KWSN Orbiting Fortress

[Gemjunkie]

Last update: 2011 05 10 10:16:22
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1 Sicituradastra. 18964579.43
2 Ukraine 16187482.19
3 SETI.USA 9748358.67
4 Polish National Team 7722213.61
5 Team 2ch 5628541.08
6 PrimeSearchTeam 5439564.96
7 Czech National Team 5392194.04
8 TeAm AnandTech 4203685.45
9 SETI.Germany 3861843.63
10 Duke University 3225755.53
11 BOINCstats 3067572.91
12 The Knights Who Say Ni! 2835960.00
13 BOINC@Poland 2605450.57
14 US Navy 2002437.06
15 Free-DC 1934146.72
16 Ars Technica 1785676.52
17 Crunching Family 1550142.19
18 Picard 1367447.50
19 Ishtar 1365091.97
20 Team Starfire World BOINC 1315247.29



20 {KWSN}John Galt 007 The Knights Who Say Ni! 1157603.56
57 Gemjunkie The Knights Who Say Ni! 471491.74
74 Pooh Bear 27 The Knights Who Say Ni! 390698.62
115 Williamd007 The Knights Who Say Ni! 257923.12
164 The Knighty NI The Knights Who Say Ni! 160693.09
234 KWSN - Sir Brian - err sorry - wrong film! The Knights Who Say Ni! 108945.92
239 Sir Stooper The Knights Who Say Ni! 105519.30
267 John Mohr The Knights Who Say Ni! 84280.49
270 Idan Shifres The Knights Who Say Ni! 81740.31
501 JT Labs The Knights Who Say Ni! 10100.96
544 KWSN - MajorKong The Knights Who Say Ni! 7094.41
772 Nicolas The Knights Who Say Ni! 1855.76



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[Gemjunkie]

Last update: 2011 05 10 13:31:29
Rank Name Score
1 Sicituradastra. 19582938.15
2 Ukraine 16593736.87
3 SETI.USA 10217878.24
4 Polish National Team 8091992.62
5 Team 2ch 5851113.85
6 PrimeSearchTeam 5639144.30
7 Czech National Team 5602566.88
8 TeAm AnandTech 4306750.95
9 SETI.Germany 4001969.47
10 Duke University 3371528.17
11 BOINCstats 3183901.21
12 The Knights Who Say Ni! 2965071.56
13 BOINC@Poland 2735485.86
14 US Navy 2114478.81
15 Free-DC 2009923.54
16 Ars Technica 1845539.87
17 Crunching Family 1609948.64
18 Picard 1415762.54
19 Ishtar 1410943.41
20 Team Starfire World BOINC 1361010.77


20 {KWSN}John Galt 007 The Knights Who Say Ni! 1220745.47
59 Gemjunkie The Knights Who Say Ni! 489302.59
75 Pooh Bear 27 The Knights Who Say Ni! 397352.28
113 Williamd007 The Knights Who Say Ni! 275651.40
163 The Knighty NI The Knights Who Say Ni! 167606.84
236 KWSN - Sir Brian - err sorry - wrong film! The Knights Who Say Ni! 111117.09
244 Sir Stooper The Knights Who Say Ni! 105519.30
264 Idan Shifres The Knights Who Say Ni! 92238.38
268 John Mohr The Knights Who Say Ni! 86487.07
504 JT Labs The Knights Who Say Ni! 10100.96
550 KWSN - MajorKong The Knights Who Say Ni! 7094.41
782 Nicolas The Knights Who Say Ni! 1855.76



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(older, before split CPID)

[Gemjunkie]

Last update: 2011 05 11 11:46:39
Rank Name Score
1 Sicituradastra. 23936263.53
2 Ukraine 20582216.69
3 SETI.USA 13047383.56
4 Polish National Team 10161666.40
5 Team 2ch 7357211.82
6 Czech National Team 6895523.62
7 PrimeSearchTeam 6767177.87
8 TeAm AnandTech 5223333.89
9 SETI.Germany 4845162.40
10 BOINCstats 3889559.24
11 Duke University 3858417.26
12 BOINC@Poland 3690600.03
13 The Knights Who Say Ni! 3582199.42
14 US Navy 2681431.58
15 Free-DC 2439953.85
16 Ars Technica 2264452.75
17 Crunching Family 2047023.76
18 Picard 1704528.50
19 Ishtar 1702601.15
20 Team Starfire World BOINC 1670426.81


