b@llz0r's Scrap-yard Cruncher Challenge

[ballz0r]

Ok I have a challenge for you all...

No doubt most of you have a collection of parts from previous builds, bits that were never used or otherwise gathering dust.

Well this challenge is to pull out all that crap and make a computer for nothing (or very little) and get it crunching for RRTs WCG Team.

Anyone able to complete this feat will be immortalized forever in the font of their choice in my sig Forever!!! (or when I get bored of it whichever is first)

EDIT: Here is the Junkyard Crunching Hall of Fame
mcoffey's Breadboard (http://www.realredraider.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=26148&postcount=33)
Baleful's lappy farm (http://www.realredraider.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=27576&postcount=41)
Coolmiester's Ghetto Skully (http://www.realredraider.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=34011&postcount=64)
Baleful's Rig-in-a-box (http://www.realredraider.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=34011&postcount=64)
JTrain's Desktop (http://www.realredraider.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=61747&postcount=77)



Here is the story of my Scrap-yard Cruncher:


The scrap:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvIbKYi_bI/AAAAAAAABds/c1NMsSDNeBU/s800/16022009183.jpg

and it begins

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvIj6-ZLDI/AAAAAAAABdw/8U_VGGMdSzU/s800/16022009187.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvItX6TX6I/AAAAAAAABeM/lXKtCQnDPDc/s800/16022009188.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvI2rID-yI/AAAAAAAABeQ/Yy-SZJaRyqw/s800/16022009189.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvJAkcKdEI/AAAAAAAABew/0zgsztD7j8k/s800/16022009190.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvJM-r-zCI/AAAAAAAABe0/oGOnxLlcS1Y/s800/16022009191.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvJW2ySDkI/AAAAAAAABfQ/e7-S6qLQPe4/s800/17022009193.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvJiPbq9EI/AAAAAAAABfU/G2guvk53cbk/s800/17022009194.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvJw4-WrfI/AAAAAAAABfw/CsgpWP4eFCI/s800/17022009195.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvJ7bi0h2I/AAAAAAAABf0/6Kvkk_0f00U/s800/17022009196.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvKG3MV36I/AAAAAAAABgQ/jpD1mENXCMo/s800/17022009197.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvKUYGQUbI/AAAAAAAABgU/nZeimMVYkwA/s800/17022009199.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvKgMlH9UI/AAAAAAAABgw/fV-ms6CjDrw/s800/17022009200.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvKqrVaOUI/AAAAAAAABg0/j0aNZkNfEMk/s800/17022009201.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvK1umpO0I/AAAAAAAABhU/WMG1xsHRfgc/s800/17022009204.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvK8Kj5cAI/AAAAAAAABhY/wDmBor4KBkM/s800/17022009205.jpg






and here is is quietly solving the worlds problems 4 hours later

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5JXSu5Gfgo4/SZvLBFGzrCI/AAAAAAAABhg/Py2tbaAyOfE/s800/17022009207.jpg




















so what are you waiting for... go pull out that box of crap


it could just save someones life

[que theme song from lassie]

[coolmiester]

[que theme song from lassie]

:D:D:D:D:D

[RedRaider]

I like it...:)

[Kayin]

What's the specs on yours?

I have one sitting around, I just need to get it put back together and going.

[ballz0r]

Hardware:
Mobo: S2E due to a misdiagnoses, I replaced the mobo in my rig only to find that the psu was shorting
CPU: Q6600 B0 running at 3.2.... I got a G0 thinking it would clock better... it didnt
Ram: Corsair 2x1Gb XMS3-1800
Crusty old ide dvd drive
74Gb Raptor & 2 WD 500s
8600 GT, bought for a HTPC but the HDMI crackles

Case:
Mobo tray out of a spire pininfarina case, hacked up a silverstone LC18 for the rest

Cooling:
Dtec Fusion V2
EK Mosfets
BP NB/SB
EK Dual DDC with two 3.2s
EK multioption
HW Labs 140GTX with 140mm fans (push/pull) from my LiLi case
5m of no name tube ($10 and the only bit i had to buy:))

[ballz0r]

I just wish i didnt scrap my old old systems... they could be crunching now!!!

[mcoffey]

I just wish i didnt scrap my old old systems... they could be crunching now!!!

