies: 44
Views: 53927

Re: Used Nvidia GPU Market

Third, there remains the question whether or not Asian* cryptotoken mining farms will consider the 30 series useful for themselves ( * = i.e. the ones which would wheel truckloads of devices right out of the back gates of the factories). I'm not up to date if these farms are fully working with ASIC...
by crashtech
Sat Sep 12, 2020 12:26 am
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used Nvidia GPU Market
Replies: 44
Views: 53927

Re: Used Nvidia GPU Market

Yeah, I guess we'll see! It sure throws my annual planning for the Winter Folding race into flux. It's still early, though.
by crashtech
Fri Sep 11, 2020 11:03 am
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used Nvidia GPU Market
Replies: 44
Views: 53927

Used Nvidia GPU Market

As more info comes out about the highly disruptive RTX 3000 series release, I've heard that many 2080ti owners are dumping their GPUs, but the information available makes it seem as if they would need to be had for less than $500 to be a good value. They are nowhere near that right now, afaict. It'd...
by crashtech
Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:23 pm
Forum: Tripping the Breakers
Topic: Hardware RIP Thread
Replies: 20
Views: 31238

Re: Hardware RIP Thread

Well, I don't think that one owed you anything!