It's crunch time!

**sierra_bound** · 04-30-2010, 08:34 AM

May 1st is almost here. Time to throw every machine you have into WCG. As many of you know, the whole purpose of this one-week event is to show the computational power of XS. But the people who benefit the most are the researchers.

In the past two weeks, hundreds of you have become members of the team. Thanks to your efforts, our daily point production has increased by more than 70%. We are closing in on the #2 team, Easynews.

There is a reason why this forum is called XtremeSystems. Even though we are pitted against corporate and university teams with huge resources at their disposal, we beat them on a daily basis, and often beat them badly. I recall the story of an Intel executive who was told where our team ranks in WCG. The executive's jaw dropped. She couldn't understand how a team composed of a relatively small group of enthusiasts could be ranked so high. I think we've always looked upon ourselves as David taking on Goliath.

Once again, thank you for your help. And my hope is that many of you will keep crunching well beyond the first week of May. I'm obviously biased, but I feel we have the best team in the world.

**Jaco** · 04-30-2010, 08:39 AM

52 threads online here since yesterday !

**Ramaistro** · 04-30-2010, 08:46 AM

Just got my 980X up and running so now it is time to clock this thing and crunch crunch crunch

**Movieman** · 04-30-2010, 08:49 AM

Well said Sierra and here's another David looking to slay Goliath!

Running in the house right now:
EVGA SR2 w/X5680's@ 4200;12cores
SM X8DA3w/X5670's @ 3192;12cores
SM X7DWA-N w/X5470's @ 3700;8 cores
SM X7DAL-E w/X5460's@ 3350;8 cores
AMD 940 @3450;4 cores
and Sammy
dual sossaman at 2000;4 cores
One more to get up and running:
W5677@4GHz+;4 cores
Wish I could bring more but thats all I have.

**phicks** · 04-30-2010, 08:54 AM

I only have 4 aging rigs but they are crunching here.

**Rise** · 04-30-2010, 09:07 AM

nicely put! that's the type of non-sad story that inspires me to want to crunch with all i've got!

i can't list tons of rigs and threads but i'll raise the OC on my quad by another few mhz

**mezcal** · 04-30-2010, 09:15 AM

Aye aye, Cap'n.
All throttles advanced to full.

Lets roll.

**Fhqwhgads6680** · 04-30-2010, 09:18 AM

Hey Sierra, Perfectly said! I have loved being a part of this team since I started in R@H. And since we've been chasing Easynews for 4 years now this is a long time coming. Cheers you guys! this is it!

Hey guys, Anyone looking to add a little umph to their farm, Microcenter is having a deal right now on several AMD procs that come with a FREE 760G MOBO! I may be picking up one or three

$99 Athlon II 630 w/ FREE mobo
$65 Athlon II 250 w/ FREE mobo
$99 Phenom II 555 w/FREE mobo

This deal is really hard to beat. Also, the board has SB 710 but I don't see anything about ability to unlock cores, so i think the 630 is the best bet. Anyway, PUSH PUSH PUSH guys!

**Sam_oslo** · 04-30-2010, 09:26 AM

Originally Posted by Movieman

Well said Sierra and here's another David looking to slay Goliath!

Running in the house right now:
EVGA SR2 w/X5680's@ 4200;12cores
SM X8DA3w/X5670's @ 3192;12cores
SM X7DWA-N w/X5470's @ 3700;8 cores
SM X7DAL-E w/X5460's@ 3350;8 cores
AMD 940 @3450;4 cores
and Sammy
dual sossaman at 2000;4 cores
One more to get up and running:
W5677@4GHz+;4 cores
Wish I could bring more but thats all I have.

OMG, these should produce that 10 Million by themselves.

After this, I don't even dare to even mention my little X5650 @3.8GHz, 12cores

**Movieman** · 04-30-2010, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by Sam_oslo

OMG, these should produce that 10 Million by themselves.

After this, I don't even dare to even mention my little X5650 @3.8GHz, 12cores

I think maybe 285K/per day for all but the 2 Harpertown machines are in Meshmesh name so you won't see themin my totals.

**=[PULSAR]=** · 04-30-2010, 09:40 AM

Basement is already 15F above ambient just had to put an exhaust fan in the window. Walked down there yesterday to a blistering 85F sauna. Now only if we could find a way to crunch on an xbox.

**Sparky** · 04-30-2010, 10:33 AM

Trying to find a way to put some more bits and pieces together...!

**NKrader** · 04-30-2010, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by Sam_oslo

OMG, these should produce that 10 Million by themselves.