19 {KWSN}John Galt 007 The Knights Who Say Ni! 1462453.12
58 Gemjunkie The Knights Who Say Ni! 597796.64
76 Pooh Bear 27 The Knights Who Say Ni! 485754.60
116 Williamd007 The Knights Who Say Ni! 339922.89
177 The Knighty NI The Knights Who Say Ni! 192700.13
240 Sir Stooper The Knights Who Say Ni! 133630.52
241 KWSN - Sir Brian - err sorry - wrong film! The Knights Who Say Ni! 133357.30
259 Idan Shifres The Knights Who Say Ni! 116021.54
279 John Mohr The Knights Who Say Ni! 99511.64
544 JT Labs The Knights Who Say Ni! 10100.96
598 KWSN - MajorKong The Knights Who Say Ni! 7094.41
812 sam langley The Knights Who Say Ni! 1999.92
870 Nicolas The Knights Who Say Ni! 1855.76



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(older, before split CPID)

[Gemjunkie]

Last update: 2011 05 11 20:31:52
Rank Name Score
1 Sicituradastra. 25500268.13
2 Ukraine 22131187.56
3 SETI.USA 14160329.73
4 Polish National Team 10987068.95
5 Team 2ch 7916884.85
6 Czech National Team 7438526.30
7 PrimeSearchTeam 7266421.21
8 TeAm AnandTech 5535879.68
9 SETI.Germany 5168236.06
10 BOINCstats 4156645.42
11 Duke University 4144023.03
12 BOINC@Poland 3986924.19
13 The Knights Who Say Ni! 3812382.31
14 US Navy 2914945.57
15 Free-DC 2629676.67
16 Ars Technica 2431546.74
17 Crunching Family 2219111.64
18 Picard 1857427.46
19 Team Starfire World BOINC 1844519.37
20 Ishtar 1783738.75


19 {KWSN}John Galt 007 The Knights Who Say Ni! 1552228.14
61 Gemjunkie The Knights Who Say Ni! 638782.98
75 Pooh Bear 27 The Knights Who Say Ni! 528244.98
119 Williamd007 The Knights Who Say Ni! 356109.20
169 The Knighty NI The Knights Who Say Ni! 213124.29
242 Sir Stooper The Knights Who Say Ni! 140147.22
245 KWSN - Sir Brian - err sorry - wrong film! The Knights Who Say Ni! 137935.15
265 Idan Shifres The Knights Who Say Ni! 122322.21
287 John Mohr The Knights Who Say Ni! 104178.87
559 JT Labs The Knights Who Say Ni! 10100.96
606 KWSN - MajorKong The Knights Who Say Ni! 7094.41
848 sam langley The Knights Who Say Ni! 1999.92
913 Nicolas The Knights Who Say Ni! 1855.76



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(older, before split CPID)

[The Knighty NI]

Must admit that I am pretty chuffed at the way this challenge has gone. No invalid or Error WU's passed back to the project. Most of them have been reported back before my wingmen Lol.

The only thing is:

Two days ago I had to take the small tweak off my 6 cores because they started to go to high temperature wise

Was running at 3629.98mhz and temp was steady at 54-57c when it suddenly shot up to 63c and wouldn't drop. Max temp rating for the Phenom 1100T Black edition is 71C. So had to drop it back to 3321.87mhz. Now back down in what I call the safe zone at a steady 54-57C.

Think it must be the warmer weather we are having over here Lol.

Anyone have any experience in water cooling CPU's? If so I would be glad to learn about how to do it as I understand that it keeps the CPU considerably cooler and the machine is much quieter because you can get rid of the CPU fan.
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[Gemjunkie]

I just air cool mine, which heat sink are you using? I use Thermaltake Frio on mine, no problems so far. It can use 2 fans, but I'm only using 1.
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0333155

Here's my current temps on my 3.8GHz box:



I'm not sure how much noise you'd reduce by water cooling, you still have fan(s) on the radiator.

