Whats your Slowest Cruncher [Archive]

-Acid-

10-03-2006, 03:31 PM

Hi just wonder what is everyones slowest cruncher?

mine is a Celeron 600 (laptop with 128mb, pc100 ram, Twentyfive and half hours to do one faah :slapass:

nn_step

10-03-2006, 03:36 PM

Right now I'm making a small donation with a 286DX and 8MB of Ram, still working on the First WU thus far

[XC] hipno650

10-03-2006, 03:39 PM

mine is a p3 650 with 320mb of mix and match pc100 on some asus server board. takes about 24h in windows for a faah and 21h in linux to do faah but the claims in linux are messed so it gets way less points but its all about the time!!!! i recomend to people with tanks like these to try out lunix.

[XC] MarioMaster

10-03-2006, 03:39 PM

i've got that 75 mhz pentium 1 around here somewhere..... but it's not running wcg - or anything for that matter

NickS

10-03-2006, 03:41 PM

PIII 900 w/192MB Ram @ Win2k. Just set it up today for a 24/7 Dedicated Crunch/Dimer.

[XC] leviathan18

10-03-2006, 03:42 PM

yonah 1.82ghz

-Acid-

10-03-2006, 03:48 PM

nice Nicks just make it even harder for me to catch you, just keep checking in your rear mirror as i,m a coming :)

nn_step that must do a wu every month lol

I have an old celeron 300A chip i keep as a desk trophy. (first huge Oc)
a p60 keyring

Going to rumage around drawers to see what else i can find.

nn_step

10-03-2006, 03:55 PM

[XC] riptide

10-03-2006, 03:57 PM

I have a Lappy P2 400Mhz and a P2 450 (I think) on SOB.:rolleyes: I also have a 486 75Mhz in bits in my dads house. Thing cost me IR£1100 back in 96/97. Thats about €1400 equivalent. IN todays money, perhaps €1600 :slobber: :p:

EDIT: Acid, that price was from those pirates at 'Compustore'. I'm sure you might have heard of them.

-Acid-

10-03-2006, 04:02 PM

Actually my current ETA is 2.3months :D but I plan on overclocking this beast soon :D

change the clock freq cystral from 11hz to 22hz for 100 % oc

NickS

10-03-2006, 04:09 PM

And do some vMods :D

nn_step

10-03-2006, 04:13 PM

change the clock freq cystral from 11hz to 22hz for 100 % oc
Tried that once couldn't get it stable past 16hz crystal... :-/

-Acid-

10-03-2006, 04:15 PM

lol did you lap the heatsink (all 10g worth), fit some weird thermal paste (it will never catch on,toothpaste is might was well be) and fit a 40mm delta fan.

nn_step

10-03-2006, 04:22 PM

you mean this isn't a big enough heatsink for it?
http://prohardver.hu/html/cooler/universal_coolers/zalman_cnps7700alcu_main_big.jpg

-Acid-

10-03-2006, 04:26 PM

i would have killed for a heatsink like that in dark ages of Ocing's birth, back when people didnt really know what they were doing and Ocing was a black art.
and 286 was £1200+

[XC] mysticmerlin

10-03-2006, 04:52 PM

I have a part time Mac Power Book Bronze w/ 128 ram. will do one WU a day (if they are small ones). :slap:
On the other hand just got my x2 4600+ in trade and can not wait to put that in and see what it will eat up. Then I can move the 3200+ down the line and dedicate it to WCG :woot:

rob725

10-03-2006, 04:53 PM

It's funny to think back and then see people complain about only getting 1ghz oc.

[XC] mysticmerlin

10-03-2006, 04:59 PM

It's funny to think back and then see people complain about only getting 1ghz oc.

I thought when I got my P3 500 to 550 I was the shiz :toast: back when I got my 386DX it was the shiz. Now it is less than a good type writer :(

nn_step

10-03-2006, 06:33 PM

It's funny to think back and then see people complain about only getting 1ghz oc.
Amen to that, Hell even to this day I am glad if my proc can get a 50Mhz overclock (thus I am always glad when I get a new proc even if it is a :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty stepping)

[XC] serlv

10-03-2006, 08:11 PM

Dothan at 2.250, or an XP at 2.3.

Martijn

10-03-2006, 10:34 PM

P3 800 @ 900, 1GB of ram, and a dedicated cruncher. Does one FAAH WU in ~18 hours :)

computerman0416

10-04-2006, 03:03 AM

I need to load up a hard rive in my amd thunderbird 750mhz then i can contribute ever more so slightly.

Fr3ak

10-04-2006, 06:26 AM

My slowest scruncher is a 1700+ with 2200-2400Mhz, depending on room temp hehe

L0$t Pr0PhEt

10-04-2006, 06:53 AM

mine is a core duo T2400, not that slow actually :p

brot

10-04-2006, 08:29 AM

Dual p3 800 Mhz - 512 mb ram - gentoo linux ;)

[XC]melymel

10-04-2006, 11:08 AM

My slowest is also my fastest now and that's my dothan laptop. It used to be a p3 600 but the recent lightning has taken the life off it's NIC, motherboard and worst of all my 32mb pci riva TNT :(. That was the first graphics card I'd ever bought brand new £80 and have used it near non-stop ever since, must have been about 6 years ago now :p:.

RIP RIVA!! :toast:

P.S. Does anyone know how to get boinc onto DOS. I have an Amstrad 286 "laptop" that's the same age as me here doing nothing except playing the occasional game of black and white RTCW :rofl:

phelan1777

10-04-2006, 03:42 PM

my gf's family computer @ 1.6Ghz AMD, with 512MB 168pin

If I can convince her to let me run it on her lap top, she has a P4 D @2.8ghz.

NickS

10-04-2006, 03:55 PM

my gf's family computer @ 1.6Ghz AMD, with 512MB 168pin

If I can convince her to let me run it on her lap top, she has a P4 D @2.8ghz.

Dual 2.8GHz in a Laptop = pants on fire.

phelan1777

10-04-2006, 04:23 PM

Dual 2.8GHz in a Laptop = pants on fire.

She was not to hot to the idea because after running for a little bit the Toshiba would get a little warm and the cooling fan would get a little louder, so I had to "not touch the laptoP" for a little bit.

KaptainBlaZzed

10-04-2006, 06:30 PM

Dx 1.6 LV SL6XK @ 3.1

joshd

10-04-2006, 10:35 PM

p3 600 - 256mb ram, win98

does a WU every 24 hours. :banana:

Urgent

10-04-2006, 11:23 PM

P III - 550; 256 MB; 20 GB Samsung; ATI AIW; LG Flatron 17'; Win 98 & W2K
;-)

mike047

10-05-2006, 01:02 PM

Stock XP1700 on a PcChips board, has been crunching in a dumpster pull case for about 20 months, never off except for power failure.

Has done over 300 wu's FAH for various teams, currently crunching FAH for XS:)

nn_step

10-05-2006, 01:28 PM

one question how does one report work that is finished, since I finished my first WU today and it will not report?

mike047

10-05-2006, 01:37 PM

one question how does one report work that is finished, since I finished my first WU today and it will not report?

WGC/QMC???

All BOINC clients can be reported by using the "update" function on the Projects tab.

nn_step

10-05-2006, 02:11 PM

thanks, I can't believe I forgot that.
My slowest Cruncher reported its first WU today :D

mike047

10-05-2006, 02:41 PM

thanks, I can't believe I forgot that.
My slowest Cruncher reported its first WU today :D

COOL, that's one for the old&slow:D

I am considering replacing mine with a 939, I have 41 crunchers and ABSOLUTELY no more room, so I will be upgrading from now on.

That will leave me with 2 XP2200 mobiles that are twins:D as my oldest/slowest
at about 2.3 overclock[11.5x200]. They have each done almost 500[FAH] wu's, never skip a beat. I will keep them as long as they will crunch.

meshmesh

10-05-2006, 03:05 PM

one question how does one report work that is finished, since I finished my first WU today and it will not report?
As mike said, you can use the update. However, you do not need to worry, as it will report automatically the next time it fetches new work.

-Acid-

10-08-2006, 07:11 AM

o.k my slowest died in power failure Still stying to see what i lost, few computers will not boot eek...

rob725

10-08-2006, 08:07 AM

celly 3.2

Movieman

10-08-2006, 08:29 AM

Later today my slowest will be my old trusted DX700
Supermicro S2DGU MB
2-700/2mb/100's running at 784mhz
2-512mb PC133 crucial cas2
A tank, a slow tank, but a tank..
turn it on, go away for a year and it would still be working.:D
Thought I could retire this but to get to Easynews we need everything we can get..
Anyone got any P3 xeon 900/2mb/100's laying around?
If so I will add this to the mix:
http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/pedestal/8000/SYS-8050.cfm