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Message 1760581 - Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 5:33:26 UTC - in response to Message 1760576.  

Sure, I get the whole ego thing. But if you can't afford it, that doesn't mean you have to bow out entirely.

And why not? Seems sensible if you can't afford to run 'em.


Because not being able to run them 24/7 =/= being able to afford them at all. Sure, if you really can't afford to run them at all, then don't run them at all, but obviously that is not the angle I'm making.
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Message 1760601 - Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 6:22:51 UTC

I am perfectly content to run the software on a single AMD cpu with 4 cores. My computer stays on 24/7 and runs the software when I am absent. I may not have the highest scores but I feel I am making a contribution and not putting myself in the poor house.
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Message 1760610 - Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 6:31:24 UTC - in response to Message 1760581.  

Sure, I get the whole ego thing. But if you can't afford it, that doesn't mean you have to bow out entirely.

And why not? Seems sensible if you can't afford to run 'em.


Because not being able to run them 24/7 =/= being able to afford them at all. Sure, if you really can't afford to run them at all, then don't run them at all, but obviously that is not the angle I'm making.

So? Weather they can afford to crunch 24/7 with everything or just an hour a day on a single core is irrelevant, they've made the decision to stop crunching. For me I say "glad to have had you around Spud and enjoying crunching as much as I have, and hope to see you again in the future".

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Message 1760615 - Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 6:38:56 UTC

I'm crunching on My cpu, I'll be back to crunching with a gpu soon after a few parts arrive from the Russian Federation, last time the tracking was running, the parts had left the Vnukovo International Airport in Krasnoyarsk Siberia via Russia Post.
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Message 1760793 - Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 17:48:08 UTC - in response to Message 1760610.  
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And why not? Seems sensible if you can't afford to run 'em.


Because not being able to run them 24/7 =/= being able to afford them at all. Sure, if you really can't afford to run them at all, then don't run them at all, but obviously that is not the angle I'm making.

So? WeatherWhether they can afford to crunch 24/7 with everything or just an hour a day on a single core is irrelevant, they've made the decision to stop crunching.


No, it is quite relevant. Is it possible the decision was made in haste? Is it too late to change one's mind? If it is really breaking his heart to bow out, I'm suggesting a way to remain. Of course, I don't know Spud's predicament, but I don't see the harm in making a suggestion.

For me I say "glad to have had you around Spud and enjoying crunching as much as I have, and hope to see you again in the future".


And for me, I'd rather see if I can find ways to keep people around if they're willing or able to stay.
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Message 1760798 - Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 18:00:34 UTC - in response to Message 1760793.  

And for me, I'd rather see if I can find ways to keep people around if they're willing or able to stay.

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Message 1760803 - Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 18:09:17 UTC

“It is the greatest of mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little. Do what you can.”
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Message 1761967 - Posted: 3 Feb 2016, 19:31:10 UTC

Another thing to consider is scrapping out the old machines, via ebay or such, to add funds to the new PC pool. It might only be 5 or 10 for an old CPU, RAM, or MB. However it can add up if you have the time.
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Message 1762261 - Posted: 4 Feb 2016, 19:07:35 UTC

DELL PowerEdge T20

saw this server system on amazon.uk :)

cost 195 pounds plus package in the uk.

E3-1225V3 cpu, on passmark has 7027 Passmark-points.

CPU drains only 84 watts got 4 Threads/cores.

Sell what ever u can.

But i know about a rule in UK , that no private person have to sell
electronics ? Is that right ? Then sorry...
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Message 1762428 - Posted: 5 Feb 2016, 10:39:30 UTC - in response to Message 1762423.  

But i know about a rule in UK , that no private person have to sell
electronics ? Is that right ? Then sorry...

I don't understand what you mean. Everybody buys and sells on Ebay, new and second hand, whereas Amazon is usually for companies only.

The UK has strict safety rules, primarily for electrical equipment designed to operate at mains supply voltages, but provided it's safe, there's no rule against private sales.

Second-hand electrical goods
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Message 1762436 - Posted: 5 Feb 2016, 11:54:56 UTC
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So its not a good idea -> to sell eight of his power supply units for 5 pounds each plus postage and package in the UK.

Or i am again wrong ?

The linked guideline is ...impressive.
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Message 1762449 - Posted: 5 Feb 2016, 12:49:45 UTC - in response to Message 1762436.  

