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eaglescouter
12-25-10, 09:51 PM
Who's got a new SETI build coming for Christmas or New Years?
QuietIce
12-25-10, 11:16 PM
It'll look like I did. I'm taking the 940BE, which has been crunching for the past 21 months, moving it to my main rig, changing OS's (SETI will see a different rig), putting it under water, and (hopefully) clocking it a lot higher.

I'll also be adding an 8800GTS to it ... :)
Sephis
12-26-10, 01:39 AM
I'm bringing a e6600 and a 9800gt online as soon as I can find some DDR2 and a cooler for the card. It isn't much, but it didn't cost me anything either. The board has three PCI-E slots, so I may throw a couple more cheap cards in it.
Sir-Epix
12-26-10, 09:50 AM
I added a 460 GTX to the mix. Might upgrade the mobo for more pci-e slots but that is more than new years away. I am hoping for 40k RAC when it all shakes out. I also have an i3 laptop that I just got for christmas that I might add to the mix once I get to 1 million on AQUA@home.
eaglescouter
12-26-10, 01:19 PM
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6715047#post6715047

$6 after rebates for a CUDA video card. I don't know what kind of RAC this will produce, but it will outproduce the integrated video on my farm animals!
QuietIce
12-26-10, 01:28 PM
I don't know how well that specific model works but it may not be worth the time - except on an older rig. My 8600 chewed up enough CPU time that, in the end, it only netted about 300 RAC. :( When I started using that machine on a daily basis I just turned off CUDA. Compared to it's output it wasn't worth the wake-up lag to keep it running ...
Voodoo Rufus
12-27-10, 12:15 PM
Thinking about a new Intel build probably sometime fairly early in the next year. First I want some snow skis. Single CPU with a water cooled GPU.
TomWoolford
12-30-10, 01:46 AM
I've been contemplating an upgrade to a 1090T and a new Board/Ram. My X2 BE has really been starting to show its age recently. I don't think ill upgrade anything else though. If I play my cards right I can get a 6 core cpu, 4GB of ram and an SLI board for less than $400 and hopefully see a huge performance difference.