That's how you end up with 7 crunchers:D

andyc

[ballz0r]

it would be kinda nostalgic to see them working away too...

I wonder if anyone has an Amiga500 cruncher :D

[Kayin]

Why do folks think I have 4 Core 2 systems?

[Big_Daddy]

Because you've installed boinc in all the computers at work.

[Kayin]

Pah, no, I recycle my old ones. When I get all my stuff up and going, I have a Q6600, E6600, E6550, and E2140 at the house. That's not counting the laptop or my 3800X2 testbed.

Build them a PC or they tear up yours.

[smee]

dang thats fun stuff! good job on that one ballz0r! :up:

Thing is.... when I don't use a part, I usually sell it. So i'll have like 1 maybe 2 systems running and thats it... lol

[Kayin]

If you ever become a dad, smee, you'll understand.

[smee]

If you ever become a dad, smee, you'll understand.

Lol yes sir I plan on becoming a Dad, in about 10 years. :D

And I am planning on crunching with one of these systems eventually, but I just can't afford to have extra parts laying around like ya'll do... lol

[Kayin]

I'm not a rich man, but what I am is cognizant of the fact that the wife wants a PC, the kids want a PC, and if you don't give them something they'll ruin yours. I buy a lot of used stuff, a lot of homemade stuff, etc to have what I have. Two of those are still on stock cooling. I put money into good cases/PSUs so I can keep those with hardware changes.

[Cutless009]

Ive already put my little girl together a computer from parts I had laying around, and shes only 1.5, simply because I dont want her touching mine.

[Kayin]

Yup, the do not touch principle.

Will post pics of my WIP tonight.

[Hondacity]

thanks for the pics...dual ek here i come...

[Langer]

I'll oblige as soon as I'm back in Vancouver and have access to all my spare parts.
Great idea.

[Gazmtk]

I wish I could but I give away alot of my spare parts or I build a PC for my parents out of left overs. I had a decent PC that I lent to a GF, but she ran off with it :(
Dont worry I will be crunch sooner rather than later ;)

[ND40oz]

I just wish i didnt scrap my old old systems... they could be crunching now!!!

That's the key. I have an X2, Pentium D and Dual Prestonia that finally I turned off this past year, too much power for not enough work.

[Cutless009]

I wish I could but I give away alot of my spare parts or I build a PC for my parents out of left overs. I had a decent PC that I lent to a GF, but she ran off with it :(
Dont worry I will be crunch sooner rather than later ;)

lo you can feel free to send any and all spare parts you dont want my way, kthxbai

[Kayin]

Alto and tenor sax, as well as congas I see, what else you play?

[ballz0r]

Alto and tenor sax, as well as congas I see, what else you play?

Im a bit of a jack of all trades master of none when it comes to musical instruments... my favorite (and the one im best at) is the blues harp.

[Septim]

nice spare rig...

build DIY rack mount as well...

[ballz0r]

I'll oblige as soon as I'm back in Vancouver and have access to all my spare parts.
Great idea.

Nice one Langer :up:

anyone else going to take up the challenge?

[Cutless009]

sure, Im in, Ill try and get my AMD dual core back up and running, its not much but its got a PCP and cooling 500watt PSU! Man I remember when I bought that thing people were like outraged that anyone would need 500watts to run a computer.

[Floyd]

If I had a full systems worth of hardware I would try this but I dont :(

[Worthy]

Um...does it have to be watercooled?

[Baleful]

Hellz no, anything will work. I got some things I'm working on now, 10 more laptops and a dual socket, dual core server I'm trying to add.

Once I get those up i'll post some pics.

[Floyd]

Um...does it have to be watercooled?

I was wondering the same thing.
Good to know that my old AMD heatsink will work.

[Worthy]

Hellz no, anything will work. I got some things I'm working on now, 10 more laptops and a dual socket, dual core server I'm trying to add.

Once I get those up i'll post some pics.

Sweet!

In that case I can probably do something soon as soon as I find an old HDD.
I'm pretty sure I have a bunch of stuff put away.