I see no problem with selling power supply units, if you mean the standard PSUs designed to be mounted inside computer/server cases. Provided they are sold 'as manufactured' (completely enclosed, so you can't touch the live electrical parts, and with a grille covering the moving fan blades), there's no safety risk.
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Message 1762760 - Posted: 6 Feb 2016, 5:05:10 UTC
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Well dicitions have been made.

Here a second sell stragety:

If u dont sell the systems complete, sell the mainboard socket 775 seperatly.
Here in germany (Amazon) there are high valued.

And the atx cases ... think , forget them if they not modded style.
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Message 1762954 - Posted: 6 Feb 2016, 19:05:19 UTC - in response to Message 1762796.  

If u dont sell the systems complete, sell the mainboard socket 775 seperately. Here in germany (Amazon) there are high valued.

It also depends which chipset they have as well, some are only i845 for pentium 4's. For Quads and above you want i965 and above.

That is true. The specs for the 775 board can matter a lot for some. Personally I've been trying to track down a 775 board with a P45 chipset, DDR3, & dual PCIe slots.
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Message 1763088 - Posted: 7 Feb 2016, 7:27:35 UTC - in response to Message 1763084.  
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I have been thinking about the stuff I have and the stuff that has been donated to me thanks to you folk kind folk on hear. I have a lot of stuff hear I could use such as Socket 775 Motherboards and Duel Core CPU with that board as I pulled it from a working System. Its DDR 2 and the down side is its a Pentium but a Cuel Core.

I have everything to get a new system up and running except a PSU and Chassis to keep everything safe and housed.

So I'm thinking when I'm paid a new Chassis with Power Supply "instead" of a New MoBo Bundle.

What do you think as its a Pentium Duel Core running a 5850 ATI. I'll get a Fully Modular PSU and I've checked the Card against the board and it fits fine. I even have the back plate.

Hears the board.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/ConRoe1333-D667%20R1.0/

I'm not sure which Pentium you're looking to use, but the best CPU I see out of that lot is the Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3110 @ 3.00GHz. That is a 64 bit Wolfdale Xeon, easily clockable to around 3.5GHz and should fit in that ASRock board witout any trouble. Here is the CPU, http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/Intel-Xeon%20E3110%20-%20EU80570KJ0806M%20-%20AT80570KJ0806M%20%28BX80570E3110%29.html
Shame the board can't use a Quad core, so the Wolfdale Xeon is probably the best CPU for the board.
OH, when you get it running with Ubuntu 14.04 use this package, http://www.arkayn.us/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=191.0;attach=832
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Message 1763113 - Posted: 7 Feb 2016, 12:24:41 UTC
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ehm, are there other identifyable mainboards in stock ?
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Message 1763144 - Posted: 7 Feb 2016, 17:18:13 UTC
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DELL PowerEdge T20

Sold out for 195 pounds on amazon.co.uk . what a mess. In europe
we must pay approximatly 400 €...
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Message 1763163 - Posted: 7 Feb 2016, 18:07:34 UTC - in response to Message 1763088.  

I have been thinking about the stuff I have and the stuff that has been donated to me thanks to you folk kind folk on hear. I have a lot of stuff hear I could use such as Socket 775 Motherboards and Duel Core CPU with that board as I pulled it from a working System. Its DDR 2 and the down side is its a Pentium but a Cuel Core.

I have everything to get a new system up and running except a PSU and Chassis to keep everything safe and housed.

So I'm thinking when I'm paid a new Chassis with Power Supply "instead" of a New MoBo Bundle.

What do you think as its a Pentium Duel Core running a 5850 ATI. I'll get a Fully Modular PSU and I've checked the Card against the board and it fits fine. I even have the back plate.

Hears the board.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/ConRoe1333-D667%20R1.0/

I'm not sure which Pentium you're looking to use, but the best CPU I see out of that lot is the Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3110 @ 3.00GHz. That is a 64 bit Wolfdale Xeon, easily clockable to around 3.5GHz and should fit in that ASRock board witout any trouble. Here is the CPU, http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/Intel-Xeon%20E3110%20-%20EU80570KJ0806M%20-%20AT80570KJ0806M%20%28BX80570E3110%29.html
Shame the board can't use a Quad core, so the Wolfdale Xeon is probably the best CPU for the board.
OH, when you get it running with Ubuntu 14.04 use this package, http://www.arkayn.us/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=191.0;attach=832


The Xeon chip is probably going to be a bit pricey due to the Xeon name. Fortunately there's nothing inherently special about the Xeons except they are validate for dual-socket SMP, which is not needed on a single-socket board.

