Show us your (Folding) rigs

[Tattysnuc]

Hi all,

I've started this thread so that people can show off their Folding Rigs and any mods that they've made to their rigs in the name of a folding!

Many of you have some great rigs dedicated to the cause and I'm sure we would all like to admire them and get some fresh ideas how to optimise our centres of digital origami -a picture speaks a thousand words or so they say.... They also say water and electricity don't mix in our house hold, but I just ignore now...

I've included a template to try and keep some structure to the procedings and guide you. Feel free to suggest any changes if you have any. Don't forget to remove the "Space" that appears in the first tag before the word Color

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Brand/Model/Mhz of GPU(s) - [ COLOR="DarkRed"] [/COLOR]
Brand/Model of Motherboard(s) - [ COLOR="DarkRed"] [/COLOR]
Brand/Model of PSU - [ COLOR="DarkRed"] [/COLOR]
Case & Any Mods Done - [ COLOR="DarkRed"] [/COLOR]
The Rig's approximate PPD - [ COLOR="DarkRed"] [/COLOR]
Operating system/Driver version(s) Used - [ COLOR="DarkRed"] [/COLOR]
Virtual or Native SMP(s) - [ COLOR="DarkRed"] [/COLOR]

Examples:

Dedicated folding rig or part time - Part time
Brand/Model/MHz of CPU(s) - Intel Core i7 920 DO@ 4.2 Ghz
Brand/Model/Mhz of GPU(s) -Zotac GTX 480+EK Nickel block@800/1600/2000
Brand/Model of Motherboard(s) -Asus RIIE
Brand/Model of PSU - Corsair HX850
Case & Any Mods Done -HAF 932 + 3/8" Water loop with dual rad mounted externally
The Rig's approximate PPD -10500
Operating system/Driver version(s) Used - Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit/Forceware 197.75
Virtual or Native SMP(s) -Windows systray client v6.30r2


And then some photos showing your little(?) folding beauty...

I'm going to be rebuilding my farm over the next few weeks, so I hope to have some pictures up shortly afterwards. I'm also going to do some pictures of the build in progress in case any of you are interested. I'm looking forward to moving into the Corsair Obsidian 700D case, and moving my server from an antec 900 into my HAF 932. No drive bays remaining in the Antec for my Raid 5 array, or my other watercooled GTX 295 if and when I can get it up and running!

[Englander]

Folding name - Michael-F
Dedicated folding rig or part time -Pretty much full time
Brand/Model/MHz of CPU(s) - Intel i5 750 @ 3.2GHz
Brand/Model/Mhz of GPU(s) - 8800GT 600/900/1500 [stock]
Brand/Model of Motherboard(s) - MSI GD-65
Brand/Model of PSU - Enermax 425W Modular
Case & Any Mods Done - Fractal Define R2 complete with CPU/GPU water loop
The Rig's approximate PPD - ~5000 GPU + ~5000 SMP [~10,000 PPD in total]
Operating system/Driver version(s) Used - Windows 7 Ultimate/nVidia 257.21 drivers
Virtual or Native SMP(s) - Systray GPU client + sys tray

[Queelis]

Dedicated folding rig or part time - Part-time (I turn the PC off during the night, otherwise always on)
Brand/Model/MHz of CPU(s) - AMD Phenom II X3 720BE 2.8GHz @ 1.225V (0.1V lower than stock, see here)
Brand/Model/Mhz of GPU(s) - Sapphire Radeon HD 4830
Brand/Model of Motherboard(s) - Gigabyte MA790X-UD3P
Brand/Model of PSU - Antec NeoPower 550
Case & Any Mods Done - Naw, vanilla's my favourite Well, swapped the stock Antec TriCool fan to a Nexus Basic - much more silent!
The Rig's approximate PPD - When it's full-whack folding? Around 3600 for the CPU. With my folding time? Down to 2000 or something
Operating system/Driver version(s) Used - Vista Ultimate 64bit
Virtual or Native SMP(s) - Windows SMP client

A bit of visual info:

Outside, nothing interesting, plain old Sonata Plus:


Inside, before "spring cleaning" (cable mgmt):


Inside, after spring cleaning (I'm proud of my cable mgmt, was the first time I'd fuss with the cables at all - spent a while removing the 20 (or is it 24, idk now) pin motherboard connector ):


Note the suspended HDD - I've yet to know what HDD noise is

Yes, I know there's some dust there, but currently I'm working on tracking the relation between the dust buildup and CPU temperatures (ofc summer's not the best time, so might have to do it later on, maybe in the autumn). I don't have any proper data, but in the spring I've not vacuumed the heatsinks for around 2 months, and noticed a steady climb in load CPU temperatures from ~40 to ~48. When I removed the fan and vacuumed the heatsink, the next day the temps dropped to ~38 degrees load. So now I'm all up for keeping the insides of your PC clean

Now let someone bring the big guns, a watercooled i7 or something

[shbris]