[mcoffey]

I wanna play,

Here's my Lowes special on a 2'x2' foot pre cut particle board. It's actually been up for a while now.

x3360 @ 3.85
evga 780
my first set of OCZ ddr-2 800 (over 2 years old)
TFC 240 (the first revision with the dumb ass fan spacing)
DDC-3.2 with EK rev 1 top
Micro Res
Lian Li 3.5 drive holder ( I love those things)
Strider 1000w PSU

Thing runs 24/7 without a hitch. 100% stable.

http://home.comcast.net/~mcoffey22/pwpimages/DSC_0027.JPG

http://home.comcast.net/~mcoffey22/pwpimages/DSC_0028.JPG

http://home.comcast.net/~mcoffey22/pwpimages/DSC_0029%281%29.JPG

http://home.comcast.net/~mcoffey22/pwpimages/DSC_0030.JPG

And a crap load of dust. It just sits there in the dark in the basement, just happy as hell, crunching away for the team.

andyc

[Baleful]

Oh man that is the epic scrapyard cruncher right there. I love it!

[Floyd]

Wow your scrap rigs are still very nice guys.
MY spare PC is an AMD 3700+ SINGLE CORE!!

[Baleful]

Ok, here's where I'm at with my new project:

Right now I've got anywhere from 20-30 laptops I've been given the OK to use for this. They are a mix of R52 IBM's and Z61m Lenovo's. Not powerhouses by any means, but they will dominate in their sheer numbers.

I originally wanted Xubuntu 32bit running on all the laptops, and have them connected wirelessly through our connection at work. All this sounds good right? Well... I got linux loaded up on one machine before I left work and it didn't like our WPA2 encryption followed by blind SSID's sooo.....

When I get back to work Monday I'm gonna load regular Ubuntu on the laptop to see if that makes any kind of difference, it shouldn't, but it might. If this still doesn't work, I may be forced to buy a bunch of Cat5 cable, which isn't to bad, but I wanted this to be a $0 cost project, so I'm gonna keep plugging away at the wireless. Also, if I'm forced to buy cabling, I'll be limited to 22 machines, as I only have 22 ports available to use in our switch. Guess I could always load XP on them, but I wanted these things to be as streamlined as possible.

[ND40oz]

Just make an XP image for them, probably will only take an hour or two and then you can image each laptop and have it up and running in 10 to 15 minutes.

[Baleful]

Yeah, Langer suggested N-Lite to strip down the image to it's bare state, I'll give that a whirl first thing Monday. Damn it feels good to work on projects like this at work, and get PAID for doing it!

[ballz0r]

nice setup there mcoffey :up:

[knightmaric]

That was made of spares?
My god..
My only spares of anything computer related consist of 3 60mm fans and an 80mm fan.
xD

My main rig is a single core celeron D 351 xD
With an agp mobo (H)
It's so crap lol

I do like the idea of this though =]

[Baleful]

Haha, here it is in all its ghetto glory.

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1200.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1203.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1204.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1201.jpg


Here they are all buttoned up

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1205.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1206.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1207.jpg

In case some of you are looking closely, yeah that floor/room is fucking nasty. We've cleaned it countless times, but it's useless. That part of the building is very old, almost 100 years to be exact. The walls are made of a mix of concrete and plaster, and they suck in moisture very badly when it rains, which creates this weird furry, flakey shit on the plaster that turns to dust.... it's horrible, but we have a "server monkey" that works in there. My office is pretty nice :D.

ANYWAYS, this is 16 Lenovo Z61m laptops.

Specs:
Intel Celeron M 1.6Ghz
512 Mb RAM
Lol the rest sucks just as bad


I hope to have atleast 16 more hooked up within the next two weeks.

Oh, also a big thanks to Langer for turning me on to nlite (http://www.nliteos.com/). Using nlite, I was able to strip the OS ISO down to 200MB, installation on the master image machine took about 10 minutes.

Using ghost cast to image the rest of the machines took literally 8 minutes. 4 minutes to write the image to the server, then 4 minutes to write the image out to the other machines.

:crack: :crack: :crack: :coke:

[mcoffey]

dude..that's fucking incredible. I think I just came:D

Now let's see um talk some shit:D

andyc

[Baleful]

LMFAO, well I aim to please man.

[RedRaider]

That is a nice little milk farm you got there Baleful...:up:

[ballz0r]

another 16 cores added Baleful's farm :)

way to go mate :up:

[mcoffey]

another 16 cores added Baleful's farm :)

way to go mate :up:

You got that right...That's the kind of stuff that makes me want to jump up right there.

andyc

[smee]

crap...... i'm drooling baleful...
If I only had the room!!

