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Is this worth it?

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Matrox462

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I have an AMD K6-2 533MHz computer just sitting there, never being used. Would folding on it be worth it? My main concern is not the amount of work that gets done, but the cost of electricity for such a slow computer. I might just strip it down and remove the CD drives and HD (if I can fold by CD/LAN boot or something).

So what do you think? I know questions like this get asked all the time, but I'm also asking for suggestions on how to cut down on the electricity costs! :)

edit: It has 3D NOW POWAR! :eek: :eek:

:D

edit: And just for clarity, what is the slowest speed that folding is worthwhile on? I have other machines too, so this way I know.
 
Your call. This is a intel P3 600 (with SSE big boost there)

:/foldsave/fold-fold-client247-1 p801_p53dimer801 (GROMACS) (155 points)
Time per frame: 1:44:02 (0.894 pph) Estimated time left: 150:50:54
Start date: May 6 16:41:57 Due date: June 19 16:41:57
325000 of 2500000 (13%)

Estimated finish date: Mon May 30 09:37:01 2005
Speed: 598.253 Flags: mmx sse

,894 x 24= not much PPD

AMD K6-s 400 on timeless WU

:/foldsave/fold-fold-client65-1 p1108_Kiefhaber_20 (TINKER) (37 points)
Time per frame: 3:52:42 (0.239 pph) Estimated time left: 54:17:48
Start date: May 2 17:17:20 Due date: June 11 00:25:43
26 of 40 (65%)

Estimated finish date: Thu May 26 09:03:55 2005
Speed: 401.051 Flags: mmx 3dnow


.239 x 24 = less PPD
 
Ouch, almost a whole month! I guess I should have expected that :)

hmm, don't know if it's worth it then. I imagine that's a lot of electricity to get such little work done.

Thank you for posting your stats
 
yes. if it's on 24/7 leave it running regular WU

if it's not on 24/7 make it run timelesses

refer to the stickes if you don't know what i just said meant or don't know how to do what i just said.

you can fold without a hard drive as long as you have a cd drive -- use overclockix, just make sure you change the default team from 24 to 33.

 
Yep, I understood what you said perfectly. I'll download Overclockix and give it a shot. Thanks for your suggestions.

Oh, quick question... if it's not going to be left on 24/7, and work units take about a month to complete, won't I lose all my data everytime I shutdown? Wouldn't I have to leave it on 24/7 for it to fold with such a slow machine?
 
Matrox462 said:
Yep, I understood what you said perfectly. I'll download Overclockix and give it a shot. Thanks for your suggestions.

Oh, quick question... if it's not going to be left on 24/7, and work units take about a month to complete, won't I lose all my data everytime I shutdown? Wouldn't I have to leave it on 24/7 for it to fold with such a slow machine?
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umm, i'm not sure about Overclockix-- i don't know if it 'saves your work'. i would imagine not, seeing as its ram mounted (i think, again, i'm no expert).

if you have a hard drive, then yes your work will be saved -- every 15 minutes, by default.

 
Ah screw the 533MHz computer, I just installed F@H on my 2.26GHz computer (the one I'm on now) :D

Setup for team 33, and I'll read more about folding, how to get the badge, ect when I have time.

I'll also setup some other computers when I get some time
 
Matrox462 said:
Ah screw the 533MHz computer, I just installed F@H on my 2.26GHz computer (the one I'm on now) :D

Setup for team 33, and I'll read more about folding, how to get the badge, ect when I have time.

I'll also setup some other computers when I get some time
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no don't screw it.

shit, if you won't fold with it i will. send it to me.

 
Carnival Forces said:
no don't screw it.

shit, if you won't fold with it i will. send it to me.

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I don't mean I'm giving up on it completely, I will probably at a later date work on it to get it going. I just figured I should get my fastest boxes folding first. I still have a 1.6GHz laptop that I could use to fold. I just need a cooling pad for it... I might just set F@H to use 50-75% CPU usage until I can get a proper cooling pad.

My main concern is still electricity costs. I run enough computer equipment all day as it is, and I don't want to run up a high bill to run really slow machines.
 
Matrox462 said:
I don't mean I'm giving up on it completely, I will probably at a later date work on it to get it going. I just figured I should get my fastest boxes folding first. I still have a 1.6GHz laptop that I could use to fold. I just need a cooling pad for it... I might just set F@H to use 50-75% CPU usage until I can get a proper cooling pad.

My main concern is still electricity costs. I run enough computer equipment all day as it is, and I don't want to run up a high bill to run really slow machines.
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fair enough.

 
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