Seti farms: Hobby or obsession?
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kittyman     Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51583 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 
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Wish me Luck! About to go fire the new quad up for the first time. Going to name it Betsy. :) Let 'er rip!!! "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." 
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Seahawk  Send message Joined: 8 Jan 08 Posts: 937 Credit: 8,157,029 RAC: 5
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Well the old man can still build a PC! The quad fired right up and is installing Ubuntu 7.10 right now. Might be crunching before the night is over. I used to be a cruncher like you, then I took an arrow to the knee. ID: 708633 · |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51583 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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Well the old man can still build a PC! The quad fired right up and is installing Ubuntu 7.10 right now. Might be crunching before the night is over. Let me know what happens when you start to OC that puppy...er, kitty. What cpu cooler and mobo did you choose, and did you get a G0 stepping? "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."
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Geoff Send message Joined: 12 Aug 06 Posts: 42 Credit: 2,646,785 RAC: 0
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i just finished building and am installing the os on my second quad right now. the second one in less than a month. i think i might have a problem. ID: 708684 · |
 Arych  Send message Joined: 20 Oct 99 Posts: 18 Credit: 141,650,178 RAC: 244
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Great... Now I don't know where I fall in this banter! 150 PC's......254 Cores..... 99% are authorized....In one manner or another... Healthy? Obsessed? Enigma wrapped up in a conundruum? Who's to tell!?!? ~Arych Team U.S.Air Force ~Arych 
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51583 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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Great... LOL.......our RACs are about the same..... You are doing it with 150 PCs, I am doing it with 8... Who is the more obsessed?? Hmmmmmmm.....a conundrum...LOL. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."
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Fred J. Verster  Send message Joined: 21 Apr 04 Posts: 3252 Credit: 31,903,643 RAC: 0 
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One or two machines crunching on idle: casual user. That's why you are a /thé F O R U M MODERATOR (^_^) You know your 'audience'. 'See',ya all later, F Got to go to SETI CITY right now ;) 
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ChrisD Send message Joined: 25 Sep 99 Posts: 158 Credit: 2,496,342 RAC: 0 
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Great... My guess will be that it is the one who is paying the power bill out of his own pocket ;) ?? Seriously, how much power does Your 8 machines toll Your power bill? No offence intended.. I have 2 hosts running only, although I could start a couple of machines more, but my budget says stop. :( Happy crunching :) ChrisD ID: 708986 · |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51583 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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Great... I'd say about $200.00/month for the crunchers...it's gonna get a bit tough when the weather warms and I have to run AC 24/7 to keep the house cool enough to keep them online..... "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."
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AndrewM Send message Joined: 5 Jan 08 Posts: 369 Credit: 34,275,196 RAC: 0 
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Perhaps if you ask nicely, the crunchers will let you and the kitties move into their cool house with them. roflmao. AndrewM ID: 709080 · |
John Clark  Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 
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I guess I am similar, but at a lower level to Mark. I have 2 Quads on SETI and 2 other rigs on Einstein The power bill seems to be between £50 and £75 per month (say $100 5o $150 per mnonth).. At least there is no A/C issue in the summer. It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues  
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Seahawk Send message Joined: 8 Jan 08 Posts: 937 Credit: 8,157,029 RAC: 5
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Update on the quad... Named it Betsy, first cow on the SETI@Home farm. The hardware is all running fine under Win XP Pro but Ubuntu is giving me fits. I am sorry wingmen for hanging 7 WU out into space on the first install attempt. G0 Q6600 cooled by a AC Freezer Pro 7 GA-G31M-S2L MB, 2gig PC800 ram Currently have an ide 80gig HD and CD/DVD-R installed. These will be replaced by 2 sata HD in raid 0 and a sata DVD-R/W. Not going to O/C this rig for now but will be running Crunch3r's apps. I haven't given up on running Ubuntu. I think most the problems are with the onboard video. May end up buying a cheapo ATI video card and disabling the onboard video. Will have to see. Shadara(my kitty) says Meow! I used to be a cruncher like you, then I took an arrow to the knee. ID: 709145 · |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51583 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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Update on the quad... Good luck with your efforts...... The kittie say meoooowwww to Shadara......(great name for a kitty)! "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."
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Daniel  Send message Joined: 21 May 07 Posts: 562 Credit: 437,494 RAC: 0
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Update on the quad... I have the EXACT same motherboard with an e4500, overclocking is easy on this mobo, but I cant POST over 3.0ghz. The onboard video is absolute crap and killed windows whenever I installed the drivers. I have a new video card coming in tomorrow to solve that. XFX 7400gs from Newegg for cheap with a rebate to boot. Daniel  ID: 709171 · |
UL1  Send message Joined: 20 Nov 06 Posts: 118 Credit: 21,406,060 RAC: 0 
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Fpr my part I'd say... ...obsession... ;) ID: 709190 · |
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ChrisD Send message Joined: 25 Sep 99 Posts: 158 Credit: 2,496,342 RAC: 0
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I tend to remember a user in London who's flat were electrically heated. A bit expensive these days, but he would be the ideal landlord for a bunch of crunchers, if he could stand all the noise. :) With so many crunshers having heat problems in the summer season, it might be a good idea creating a thread with practical ideas on how to cool Your crunchers best and most power efficent. Ideas Folks? ChrisD ID: 709238 · |
JLDun  Send message Joined: 21 Apr 06 Posts: 574 Credit: 196,101 RAC: 0
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With so many crunshers having heat problems in the summer season, it might be a good idea creating a thread with practical ideas on how to cool Your crunchers best and most power efficent. Not exactly practical on a wide scale, but do what I do- I have 1 laptop located in the basement (a former Rec. Room, now a "guest bedroom"); it (Room Temperature) is consistently about 10 Deg. F. lower than the Upper Level.  
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Carlos  Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 31897 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157
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I quess that's another fact that push on over in to the obsession cat-agory. Do you have a dedicated AC system to keep your computers running? I do. 
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Josef W. Segur Send message Joined: 30 Oct 99 Posts: 4504 Credit: 1,414,761 RAC: 0
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With so many crunshers having heat problems in the summer season, it might be a good idea creating a thread with practical ideas on how to cool Your crunchers best and most power efficent. North - South teams? Ship the computers to the southern hemisphere in April, back north in October. Joe ID: 709453 · |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51583 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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The only other thought I have had was to transfer the farm from my living room into the cooler basement....but I have doubts that the heat sinking abilities of the concrete basement walls could keep things cool down there... might have to experiment with it in the next few months.... Maybe moving just a few of them down there would cut the heatload in the main living space down a bit. Would have to invest either in some cables long enough to snake upstairs to my kvm or some wireless or other solution to communicate with them..... And reboots when they crash would require trekking down to the basement... Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."
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