Make sure you apply the heat sink compound correctly, too. I like this:
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0282371



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(older, before split CPID)

[Nuadormrac]

It might have changed, but I had used Arctic Silver in the past... Kept things nice and cool, with the heatsink I got, which was a Swifteck cooler I think, but was bought sometime back. I did have a number of fans in the server ATX sized tower however...

And yes it's got warmer this year; I've already started using air conditioning...
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[The Knighty NI]

This is the spec for the processor. It just don't include much info about the fan which comes as part of the package except to say the warranty is null and void if their fan is not used....Humm

Processor Features
- Heatsink, Active (With Heat Sink Fan)
- Integrated Memory Controller
- Fast Hypertransport 3.0 technology
- Cool & Quiet v2.0
- AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) Technology

By the way I have already tried my Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 on it. Temperatures remained about the same so though putting theirs on a good idea because I can actually direct air if needed from an external source straight onto the fan.

With the Freezer 7 it stands so tall that I have to take the air inlet tube off the case so that it fits.
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What is that in the Shrubbery?

[Gemjunkie]

According to this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134

[Gemjunkie]

Last update: 2011 05 12 18:32:22
Rank Name Score
1 Sicituradastra. 29592692.20
2 Ukraine 26132227.26
3 SETI.USA 16936299.05
4 Polish National Team 13015816.30
5 Team 2ch 9432080.20
6 Czech National Team 8691515.71
7 PrimeSearchTeam 8462467.09
8 TeAm AnandTech 6503946.44
9 SETI.Germany 5990805.02
10 Duke University 5285527.13
11 BOINCstats 4857983.78
12 BOINC@Poland 4734875.75
13 The Knights Who Say Ni! 4464450.93
14 US Navy 3396156.25
15 Free-DC 3139626.89
16 Ars Technica 2850716.20
17 Crunching Family 2641963.04
18 Picard 2146027.33
19 Team Starfire World BOINC 2120736.77
20 Ishtar 2055738.27


21 {KWSN}John Galt 007 The Knights Who Say Ni! 1811129.55
61 Gemjunkie The Knights Who Say Ni! 750906.19
75 Pooh Bear 27 The Knights Who Say Ni! 610484.52
116 Williamd007 The Knights Who Say Ni! 424600.98
173 The Knighty NI The Knights Who Say Ni! 246670.20
245 Sir Stooper The Knights Who Say Ni! 166001.46
252 Idan Shifres The Knights Who Say Ni! 160139.27
256 KWSN - Sir Brian - err sorry - wrong film! The Knights Who Say Ni! 155390.08
293 John Mohr The Knights Who Say Ni! 120427.28
580 JT Labs The Knights Who Say Ni! 10100.96
630 KWSN - MajorKong The Knights Who Say Ni! 7094.41
919 sam langley The Knights Who Say Ni! 1999.92
984 Nicolas The Knights Who Say Ni! 1855.76



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(older, before split CPID)

[The Knighty NI]

maybe I should give one like yours a try.

I usually buy my parts from here and this is the one

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/components/cooling/cpucoolers/thermaltake/clp0564.html

I'll order tomorrow before I go to work and if I am lucky it will be with me by Saturday when I get home
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What is that in the Shrubbery?

[The Knighty NI]

Permission to stand down from the challenge Sir

Mildew hasn't quite got enough hamsters in his shrubber to hold "Get Off My Lawn" back for another 48 hours by which time they will have overtaken us in RNA World. This will drop us back to 55th place. I want to shoot up their evil plan first
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[Altivec]

[The Knighty NI]

Thanks Altivec

It clearly has some good reviews from people who purchase puter parts from the same place I do:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/components/cooling/watercooling/corsair/c-cwch50-1.html

Lol its even got a uTube vid on how to fit it

Have you clocked your processor?

If so by how much?

Think I'll think about the options a bit longer before rushing out to buy something new.

Temp range today has been 53-57C with the stock fan provided with the chip.
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[Nuadormrac]

The stock coolers are rather often kind of meh, when it comes to cooling things. The truth is, and mention of warranties aside, the manufacturers not all that un-often provide something that is considered "good enough", however isn't really "that great" when it comes to keeping things reasonably cool. They base this on what they consider the typical person's use to be, which could mean anything from just reading email, browsing the web, and using office productivity software, to heavy gaming or doing things that are processor intensive and will push it to it's limits for long periods of time.

