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alan2308 · 04-23-2008, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Slckevin

Thats all??

Well, that and the 1.2 million we gain per day.

reider · 04-24-2008, 01:24 AM

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Just need to start recruiting new members to help the cause. Hopefully soon I can find sometime to get my quad going, going to have to order a new psu for it as my other one I had doesn’t fit in the case. Any recommendations?

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Originally Posted by alan2308

Antec Earth Watts 380 Watt PSU $29.99 plus free shipping at newegg. Promo code EMCAECCBA good through 4/28. We're stocking up over at the [H].

It really depends on what else beside the quad you're installing in your box. If you are going to OC the quad, you can expect your motherboard+CPU to consume up to 250W. If you install high-end graphics - that's another 100W+ (double that number for CrossFire or SLI). Drives and fans another 100W. After adding up wattages for all the hardware you're going to install - purchase a PSU that is rated at least 50% higher. As far as brands go - the only two brands I never had problems with were Antec and Corsair.

Slckevin · 04-24-2008, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by reider

It really depends on what else beside the quad you're installing in your box. If you are going to OC the quad, you can expect your motherboard+CPU to consume up to 250W. If you install high-end graphics - that's another 100W+ (double that number for CrossFire or SLI). Drives and fans another 100W. After adding up wattages for all the hardware you're going to install - purchase a PSU that is rated at least 50% higher. As far as brands go - the only two brands I never had problems with were Antec and Corsair.

Thank you.. think im going to get a 650w. Just have to wait for newegg to ship. I wanted to try out my Dell psu but doesnt fit in the case to test it out, and didnt want to test it otherwise. I just hope this is the issue.

alan2308 · 04-24-2008, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by reider

It really depends on what else beside the quad you're installing in your box. If you are going to OC the quad, you can expect your motherboard+CPU to consume up to 250W. If you install high-end graphics - that's another 100W+ (double that number for CrossFire or SLI). Drives and fans another 100W. After adding up wattages for all the hardware you're going to install - purchase a PSU that is rated at least 50% higher. As far as brands go - the only two brands I never had problems with were Antec and Corsair.

Yea, I didn't see QUAD in the post when I replied. But still, a bare quad folder is being quoted at 185W at 3.6GHz. I believe that is running NotFred's folding cd so no vid card or hd.

Slckevin · 04-24-2008, 03:11 AM

Yeah it will be folding a lot but Im throwing in a 8800gts a 750gb hd. Want to get into photo and video editing before I have kids so I already have it mastered. But can go wrong with helping the cure for cancer while Im learning how to do things. Going to have lots of free time to figure this out once I finishing passing a series 63.

AlaskaDon · 04-24-2008, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Slckevin

Yeah it will be folding a lot but Im throwing in a 8800gts a 750gb hd. Want to get into photo and video editing before I have kids so I already have it mastered. But can go wrong with helping the cure for cancer while Im learning how to do things. Going to have lots of free time to figure this out once I finishing passing a series 63.

Sounds pretty much like the box that I just built. Q6600, P5K-E, 8800 GTS, 500 GB HDD, and a DVD-RW. That's all I have installed, but was a little concerned at first with only having a 500W psu. It's handling the load fine, but I think I would prefer a 650W also. I'm running 7 fans plus the Zalman in a big Thermaltake tower case

melikefish · 04-24-2008, 04:18 PM

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If you are going to OC the quad, you can expect your motherboard+CPU to consume up to 250W.

Yep I've got the Zalman ZM-MFC2 fan controller with realtime power meter; I've never gone over 210W under full load/folding on my Q6600 G0 which is oc'd to 3GHZ; 8GB ram, 2x1TB hd, and lots of fans

I'm running linux with no gui. I'll also agree both that if you have a high-end graphics card you will need to have more power, and going 50% higher is a good idea. However I personally may switch over to the Antec earthwatts 380PSU - am using a Zalman 650 now, and think it is a waste (will move it to a system with higher end graphics).

Slckevin · 04-26-2008, 03:05 AM

Woohoo well got the quad up finnaly. But only thing is I have to use my old Dell hdd (though it is a seagate.. which is the same type as I just got, just a 750g instead of a 80g)which is the only hdd which it can see. It doesnt see the Dvd drive yet, or when I stick in a PCI wireless card. There was already WinXP installed on the hdd... But least I can see some progress. soon it will be a folding machine!

AlaskaDon · 04-27-2008, 11:12 PM

Just thought I would post some info for anybody that is scratching their head over what their PS3 is currently doing. Mine is currently working on a work unit that is taking over a day to complete, yet looks like it is one of the work units that gives only 125 points. It even has the same project number as the old 125 point work unit, or appears to anyway.

