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I've officially rediscovered the addiction that is [H]folding. My wife decided she wants to move from an immobile (battery is dead) hp laptop to a desktop, at the same time that I'm upgrading my main rig.

New main rig:
i7-3770k mini-ITX

Borged work rig:
i5-2500

Limbo parts:
i7-860
Galaxy GTX 560ti 448

This is where I need help. I need to decide whether to give her the 860 and have it fold while she's not using it, or sell it and use the extra money for something else for folding. Same story with the 560. I've got a sff optiplex that will do just fine for her, but it's not something that would make sense to fold with. I would like to upgrade my 560 to a 6xx card, but am leery about upgrading with the 7xx series just around the corner. I could sell the 860 and mobo for around $140, 560 for around $150, giving me an extra $290 to put towards a 6xx card. I don't think that makes much sense however with the low gains I would see.

What do you guys recommend?

edit: Thanks Spazturtle - Electricity IS a concern. I have the potential to set some rigs up at an offsite location, but I want to use that as a last resort for now.


 
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"i7-860"
If electricity is of concern I'd sell and get a new cpu, other wise that cpu will do for a few more years.

"Galaxy GTX 560ti 448"
The 500 series is better for GPGPU stuff like f@h, Nvidia reduced GPGPU performance to get better gaming performance.

With the new core it looks like AMD cards should be as good (maybe better) for folding, Radeon HD 8000 series dropping second half of this year.
 
I'll take an 8431, I just need one. :D

BTW, don't rule out AMD gpu's, they are back in the game.
 
So I'm thinking about selling the 860 and rolling with two 460s on a mAtx board utilizing a low power chip for the wife's rig. Anyone have a 460 that did okay with qrb?
 
The way GPU folding is headed the 460's are/will be the bottom end.
I'm pulling my 460 and putting a HD2400 pro in to save power and use it for TV and web surfing.

If you already have the 460's go ahead and run them, just don't go beta to get the core17 as it will hurt your ppd.
 
Brother John said:
If you already have the 460's go ahead and run them, just don't go beta to get the core17 as it will hurt your ppd.
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Yep, stay away from the beta as it's OpenCL. BTW my 560Ti (non 448) gets 25K ppd which is almost as much as my 3770K on SMP. Welcome back ...
 
Toconator said:
Yep, stay away from the beta as it's OpenCL. BTW my 560Ti (non 448) gets 25K ppd which is almost as much as my 3770K on SMP. Welcome back ...
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That 25K is quite impressive for a non 448 core 560TI..What clocks are you running? My GTX 480 (480 cores) is running @ 825/1848/1650, and I get ~2-3K PPD more then your 560...My 3770K @ 4.8Ghz is getting 33~34K PPD..My 7950 will be here tomorrow so I can't wait to try out the new AMD core and see how the PPD is...
 
ccityinstaller said:
That 25K is quite impressive for a non 448 core 560TI..What clocks are you running? My GTX 480 (480 cores) is running @ 825/1848/1650, and I get ~2-3K PPD more then your 560...My 3770K @ 4.8Ghz is getting 33~34K PPD..My 7950 will be here tomorrow so I can't wait to try out the new AMD core and see how the PPD is...
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560 Ti: 900/1800/1050. 3770K @ 4.6 GHz 27-33K ppd depending on WU and if I don't game. Thinking of getting a 7770 and running beta on it but budget tight right now. Good luck with the 7950, boost version?
 
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