[coolmiester]

Jesus Christ............i see world domination for sure :wth:

Way to go Bale, incredible stuff.

[Septim]

Baleful you should paint over the floor...

yep, that is world domination in the making indeed...

[Baleful]

Baleful you should paint over the floor...

yep, that is world domination in the making indeed...

LMAO, I wish. Seeing as how TPU and the XS chumps are talking smack about us, I'm gonna do everything in my power to get as many machines on for us as possible.

Lets get em' boys!!!!

[coolmiester]

SCHEIZER......both skullys have been down all last night - forgot to reset both cpu voltage on both pc's before i went to kip.

i've been :deadhorse: all last night, i'm fuckin suicidal here :tazz:

added me scrapyard cruncher until it finds a new home
http://www.coolercases.co.uk/RRR/8pin/8pin_4.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/RRR/8pin/8pin_5.jpg

[mcoffey]

yeah buddy...nothing worse than realizing some of your crunchers are down or locked up once you get into this stuff.

Every time I take my bench cruncher down for testing I feel it. Especially since it's my number one cruncher.

andyc

[Baleful]

Yup, after I got home last night I realized a few of the laptops weren't connecting to the grid, came in this morning and for some reason the power scheme I set in the original image didn't carry over to all of them.

[smee]

yo bale, that farm is FREAKIN AWESOME.

where the crap did you get all them laptops!??!?!?

CM, got any extra skully's ya wanna hand over? like... NAOW?!??

xD

[nicky.82uk]

LMFAO, well I aim to please man.

i'm sure you do :eek:

[Baleful]

I got more laptops up! I doubled that bitch, so that makes for 36 laptops crunching. I'll post up some pics tomorrow. I'm still not satisfied though, I WANT MMOOOAAARRRR. I would actually like to double this number and roll with 72 laptops crunching.

[Baleful]

OOOOOOhhhhhh yeah haha

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1214.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1217.jpg

And the mess of AC adapters:

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1219.jpg
"No Mr. Fireman, I don't know what could have caused the fire" lmao hahaha

[MomijiTMO]

#____#

[Baleful]

My next victim:

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1209.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1210.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1211.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1212.jpg

LMAO, doesn't get much more "scrap yard" than this.

EVGA 680i MB
CPU:E6420 till the Q6600 gets here
2GB Crucial Ballstix
EVGA 7200 GS <lmao
And some shit HDD I found in my closet

Oh, the cpu cooler is this shitty little Rosewill (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200035). I hacked off the push pins and have it mounted with the mounting hardware that comes with the DTek V1.

Wait till you see the box fan I rig this fucker up to.

[MomijiTMO]

candle? LMAO.

Ahahaha is that a cow bell? You have made my day.

[Baleful]

Haha, just decided to grab as much random shit I had laying around and throw it in the pic as well.

[Septim]

Bale you need to fix those adapters... maybe a fan directed at them should be good...

box adapters have a habit of overheating and dying out...

[Floyd]

It still needs more cow bell :p
Looking good guys!

[Baleful]

Bale you need to fix those adapters... maybe a fan directed at them should be good...

box adapters have a habit of overheating and dying out...

Adapters? Please explain.

Anyways, here you go fellas. The ultimate scrapyard POS cruncher.



This is a Lenovo laptop box I had lying around, it houses the PSU and HDD. Both are secured using doubled sided tape :D.
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100B1281.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1221.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100B1232.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100B1240.jpg

The stock mounting system sucked with this Rosewill cooler, so cut them off and used the mounting kit that came with the Dtek V1
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100B1262.jpg

Ziptie mounted fan FTW
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100B1310.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100B1300.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1313.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1314.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1326.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1327.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1328.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1329.jpg

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1330.jpg

Thanks Andy for the Q6600, I owe yah one.
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/100_1373.jpg

[p0Pe]

"No Mr. Fireman, I don't know what could have caused the fire" lmao hahaha

:lolsign:

[ballz0r]

hahaha i love it!

[Septim]

Bale those laptop adaptors behind your laptop rack, they get really hot, shortens lifespan...

Bale that box is good scrapyard material :coolup:

[mcoffey]

That's perfection right there, plain and simple. I love that shit Baleful...

well done:up:

andyc

[Baleful]

Bale those laptop adaptors behind your laptop rack, they get really hot, shortens lifespan...