Then agaiin, sometimes, what they consider an acceptable temperature can very from what many IT pros might actually agree with. They can essentially say "well we rate it for this temperature", but then it can all come down to a matter of margins in the end; especially if people are doing more then the average home user on that given system.... The stock cooler, though not the best out there, is however cheaper for them to provide.... Now the CPU slot, and how much weight one will place on the bracket is also a consideration, so take a look there also.

BTW, whatever cooler one uses, a lot of the cooler mftg''s like to use thermal tape. It's easier for application, but mediocre for purposes of heat transfer. Get rid of that gunk, use a razor blade (or if you're concerned about scratching the thing) the clean edge (get rid of the outer layer) of an old credit card, to remove it. Then get some 95% pure isopropyl or better, to clean the surface with, as well as the surface of the chip (don't pour the alchohol on your computer Use a queue tip or something of the sort to rub it clean).

After this, make sure you have a good thermal paste, and apply a layer of that, and spread it as indicated to get a good layer of contact between the CPU and the cooler. Attach with that. Thermal tape is garbage for getting some good cooling in there...
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[Gemjunkie]

Make sure your case can accommodate whatever you decide on first. The large tower heat-sinks are generally 165mm tall. My Thermaltake Element T holds it but with the AM3 socket's position on the motherboard it prevents mounting a normal side fan in the case. Not a problem with the Element T holding my socket 775 motherboard. It's difficult to tell before you have the parts in hand.
My Cooler Master HAF 912 is wider and the side vent is a bit lower, so no problem. My current case of choice.
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0343331

I like this diamond based thermal compound, diamond has terrific thermal conductivity.
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0282371
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[Gemjunkie]

[Gemjunkie]

Last update: 2011 05 13 01:16:52
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1 Sicituradastra. 30881594.06
2 Ukraine 27450560.71
3 SETI.USA 17732367.64
4 Polish National Team 13587753.25
5 Team 2ch 9814077.44
6 Czech National Team 9081046.38
7 PrimeSearchTeam 8805521.47
8 TeAm AnandTech 6771971.01
9 SETI.Germany 6208912.55
10 Duke University 5630105.80
11 BOINCstats 5091171.60
12 BOINC@Poland 4967413.29
13 The Knights Who Say Ni! 4652703.96
14 US Navy 3542175.71
15 Free-DC 3248701.33
16 Ars Technica 2942909.58
17 Crunching Family 2759201.27
18 Picard 2265890.73
19 Team Starfire World BOINC 2197126.08
20 Ishtar 2138631.39


20 {KWSN}John Galt 007 The Knights Who Say Ni! 1879750.21
62 Gemjunkie The Knights Who Say Ni! 779264.04
77 Pooh Bear 27 The Knights Who Say Ni! 638665.67
115 Williamd007 The Knights Who Say Ni! 443198.79
173 The Knighty NI The Knights Who Say Ni! 260152.17
242 Sir Stooper The Knights Who Say Ni! 175173.81
250 KWSN - Sir Brian - err sorry - wrong film! The Knights Who Say Ni! 165074.22
257 Idan Shifres The Knights Who Say Ni! 160139.27
287 John Mohr The Knights Who Say Ni! 130234.74
590 JT Labs The Knights Who Say Ni! 10100.96
639 KWSN - MajorKong The Knights Who Say Ni! 7094.41
934 sam langley The Knights Who Say Ni! 1999.92
1001 Nicolas The Knights Who Say Ni! 1855.76



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(older, before split CPID)

[The Knighty NI]

Great Info Nuadormrac and Gem.

Copied this stuff off and into a file so that I can use it as a reference guide quickly and easily

Never thought about using ispropyl alcohol before. Just wondering if Vodka would do the same job as that is the purest alcohol you can get that is non commercial alcohol. I often use it for making things that contain essential oils such as bubble baths and body rubs. Added bonus, you can drink any left over

[The Knighty NI]

Aye Aye Sir remaining at post.


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