Why set up a GPU farm.. do they push PPD much better than CPU's?
Yea I have a great system. could only get slightly better. but the GTX280's run so hot that I'd rather have my 260. I had a 280 that got aorund 105c, and up to 109c in games so i went down to this. saved the leftovers and it went towards my new shiny amazing CPU. Oh and sorry to hear about the 8800GT.

Well I see all yours guys points here. I have this great system and might as well put it to use. I do a lot with it. Like I said above. I game, I encode, burn DVD's. Bench, Play many many games. I buy/sell on ebay. I help manage a forum. I actually also teach people how to achieve medium/high overclocks on Intels at another site. lol. but other then that I've spent all this time and money getting this thing up, and just like you guys have said. OK. I've finally got over 19k in Mark06.. now what. lol. Get another 260 and push for 4.4 Ghz then get 22k.. Wont do me the least bit of good.. give me a e-peen. oh well.
And yes, my grandpa was very close to me. He was the nicest man I've ever known.

Also, I'm not trying to sound mean, Selfish, or offend/upset anyone here with this. but even though i have this machine and all. & should put it to use. I also think. I've spent ALL this money on this. Learned so many things. use it daily. Something like a 100% 12/7 or 24/7, or even 24/5 loading up the computer.. that would severely shorten the life of the system right. Not trying to be selfish, but you see my point. this all cost a pretty penny. What type of wear and tear does folding add to your system overall.. Oh and here is even a better question. How much did your power bills rise with running this. As mine is already high enough. I live in vegas, It's a hot desert but finally cooling down. these past months for summer my power bill was around $340 or so a month. thats SOO high, I freaked when I saw $365.
I know thats a lot of the AC. so soon it wont be that high, but how much would that rise doing a 24/5 run of Folding?? Also I've only had this computer for about 4 months. So it plus summer jacked up my bill. I wonder how much just this system alone adds to the bill.

So, If the Wear and tear is a somewhat big part, or the Power Bill isn't to large. I could always use my old parts for a folder. I have a Spare Q6700 in my closet that hits 3.7 Ghz. have 1GB Ram, I could get a $80 Mobo. and I have a BlueOrb II cooler, a old Compaq case, and a spare 250w PSU. So thats almost a system there. it could be my folder.. but then I wouldn't have the GTX power.
Anyways I'm just curious, and thinkin out loud here a little bit. Let me know how much this affects ur power bill. (I'm sure different systems will be different, but in general.. ya know)

Also Sparky, thanks for the Info. I appreciate the 411 there.. and what the.. do you honestly have 7 systems running F@H. thats amazing. well done Sir. I have a A64 Dual 5400+ sitting around here somewhere... Hmmm lol