F@H rig

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8bitbreed

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Hows this for a cheap, dedicated F@H rig,

AMD FX-4 4100 Black Edition 4 Core 3.6Ghz £89.84

Asus M5A97 PRO 970 £78.03

Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX £17.77

Casecom K5-7688 £22.98

Corsair 430W V2 CX £34.80

XFX HD 5450 512MB £25.26

Be Quiet Shadow Rock Pro £32.99

£310

Im not fanatical about F@H (atm) I just like the idea of helping to unwrap the mysteries behind human genetics, and being part of a massive supper computer.
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Any good? or could i get better for the money. Would stretch another hundred if it was worth it.
 
If it was me & i was going with AMD i'd bag a X6 or if it was Intel i'd grab the cheapest i5 i could, 2300/2310/2320 etc

Also i'd ditch the ATI 5450 & use a 8800GT or above
 
For a rig that is supposed to run 24/7 i'd look closer on power efficiency and there i'd say an i3 will give you about the same performance and price with a way better efficiency. Unless you get power for free
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For a dedicated folding rig the more cores the better. Also, nVidia is the way to go for GPU folding.
 
8bit said:
yep power is free. so what would be the best platform for around £400. i have os and hdd's.
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Copy my main rig but without all the peripherals and use a lower end case (1090 + Crosshair IV + cheap dual channel ram) Then just bung in a 650w PSU and add a mid range Nvidia card, perhaps a 460 or 470
 
The Protocol said:
Copy my main rig but without all the peripherals and use a lower end case (1090 + Crosshair IV + cheap dual channel ram) Then just bung in a 650w PSU and add a mid range Nvidia card, perhaps a 460 or 470
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Im not going to get an x6 am3+ platform rig for the money i am willing spend on it, if i was to spend more, then i would just go for 2600k setup.

my budget is around 400
 
8bit said:
Im not going to get an x6 am3+ platform rig for the money i am willing spend on it, if i was to spend more, then i would just go for 2600k setup.

my budget is around 400
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For a whole system or for just the processor? If you can get an entire 1155 rig for £400 you're laughing (including graphics card)
 
I'd go for a 560Ti as the GPU. Gives about 13k PPD, and sells for about £180.

Did a quick scout around Aria, and came up with this (quickcodes in brackets):

ARIANET Avenger Midi Tower Gaming Chassis - £19.99 (47468)

Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz - £88.79 (43839)

Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Mobo - £79.98 (45563)

Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DCII/2DI/1GD5 DirectCU II 1024MB - £164.99 (43564)

600W Corsair Builder Series 600CX V2 Power Supply - £54.71 (44572)

Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX Blu Memory Kit CL9 1.65V - £19.58 (47167)

Total = £428.04

Pretty sure with a bit of looking around and tweaking you could get that down to £400.
 
nothingspecial said:
I'd go for a 560Ti as the GPU. Gives about 13k PPD, and sells for about £180.

Did a quick scout around Aria, and came up with this (quickcodes in brackets):

ARIANET Avenger Midi Tower Gaming Chassis - £19.99 (47468)

Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz - £88.79 (43839)

Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Mobo - £79.98 (45563)

Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DCII/2DI/1GD5 DirectCU II 1024MB - £164.99 (43564)

600W Corsair Builder Series 600CX V2 Power Supply - £54.71 (44572)

Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX Blu Memory Kit CL9 1.65V - £19.58 (47167)

Total = £428.04

Pretty sure with a bit of looking around and tweaking you could get that down to £400.
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Nice, thanks. is the i3 good enough or would you recommend an i5. I'm not to bothered about the money really, i just didn't want to spend 1000s on a rig I'm never going to use.
 
8bit said:
Nice, thanks. is the i3 good enough or would you recommend an i5. I'm not to bothered about the money really, i just didn't want to spend 1000s on a rig I'm never going to use.
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Not sure what the folding is like on either TBH. Can only suggest having a look around to see what the gain is in folding points.
 
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