What components for a F@H rig?

[jits h]

Hey guys,

Been wanting to make a dedicated F@H rig for sometime now, as my main rig is AMD based but too slow. But never come across the chance to do it. There is some help I need though, for instance, what brand/power rating PSU would be best? I've had a look around but I for my F@H rig I do not want to be spending a fortune. Also need some help on RAM, what RAM would be the best? And does ram really matter when folding?

Also, what CPU's/GPU's would be good for folding but not cost quite a lot?

Also forgot to add, would a stock cooler for a CPU be ok in maintaining decent temps?

[stevenwright6379]

long term is is more efficient to have a multi CPU set up (SR2 for example) but this obviously comes with a much greater up front cost.

best i would say is go for a decent brand of PSU (corsair for example) doesn't matter if it is bronze, silver, gold or platinum rated but the higher the better.

ram doesn't really matter so so whether it is slow DDR2 like 800MHz or DDR3 at 2000MHz it makes no difference.

you could always go for a old dual xeons workstation off ebay they tend to go quite cheap and have a lot of power

for GPUs i would suggest at the moment a GTX560Ti is the best performance per watt card and a couple of them brought used make for epic PPD though they are like gold dust if buying used (bare in mind that the cards can run on PCI-E2.0 x4 and still not get a drop in PPD).

stock heatsink should be fine if you aren't overclocking but then it depends on the CPU you would end up getting

hope this helps

[jits h]

Originally Posted by Mr. Strawberry

long term is is more efficient to have a multi CPU set up (SR2 for example) but this obviously comes with a much greater up front cost.

best i would say is go for a decent brand of PSU (corsair for example) doesn't matter if it is bronze, silver, gold or platinum rated but the higher the better.

ram doesn't really matter so so whether it is slow DDR2 like 800MHz or DDR3 at 2000MHz it makes no difference.

you could always go for a old dual xeons workstation off ebay they tend to go quite cheap and have a lot of power

for GPUs i would suggest at the moment a GTX560Ti is the best performance per watt card and a couple of them brought used make for epic PPD though they are like gold dust if buying used (bare in mind that the cards can run on PCI-E2.0 x4 and still not get a drop in PPD).

stock heatsink should be fine if you aren't overclocking but then it depends on the CPU you would end up getting

hope this helps

Thanks for the reply

At the moment, Although I do really want a SR2 setup I simply cannot afford that at the time being, Im probably going for a single CPU setup. What CPU would give good enough PPD aside from the xeons?

[Firat]

Intel i7 3930k ! OC that and you'll get high PPD!

[jits h]

Originally Posted by Wise_Silencer (Firat)

Intel i7 3930k ! OC that and you'll get high PPD!

I wish I could afford that then I wouldn't have a problem finding a CPU

[stevenwright6379]

best single CPUs will be any of the i7s 1st and 2nd gen

obviously the faster you get the higher the PPD

[jits h]

Just out of curiosity would a dual chipset server motherboard work for folding? Its the cheap alternative I see to a SR2

[stevenwright6379]

I was just using the SR2 as a example as it is a well known dual CPU board other will work fine as long as it allows more than 1 CPU

[hmmblah]

Originally Posted by mini me

Just out of curiosity would a dual chipset server motherboard work for folding? Its the cheap alternative I see to a SR2

Yes it'll work, but you won't be overclocking on most server or workstation boards.

[jits h]

Originally Posted by hmmblah

Yes it'll work, but you won't overclocking on most server or workstation boards.

I don't usually overclock my components anyway, just leave them be Think I might have to go for a server board then