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Theoretically ...best bang ( boinc ) for buck pc ?
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:12 pm
by fellie
I thought the laptop I got, amd dual 1.9 was good vfw at £292 delivered, until I noticed it does only 20% of my points alongside the dual 2.66 home pc.. so from a boinc perspective maybe not ..
What is the best bang for buck way of boincing ?
I was thinking, quad core, overclocked, xp 64 if buying new.. and just generally scrounging pc parts if not paying
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:17 pm
by UBT - Terry
Build your own Q6600 system only cost around the £350 mark depending on where you shop for parts, with a good mobo and memory etc you'll get 3.4Ghz per core easy.
Terry
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:12 pm
by Ben
I built mine for about 400-450 ish, but at the time the quad cost quite a bit more, but now you could build a good decent machine for 250-400.
Go for the new 45nm jobs, since you gain an extra 20% performance and less power from them.
Good sites to build from:
Dabs ->
www.dabs.com
Ebuyer ->
www.ebuyer.com (they can be a bit unrealiable sometimes)
Novatech ->
www.novatech.co.uk
P.S - Question for anyone, does ram speed make much of a difference in BOINC projects?
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:55 am
by fellie
does ps3 boinc ?
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:23 am
by UBT - Mikee
fellie wrote:does ps3 boinc ?
Yes it does and I'm sure Temujin would be happy if anyone else would join him!
http://forum.ukboincteam.com/viewtopic. ... hlight=ps3
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:18 pm
by Ben
I know the PS3 has a dedicated project (PS3 Grid) but theory says once Linux is installed on it your could run almost any BOINC project. :?:
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:12 pm
by Temujin
Ben wrote:I know the PS3 has a dedicated project (PS3 Grid) but theory says once Linux is installed on it your could run almost any BOINC project. :?:
You're right that it has a dedicated project but its Folding@Home (non boinc).
With linux on it, it can run several boinc projects
PS3Grid
Yoyo
Einstein
Seti
and I think Riesel Sieve & Milkyway
[edit] Simap
Of those, PS3Grid and Yoyo definitely make full use of the PS3's special SPE processors, I dunno about the others (but I don't think they do)
The project obviously has to provide an application for the PS3 cpu, most don't.
And yes,
any help would be much appreciated
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:55 pm
by Timby
Temujin wrote:Ben wrote:I know the PS3 has a dedicated project (PS3 Grid) but theory says once Linux is installed on it your could run almost any BOINC project. :?:
You're right that it has a dedicated project but its Folding@Home (non boinc).
With linux on it, it can run several boinc projects
PS3Grid
Yoyo
Einstein
Seti
and I think Riesel Sieve & Milkyway
Of those, PS3Grid and Yoyo definitely make full use of the PS3's special SPE processors, I dunno about the others (but I don't think they do)
The project obviously has to provide an application for the PS3 cpu, most don't.
And yes,
any help would be much appreciated
And ABC don't forget :lol: