Minotaurtoo

hmm... may just do that... it's an old rig, but at the same time, that old 6850 should be dead by now anyway... it was a very punished card back when she gamed on that system... before her health went down, she spent more time playing Dirt 2 and TDU2 than I did.

oh don't worry, I came to my senses pretty quick... still, her system is only there for access to old files and retro games mostly... probably would be ok... but not going to pay 200$ for an upgrade to a 10+ year old pc

yeah, mining and shortages have really increased used prices... I've seen my exact model card (Gigabyte gaming OC 5700XT) selling used for twice what I paid for it new... and some completed new listings reached 1399 USD.... spotted a used rx580 for sale on ebay a minute ago... 200$... and actually thought about buying it for my wife's old rig, which is still running a 6850HD

An FX system is why I have the extreme cooling setup I have now... ever cpu folded with an FX clocked to 5.2 ghz?... I did by accident, didn't know the client would auto start when installed... was planning on just folding on my 7950's

Interesting... May not be gpu then... But, still it's a possibility... Folding isn't easy on hardware ?

Betting gpu crash... That card wasn't stable enough at 2150mhz as I recall... You might could turn the fans up to hair dryer and make it stable.... I don't even have mine oc'd at the moment... Just power limit maxed out...

@Imports_R32 may be a bit warm on the CPU, but nothing unexpected with that cooler... Your vrm temps are good considering the crowd of wires in that case... And gpu temps are pretty normal for that card... Don't compare your temps to mine, they are not normally as low as mine are... Rather compare to others with air cooling and I think you'll feel better... Until you put that side panel on ?... Then the ? heat is on.

Sorry for the delay, bit busy here at work today... But, no, not one complaint yet...?

I did forget the ECU!... As for his computer, I don't really know... He just got his first apartment a while back... My boys all grown up now.

can it be a 1:2 ratio? ? Ok, I have to go to work now... won't be back for about 12 hours or so...

hey, you stole my line!... I was going to ask ? Poor GPU's ?

Blue it is then! also set blink at fastest pace so it's overclocked @Imports_R32 I set your mom's HTPC to your username... I think I'll get enough WU's without it for now... will help you catch up a bit.

lol you'd have a hard time with cable management in that case if you were an expert with 100 years experience... I think you did well for what you were trying to work with there

don't blame that mess on me ?... all I did was shoe horn that motherboard and GPU in there lol

I must admit... I'm hoping he wins the case up for grabs... may the gods have mercy on his hardware.

don't blame you... better than what I did to my case.... carve on it. @Avacado I'm trying to help him out here a bit... but on my wife's old PC I'm having the same trouble with her radeon 6850HD as you are with the Tesla M40's... wierd part... it's the active gpu so I know it's working... any ideas, let me know... maybe too old?

lol I was hoping you would send one with the sides on... so those not in the know would be wondering how you were folding on an old HP

I noticed some interesting divisions showing in the stats... the untouchables at the top... you and Bastiaan_NL... then a group of 3 titans followed by us normal mainstream folks with a slow smooth transition from high end to low end with me sitting right in the middle of mediocrity ?. I know there are some who are "holding back"... and could likely catch up to the "untouchables" quickly if they wanted Oh... for those who didn't know, and to embarrass him a little... Imports_R32 is my son ?... he'd be right up there just behind me if he hadn't shown up late... he has the exact same GPU and only a slightly slower CPU Edit: Imports, post a pic of your rig ?

yay, moving on up... wish I had some more hardware to throw at it.... This guy... millions of points a day and comes in all "I have some spare hardware" meanwhile, I'm installing folding at home on my tv remotes and my wii U hoping for a little help lol... wondering if this gaming keyboard can help... it has RGB so that means it's fast right???

Well, I'm just glad you made it.. good luck ?

here i think clicky

well... mine should go up to over a million ppd average during the contest time ? I don't have a dedicated folding machine, but at times when heats needed or there's a contest going on I turn the minotaur loose and let it fold full force... so, yeah, I use my PC for space heater...?

Hope you like laughing at ghetto/redneck rigs... my case is over a decade old and been reused to the point it's got more holes in it than swiss cheese... but they all serve a purpose even if for just air... the reason I don't change it has to do with air flow... this thing has great airflow and is quiet. ... anyway specs are : 3900x... I do use this for folding, get 250k to 350k ppd depending on the power limit I set. 5700xt Gigabyte gaming OC version 32GB 3200Mhz Gskill flare x cas 14 Mainboard is an old reused B350 TUF, originally paired with a 1700 cpu... even I can't believe it's holding up as well as it does, but I can OC to all core 4.3ghz with no problem so... not bothering to upgrade it just yet. as for storage... well... a 970 evo 250GB nvme for the boot drive, a PNY XLR8 2TB nvme steam drive then 1 of each 2TB, 4TB and 8TB spinning drives... (this is my media server with all my home videos and youtube stuff on it) Ok, now for the ugly mess of a PC.. oh, the PC's name is Minotaur... so if you are wondering about all the minotaurs... that's why.

I've already got my wife's htpc rig started.. it'll take about 10 hrs for it to kick out it's first couple units... using it on both CPU and GPU part of the 3200G... figure that will give at least a couple work units a day there... I'll be starting my main rig up on CPU and GPU about 5pm local time (an hour before zulu midnight)... mostly because usually the first two work units I get are short running units it seems... @Avacado good luck friend, hoping your fix is quick and works for you.

you could do what I do... and under power your cpu, well... I think you could... I'm pretty sure you could limit power to some arbitrary amount that will keep temps down... my temps were fine, even with power limits pretty much set to what the VRM's could handle, but I didn't like pushing the cpu that hard for days... I set mine to 65w and still net around 250k a day out of it....