Any good resources online to figure out just what kind of point totals I should be hitting? In the last 2 weeks, of the 7 Computers I had running, I lost a Mac G4-1.25GHz, but replaced a Celeron 2.66 with a P4 3.06, and my points per week have almost doubled from 1800 to 3400. Just a fluke? Basics: ...

could you explain what the USB-key looking-like-thing is? I'm confused.

herosformula wrote:I built a dual Opteron system after the holidays, all it appears to get are these 600 point units.

After 6 or 7 straight 600 pointers, I logged on to my desktop at home tonight to find it whittling away at a crap 63 pointer.

Now I feel dirty.

chtudor wrote:Just started folding for the SPCR team, hopefully I can contribute a small bit.

If you consider ~600 points per day a small bit, then power to ya!
Welcome to the fold!

Hey, every little bit counts. The 2 P3-800 machines are lucky to make 100 points per week. The Athlon spits out 48 or so per day.

I'm up to 6 systems now, 3 at home, parents and 2 at work. I was also on the road for the weekend, so my laptop wasn't crunching it's normal 300PPD . Is that a typo? Is it really PointsPerDAY? If it isn't then I am probably the slowest folder ever! :oops: OK, might be a slight exaggeration. It norm...

I'm up to 6 systems now, 3 at home, parents and 2 at work. I was also on the road for the weekend, so my laptop wasn't crunching it's normal 300PPD.

Give me 12 hours, I'll get another 1200-1500 pts, and back up to 2000PPW.

I have to say - we're doing damn good for such a small team (# of users)

Don't forget that you're going to have to wait 4-8 months to actually get those rebates back. Pain in the a__...

Is the Pentium M a socket 478?

Well, maybe I jumped at the right time.

Newegg's price jumed from 199 to 215 yesterday, and Tigerdirect now lists the P4 3.06 Northwood as it's #1 seller, though the price hasn't changed yet from $199US or $269CDN

I did check NCIX, but this proc wasn't a stock item.

dr00l

That's awesome. I want one!

yes indeed. Northwood is dead. Intel makes more money selling presshots. Its going to be socket 775 only very soon as well. Tigerdirect haha. ;) I've never had a problem with Tigerdirect.ca Their prices seem to be competitive. If I could have, I would've ordered from Newegg and had it delivered to ...

Nah, I only got the system this past summer, didn't think I'd be doing anything serious with it, so it was basically just a bare-bones Celeron 2.66 In the last 6 months I've upgraded the case, cooling, ram, hard drives... the CPU was all that was left. I ordered the system basically just as a laptop...

After all I've been reading about the desire to stay away from Presc HOT t's, my search for a new CPU has focused on the Northwood proc. I decided to keep things clean with my current mobo and memory I'd stick with the P4 3.06GHz with 533 front side bus. I ended up buying retail from tigerdirect.ca ...

Sweet - good job!

Look at the processors that they're testing with at Tom's as well - 3.4-3.6GHz, have to assume they're prescotts, while spcr is using northwoods rated almost a fill GHz lower. NO wonder that they're getting skewed results. I guess if you're trying to put together a high-GHz gaming machine, then the ...

I really hate to admit it, but I'd like to see one of these up close.

Kind of like a moped - fun to ride, just don't let your friends catch you

Having a bit of fun on a Saturday night... I'll stop wondering why I'm still single... Rewiring the stock exhaust fan to 7v, result = minimal increase in noise. Tapped off the antec logo in the door Covered the back-side logo with TP, temporary dust filter. End result - a little louder, though I can...

errrr... sorry, I was thinking about the GUI. I don't know the flags for the text-console I assume you're using under Linux

you could always clock down the FAH cpu utilization to 70% or so, see if the temps decrease a bit... sure the WU will take a bit longer, but at least you won't lose them

I've hard wired my (stock) rear exhaust at 5V, which exhausts most of the heat. The PSU (Enermax noisetaker 365) runs a lowly 700rpm, and rarely ramps up from the heat. I was checking airflow the other day, by covering up the 'Antec' logos on the sides, and my case temp jumped 5 degrees, PSU ramped ...

Worse than the quality of the power coming in through your mains, the hum is likely more a result of EMI from surrounding equipment. Whenever I put my cell phone or blackberry next to my speakers I get audibles. If you can't eliminate the EMI, you may want to try a shielded cable between your PC and...

Can't you just feel the love?
I'm new to folding, but to me it feels like a big hug!

my Asus P4R800-VM is running a 2.8GHz P4 with 800MHz fsb and DDR333 just fine. So basically, if I go 533fsb - I lose the upgrade path to anything faster than DDR333 (see question below) 800fsb - will work with DDR333, plus I still have a path to faster in the future or the slap me upside the head q...

Current System Specs: Asus P4R800V-Deluxe mobo Celeron D 2.66 (533FSB) Kingston HyperX DDR333 2x512MB Looking to upgrade to a P4 but not sure what to get. Options include: 3.06GHz with 533fsb 3.0 GHz with 800fsb I know my mobo will support either proc, but this ASUS has issues when it comes to DDR40...

Since joining the 'fold' this week, I've added 5 systems. Give it a week so see the results, but I'll estimate that I'm good for 700-1000 PPW. Let's get SPCR on an advertising binge - throw a banner at the top of the page or something! Make that 6. I convinced my brother to join the fold, adding a ...

What socket? on my 478 it seemed a little 'twisty' until the thermal paste had a bit of time to 'set'.

If you don't want to build your own wood cabinet, why not browse ikea for something suitable? for example

Odd question regarding FAHmon - it shows the estimated time of arrival of my desktops WU as 26d 20h 45m, when the FAH GUI shows 11h 22m 06s

Is there a bug or something funky going on here?