Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. lol, I had just seen that and was coming here to post it. Gratz all!
Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. Gone crossfire. Gigabyte 7970 Ghz. Here's a crappy pic: (imported from here)
Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. Going to try out folding later. And all this is running off a 650w psu. Just to show that it can be done and you don't need 8000 jiggawatts for two gpus.
Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. Man, my 550w PSU can't handle my system. IDK whats wrong.
Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. what brand? there are some that slap on "1KW OF RAW POWEEERERRRRRR" an put out like 200w
Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. Is it by any chance in a plain grey metal wrapper? Do you happen to know the model? The reason mine can handle this is simply because its a quality unit.
Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. Nope and nope. Turns out it isn't the PSU, but something else pretending to be a PSU issue. It's a rosewill HIVE, not the best, but not bad. I get random shutdowns and hard locks during folding and kerbal space program, while both pull well under 300w. Nothing is overheating, I am sad because I have NO IDEA! *crys It's been over a week of this crap, and I still have no idea.
Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. it's broken give it to me. Try running some passes of memtest 86+ for fun - - - Updated - - - Also, I was thinking of making a computer out of these things: http://www.amazon.com/MSI-MicroATX-...id=1385441525&sr=1-1&keywords=fm2+motherboard (maybe a diff mobo. With micro atx fit in a fullsize atx case?) http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Processor-AD640KOKHLBOX-Technology-Virtualization/dp/B00CPLGFM4/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1385166892&sr=1-2&keywords=amd+apu http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-1600...=UTF8&qid=1385441413&sr=1-1&keywords=ddr3+ram http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Builder-Series-Watt-CX430/dp/B0092ML1SC/ref=pd_sim_sbs_pc_2 good enough for beamng and some folding?
Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. Could easily be your motherboard going. P55 mobo's are hard to find these days
Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. Especially m-atx ones. :\ It could also be my GPU or HDD though. This system is driving me crazy. @moose Looks ok, but you know me. If you can, go intel or at least FX processor. I have no idea how APU's would fold.
Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. Apu's fold decently well, as would any FX. For the gaming side of things an FX processor is just as good as intel and do better in situations with streaming. I used an 8350+990FX for a bit while building one of my friends rigs, I noticed absolutely no difference in day-day or gaming from my i7 3770K. The cpu isn't really the part that games are bound to nowadays, put all available budget left in a good discrete gpu whenever doing a build and you will come out fine. Not to mention the 8350 is 100-130$ cheaper than the intel cpu with equivalent threads. All I'm saying is that people need to stop ragging on something they haven't even had the chance to use having just read some bullshit intel biased benchmarks. Taka a look at this. /endrant @Moose Yes you can put an m-atx mobo in an atx case, that's what I have done. Also ditch that shitty power supply. Get one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Seasonic-80PL...f=sr_1_10?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1385482056&sr=1-10
Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. I wanna try and use my crappy pc to try and fold, just for the heck of it. What would be a good way to make sure my computer doesn't explode?
Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. Just monitor the temps while running it. Check them every once in a while to see if you have any problems, but everything should work just fine
Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. I don't know about my PSU (Coolmax 500w) but it doesn't cause any problems and seems to be a fairly good PSU. Even though people report it stop working after a year or so I've had mine for a year (It was my dad's for 2 or so years before that) and it still seems to be going good. Started folding now.
Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. I'd fold but it's already warm enough in my room :| I can open the window but the fans are still loud as hell.
Re: Folding @ Home, Seti @ Home and other DC projects. That's what headphones are for. They get rid of the noise from fans.
