50k, 1200ppw & still can't hold top 100

I finally hit 50k but I've gone from #97 back to #101 in the last couple of weeks.

In a few months you'll need 2000ppw to just stay in the top 100.

I'll be back once I build some more in house power.

It is getting tough. Im comming up the ranks pretty quickly, but there is a lot of stiff competition up there. Hope I can get in the top 100 soon.

I wish you luck with your farm.

No kidding, I'm making about 1000 ppw and am stuck in 139th, and have been there for about 2 months.... oh if I could only have permission to borg all the CAD rigs at work

Hey dont feel too bad. I was at one time 13th on this team (when those tasty AGOIA's were dirt cheap ). Now at 2300 ppw and it appears just enough to keep from sliding back for a while (67th) I did for a time fold for another team (20 weeks) but even when points are combined id be clinging to top 40. Its become a difficult thing to climb or maintain position.. thats a good thing though it means the team has got some serious POWA!! I for myself am hoping that after getting settled i can break out with some more powa

My only borg died awhile back as I haven't seen any additional activity other than my own in house processors.

I'm thinking of getting a mobil XP2500 for my daughter's SK41G Shuttle. that should get me an extra 100ppw over the XP1700 that's in it now. Maybe use that XP1700 for a real cheap 300ppw Overclockix layer

My SB75G2 should add 850ppw when I get the RMAed unit back.

How much do you think dual 3.4GHz Xeons will put out running 4 clients?

I should be able to substain over 3kPPW if all the hardware holds up

Im too cheap for dual xeons, but dual bartons may be in order

Audioaficionado said:

How much do you think dual 3.4GHz Xeons will put out running 4 clients?

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My guess would be about 2500ppw.

Can I play with it, when you get it? Please?

Xeon's sound nice, but I'm all for someone trying out a nice Quad opteron folding layer

And the problem here is what???

No seriously, keep going guys!

walaka7 said:

Im too cheap for dual xeons, but dual bartons may be in order

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Unless you get an even better killer deal on the classifieds or ebay, a Asus PC-DL based 2.66/533 Xeon system can be goosed past 800fsb and won't cost more than $1100 over at Newegg. This is for a top notch, up to date system that will compete with anything that will be coming out in the next year or two.

Unless you get the MPX system used at a discount, you'll save maybe $400 to $500 but the bang for the buck crown might still be with the PC-DL set up right now in spite of it's higher initial cost. Prices on 533 Xeons might drop significantly after Intel's x86-64bit Xeons get out and don't act like PressHott silicon smelters.