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Better for folding ?

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Just trying to figure out whats better. A I920 overclocked to 3.6 or a L5639 at 3.3. Just simple question. Thanks
 
The hex, by quite a bit, even at the lower clock speed.
 
i'll tell you on sunday....... I'll be installing an OCing my l5639 then to replace my 950 at 3.6
 
Okay, I got my l5639 installed and running.

I'm oc'd to 190x17 at 1.132V right not, ~3.2Ghz and am pulling the same tpf as my 950 @3.6Ghz and 1.22V 4:10 on 7504
 
Not to hijack this thread, but I have a similar question:

Which is better, i7 2600k running at 4 ghz, or dual Xeon E5620s running stock 2.4 ghz?
 
The dual quads will throw more ppd.... when compared on SMP but it won't be a HUGE difference.

That said depending on what happens with -bigadv, 16 threads might be a very nice thing to have.
 
Yeah looking ahead, I was wondering about that. But I wonder if those 16 threads would still make the deadline at that speed?
 
The dual quads will throw more ppd.... when compared on SMP but it won't be a HUGE difference.
Similar PPD but they might actually draw less power from the wall.
 
guess I'll throw the l5639 in,can't imagine it will effect gaming much and also track down a cheap sr-2 so I can run my x5570's
 
Oh, my temp is only 60C too.

Same performance, but less power and heat from it.

The only issue with sr-2s are the damn case mounting!
 
Jst thought I'd update the OP, i've got mine to 3.5, 205x17, at 1.21Vcore and qtt/vtt of 1.38

It hovers around 70C Is this to high? Coretemp and realtemp show 81 as top.

At smp 10 in vbox I'm doing 20-22k ppd
 
nice overclock I have the l5639 running at 3.6 folding happy but get a random reboot every thre to four days and no reboots at 3.5something. Needs better cooling I guess. Now I am trying to get two more sr-2's up and running.
 
nice overclock I have the l5639 running at 3.6 folding happy but get a random reboot every thre to four days and no reboots at 3.5something. Needs better cooling I guess. Now I am trying to get two more sr-2's up and running.

I just had locks too now, the 71xx units crapped me out.
 
Can X5650 @ 3.8ghz handle 6904 on time? probably not be able to get full credit right?
 
A single x5650 can complete a 6904 on time; however come January 16th it will not be able to run -bigadv as 16 cores will be new new requirement.

An sr-2 with a pair of x5650s will net you ~200k PPD, and complete 6904s in about 35 minutes. You would be set for the rules change.
 
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