cfp ExtremeHW Community Folding Project

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2 hours ago, Cerberus said:

if that thing is belly button height, or higher, nigh impossible to lift a rig with 3+ GPUS out, it's going to be like Excalibur.

 

Yeah I will have make sure I put it in a position I can work with, otherwise I will need go go gadget arms.

[Bastiaan_NL]

I'm trying to find those arms for sale so I can donate them, no luck so far

Making the system easy to work on might be a good thing, lifting a fully build rig like that is not the best thing to do!

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1 hour ago, Bastiaan_NL said:

I'm trying to find those arms for sale so I can donate them, no luck so far

Making the system easy to work on might be a good thing, lifting a fully build rig like that is not the best thing to do!

 

Haha too kind. I am hoping next month this is something I will be able to get sorted. 

[Avacado]

Looking good. Let me know if you need any additional risers or anything BESIDES GPU's LOL

 

I heard @Bastiaan_NL say he was going to donate one of his 3090's to the cause. 

Edited February 18, 2021 by Avacado

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1 minute ago, Avacado said:

Looking good. Let me know if you need any additional risers or anything BESIDES GPU's LOL

 

I heard @Bastiaan_NL say he was going to donate one of his 3090's to the cause. 

 

Oh man, and here was me hoping people were just giving away GPU's ! To be honest I have been looking at getting some more 1070's but on Ebay they are going for inflated prices right now for obvious reasons. If anyone is selling a 1070 for a realistic price then let me know haha.

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5 hours ago, Avacado said:

Looking good. Let me know if you need any additional risers or anything BESIDES GPU's LOL

 

I heard @Bastiaan_NL say he was going to donate one of his 3090's to the cause. 

Sure, I will do that if you pay my power bill from last year

[Avacado]

2 minutes ago, Bastiaan_NL said:

Sure, I will do that if you pay my power bill from last year

hahaha! I threw you under the bus homie! 

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Well it looks like I have some testing to do. (System all stock) I got a BSOD with respects to the Nvidia driver, which is no huge deal. So I removed the Nvidia driver completely with DDU and put in the headless dongle on the GTX 1070 so I can access the Nvidia control panel, otherwise it wont open if it does not detect a monitor input. Anyway, now when I boot the system and the folding client begins the system freezes, no BSOD or instant reboot. Will have to see if the log sheds any light. 

 

I will also try moving the GPU over to another riser card just in case the one I am using is bad.

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Hmmm this could prove to be a pain. Can anyone recommend a decent motherboard with a good amount of full size PCI-e slots that is compatible with an Intel 9700 (LGA 1151)

 

May just go with a full riser setup from GPU to mobo as opposed to the setup I currently have.

 

Anyone also got a good lead to a decent mining rig chassis ? Something that can take two power supplies ?

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2 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Hmmm this could prove to be a pain. Can anyone recommend a decent motherboard with a good amount of full size PCI-e slots that is compatible with an Intel 9700 (LGA 1151)

 

May just go with a full riser setup from GPU to mobo as opposed to the setup I currently have.

 

Anyone also got a good lead to a decent mining rig chassis ? Something that can take two power supplies ?

LOL I told ya!. I literally am going down that road right now with M40's. Need full risers. Try here for boards: https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007627 600239779&Order=1 You should look for a bifurcation card and see if the board is compatible. That is what I am trying to do with the threadripper and x399 board, but I can't seem to find a good card. 

 

I bought this mining rig chassis. I like it, but it was a serious * to put together. 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Baseltek-6-GPU-Aluminum-Mining-Rig-Open-Air-Frame-Case/253476516175?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

 

These:

 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313&_nkw=PCI+Express+bifurcated+Riser+x8x8&_sacat=0

Edited February 19, 2021 by Avacado

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7 hours ago, Avacado said:

LOL I told ya!. I literally am going down that road right now with M40's. Need full risers. Try here for boards: https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007627 600239779&Order=1 You should look for a bifurcation card and see if the board is compatible. That is what I am trying to do with the threadripper and x399 board, but I can't seem to find a good card. 

 

I bought this mining rig chassis. I like it, but it was a serious * to put together. 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Baseltek-6-GPU-Aluminum-Mining-Rig-Open-Air-Frame-Case/253476516175?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

 

These:

 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313&_nkw=PCI+Express+bifurcated+Riser+x8x8&_sacat=0

 

Thanks will check that out, not sure if you will find it useful but Asus shows a list of their motherboards that support bifurcation: https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1037507/ 

 

(Scroll a little down that page)

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Well after a little more testing I might be ok. We will see ultimately I need to get a second GPU to really test so will look for another, looked at the 1080Ti and there going for silly money on Ebay...hate the market right now.

