Low Powered F@H Rig

[AxJaWz]

Hey guys! I was just wondering what would be the best custom built F@H rig for £500. Its just for CPU folding so graphics card isn't that big of a requirement.

just wondered what would get the best PPD.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[ruthless_villain]

But gpu ppd is ftw

 

[AxJaWz]

So what CPU/GPU system would get the most. Any CPU/GPU suggestions?

 

[ruthless_villain]

gtx 460s are the most bank for buck, or a gtx 480 from aria but not exactly low powered, im not sure about cpus

 

[I Hunta x]

2nd hand 1366 i7 920/930/950 + mobo/ram can be had pretty cheap nowadays (200-250 or so total if you keep an eye out) and the cpu alone at 3.8-4 should pull in around 20k ppd, not sure if the pointing system has changed on the big adv WU's as i havent been folding/keeping tabs on it for a while.

Would be super easy to drop in a gtx 460 or 2 for another 10-13k give or take per card at a later date.

 

[AxJaWz]

yeah I noticed that earlier and will keep that in mind. thanks for the help.

 

[kilobravo]

An i7-950 @ 4.0ghz will give you 25-28k ppd,should be possible to find cpu+decent mobo for 200-250£. 2nd hand X58 sabertooth sell for less than 100£ here in denmark,you should be able to find one in u.k. area.Only drawback is,you would need a nh-d14 or similar.

 

[yuri04]

At the moment the best 'bang for the buck' is definitly not in the GPU PPD, it's in the Multi CPU rigs. High cost to start off with but PPD/Watt is alot better. Also if you've got 12 cores (reported by OS) or more you can get the 'new' big-bigadv WU's, which get you loads of PPD.

in terms of a 500 pound rig, the best bang for the buck is an 2600K (capable of regular -bigadv) or any higher performing LGA1366 CPU (the 6c/12t variants) if you could find one.

a GPU gets some nice PPD aswell however running it is more expensive than just a CPU. Do be aware that you will need some good cooling.

Ow, just a small disclaimer... the Pande group is constantly working on this project and the points that are awarded. In the future there might be a QRB (Quick Return Bonus) for the GPU's aswell, which may cause them to get a better PPD than large multi CPU systems. When and if this will happen is still unclear though.

 

[AdrianD2]

May I ask why you are Folding? Are you doing it just to help others? Or is there something I'm missing about f@h?

 

[kilobravo]

We are folding,to help finding cure for cancer,altzheimer and manny other dreadful deseases.

Here is a link,postet a few days ago,

http://forum.overclo...olding-results/

Edit:Here is a server status from stanford only related to F@H, gives you an idea how big folding is

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/pybeta/serverstat.html

 

[AxJaWz]

Yeah it is a great competition of such to cure all these diseases. now days F@H teams are rivalries.

What about processors like AMD 12 cores?

 

[kilobravo]

They are great for folding,but so is the pricetag also.1 new amd opteron 6172 cost 700£ .2 or 4 cpu`s are needed for good setup.

 

[AxJaWz]

I remember aria had opteron 8 and 10 cores both for under £200. They vanished off the site though