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rflcptr

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Hey, all. I really like contributing to some of the BOINC projects (WCG, Rosetta) and was wondering the costs of running a dedicated cruncher (well, when I'm not using it), at stock settings. The GPU won't be used for contributing.

Its specs basically are:

- Core i7 920 (HT enabled)
- 6GB DDR3
- Asus P6T Deluxe
- GTX 260 (216, 55 nm)

Thanks for your input! :)
 
using http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

with the 920 at stock speeds 3 sticks of ddr3 ram the gtx 260 and 1 hard drive.. and cpu at 100% TDP and rest of the system at 65% your looking at about 223w..
since you didnt say how many hdd's or fans i just used the bare minimum settings..so id say with the gpu sitting idle my guess is about 175-185w.. some where in that ballpark range..
 
Utility rates widely vary it depends on your state.
 
rflcptr said:
Hey, all. I really like contributing to some of the BOINC projects (WCG, Rosetta) and was wondering the costs of running a dedicated cruncher (well, when I'm not using it), at stock settings. The GPU won't be used for contributing.

Its specs basically are:

- Core i7 920 (HT enabled)
- 6GB DDR3
- Asus P6T Deluxe
- GTX 260 (216, 55 nm)

Thanks for your input! :)
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What power supply are you using? How many and what size fans? How many and what size and type of hard drive? Any powered USB devices?
 
Parja said:
What power supply are you using? How many and what size fans? How many and what size and type of hard drive? Any powered USB devices?
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lol yeah.. i just did a basic calculation since s/he didnt state that stuff.. but thats also why i posted the link to the calculator for her/him to check...
 
That's a very good question brother/sister rflcptr, it's been answered several times before. In our folding section ([H]orde team 33) and in several other forum's folding sections. I think what's stated most of the time is between $10 and $20 bucks per machine (we're not talkin' about muti VGA cards, high OC's, what your cost is per KWH's is or how good or bad your karma is) Of course, like everyone else, I've been known to be wrong, so would one of our "old timers" please chime in (there ain't nothin' about DCing some of our team members don't know) :D

Where I live my electric rate is about $0.0376 (depending on night time, day time, peak time, summer time, winter time, Mars time or whatever time :rolleyes:) My bill is about $80 bucks which is much lower than the "heavy duty" folders on this team. (you know, the ones with more than three boxen, multi CPU's, multi GPU's and their own warm fronts :eek:)

ATM I'm only running three boxen 24/7. no USB stuff and 40 GB HD's all around. (SATA and two IDE's)

1) Q6600 (stock vcore, stock clock)
PNY 8800GT 512, shaders 1802, Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev. 2 (for my "hot blooded GT :p)
three undervolted 120mm fans (a little overkill, but I'm a registered "cooling junkie", front intake, side intake, back exhaust)
MCP350, 2x 120 D12L-12 rad fans
OCZ 700w PSU
GPU2 core #1, WCG cores #0, #1, #2

2) Q6600 (stock vcore, stock clock)
"dual slot" eVGA 9600GSO (96 streamer), shaders 1620, fan 60%
three undervolted 120mm fans, front intake, side intake, back exhaust)
MCP350, 2x 120 D12L-12 rad fans
EMACS 600w PSU
GPU2 core #1, WCG cores #0, #1, #2


3) E6600, stock everything
eVGA 8800GS, shaders 1620, fan set 80%
Zalman 9700 HSF (with the speed control)
again three undervolted fans, one front intake, one side intake and one rear exhaust, only this ba' ba' has a "blow hole" (another undervolted 120mm fan)
TT 430w PSU
GPU2 core #1, WCG core #0

I shore' enough hope this helps a little :cool:

Edit OBTW, one quad is usin' WinXP 32 bit OS, the E6600 is usin' the WinXP64 OS, the other Q6600 is using the new and improved 64 bit Win 7 beta. (I'm pretty impressed so far :p)

Folding and WCGing for the CURE
 
Thanks for all of the responses! I'm glad to hear it won't cost that much more to run. :)
 
jws2346 said:
Where I live my electric rate is about $0.0376
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Wow, where do you live? That's crazy cheap! That's less than a third of what I pay ($0.1176/kWh).

rflcptr, another thing to keep in mind is that during the winter when you will have the heat on, the heat from a computer will slightly decrease the amount of energy you'll otherwise need to heat your house. Conversely, in the summer when you have the AC running, you'll essentially be spending twice as much to run a computer since you'll use the energy to run the computer and then the AC to get rid of the heat the computer is putting out.
 
rflcptr said:
Thanks for all of the responses! I'm glad to hear it won't cost that much more to run. :)
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Then I guess the only question is when should we expect to see you on board? :D

I see in your first post you're considering running a couple BOINC projects. We have the Official Project List thread that'll get you all the info on getting started on wich ever project(s) you choose, and the BOINC version thread to help you get the right version for you.
 
No, I've got ok electric (9 cent) but I save on my mortgage. $690 a month (and that's with taxes and insurance and everything)

It really be nice if solar was cheaper. I'd drop 5-7k like that if I could cut my bill in 1/2.
 
Parja said:
rflcptr, another thing to keep in mind is that during the winter when you will have the heat on, the heat from a computer will slightly decrease the amount of energy you'll otherwise need to heat your house. Conversely, in the summer when you have the AC running, you'll essentially be spending twice as much to run a computer since you'll use the energy to run the computer and then the AC to get rid of the heat the computer is putting out.
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That's a good point, but at stock settings and decent ventilation, I probably won't worry too much. At least not yet! I've gotta remember that the Texas summer is unforgiving to poor Mr. PC. :p
alan2308 said:
Then I guess the only question is when should we expect to see you on board? :D

I see in your first post you're considering running a couple BOINC projects. We have the Official Project List thread that'll get you all the info on getting started on wich ever project(s) you choose, and the BOINC version thread to help you get the right version for you.
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Thank you for this, too. It'll probably be Saturday or Monday before the complete system gets here, but I've (recently) been somewhat steadily contributing with my T7700-based laptop and a couple of Pentium 4 boxes (I'm already on the HardOCP World Community Grid team with ~75k points :D). I'm hoping for at least 30k PPD total once the i7 arrives!

edit: Whenever the Westmere 6 core emerges, I'll replace the Bloomfield.
 
There's also a decent chance I'll have a P8400-based laptop being volunteered within a month or so, as well.
 
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