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Don't call it a comeback...

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Jathanis

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Well, it's been over a year since my q6600/dual 9800gtx system went down and I had to take a break from using my q9550 system due to overheating, but as of the 25th of this month I make my final credit card payment and will be able to finally buy the parts to get both systems back up and crunching units! Hopefully I can get back on the front page for F@H and help with the Commando's WCG December contest, too! Hope a few ancient quad core systems are still helpful... :)
 
Well if you want to get on the front page you got some serious gear to purchase:)
 
sc0tty8 said:
Well if you want to get on the front page you got some serious gear to purchase:)
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Axdrenalin said:
Agree with Scotty here. You just THINK that this will be your last CC payment! :D
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Nope, not really - after knocking out $60K+ in CC debt in the last 2-1/2 years, there are no more CC left in this house. Straight cash from now on, baby!

And FWIW, I'm only 71 off the front page with 50 of those as inactive. And having gotten my way as high as 140 in the past, I don't think it will take too much to get back to the top 200 - only 5M points right now... Top 100 though? Well, we'll see about that after I get what I have up and going. 20K ppd should have me on the front page in less than a year, and I'm hoping with two old quads and a new Haswell in the spring with watercooling all around (except my trusty old true120), 20K ppd shouldn't be tough, right? Please tell me I haven't missed THAT much! :eek:

Kendrak said:
These are true words :D
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If anyone would know, it would be you... I already got *MY* wife convinced to move the q9550 over to my daughter's school machine so I can build an all new i7 rig (the Haswell mentioned above) next spring... :) Trust me, when I have the money to spend, I'll be PMing you to get advice on how to spend it!

metallicafan said:
Good to hear from you Jathanis! Crunch on old friend!
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Thank you, my friend. Good to see another original Commando still around! It's been damn difficult to not go spend money buying a new power supply and RAM to get the old q6600 up and running, but I had to kick all the bills... I can't wait to get back into the fun!
 
Bro I don't want to burst your bubble, but you are going to need to make 70 million points and then some to catch up...

It's looking like 3x 4p boxes to make a fantasy come back:)
 
Here bro, let me help you:
4x of these http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Series-Fully-Modular-Performance-compatible/dp/B004NMJ9ZI
16x of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231427
4x of these http://www.wiredzone.com/Supermicro-H8QGL-IF+-Motherboard-SWTX-w--Quad-1944-pin-S-G34~10021077~0.htm
16x of these http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Direct-Contact-RR-B10-212P-G1/dp/B002G1YPH0
16x of these http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-Opteron...AFD-/140861464554?pt=CPUs&hash=item20cbff5fea

Now there can be some other options on the memory or CPU, really depends on what you are after. This will get you going down the path of where you need to go.

That q6600 these days is good for like 5k ppd...

The above will have you on 4x 4p boxes. If you go with those cpu's and a mild OC, this should make you jump up the charts quick.
 
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Jathanis said:
Well, it's been over a year since my q6600/dual 9800gtx system went down and I had to take a break from using my q9550 system due to overheating, but as of the 25th of this month I make my final credit card payment and will be able to finally buy the parts to get both systems back up and crunching units! Hopefully I can get back on the front page for F@H and help with the Commando's WCG December contest, too! Hope a few ancient quad core systems are still helpful... :)
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Congrats...
Debt is no way to live... Student loans is my first and only debt and I don't like it...

I envy your new freedom and respect you for it. I hope to join you soon after I graduate.
Free men fold harder ;)
 
sc0tty8 said:
Here bro, let me help you:
4x of these http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Series-Fully-Modular-Performance-compatible/dp/B004NMJ9ZI
16x of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231427
4x of these http://www.wiredzone.com/Supermicro-H8QGL-IF+-Motherboard-SWTX-w--Quad-1944-pin-S-G34~10021077~0.htm
16x of these http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Direct-Contact-RR-B10-212P-G1/dp/B002G1YPH0
16x of these http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-Opteron...AFD-/140861464554?pt=CPUs&hash=item20cbff5fea

Now there can be some other options on the memory or CPU, really depends on what you are after. This will get you going down the path of where you need to go.

That q6600 these days is good for like 5k ppd...

The above will have you on 4x 4p boxes. If you go with those cpu's and a mild OC, this should make you jump up the charts quick.
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Really?! You don't get the whole 'give hime a taste, cheap' thing do you? Get him hooked on a cheap 2p or 4p, then start showing him the OMG stack of server hardware it takes to be top 25...
 
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DWolvin said:
Really?! You don't get the whole 'give hime a taste, cheap' thing do you? Get him hooked on a cheap 2p or 4p, then start showing him the OMG stack of server hardware it takes to be top 25...
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Hell I figured if he can kill 60k worth of CC debt this should be a breeze:p
 
sc0tty8 said:
Hell I figured if he can kill 60k worth of CC debt this should be a breeze:p
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It's only ~$10K, and how much PPD would that much hardware get you? Gotta be quite a bit over 1MM PPD. I give respect to anyone who can just throw 10K out the window on anything except a badass desk.
 
Tobit said:
It's Friday but I haven't started drinking yet so I can't, properly, comment at this time. :rolleyes:
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You need to fix this ASAP! I'm filling 2 growlers on the way home!

Also, welcome back OP! gogogogogo ramp!
 
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And that's why I have to come back... Thanks everyone, it's as if I never left... :) Damn, I've missed the fun around here!

It wasn't easy, believe me... We basically had to put life on hold for over two years and pay just over half my monthly salary to a debt consolidation loan to get to this point. But it sure feels great knowing the 800+/month we were paying in just interest back in 2010 can now stay in my pocket or buy new folding gear - anything but going to some big bank!
 
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sc0tty8 said:
Bro I don't want to burst your bubble, but you are going to need to make 70 million points and then some to catch up...

It's looking like 3x 4p boxes to make a fantasy come back:)
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No worries, but not sure we're talking the same thing here... Back in my day, we used to refer to the top 200 on the team 33 hardfolding.com Site as the front page... So unless that page isn't accurate any more (and it has you at #49 with 79M points right now), then it currently shows #200, last entry on the first page, as having about 12.5M points... THAT would be my first goal, before moving on to trying to build some rig that costs more than my current ride! Just top 200 of team 33 to get readdicted... :D
 
Jathanis said:
No worries, but not sure we're talking the same thing here... Back in my day, we used to refer to the top 200 on the team 33 hardfolding.com Site as the front page... So unless that page isn't accurate any more (and it has you at #49 with 79M points right now), then it currently shows #200, last entry on the first page, as having about 12.5M points... THAT would be my first goal, before moving on to trying to build some rig that costs more than my current ride! Just top 200 of team 33 to get readdicted... :D
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yeah we all pretty much default to EOC's stat page.. hardfolding.com needs to be rebuilt..
 
sirmonkey1985 said:
yeah we all pretty much default to EOC's stat page.. hardfolding.com needs to be rebuilt..
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Ehh... Get off my lawn! There, I said it... Seriously, thanks for the heads up - let me go see how miserable it is then...

edit: checked the EOC stat page, and the numbers are the exact same as on hardfolding.com. Only difference is they only show 100 per page, not 200, so it would take me about 21M points to get in the top 100 overall and therefore on the front page... I still like the look of hardfolding better, though!
 
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Congrats on paying off the CC!

Is hardfolding.com still being maintained? I mean besides the stats updates which go out automatically...
 
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