After this, I don't even dare to even mention my little X5650 @3.8GHz, 12cores

true that.. i have qx6700@3.5 lol.. makes me not even wana crunch not even worth the power as its a power hungry 790i and 65nm proc..

haha wish i could get my sammy rig up but being that all i have is a board and PSU.. and no moneys im SOL

**Sparky** · 04-30-2010, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by NKrader

true that.. i have qx6700@3.5 lol.. makes me not even wana crunch not even worth the power as its a power hungry 790i and 65nm proc..

haha wish i could get my sammy rig up but being that all i have is a board and PSU.. and no moneys im SOL

Dude I ran two q6600 chips, one at stock one at 3.2, for a long time. They are worth it! I'd still be running them, except I needed to sell for money for some big expenses coming up. So now I'm running some A64s and a Pentium-D lol

**chispy** · 04-30-2010, 11:20 AM

Im new to all this , but im doing my best, been crunching for 3 days now

.

**Movieman** · 04-30-2010, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by NKrader

true that.. i have qx6700@3.5 lol.. makes me not even wana crunch not even worth the power as its a power hungry 790i and 65nm proc..

haha wish i could get my sammy rig up but being that all i have is a board and PSU.. and no moneys im SOL

Two years ago we'd have been drooling for that QX6700..Still an effective cpu..

Originally Posted by chispy

Im new to all this , but im doing my best, been crunching for 3 days now

.

Thanks for helping!

Oh and guys,ahh,well..Today is looking VERY good so far!

I think todays numbers will have a "teen" at the end..

**=[PULSAR]=** · 04-30-2010, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by Movieman

=
Oh and guys,ahh,well..Today is looking VERY good so far!

I think todays numbers will have a "teen" at the end..

19 million?

**Bobsama** · 04-30-2010, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by NKrader

true that.. i have qx6700@3.5 lol.. makes me not even wana crunch not even worth the power as its a power hungry 790i and 65nm proc..

If you can't afford the electricity, feel free to send the system (or at least the processor) to me!

I've got plenty of electricity to spare for a bit of quadcaine.

**[XC]Atomicpineapple** · 04-30-2010, 11:35 AM

I'm back! But I bet no-one remembers me. Was around in the days of R@H and early WCG (many thanks to MM for Xeon deals and advice!) before I left to join the (Brit) military. Catching Easynews seemed like a distant dream when I departed.

Anyway out the other side of basic training now and next thing I know theres an email from Dave haranguing me back to WCG, and something about XS making a supercomputer

so um REPORTING FOR DUTY!

Got an i7 @ 4.2GHz on WCG, disappointed to see no GPU support for WCG yet so got my 3 5850s on Milkyway@Home.

**Fhqwhgads6680** · 04-30-2010, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by chispy

Im new to all this , but im doing my best, been crunching for 3 days now

.

hey man, everyone here was new at some point! Best advice I can give is don't get daunted by the big producers on the team. No contribution is too small. Also this is a numbers game, and the best asset you can have is time. If someone is serious about crunching and has gotten bitten by the bug, don't emphasize too much on points per day, but look more at points per week/month/year. you'll realize quickly that a little Pentium 4, which may seem insignificant, makes a big difference.

Oh and Welcome to the team!

**Dualist** · 04-30-2010, 12:19 PM

Just got an I-7 950, Q9650 running atm and they are crunching nicely.
But I will have another quad of some sort running in the morning as I've just found another psu

If power isn't gonna be too high then I may keep them running for a while longer after the 8th, I used to do F@H for 4+ years until I had to pay for the power and my old forum died (pclincs).

@ Atomicpineapple, dude I wondered what happend to you. You used to do a bit on BTUK too, glad you're still alive man

**Movieman** · 04-30-2010, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by [XC]Atomicpineapple

I'm back! But I bet no-one remembers me. Was around in the days of R@H and early WCG (many thanks to MM for Xeon deals and advice!) before I left to join the (Brit) military. Catching Easynews seemed like a distant dream when I departed.

Anyway out the other side of basic training now and next thing I know theres an email from Dave haranguing me back to WCG, and something about XS making a supercomputer

so um REPORTING FOR DUTY!

Got an i7 @ 4.2GHz on WCG, disappointed to see no GPU support for WCG yet so got my 3 5850s on Milkyway@Home.

Welcome back!

We need a stronger British involvement here.

**Jaco** · 04-30-2010, 12:40 PM

Welcome back Atomicpineapple

sure I remember you , bought that Clovertown setup from you

**Jaco** · 04-30-2010, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by Movieman

Well said Sierra and here's another David looking to slay Goliath!

Running in the house right now:
EVGA SR2 w/X5680's@ 4200;12cores
SM X8DA3w/X5670's @ 3192;12cores
SM X7DWA-N w/X5470's @ 3700;8 cores
SM X7DAL-E w/X5460's@ 3350;8 cores
AMD 940 @3450;4 cores
and Sammy
dual sossaman at 2000;4 cores
One more to get up and running:
W5677@4GHz+;4 cores
Wish I could bring more but thats all I have.

Dave , is that 52 threads I'm counting ?

this is gonna be interesting , not so sure you'll grab pie

**[XC]Atomicpineapple** · 04-30-2010, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by Jaco

Welcome back Atomicpineapple

sure I remember you , bought that Clovertown setup from you

Hey Jaco, that still going or have you traded it in for some dual 1366 speed?

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