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43 minutes ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Well after a little more testing I might be ok. We will see ultimately I need to get a second GPU to really test so will look for another, looked at the 1080Ti and there going for silly money on Ebay...hate the market right now.

If you don't mind the power consumption (250w) there are Tesla M40's on ebay for 119$ plus shipping that put out about 1 million PPD. You will need 2xPCI-e to 1x CPU splitter cables.  Really eats up PCI-e PSU slots. I have to use a 1600w AND a 1000w for 5 of them just to have enough PCI-e plugs for them all.  They don't use nearly that much. 

Edited February 19, 2021 by Avacado

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12 minutes ago, Avacado said:

If you don't mind the power consumption (250w) there are Tesla M40's on ebay for 119$ plus shipping that put out about 1 million PPD. You will need 2xPCI-e to 1x CPU splitter cables.  Really eats up PCI-e PSU slots. I have to use a 1600w AND a 1000w for 5 of them just to have enough PCI-e plugs for them all.  They don't use nearly that much. 

 

I was considering those , have you a link to these cheaper one ? Over here I cannot find them cheap at all.

 

Fortunately This is a 2x PSU rig so hopefully have enough cables lol.

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3 minutes ago, ENTERPRISE said:

 

I was considering those , have you a link to these cheaper one ? Over here I cannot find them cheap at all.

 

Fortunately This is a 2x PSU rig so hopefully have enough cables lol.

This one doesn't specifically say no international shipping. The one for 119 did though. https://www.ebay.com/p/28037114145

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1 minute ago, Avacado said:

This one doesn't specifically say no international shipping. The one for 119 did though. https://www.ebay.com/p/28037114145

 

Sold out apparently. Looks like most places the M40 is about £400 which is a little pricey. 

[Avacado]

Cant be sold out, I just added 5 to cart

[Avacado]

Try these guys maybe you can pay extra for int shipping if you buy a few

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/900-2G600-0000-001-NVIDIA-TESLA-M40-PG600-12GB-GDDR-GPU-/133496352855

Edited February 19, 2021 by Avacado

[Avacado]

If you do end up getting any you WILL need this adapter cable. Maybe not 20 of them. Tesla have CPU pin-out 8 pin plugs, not PCI-e plugs. 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/20PCS-NVIDIA-dual-8-to-8-Power-Adapter-Cable-Tesla-K80-M40-Grid-M60-P40-P100-GPU-/324334745617

Edited February 19, 2021 by Avacado

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8 minutes ago, Avacado said:

Try these guys maybe you can pay extra for int shipping if you buy a few

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/900-2G600-0000-001-NVIDIA-TESLA-M40-PG600-12GB-GDDR-GPU-/133496352855

 

6 minutes ago, Avacado said:

If you do end up getting any you WILL need this adapter cable. Maybe not 20 of them.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/20PCS-NVIDIA-dual-8-to-8-Power-Adapter-Cable-Tesla-K80-M40-Grid-M60-P40-P100-GPU-/324334745617

 

Nice thanks for that. Also noticed the Tesla K80... wonder if that is any good.

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4 minutes ago, ENTERPRISE said:

 

 

Nice thanks for that. Also noticed the Tesla K80... wonder if that is any good.

No, don't do K80's I bought 5 and regret it, they are going back up for sale. Could not get them to fold or mine worth a damn.

 

The mining rig on the left has 3 k80s in it.

 

 

If it's folding you want, then I promise you want M40's. 1 million PPD. the K80's maybe around 300k @300w

Edited February 19, 2021 by Avacado

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2 minutes ago, Avacado said:

No, don't do K80's I bought 5 and regret it, they are going back up for sale. Could not get them to fold or mine worth a damn.

 

The mining rig on the left has 3 k80s in it.

 

 Oh right, what a bummer. Driver issue ?

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1 minute ago, ENTERPRISE said:

 Oh right, what a bummer. Driver issue ?

Yea I suppose, no matter what I did, they were just disabled in the FaH client. I tried everything. I will try one last time to put them in a Threadripper build before selling the last 3 cards. 

 

The K80 and M40 drivers are the same ones. I even downloaded the separate CUDA drivers to no avail. 

Edited February 19, 2021 by Avacado

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3 minutes ago, Avacado said:

Yea I suppose, no matter what I did, they were just disabled in the FaH client. I tried everything. I will try one last time to put them in a Threadripper build before selling the last 3 cards. 

 

Hmmm possibly a driver/f@h client thing, but yeah will focus on the M40's

 

[Avacado]

Also, try looking at Radeon R9 295X2 or r9 Fury's. they are decently priced used and similar to a 1660. Thats what I've also been looking at.