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by ollie1983
Mon Jul 31, 2017 6:41 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Guidance for building a folding dedicated computer
Replies: 95
Views: 51476

Re: Guidance for building a folding dedicated computer

I was intending to let the CPU do some work as well, as it only consumes a measly 140 watts.

With that CPU and 2 1080ti what sort of PPD are we likely to achieve? I would like to nudge 1 million if possible?
by ollie1983
Mon Jul 31, 2017 5:56 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Guidance for building a folding dedicated computer
Replies: 95
Views: 51476

Re: Guidance for building a folding dedicated computer

I will probably stick with an Asus Sabertooth X99, I have had a range of Sabertooth MBs in the past and they are unstoppable and are designed for the grief. I am not well versed in the latest CPUs, is the 6850K with it's 6 cores going to be a good choice for folding, does the client take advantage o...
by ollie1983
Mon Jul 31, 2017 5:11 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Guidance for building a folding dedicated computer
Replies: 95
Views: 51476

Re: Guidance for building a folding dedicated computer

Hello again guys

What would you do, so far I have penciled a build in for about £3000

Haswell-E X99, 6850K under a Corsair 240mm liquid cooler.

16GB of DDR4 RAM from Kingston

The big I am not sure about is the GPU department.

Would you recommend 2 x GTX 1080 or a single GTX 1080ti by itself?
by ollie1983
Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:52 am
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Guidance for building a folding dedicated computer
Replies: 95
Views: 51476

Re: Guidance for building a folding dedicated computer

Ive got a water cooling loop in my existing PC. It is good because heat from the CPU is dumped straight out of the case and not recycled etc.

I will definitely look at the X79 Asus/SW platform. Thanks.
by ollie1983
Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:46 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: When will the folding at home project finish?
Replies: 6
Views: 1930

Re: When will the folding at home project finish?

Thank you, so in theory a modern rig could be usefully employed for the next 10 years and still make a worthwhile contribution in that time?
by ollie1983
Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:28 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Guidance for building a folding dedicated computer
Replies: 95
Views: 51476

Please advise, hoping to build a dedicated folding machine

As I have posted in the newbie section, I am looking to build or buy a fairly brutish PC to fold with. It might get some VR gaming as well eventually. I am thinking along the lines of an X99 platform (probably Asus Sabertooth), i7 6850K CPU and probably a GTX 1080ti slotted on. Am I going along the ...
by ollie1983
Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:19 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: When will the folding at home project finish?
Replies: 6
Views: 1930

When will the folding at home project finish?

Please excuse me for the bone questions, I am completely new to folding, having only recently learned about distributed computing and began folding on my own gaming machine only yesterday. Since then I have been discussing the project with my father law whom is a (formerly very senior) retired docto...