In reality, if you look at Current Project under Info, you will see that the project number is really 4044, not what is currently showing on the main display. It's actually worth 1200 points rather than 125 points that you would normally get, so no worries there

Shin-Ra · 04-27-2008, 11:36 PM

Not far off the top 90 now (91) but it's going to take more than a week to get there according to kakaostats.

alan2308 · 04-28-2008, 01:01 AM

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Not far off the top 90 now (91) but it's going to take more than a week to get there according to kakaostats.

Don't even bother with the stats right now. They've been messed up all week, the servers are getting killed by all the little dinky work units out there right now.

It looks like everything is back to normal today, but we thought that once last week too.

phlydude · 04-28-2008, 02:12 PM

Yeah...it seemed odd that I was getting blanks for extended periods of the day for a while there. Getting large WUs all over except on my work PC

actionhank · 04-28-2008, 02:37 PM

Just got a 2 day WU on my PS3. Wonder how many points that'll be

Aaron · 04-28-2008, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by actionhank

Just got a 2 day WU on my PS3. Wonder how many points that'll be

Around 2,000 points

reider · 04-28-2008, 03:53 PM

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Around 2,000 points

I hope Stanford gave generous deadlines for these huge PS3 WU's... otherwise all our "casual" folders wouldn't be able to complete them in time and get credited.

alan2308 · 04-28-2008, 04:26 PM

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I hope Stanford gave generous deadlines for these huge PS3 WU's... otherwise all our "casual" folders wouldn't be able to complete them in time and get credited.

These giant units were supposed to be for people who set their PS3 for advanced mode. Are you guys seeing any of them on standard?

sj001 · 04-29-2008, 01:32 AM

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Around 2,000 points

Nice, just wrapped one of these up the other day.

actionhank · 04-29-2008, 02:22 AM

2000 points awesome

, wasn't the PS3 limited to 1000 points a day before? Or was that just a rumor?

j_rocca42 · 04-29-2008, 02:56 AM

Anyone run F@H on their PC? Iv'e been running it on mine for the blu-ray.com team for the last few days and it rocks. I get a lot done running it when I'm gone for work.

actionhank · 04-29-2008, 02:58 AM

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Anyone run F@H on their PC? Iv'e been running it on mine for the blu-ray.com team for the last few days and it rocks. I get a lot done running it when I'm gone for work.

Yup I run it on my PC, laptop and 2 PS3s

I am worried though on the hit our PPD will take once GTAIV is released tomorrow

04-26-2008, 03:05 AM	#1188
Slckevin Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Clearfield, UT Blu-ray collection:42	Woohoo well got the quad up finnaly. But only thing is I have to use my old Dell hdd (though it is a seagate.. which is the same type as I just got, just a 750g instead of a 80g)which is the only hdd which it can see. It doesnt see the Dvd drive yet, or when I stick in a PCI wireless card. There was already WinXP installed on the hdd... But least I can see some progress. soon it will be a folding machine! Last edited by Slckevin; 04-26-2008 at 03:10 AM.

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Slckevin Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Clearfield, UT Blu-ray collection:42	Yeah it will be folding a lot but Im throwing in a 8800gts a 750gb hd. Want to get into photo and video editing before I have kids so I already have it mastered. But can go wrong with helping the cure for cancer while Im learning how to do things. Going to have lots of free time to figure this out once I finishing passing a series 63.

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AlaskaDon Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Tennessee Blu-ray collection:-	Just thought I would post some info for anybody that is scratching their head over what their PS3 is currently doing. Mine is currently working on a work unit that is taking over a day to complete, yet looks like it is one of the work units that gives only 125 points. It even has the same project number as the old 125 point work unit, or appears to anyway. In reality, if you look at Current Project under Info, you will see that the project number is really 4044, not what is currently showing on the main display. It's actually worth 1200 points rather than 125 points that you would normally get, so no worries there

04-27-2008, 11:36 PM	#1190
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	Not far off the top 90 now (91) but it's going to take more than a week to get there according to kakaostats.

04-28-2008, 02:12 PM	#1192
phlydude Power Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Winter Garden, FL USA Playstation ID: phlydude Blu-ray collection:132 Trading Score:1	Yeah...it seemed odd that I was getting blanks for extended periods of the day for a while there. Getting large WUs all over except on my work PC

04-28-2008, 02:37 PM	#1193
actionhank Senior Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Las Vegas, Nevada	Just got a 2 day WU on my PS3. Wonder how many points that'll be

04-29-2008, 02:22 AM	#1198
actionhank Senior Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Las Vegas, Nevada	2000 points awesome , wasn't the PS3 limited to 1000 points a day before? Or was that just a rumor?

04-29-2008, 02:56 AM	#1199
j_rocca42 Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Recording live from somewhere Blu-ray reviews:17 Trading Score:13	Anyone run F@H on their PC? Iv'e been running it on mine for the blu-ray.com team for the last few days and it rocks. I get a lot done running it when I'm gone for work.

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