Is it worth it???

[freakdiablo]

One of my friends back in Connecticut got my old rig out of my basement a little while ago for a lan. Im heading back there at the beginning of january (xmas vacation). It has a amd athlon xp 2400 in it, probably gonna get OCed (motherboard was fried, he offered to pick up a new one for $35, don't know details yet). Since hes probably going to game on it alot, plus probably not leave it on 24/7, I estimate its only going to have about 5-10% of its time dedicated to SETI. is it worth installing boinc on it?

 

[Dk Jedi Allianc]

Sure why not?

But best set the cache very low or you may have trouble meeting the deadline.

 

[freakdiablo]

well, read an article a couple months ago that said the athlon xp 2400+ had an operational speed of 2.4ghz even though the stock speed is 2.0ghz, and if my friend gets my ddr333 back from another kid I let borrow, I dont see why it shouldnt hit 2.5 or so. and I have no idea how to modify the cache, I basically just let boinc do its own thing.

 

[Dk Jedi Allianc]

well, read an article a couple months ago that said the athlon xp 2400+ had an operational speed of 2.4ghz even though the stock speed is 2.0ghz, and if my friend gets my ddr333 back from another kid I let borrow, I dont see why it shouldnt hit 2.5 or so. and I have no idea how to modify the cache, I basically just let boinc do its own thing.

The cache I refer to - is mentioned in BOINC prefs as "connect to network every xx days"
This is basicly your workunit cache setting.

No need to fill in 7-8 days worth of crunching - then the pc can´t finish in time.

 

[freakdiablo]

o i get it now.

 

[eaglescouter]

I'm crunching with a 3200+ and it does just fine. Give it a run!

 

[freakdiablo]

well, like i said, wont be able to install it until I get back in january. don't feel like walking my friend through connecting boinc to my account, since even though i did it like 10 times I still have some trouble.

 

[eaglescouter]

If it's running windows, have him fire up the rig, then send you a remote assistance request by email.

That will let you remotely connect to the machine and you can config it from afar

 

[freakdiablo]

Thatll work. still has to get the motherboard though.