Bale that box is good scrapyard material :coolup:

Those laptops and AC adapters are already shot to hell, that's why I'm getting to use them :D.

That's perfection right there, plain and simple. I love that shit Baleful...

well done:up:

andyc

Thanks man. I hope to get some more up this summer. We've got a computer lab of about 30 dual core desktops that have never even been turned on :shake:. They are in a part of the building that doesn't have any network drops, so we need to buy wireless adapters for them. The wireless adapters would only cost like $700, but just like anything else, politics get in the way of this :shake:.

[Timlander]

OMG lol nice Ghetto there!!!

[Baleful]

:up: thanks man, it's my pride and joy

[Baleful]

Thread bumped for newer members. Come on guys, it's time for some new blood!

[themcman1]

I suppose a bump again.

Will get WCG installed on my fileserver when I finally get it set up, although it will probably be lower spec than most of your scrap machines. :confused:

Might put together a really old machine tomorrow.

[Baleful]

I suppose a bump again.

Will get WCG installed on my fileserver when I finally get it set up, although it will probably be lower spec than most of your scrap machines. :confused:

Might put together a really old machine tomorrow.

Up until last year, I still had an 800Mhz Celeron plunking along 24/7, only took it 19 hours to complete 1 WU :rofl:

Any contribution is welcome, thanks for joining :up:

Oh, and don't forget to get us some pics!

[scraps]

Up until last year, I still had an 800Mhz Celeron plunking along 24/7, only took it 19 hours to complete 1 WU :rofl:

Any contribution is welcome, thanks for joining :up:

Oh, and don't forget to get us some pics!

If that isn't proof that every little bit counts; then I don't know what is.

[Baleful]

If that isn't proof that every little bit counts; then I don't know what is.

That machine would still be up and crunching but I made a Firewall out of that box :D

[Jtrain]

P5NSLI
2 Gigs DDr2 667
eVGA 6600GT
inel pentium D 930
HR-05 for the NB
WD 160Gig HD
Generic 850W PSU
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i183/bigballa43791/DSC02514.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i183/bigballa43791/DSC02513.jpg

[Baleful]

Love it Jtrain!

Is the 930 OCed?

[nicky.82uk]

sweet man good work lol

[ballz0r]

P5NSLI
2 Gigs DDr2 667
eVGA 6600GT
inel pentium D 930
HR-05 for the NB
WD 160Gig HD
Generic 850W PSU



LOVE IT!!!
:D


Ive got that same shitty board at home too... whats up with that sli selector thing? :)

Come to think of it, I might pick up a cheap quad and get it crunching!

[Jtrain]

Thanks for all the responses guys, it was a cheap board i found on the egg when i first started for around $75 and picked it up. it has a crappy nVidia i570 chipset that runs hot as hell with the original heatsink, so i took one of the HR-05s that i got from Tom(thanks by the way) and threw it on, now the NB never goes over 38*C when passively cooling. I have an 8800GTS 640Mb i might end up throwing on it to replace the 6600GT

@Baleful - At the moment no, this board dosent have a very good overclocking system and always seems to lock up if i change the FSB so i've decided to leave it be. Plus with the stock intel HS its pushing around 63*C while crunching

[ballz0r]

We've built up a bit of a collection now so i added a hall of fame to the first post
http://www.realredraider.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=18200&postcount=1

[coolfris]

Assembled some unemployed hardware together for some extra liquid-ghetto-crunching. :p



http://coolfris.nl/cruncher/klein/02.JPG (http://coolfris.nl/cruncher/02.JPG)

http://coolfris.nl/cruncher/klein/03.JPG (http://coolfris.nl/cruncher/03.JPG)

http://coolfris.nl/cruncher/klein/04.JPG (http://coolfris.nl/cruncher/04.JPG)

http://coolfris.nl/cruncher/klein/06.JPG (http://coolfris.nl/cruncher/06.JPG)

E8400@3.8Ghz (edit: 04-29-2010: Q9550@4Ghz)
P5k Pemium
Corsair XMS2 8500
7200GS
Enermax EG701AX 600W


:crack:

[coolmiester]

That's a neat little ghetto cruncher you got running coolfris.........no wonder you're flying up the leader board :crack:

[coolfris]

Thanks!. :) It's running since yesterday, but I think it will take a few days before I will see the extra points of this second chruncer. Maybe look for an second quad to replace that E8400 for some extra points. :crack:

[just a noob]

not exactly scrap yard, but certainly ghetto :p
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/just_a_noob/DSC02191.jpg

[ballz0r]

Nice work there!

you have now been immortalised forever in my sig :up:

[ballz0r]

not exactly scrap yard, but certainly ghetto :p



Damn... im hitting the text limit on my sig.... I might have to bump one of Baleful's for this one :D

nice one mate! is that a classified?

