Power Draw, 4P 6180 System?

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I've been toying with the idea of upgrading one of my 617X 4Ps to 6180s, but I think the performance increase to cost ratio may not be favorable. For you 6180 people, what's the power draw, at the wall, for a moderately overclocked 4P 6180? Also, let me know what fans you have running so I can make a better estimate.

I've been holding my upgrade fund in reserve, waiting for the 'next big thing,' but as we all know, we can't predict that. In the Folding arena, AMD Magny Cours 4Ps have remained highly competitive already longer than I had anticipated.

When I wrote 'cost ratio,' I was also taking into consideration the monthly power consumption and possible need to purchase a new PSU.

Oops. Mods, this thread should be in Distributed Computing. Sorry about that.
 
795W - 825W at the wall with a OCZ ZX 1250, if memory serves correctly.

Socket 2011 gets a lot of hype these days, especially with v2 coming out. But still, a 4p G34 system with 6180s is going to come in just under a 4p socket 2011 and pretty close to a 2p socket 2011 in terms of energy efficiency. It probably still would be #2 in ppd/system, and the best ppd/initial cost. Even though they are ancient in the computer hardware world, they still represent a solid value for folding, and will continue to for quite a while in my opinion.
 
musky said:
795W - 825W at the wall with a OCZ ZX 1250, if memory serves correctly.

Socket 2011 gets a lot of hype these days, especially with v2 coming out. But still, a 4p G34 system with 6180s is going to come in just under a 4p socket 2011 and pretty close to a 2p socket 2011 in terms of energy efficiency. It probably still would be #2 in ppd/system, and the best ppd/initial cost. Even though they are ancient in the computer hardware world, they still represent a solid value for folding, and will continue to for quite a while in my opinion.
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My 4P 6282 spicy rig is pulling about 1,100W. The 6100 series gives better PPD/watt from what I understand (I defer to musky, Grandpa_01, etc). The 4P E5-4650 is the best PPD/watt, but it's not so cheap. A motherboard and four CPUs will set you back almost $3K but it only pulls about 600W.
 
Dead on. Im running 4x 6180 myself and those numbers are what I see with my kill-a-watt.
 
Amd 6176se @ 2.713Ghz

P8101 - 704 Watt
P8103 - 680 Watt
P8104 - 675 Watt
P8105 - 682 Watt

Using Kill-A-Watt , CM 212+, USB Flash drive for Boot, No other drives or case fans.
 
Thanks guys. That's solid, detailed info. But we wouldn't expect less around here.
 
Given you're considering 6180s, why not MC ES? (Statistically) they perform and can be
tuned better. Certain eBay fellow has them for $225 OBO.

+1 to brilong's 4P 2011 comment.
 
MC ES *are* drop in replacements and can be used with OCNG with no reflashes.

OC approach is tad different but it's same *class* of fiddling as "finding best refclock" (you are OC'ing
your 617X systems, aren't you? I imagine that must have taken some fiddling).
 
OK, sounds interesting. Still though, I need to crunch the numbers and see if the increased production is worth the cost.

I only have one system with 6176s. It's a combo with 2 X 6174 and 2 X 6176. I overclocked exactly the same as my 6172 and 6174 system - setting the reference clock, nothing else.
 
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