PIE - Perfection In Execution

[trn]

3 x 460's might work out nice also depending on exactly the PPD they average. 3 x 40,000 - 50,000 = 120,000 - 150,000ppd and wattage should be ~450w. I think 240's avg 18,000 or so and 80w = 108,000ppd and 480w; the price is great though with some of them being $40 after rebate = $240.

I'm unfamiliar with the i5/i3 1156 boards and if they have 3 pci-e that would fit 3 dual slot cards. Maybe a low cost 32nm i3/i5 may make a good low power GPU crunching host, 70 - 80w under load might be nice. Not much good for CPU crunching but you can dedicate 100% of the cpu for GPUgrid and have lower power usage from the cpu and lower cpu/mobo cost?

nm, a quick newegg search shows 1156 boards are no good for fitting 3 gpu's

[snoro]

3 x 460's might work out nice also depending on exactly the PPD they average. 3 x 40,000 - 50,000 = 120,000 - 150,000ppd and wattage should be ~450w. I think 240's avg 18,000 or so and 80w = 108,000ppd and 480w; the price is great though with some of them being $40 after rebate = $240.

I'm unfamiliar with the i5/i3 1156 boards and if they have 3 pci-e that would fit 3 dual slot cards. Maybe a low cost 32nm i3/i5 may make a good low power GPU crunching host, 70 - 80w under load might be nice. Not much good for CPU crunching but you can dedicate 100% of the cpu for GPUgrid and have lower power usage from the cpu and lower cpu/mobo cost?

nm, a quick newegg search shows 1156 boards are no good for fitting 3 gpu's

i already have a evga p55 ftw that can hold 3 dual slot gpu nicely but i might also just wait for the gts 450 to come which 3 of them would cost me 450$ versus 550$ for 6 gt 240 and could get around 90k-120k ppd or wait even longer for some gt 440 that would cost around 100$ and if there is some single slot i could buy 6 of those and have a even better ppd.