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Janos
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 Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:47 am Post subject: Janos |
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Hello all
I thought I would introduce myself.
Back at the start of the millennium I worked on SETI managing to crunch around 800 classic units before my life circumstances changed.
Now that I am back I am rather amazed to find that my two GTX 580 graphics cards are able to punch out a stunning amount of work. GPU power is amazing!
I am planning to move house this summer and when I do I hope to reinstate a server farm. Hopefully my new house with have a nice cold basement from which I can channel a kW or three of CPU and GPU under-floor heating power. Might be a pipe dream but you never know!
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Megacruncher
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Welcome to TSBT and sorry for the delay in activating your account.
GPU crunching is awesome & your debut has not gone unremarked on: 15 million in 3 weeks  Wow! And with your discovery of DistrRTGen your million plus per day is propelling you through the ranks and making a big difference to the team.
I can vouch for the effectiveness of a Basement Boinc Farm as a source of underfloor heating. Go for it but watch the bills! 
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Janos
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Yeah the bills scare me. I estimate I am on about a tenner a month for just the one PC. Mind you, I rarely have the heating on so it probably balances out reasonably well.
If I build up my server farm I will be using something horrific like 5kw/h, 24hours a day... now that will hurt the bank balance! |
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m22rdy
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| Janos wrote: | | I estimate I am on about a tenner a month for just the one PC. |
I'll trade suppliers 
I put one of those energy test monitors on this computer, it eats around 4p an hour, over a day thats around a quid, and a month around £30.
My heated blanket is 3p an hour... 
I'm unsure which is warmer...
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Janos
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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Did I say a tenner a month?
Yeah I did.
I meant a tenner a WEEK!
I blame the error on a buffer overflow, probably caused by overheating. |
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Gary Mc
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Welcome Janos, with an output like yours we should see you in the top ten before long. Keep up the good work!  |
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Janos
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| Gary Mc wrote: | | Welcome Janos, with an output like yours we should see you in the top ten before long. Keep up the good work! |
Thank you Gary.
Janos |
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