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My passkey is finally re-qualified for 40051, and Tanker + my personal PC, are folding for you. That will be a nice bump. SilentPCReview team, look out! 😉

The Chimp Challenge Race starting date and time has finalized at Noon (Pacific Daylight Time, April 13th (Saturday), as expected.

But first, we've got a team to pass up! Let's go get 'em!





 
Glad to have you back adak :) I'll be keeping an eye on the CC news.

I actually built another low power/cost SMP this weekend. It is an ES equivalent of a E5-2650. Idle 77W, Folding load 164W, folds at 40C (or less), and gets in the neighborhood of 35-37k+ PPD. Best part - total cost to me was $275.

CPU: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/842/20130329122316.jpg/
MB (Asrock X79 Extreme 4): http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/199/20130329165651.jpg/
Assembled:

20130330073836.jpg


It also can hold a good number of GPUs if needed someday.
 
I'm really fond of folders like that - low power, very quiet, very little heat produced, but a good amount of points, day after day.

Thanks for the pics.

Was the cpu used, then?
 


So how well is the Gaia cooler cooling that cpu. 😛

*out of all the far more impressive hardware you have in the system that I can see, I somehow lock on to the cooler first. :lol:*


Anyways, Nice build EXT.
 


It is an ES equivalent of a E5-2650

http://ark.intel.com/products/64590/

Something in theory that could run Bigadv.
 
That cooler is ridiculous overkill for this chip. The chip is used and an early ES (B0) so it doesn't line up exactly with a retail chip, but its turbos are closest to the E5-2650. It runs at 1V and 2.4 or 2.5 GHz while folding so with that cooler (which the MB likes to run near full speed - which is silent so I let it) so the chip idles in the 20's C and maxes around 40C. I am pretty impressed with the Gaia cooler. I love the mount and quality of the heatpipe region. The only thing I am not fond of is the fan mounting system. Those little rubber things weren't the easiest to get on the fan or cooler (or get off, I imagine). Once in place they work fine though. And the Gaia is so thin the fan doesn't interfere with the ram, which is nice.

I also am impressed with X79. After how much heat and power X58 made/used, X79 is great. The chipset cooler does have a fan on it, however I have never seen it come on (that is by design, it isn't just broken 😀 ). I have it set to come on at 45C, but I think it usually runs in the mid to upper 30's C.

I think mine would miss the deadlines for bigadv (too low clocked) but I bet one of the top chips (2680, 2690, or 2687W) could pull off 1P bigadv. If not, IB-E certainly will if Intel ever releases it.

Another funny little tidbit of info - that GPU, a GT 520 (the smallest Fermi you can make) is my only GPU that has a backplate (usually reserved for top end GPUs as a extra). Pointless on this card, but looks cool :lol:

The chip is currently getting 39k PPD in a 856x WU. Like adak said, I love these ones that you barely notice are folding (my Ivy is the same).

AK419, have you gotten any normal SMP on your 4P recently? I've had a few packs of them over the past week or so.
 


Well that's good to hear.

40c on load though.... That is really cool compared to a stock i7 920. :sol: (idle 30c, load 58c.)

(Sadly for me though, without adding better fan(s), under volt the cpu, use better thermal compound than what came with the cooler, and a better case, those temps are spot on for a Core i7 9xx cpu. )

Although my fan isn't running at full speed. If the sensor is correct, it varies between 1000 rpm to 1300 rpm on MB default settings. So i guess i could make it a little cooler. 😛



As for the fan mount, yeah that would be my only complaint about it as well. While it didn't take me all that long to get the fan on the cooler, it did take me a moment to get the mounts themselves on the fan.

Thought I was going to tear them apart trying to pull them though fully. (had to use pliers to get the job done.

Although the benefit of this mount it that it does reduce vibrations though... So I guess that could out weigh the difficulty. Then again, taking the mounts off the fan sounds like just a much of a chore as putting them on.

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1320198 (before the gaia but still the same mounting gear)

Oh well, Not every thing is perfect. :lol:
 


Agree on that. Although if the prices ever favor the Hyper 212 plus, I wouldn't hesitate trying that out. (I know a few weeks after I bought my gaia, it went to full price while the hyper dropped down to $20-25 range for a little while.)


58C is not bad at all. All my other normal CPUs are in that range.

I know. Just one of those things that makes me wonder how much more I could get out of the cooler....

Well, I guess if I wanted to try even cooler temps right now..... I could put on some Antec three speed case fans my dad has laying around (still trying to figure out why he got them in the first place).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835209011 (same specs but solid black with no Leds)

 
Yep, I have bunches of those Antec fans from my Antec cases and some I buy separately (I like the built in fan controller and they have lasted well so far).

As for Hyper vs Gaia, now that I have both (tons of Hypers over several revisions) it is somewhat a split. I like the motherboard mount better on the Gaia and the fan mount better on the Hyper. The heatpipes and fins are a bit of a tossup - three large HP on the Gaia and four small HP on the hyper (not sure which is better). I think the machining/polish on the base of the Gaia is a little better, though there might be a little extra space between HP.

Anyway, they are both definitely on my buy list for the future.
 
Well, for the fun of it, I did try out the antec fans on the Gaia.

First thing I'll note, On my system, It seams that fans in a Push/Pull config does not have any affect's on Idle or Load temps on a stock i7 920. That may change if I overclocked, but that'll be for another day.

2nd, Only higher CFM fans made a difference in temps but not that much. (Noise is a different story)

3th, I did take the side panel off my system so that the fans on the HS would have full access to fresh cool air giving it the best chance for low temps becuase I dont think a single side panel 80mm fan at max speed would give enough fresh air too 2 120mm fans also running at Max.


CPU core temps:
Idle: 30c no difference from any fan speed/setup

Load:
Gaia Stock: 58c

Antec:
Low: 64C
Med: 58C (same CFM as gaia at max)
High 56C


Now I was eye balling what my Evga X58 Sli 3 MB was saying about cpu temps as well. Although I only started doing that when I was testing the High settings of the fans. So I dont have numbers for low or medium speed.

Idle: 20c (house temp is set to 20c (68F))

Load:
Gaia stock: 45C
Antec: 43-44C
 


+1 Agree on that.

Also, I guess I should mention to you about the fan mounts, (now that I've had a chance to take them off and on)

I'll say that's it's actually easier taking them off than getting them on. All you have to do is pull the rubber with enough force and that's it. No need to worry about tearing them or having to squeeze them to get them out. (Although Getting the fan off the HS is a little more difficult than getting them on.)

Also I notice that once you've pulled the rubber mounts in and out a few times, it becomes easier to use. Unlike the first time around where I had to use some pliers to get them though, I could just use my fingers when I put them back on the stock fan.

Still holds the fan just as well as it did when I first put it on, just easier to get the rubber on the fan.

 
Well, the current new core and QRB has been in beta for a while. 7970 and 580 get in the 40-50k range.

Soon a new core (both Win and Linux) will be attempted (in internal beta) with a new version of OpenMM that is predicted to halve TPF (which should increase PPD a ton).
 
One more day before the startled sailors aboard the good ship "SilentPCReview", are in our wake! Tom's Hardware folding team is slowly running up toward the rare territory of the top 50 teams in the whole of FAH.

THAT is quite an accomplishment considering the size of your team, and not even HAVING a sub forum of your own (or if you do, I can't find it). Quite amazing, and well done!

I had a spectacular folding day today - 484,074 points - one of my highest one day totals ever. Such days are always followed by very low folding days, but no worries, it's expected.

Tomorrow will be my last day folding with you. I have another forum to get re-acquainted with, and then it's back to Overclockers.com to get set for the Chimp Challenge folding race. The USS Poo Flinger will be by to pitch in if you decide to race with us, right after the race has finished.

I'll be checking this thread - let me know if you have any questions about racing with OCF (32).

The new and re-designed USS Poo Flinger, and sign up thread:
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=729988


Best wishes to everyone, and to the Tom's Hardware folding team! 😉














 


Do you need to be on the beta team, or simply have the beta flag?
 
For current beta you just need the beta flag (plenty of non-beta are running and the core is pretty stable these days - though too much OC will crash it). I would recommend the newest client (7.3.6) and newest drivers. Then just add the beta extra slot option.

Internal beta (which I doubt you were talking about) is an entirely different beast.

Thanks adak1, see you again soon!
 
Sorry, should have asked this before but does it only work on 7970 and 580 (likely a stupid question)

I just picked up a 690 with intentions of replacing my 7970 but if the 7970 gets good points I might keep it, or buy another 7970 and return the 690.....

Thanks!
 


i thought the 7970s got better points but they use a lot more power as well.
 
yes, the core works on (NVIDIA) Fermi and newer and (AMD) 5000 and newer. Currently the 7970 does better than the 680, but I would keep the 690. The numbers I have seen with the newest core seem to close the gap a bit. And the 680 didn't do bad at all on the current core.
 
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