Folding build.

don256us · Apr 5, 2015

This build is dedicated to RZA, ATMINSIDE and Fever who helped me get the parts I needed very inexpensively.

It started with a "Donationware" workstation MB from RZA.

Then ATMINSIDE sold me a cheap Xeon to go with it.

Finally, Fever sold me three AMD cards to put in it.

I then had to buy a power supply that would handle all of the folding power that I would put to it later.

Not to mention a cheap heatsink and fan that would keep the CPU cool.

I used an old 2.5 inch hard drive from my laptop. (I put an SSD in the laptop so this drive was not doing anything.)

Part of the reason I got the video cards on the cheap is that the heatsinks and fans were broken. This is how I dealt with that.

Finally, I used some RAM that I had laying around. A total of 4 GB of DDR3.

Here are most of those parts in one shot.

caddi daddi · Apr 5, 2015

that awtta score a few points and with a 1200 watt psu should run right in the sweet spot.
going with linux?

caddi daddi · Apr 5, 2015

oops, brain fart, ati cards, your going windows

SubPar · Apr 6, 2015

Moar power don! You've gone mad! :thup:

Robert17 · Apr 6, 2015

Nuttin' but fun!

WhitehawkEQ · Apr 6, 2015

don256us said:
Here are most of those parts in one shot.

View attachment 162060

Is that a CPU (Cat Processing Unit) I see in the upper right corner? :rofl:

I have 1 too:

caddi daddi · Apr 7, 2015

I thought cpu's lowered PPD buy filling the heatsinks with furr, so no cpu folding.

Robert17 · Apr 7, 2015

CAT cables are getting fatter and fuzzier lately.........not that I'm dogging you or parroting Whitehawk....please, help me worm out of this.......

don256us · Apr 7, 2015

Yes. He is one of my two "helpers". When working on the floor like that, I just yell out every 5 minutes "Get out of there." to a cat who may or may not actually be in the room with me.

Project on hold for a few days as I do side work to help pay for those parts.

caddi daddi · Apr 7, 2015

cat got your tongue?

Audioaficionado · Apr 8, 2015

My house is wired with CAT7. Loose fur is an additional filter media to help catch any dust from torn upholstery :rofl:

caddi daddi · Apr 8, 2015

the cat2 cable looks a little plumper and might carry a little more bandwidth than the cat1 cable, and on the plus side it's allready installed in the case.

WhitehawkEQ · Apr 8, 2015

caddi daddi said:
the cat2 cable looks a little plumper and might carry a little more bandwidth than the cat1 cable, and on the plus side it's already installed in the case.

If your talking about my cat, she weighs 13 pounds, but is light on her feet for a heavy cat. That MB you see in background is a Gigabyte Z97 MB with i5 4670K quad core CPU and 4x8GB ram sticks I built for a friend.

caddi daddi · Apr 8, 2015

we.... were.... uhhh.... just kind of poking fun at the cats.......... we hope you don't mind.

13 pounds is a biggun for a house cat.

WhitehawkEQ · Apr 8, 2015

caddi daddi said:
we.... were.... uhhh.... just kind of poking fun at the cats.......... we hope you don't mind.

13 pounds is a biggun for a house cat.

I don't mind, I thought it was real funny when my cat got in the case.

SubPar · Apr 9, 2015

I'll get my brother to send me a pic of his cat-pu

I believe George is 18 lbs

don256us · Apr 12, 2015

Another minor setback. The power supply for one of my other folding rigs went down. It's a brand new Seasonic too. While I RMA it, the power supply for this build will be put into service keeping that other rig going.

chuckerants · Apr 13, 2015

Oooooh, I want one of those MoBos.

don256us said:
This build is dedicated to RZA, ATMINSIDE and Fever who helped me get the parts I needed very inexpensively.

It started with a "Donationware" workstation MB.

View attachment 162059

Then ATMINSIDE sold me a cheap Xeon to go with it.

Finally, Fever sold me three AMD cards to put in it.
View attachment 162053
View attachment 162054

I then had to buy a power supply that would handle all of the folding power that I would put to it later.

View attachment 162055

Not to mention a cheap heatsink and fan that would keep the CPU cool.

View attachment 162056

I used an old 2.5 inch hard drive from my laptop. (I put an SSD in the laptop so this drive was not doing anything.)

View attachment 162058

Part of the reason I got the video cards on the cheap is that the heatsinks and fans were broken. This is who I dealt with that.

View attachment 162057
View attachment 162061 View attachment 162062

Finally, I used some RAM that I had laying around. A total of 4 GB of DDR3.

Here are most of those parts in one shot.

View attachment 162060

Silver_Pharaoh · Apr 13, 2015

Sub'd for the cats.

And for the rig :chair:

don256us · Apr 14, 2015

chuckerants said:
Oooooh, I want one of those MoBos.

The Mobo is thanks to RZA. It was questionable and so he sold it on a "Donationware" basis. There are some problems with it but none that will prevent me from getting massive ppd once I get it going.

Folding build.

Uber Folding Senior

Godzilla to ant hills

Godzilla to ant hills

Member

Premium Member

Premium Member

Godzilla to ant hills

Premium Member

Uber Folding Senior

Godzilla to ant hills

Sparkomatic Moderator

Godzilla to ant hills

Premium Member

Godzilla to ant hills

Premium Member

Member

Uber Folding Senior

Member

Likes the big ones n00b Member

Uber Folding Senior

Similar threads