Fluxmaven

I'm cool with the preposed changes. I wouldn't want to go longer than 5 days though. Not many people have dedicated folding farms. I definitely couldn't tie up all my hardware for something like 10 days. Obviously nobody is forcing anyone to run all their hardware the whole event, but it's fun to be able to throw it all on the line. I just think it would be a bigger ask to extend that too much further. 5 days seems like a good middle ground of tolerable abuse

Still haven't had any issues with my CX. I'm at 2190 power on hours currently. I always turn it off when I'm not using it. For stuff like Folding@Home I keep the LG off and just access the computer from one of my other PCs via RDP.

Thanks guys, I was actually just joking around with about using goofy personas for the interviews to mix thinks up. He said go for it, so I did I'd like the PSU a lot more if it just went up to SFX-L with a bigger fan like all the competition. The case is actually on the larger side by most people's small form factor standards. It's definitely a good way to test the waters of SFF without committing to some ultra tiny case that makes you want to pull your hair out. My little sister will love it. I can tell she's never really cared for the black non-windowed Fractal Define Nano S her current system is in. Since Cooler Master didn't have the pink version, I'm just going to vinyl wrap parts of this case for a bit of a custom touch then fill it with RGB

As fun as it is to give you an early lead then run you down at end, it was only a matter of time before it didn't work out. Now that it's starting to cool down, I won't have to power limit the cards so expect to see a bit different outcome next time Either way, I had fun as always. I know I wasn't the only person with technical difficulties this month. Hopefully everyone can get their rigs firing on all cylinders by next time.

@neurotix coming for you bud

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Just made it back from being out of town all week for work. Time to get some rigs fired up!

I surprisingly didn't have too bad of internet when I lived on an island in North Carolina. Other parts of the OBX were pretty bad though. Now I've been spoiled by Gig fiber long enough I don't think I could go back to a slower connection. Actually considering adding a second connection from a different provider since Ubiquiti added Dual WAN load balancing to the UDM Pro.

+1 Miata is always the answer I also owned an R53 Cooper S and it was a fun car, but harder to work on. Also, maybe it was because I just couldn't stop giving it the beans to hear the supercharger, but it got terrible fuel economy for such a small car. By comparison I can absolutely flog my 1.8 Miata all day and it always gets better than the Mini did and doesn't require premium. It's a touch less practical, but I think it's more fun to drive.

Y'all already know I'm in - Fluxmaven

I've owned the Mustang for just over a week now so obviously it's time to start modifying it. I already bought an HKS super sequential BOV, just needed an intercooler pipe with the correct flange to mount it. Eventually I'll also replace the stock hotside intercooler pipe as well as upgrade the lntercooler itself to a much larger unit.

Looking good man. I know if I were doing all that the results would be much more catastrophic Also... I can't see diamond plate without thinking of the danger to manifold scene from F&F https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxAAwrr7lH0Q3-s7enRRf1jwxzn8ZV51G9?si=NDp2XYT0YEEtB0d8

Took a little trip over to the new Microcenter in Indianapolis. So far I'm really liking the Mustang.

Just sub it. Having more subs matters more than good subs. If someone posts something better it will just replace the weaker scores. Fun fact, the clockspeed limit was 5005 initially and my sub was thrown out for being 5007. Was able to resubmit it after they raised the limit. My strategy was to just run through and just knock out a bunch of subs early to get points on the board. If I have time later, I'll circle back and get better scores.

They love making things confusing. They released Titan X Pascal, then the the 1080ti which performed almost exactly the same... Few months later the slightly more better Titan Xp comes along The only noticable physically change is that the Xp dropped the DVI port. Pretty common to see eBay listings labeled incorrectly for them. Titan Black vs OG is also mislabeled a lot. They use the same cooler but the word Titan is black and the fins in the cooler are black as well.

This is around what I typically see them for. Titan - $50-80 Titan Black - $50-100 Titan Z - $250+ Titan X (Maxwell) - $75-150 Titan X (Pascal)- $185-225 Titan Xp - $195-250 Titan V - $500+ Titan RTX $750+ I recently got an original Titan with a Accelero for $40 shipped (was untested and marked for parts) and a Titan Xp (that was mis-listed as a Maxwell card) for $93 shipped.

Yea the heat definitely puts a damper on things. I did follow your lead and implemented some power limiting to keep the heat down. Only ran one of the 3090s and had it at 50% most of the time. It retains about 2/3 of the PPD even using half the power. I saw things were pretty close, so I did turn it up towards the end to beat @neurotix and just barely managed to hold the lead. Looks like we had a couple other close battles this month as well. Overall not a bad turnout for a summer Foldathon, I'll be looking forward to the next one!

Forgot that was this weekend... Looks at the pile of GPUs sitting on my desk that I pulled for a review I'm working on... Guess it's time to shuffle some stuff around and get a few cards online instead

Steam, a gaming platform, shows that the most common cards are mid range units... Color me surprised. The popular cards on Steam are always going to be mid range and typically a gen or two behind. People building monster rigs are using them for something other than gaming, or barely have time to game... Whereas kids that have infinite time to game, can't afford top end GPUs. I really hope AMD doesn't pull out of the enthusiast GPU space, because Intel is still way out from being a real competitor and obviously if you give Nvidia an inch, they will take a mile. Another Microcenter observation... When it comes to open box GPUs. With the exception of the 4080, all other 4000 cards tend to sell within the week. Which is interesting because if you wait a week, the prices drop further. Suggesting that people are interested in the midrange 4000 series assuming the prices were a bit better. The AMD cards tend to sit around a bit longer. Waiting for a larger discount before people consider them. Which is interesting to me because often in the initial discount period, the 4000 cards are still IMO overpriced for what they offer, yet people will walk right past a better priced and performing AMD card to grab the Nvidia stuff. Obviously they do have some better features and perform better in some workloads, but it still seems odd. People like to be associated with the winning team. Just because most people wouldn't buy a 4090 tier AMD card, doesn't mean it wouldn't strengthen their brand to be seen as an actual competitor and not just the bargain bin second place pick.

Looks like the gloves are off... No telling what will happen once @pioneerisloud steps into the ring

I guess my intended sarcasm didn't come through, I'm well aware of decoy pricing. Also I when I stated I noticed the same thing, I was referring to the fact that 4090s are selling not just that the 4080 is a bad value/not selling. Between work and personal interest, I'm at Microcenter a couple times a month and check prices/inventory daily. Also as mentioned, I'm looking at 3 locations so between just Sir B and I, that's 4 locations being observed. I do realize that Microcenters in general only serve a small portion of the country and thus don't represent total sales. The whole point of mentioning any of this is just to point out that yes, people do in fact buy 4090s.

I've noticed the exact same thing at my local Microcenter in a different part of the country. The 4080 stands out as the most unloved card. They just sit on the shelves. When they are sold, they are often returned. The open box returns sit for weeks until they get discounted enough to make a 4080 seem like a decent value. It's almost like they priced the card so badly to make the 4090 easier to justify. I know this is just one more data point, but I check stock regularly. I also check the new Indy location and the Columbus location and see similar trends.

I have a tea ball just need to find it... It's actually a duck lol Amazon.com WWW.AMAZON.COM And I was saying just drinking the whole weekend, so Friday, Saturday, Sunday. I never drank every day of the week even back in college. Now it's a struggle to just drink 2 days in a row lol