[ablatman]

Nice work there!

you have now been immortalised forever in my sig :up:

The link for Cool's skulltrail still links to Bale's rig in a box....

[becandl]

Damn... im hitting the text limit on my sig.... I might have to bump one of Baleful's for this one :D

nice one mate!

BTW Ballz0r, the link in your sig to coolermeisters ghetto rig goes to balefuls rig instead, just a heads up

[ballz0r]

fixed :up:

[coolfris]

Nice work there!

you have now been immortalised forever in my sig :up:


Thanks! :p That motivates to let it cruch for at least ... forever. :D

[ShadowHunter]

time for my long overdue contribution!

NanoTek (er, what's left of it) brought out of retirement

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac232/ShadowHunter_photos/IMG00067.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac232/ShadowHunter_photos/IMG00068.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac232/ShadowHunter_photos/IMG00069.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac232/ShadowHunter_photos/IMG00070.jpg

[coolmiester]

Man, these are some great scrap yard crunchers :crack:

Not sure if this counts as i'm not really allowed to crunch with it just yet but its still ghetto and will be on water soon enough so might be worthy i dunno and it is 24 threads FFS :D

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/shady_cove/shady_cove_3.jpg

[ShadowHunter]

...you have three times my power...

...and I thought I was hot shit! :(

[Floyd]

Shadow you should put that 275 on our GPU crunching team!

[coolmiester]

Shadow you should put that 275 on our GPU crunching team!

Hey hey hey, don't be coming in here trying to poach our crunchers :p:D

[Floyd]

Its crunching for the same team! Dont keep those GPUs idle people!

[Kuro]

+1 Floyd

And its also not like crunching with GPU Grid would have that much of an effect on WCG scores anyway. So theres no real reason not to. :) So get Crunching! :D :up:

[Oli4v]

my Q9550@4Ghz will be runnin' soon to 24/7



edit, he's allready runnin' WCG

@ghettomode, pics coming soon (ghetto 'ntill my v2000 is finished ;))

[just a noob]

Damn... im hitting the text limit on my sig.... I might have to bump one of Baleful's for this one :D

nice one mate! is that a classified?

yep, does the job :)

[ShadowHunter]

i may get that 275 up crunching soon. its in Serina atm, which i dont keep crunching.

[Oli4v]

Ghetto Cruncher up and runnin'

Q9550@4ghz@supreme cu
p5q deluxe@mips
7900gt@vf700 :D
8gb Geil@mips
1,64tb
hx750

wc
DDC18w xspc top
mcr 220
yates
tubing :D

http://i48.tinypic.com/2e1xfmg.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/b6yeq9.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/245hpwl.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/b6yeq9.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/2hyb504.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/9kut7d.jpg

[Oli4v]

it's back, and better than ever :D, untill' i'm moving forward with the V2000b

http://i45.tinypic.com/2hd4kl3.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/282oks2.jpg
dual ddc 18w power !

http://i47.tinypic.com/34xi71g.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/sg2xjn.jpg
HD5850 :)

http://i49.tinypic.com/2lb1g75.jpg

http://i49.tinypic.com/fp70j6.jpg

[coolmiester]

Might look similar to previous but that's a dual x5680 cruncher right there running 24 tasks, watercooled with my Mini H20 Cosmos :coke:

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/RRR/scrap_yard_x5680.jpg

[Kuro]

thats :crack: right there :coke: :D

[Overclocking101]

wish I had taken pics! just slapped together a socket 775 rig P35 E7200 crunching w00t! now I gots me 10 threads! though it only shows like 500pts a day submitted for some reason but fuck it!

[Jtrain]

10 threads! though it only shows like 500pts a day submitted for some reason but fuck it!

