EXTREMEHW First Annual 96 Hour Folding Challenge, March 17th-20th 00:00 UTC

[neurotix]

[tictoc]

In Q_Cruncher.  Out on prizes.

[leeghoofd]

IN  leeghoofd... just lending some electrons

Edited March 16, 2023 by leeghoofd

[Avacado]

9 minutes ago, leeghoofd said:

IN... just lending some electrons

Honored to have you here sir. Thank you for stopping by and participating.  For those unaware, he is a HWbot admin and first rate overclocker. 

Edited March 14, 2023 by Avacado

[damric]

2 hours ago, leeghoofd said:

IN... just lending some electrons

We need those electrons!!!

[Spintax]

Sounds fun! IN opelly

[damric]

29 minutes ago, Spintax said:

Sounds fun! IN opelly

Glad to have you all!!!

 

Yes it's going to be VERY FUN

 

I just got confirmation of the EVGA prizes. Ten Z20 Keyboards and Ten X20 Mice!!! I'm over the moon with their generosity! I'm working on getting those into the original post now but I wanted to share this immediately 

[Avacado]

17 minutes ago, damric said:

Glad to have you all!!!

 

Yes it's going to be VERY FUN

 

I just got confirmation of the EVGA prizes. Ten Z20 Keyboards and Ten X20 Mice!!! I'm over the moon with their generosity! I'm working on getting those into the original post now but I wanted to share this immediately 

Might have to change my opt-out status. Those Z20 keyboards look dope. 

[damric]

3 minutes ago, Avacado said:

Might have to change my opt-out status. Those Z20 keyboards look dope. 

I bought one for Michele a while back and she loves that thing.

[ENTERPRISE]

4 hours ago, leeghoofd said:

IN... just lending some electrons

Welcome to EHW! Thanks for participating:)

43 minutes ago, damric said:

Glad to have you all!!!

 

Yes it's going to be VERY FUN

 

I just got confirmation of the EVGA prizes. Ten Z20 Keyboards and Ten X20 Mice!!! I'm over the moon with their generosity! I'm working on getting those into the original post now but I wanted to share this immediately 

That is so awesome!

[damric]

Original post updated with the relaxed Work Unit rules and EVGA prizes.

 

Rules change:

 

First round of random prize draw has been lowered to 10 Work Units.

 

Should there be leftover prizes, we will hold a second round of random draws for those that completed 20 Work Units.

 

I would say extremely good chance of winning one prize, and the possibility of a second prize as well thanks to our generous sponsors.

[ConsiderationOn]

IN ConsiderationOne 

[neurotix]

[Torell]

3 hours ago, damric said:

Glad to have you all!!!

 

Yes it's going to be VERY FUN

 

I just got confirmation of the EVGA prizes. Ten Z20 Keyboards and Ten X20 Mice!!! I'm over the moon with their generosity! I'm working on getting those into the original post now but I wanted to share this immediately 

Those EVGA dudes are awesome!

[neurotix]

[Broseph]

IN dahoff


This looks like a fun enthusiast community.  Glad to be here.

[ENTERPRISE]

11 minutes ago, Broseph said:

IN dahoff


This looks like a fun enthusiast community.  Glad to be here.

 

Welcome! we are glad to have you

[Broseph]

4 minutes ago, ENTERPRISE said:

 

Welcome! we are glad to have you

 

Thanks!  I like your pfSense HP Thin client build btw.  I need to re-build a cheap one without spending too much and I never knew they made thin clients with PCIe expansion.  Might put in the same Intel I350-T4 and call it a day.

[Andrew]

In, andrews2547

[ENTERPRISE]

42 minutes ago, Broseph said:

 

Thanks!  I like your pfSense HP Thin client build btw.  I need to re-build a cheap one without spending too much and I never knew they made thin clients with PCIe expansion.  Might put in the same Intel I350-T4 and call it a day.

 

Cheers Worth the investment bud. While I tried to get a 10Gbe card to work in it (Should I get above 1Gb Internet one day), it would not have it and after a lot of effort, decided it was easier to go with the I350-T4. I am sure you could get it to work once you tied down the right model and go through the effort, but the Speeds I get from my ISP (1GB) is more than enough anyway. You can pick up the HP Thin Clients on Ebay for dirt cheap, the I350-T4 is also really cheap but fantastic, I mainly got it as most of the Intel NIC's have acceleration on them which is important for things like network inspection etc (Suricata). otherwise you can end up with a bottleneck.  

 

I went with as much RAM as I did as I was not sure how many services I would be putting through it and the overhead. I run Suricata, pfBlockerNG. Squid Proxy Server with a large amount of host lists etc and I only hit 13% usage lol. So yeah, 8GB would see you more than comfortable. You would also get away with 4GB likely.

[Avacado]

GL to all participants this coming weekend. We are all very excited to have you here for this event. 

 

I will put this message out now and we will re-post it after completion of the competition when the winners have been announced. If you are a winner, we would like to have your contact information for mailing the prizes within 72 hours of said announcement. This gives us the ability to contact our vendors with the entire list at one time instead of piecemeal. If you win an EVGA prize, please contact @damricwith your contact information. If you receive a Corsair, Cooler Master or be quiet prize, please contact me. 

 

*All contact information received will be immediately destroyed after being sent to our vendors*

Edited March 15, 2023 by Avacado

[Sgt_Swanny]

In, Sgt-Swanny

[Alex]

In, Alex_Blum

 

 

 

 

Putting that 7950X3D to work

Edited March 15, 2023 by Alex

[80-watt Hamster]

IN 80wattHamster

Edited March 15, 2023 by 80-watt Hamster

[damric]

2 hours ago, Avacado said:

GL to all participants this coming weekend. We are all very excited to have you here for this event. 

 

I will put this message out now and we will re-post it after completion of the competition when the winners have been announced. If you are a winner, we would like to have your contact information for mailing the prizes within 72 hours of said announcement. This gives us the ability to contact our vendors with the entire list at one time instead of piecemeal. If you win an EVGA prize, please contact @damricwith your contact information. If you receive a Corsair, Cooler Master or be quiet prize, please contact me. 

 

*All contact information received will be immediately destroyed after being sent to our vendors*

I'll get this info into the original post, and we'll reiterate it again when winners announced.