Folding Name - shbris
Dedicated folding rig or part time -part time atm due to heat!
Brand/Model/MHz of CPU(s) - intel E6300
Brand/Model/Mhz of GPU(s) - 9600GT OC
Brand/Model of Motherboard(s) - Gigabyte EP43-DS3L
Brand/Model of PSU - BeQuiet! 600W
Case & Any Mods Done - Antec 900
The Rig's approximate PPD - around 4000
Operating system/Driver version(s) Used - Windows 7 64, latest beta drivers
Virtual or Native SMP(s) - native

[The_Wheelhouse]

Folding Name - The_Wheelhouse
Dedicated folding rig or part time -Part Time
Brand/Model/MHz of CPU(s) - Intel i7 930 @Stock
Brand/Model/Mhz of GPU(s) - XFX Radeon HD 5830
Brand/Model of Motherboard(s) - Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Brand/Model of PSU - XFX 650W XXX Edition
Case & Any Mods Done - Cooler Master Haf 922
The Rig's approximate PPD - About 3500
Operating system/Driver version(s) Used - Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Virtual or Native SMP(s) - Systray GPU client / SMP client

[Champman99]

Folding Name - Champman99

Folder 1
Dedicated folding rig or part time - Full Time
Brand/Model/MHz of CPU(s) - AMD 45nm (65W) X2 5000+ @ 3.0ghz (Coolermaster TX2)
Brand/Model/Mhz of GPU(s) - EVGA 8800GT @ 750GPU, 1860 Shader (Vortexx Neo)
Brand/Model of Motherboard(s) - ASRock N68C-S UCC
Brand/Model of PSU - HiperPower 530W
Case & Any Mods Done - Antec P182
The Rig's approximate PPD - ~5600
Operating system/Driver version(s) Used - Windows Vista HP 32bit
Virtual or Native SMP(s) - Console GPU Client, Console SMP Client


Folder 2 (Main Gaming Rig)
Dedicated folding rig or part time - Part Time
Brand/Model/MHz of CPU(s) - Intel E6420 @ 3.2ghz (Titan Fenrir)
Brand/Model/Mhz of GPU(s) - Powercolor Ati 5850 1GB
Brand/Model of Motherboard(s) - Asus P5K-Deluxe
Brand/Model of PSU - Enermax Infiniti 650W Modular
Case & Any Mods Done - Lian-Li PC-P50
The Rig's approximate PPD - ~500
Operating system/Driver version(s) Used - Windows 7 Professional 64bit
Virtual or Native SMP(s) - Console SMP Client (May start folding on the 5850 when Ati GPU3 client released)

[thomson]

Dedicated folding rig or part time -Part time
Brand/Model/MHz of CPU(s) - Intel Q8300
Brand/Model/Mhz of GPU(s) - Inno3D GTS 250
Brand/Model of Motherboard(s) - Foxconn something or other
Brand/Model of PSU - Octigen 500W
Case & Any Mods Done - The one Zoostorm use for their cheap computers
The Rig's approximate PPD - ~6k
Operating system/Driver version(s) Used - Widows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Virtual or Native SMP(s) - GPU client

Dedicated folding rig or part time - Part time
Brand/Model/MHz of CPU(s) - AMD Phenom II x4 955
Brand/Model/Mhz of GPU(s) - BFG GTX 260
Brand/Model of Motherboard(s) - Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3
Brand/Model of PSU - Be Quiet 530W
Case & Any Mods Done - Antec 300
The Rig's approximate PPD - ~7k
Operating system/Driver version(s) Used - Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Virtual or Native SMP(s) - GPU client

[Queelis]

Two nVidia cards, those should fold nicely

[thomson]

They make my room cook though

[watercooled]

Use the folding rigs to heat your room before turning on the radiator then you're folding for free essentially.

[spoon_]

Yeah good idea.

You need some sort of 'fan' to move the hot air around the house as well.

Example:

[thomson]

I'll have to get myself one of those .

[Queelis]

Now that's something to change my stock AMD cooler for

[Tattysnuc]

Finished re-plumbing in my main gaming rig. My RIIE has gone back to Asus for repair, so I bought another one while on "Today only" on scan. Will use my repaired one in my server when it returns from Asus, and then sell on my P6T

Outside:


Inside:


Dedicated folding rig or part time - Part time
Brand/Model/MHz of CPU(s) - Intel Core i7 920 DO@ 3.6 Ghz (but capable of 4.2. Not played with bios yet as I'm just stress testing my build so far...)
Brand/Model/Mhz of GPU(s) - 1xZotac GTX 480+EK Nickel block@775/1550/2000 and
- 1xeVGA GTX 480+EK Nickel block@775/1550/2000 SC

Brand/Model of Motherboard(s) -Asus RIIE
Brand/Model of PSU - Corsair HX850 and Thermaltake Power Express 650.
Case & Any Mods Done -HAF 932 + 3/8" Water loop with 2x120mm dual rads mounted at base, a 120 mm mounted in roof, and a 140mm rad mounted at back. Additional interface designed in to incorporate peltier cooling at later date.
The Rig's approximate PPD -15000 presently. When finished should be 40k+
Operating system/Driver version(s) Used - Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit/Forceware 197.75
Virtual or Native SMP(s) -Windows systray client v6.30r2

[1stRaven]

Thats a very nice setup. Awesome at gaming too I bet.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

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