WTF i'm running an e6600 on stock clocks and get 500 ppd, if you have 10 threads you should be putting out like 2500+ppd easily

[Overclocking101]

im talking the free-DC stats not WCG points. wcg point I have a ton but free-DC stats are different I think.

[Jtrain]

Yeah i'm talking Free-DC stats too, i've been crunching since this forum was started look me up on the stats, it sounds like your i7-860 isnt even running


Edit:This is a screenshot of your I7-860 next to a Core 2 DUO 6600 on stock clocks, something is def wrong.You might want to go into your preferences and check to see if your projects are being throttled.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i183/bigballa43791/ppd-1.jpg

[Oli4v]

I'm back with the Q9550@4 :)

[Floyd]

Thought id add pics of my ghetto setup right now for the May crunch-a-thon

Its a Q6600 stock settings with 2 gigs of DDR2 reaper ram and a wireless pci card (just cause)
http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc341/floydam/Random%20PC/DSC02205.jpg
http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc341/floydam/Random%20PC/DSC02207.jpg

My guard cat in action...
http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc341/floydam/Random%20PC/DSC02208.jpg

And the dual core pentium crunching also. Its just a POS that I use when on travel.
http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc341/floydam/Random%20PC/DSC02209.jpg

[p0Pe]

haha im gonna post some pics of my room when i get home tommorow:D
my gf is gonna fucking kill me when she comes to visit :lolsign:

[Oli4v]

lawl, running fuuuuuull throttle back soon, got an extra one in too :)

E6600@stock
P5B deluxe
4gb Ballistix pc8500, tracers single sided, acting weird on all of my mainboards :s
HD4870@air
320gb hdd

WC:
MCP350 + EK X-res 140
RX120 w 120mm slim yate loon
Dtek Fuzion V2
masterkleer tubing and bp highflow barbs
http://i45.tinypic.com/ndwh76.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/25k0ys4.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/14t0zd2.jpg

[Overclocking101]

wow oli4v is tht a dorm or something??or do you have your own pc room?? god I miss having mine.

[Oli4v]

wow oli4v is tht a dorm or something??or do you have your own pc room?? god I miss having mine.

nope, it's just the pc room, spending too much time in this room, well, time to move to bed, got everything running, gonna give the Q9550 a night of rest, tomorrow in the mornin' he'll be online again.

[Oli4v]

Acting as a storage server ^^ and running/crunching well, 24/7

E6750@3.45Ghz
P5Q Deluxe
4GB Dominator
HD3870 Toxic
HX650
1.64TB

WC:
DDC10w + EK X-RES 140
PA120.1 w/ Push Pull 1650 yates
HK 3.0 CU
MCW60
Mips@p5q dlx (2x MCH1150, MCH1038, MCH1004)

Great temps :)

http://i33.tinypic.com/33lmf4l.jpg

F***************ck it won't boot anymore :s

[ballz0r]

SIG UPDATED!!!!

Some great scrapyard crunchers guys :up: but help me out by naming your crunchers please... im running out of beer

remember the aim of this thread is to get any hardware just laying round put to good work for the cause... so if youve got some shit gathering dust that could be working, why not donate it to a willing cruncher before its obsolete.

[Oli4v]

SIG UPDATED!!!!

Some great scrapyard crunchers guys :up: but help me out by naming your crunchers please... im running out of beer

remember the aim of this thread is to get any hardware just laying round put to good work for the cause... so if youve got some shit gathering dust that could be working, why not donate it to a willing cruncher before its obsolete.

got it a bit upgraded now, cpu 's running slower, too many bsods, thingy is getting old, 3870 went to parents pc, got my 4870 out of that case and back under water on this one, oh and an extra rad, but it's still spawling ... :D (only going to swap a 500gb for a 1.5tb disk for some more room)

and my mother doesn't like it at all :P

http://i52.tinypic.com/eakw0x.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/35jxusy.jpg

[Floyd]

With the next crunchaton coming up im hoping we can see some new or even changed/revisited crunchers!

[Jtrain]

Decided to retire my dying P5NSLI and got a Zotac-ITX board but i couldnt stand those obnoxious temps!
Pulled my e6600 and dominators out of my old rig along with those heatsinks
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5217/5397287741_7123cd4cdd_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5093/5397289263_ea03027a0d_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5211/5397291649_0b0ccdf5d9_b.jpg