A slightly faster chip is the Core 2 E8600 Wolfdale dual-core CPU clocked at 3.33GHz. This Core 2 has all the same specs as the Xeon (since they are both Wolfdales), excepting dual-socket and ECC RAM support.

Otherwise the E8500 is the exact same chip as the Xeon E3110, spec for spec (once again excepting dual-socket support and ECC RAM support).
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Message 1763166 - Posted: 7 Feb 2016, 18:20:15 UTC - in response to Message 1763163.  

I have been thinking about the stuff I have and the stuff that has been donated to me thanks to you folk kind folk on hear. I have a lot of stuff hear I could use such as Socket 775 Motherboards and Duel Core CPU with that board as I pulled it from a working System. Its DDR 2 and the down side is its a Pentium but a Cuel Core.

I have everything to get a new system up and running except a PSU and Chassis to keep everything safe and housed.

So I'm thinking when I'm paid a new Chassis with Power Supply "instead" of a New MoBo Bundle.

What do you think as its a Pentium Duel Core running a 5850 ATI. I'll get a Fully Modular PSU and I've checked the Card against the board and it fits fine. I even have the back plate.

Hears the board.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/ConRoe1333-D667%20R1.0/

I'm not sure which Pentium you're looking to use, but the best CPU I see out of that lot is the Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3110 @ 3.00GHz. That is a 64 bit Wolfdale Xeon, easily clockable to around 3.5GHz and should fit in that ASRock board witout any trouble. Here is the CPU, http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/Intel-Xeon%20E3110%20-%20EU80570KJ0806M%20-%20AT80570KJ0806M%20%28BX80570E3110%29.html
Shame the board can't use a Quad core, so the Wolfdale Xeon is probably the best CPU for the board.
OH, when you get it running with Ubuntu 14.04 use this package, http://www.arkayn.us/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=191.0;attach=832


The Xeon chip is probably going to be a bit pricey due to the Xeon name. Fortunately there's nothing inherently special about the Xeons except they are validate for dual-socket SMP, which is not needed on a single-socket board.

A slightly faster chip is the Core 2 E8600 Wolfdale dual-core CPU clocked at 3.33GHz. This Core 2 has all the same specs as the Xeon (since they are both Wolfdales), excepting dual-socket and ECC RAM support.

Otherwise the E8500 is the exact same chip as the Xeon E3110, spec for spec (once again excepting dual-socket support and ECC RAM support).

According to his computer list he Already has the E3110, http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=7500244 That makes it very cheap, also, if you look at the run times it blows the doors off of his Pentium D.
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Message 1763179 - Posted: 7 Feb 2016, 18:44:17 UTC - in response to Message 1763166.  

I'm not sure which Pentium you're looking to use, but the best CPU I see out of that lot is the Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3110 @ 3.00GHz. That is a 64 bit Wolfdale Xeon, easily clockable to around 3.5GHz and should fit in that ASRock board witout any trouble. Here is the CPU, http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/Intel-Xeon%20E3110%20-%20EU80570KJ0806M%20-%20AT80570KJ0806M%20%28BX80570E3110%29.html
Shame the board can't use a Quad core, so the Wolfdale Xeon is probably the best CPU for the board.
OH, when you get it running with Ubuntu 14.04 use this package, http://www.arkayn.us/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=191.0;attach=832


The Xeon chip is probably going to be a bit pricey due to the Xeon name. Fortunately there's nothing inherently special about the Xeons except they are validate for dual-socket SMP, which is not needed on a single-socket board.

A slightly faster chip is the Core 2 E8600 Wolfdale dual-core CPU clocked at 3.33GHz. This Core 2 has all the same specs as the Xeon (since they are both Wolfdales), excepting dual-socket and ECC RAM support.

Otherwise the E8500 is the exact same chip as the Xeon E3110, spec for spec (once again excepting dual-socket support and ECC RAM support).

According to his computer list he Already has the E3110, http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=7500244 That makes it very cheap, also, if you look at the run times it blows the doors off of his Pentium D.


Is it a Pentium D (Netburst based) or a Pentium Dual-Core (Core 2 based)? Either way, yeah the Xeon 3110 beats both. I hadn't realized he already had it.
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