Theoretically ...best bang ( boinc ) for buck pc ?

fellie · Post by **fellie** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:12 pm

I thought the laptop I got, amd dual 1.9 was good vfw at £292 delivered, until I noticed it does only 20% of my points alongside the dual 2.66 home pc.. so from a boinc perspective maybe not ..

What is the best bang for buck way of boincing ?

I was thinking, quad core, overclocked, xp 64 if buying new.. and just generally scrounging pc parts if not paying

UBT - Terry · Post by **UBT - Terry** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:17 pm

Build your own Q6600 system only cost around the £350 mark depending on where you shop for parts, with a good mobo and memory etc you'll get 3.4Ghz per core easy.

Terry

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:12 pm

I built mine for about 400-450 ish, but at the time the quad cost quite a bit more, but now you could build a good decent machine for 250-400.

Go for the new 45nm jobs, since you gain an extra 20% performance and less power from them.

Good sites to build from:
Dabs -> www.dabs.com
Ebuyer -> www.ebuyer.com (they can be a bit unrealiable sometimes)
Novatech -> www.novatech.co.uk

P.S - Question for anyone, does ram speed make much of a difference in BOINC projects?

fellie · Post by **fellie** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:55 am

does ps3 boinc ?

Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:23 am

fellie wrote:does ps3 boinc ?

Yes it does and I'm sure Temujin would be happy if anyone else would join him!

http://forum.ukboincteam.com/viewtopic. ... hlight=ps3

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:18 pm

I know the PS3 has a dedicated project (PS3 Grid) but theory says once Linux is installed on it your could run almost any BOINC project. :?:

Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:12 pm

Ben wrote:I know the PS3 has a dedicated project (PS3 Grid) but theory says once Linux is installed on it your could run almost any BOINC project. :?:

You're right that it has a dedicated project but its Folding@Home (non boinc).
With linux on it, it can run several boinc projects
PS3Grid
Yoyo
Einstein
Seti
and I think Riesel Sieve & Milkyway
[edit] Simap
Of those, PS3Grid and Yoyo definitely make full use of the PS3's special SPE processors, I dunno about the others (but I don't think they do)
The project obviously has to provide an application for the PS3 cpu, most don't.

And yes, any help would be much appreciated

Timby · Post by **Timby** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:55 pm

Temujin wrote:
Ben wrote:I know the PS3 has a dedicated project (PS3 Grid) but theory says once Linux is installed on it your could run almost any BOINC project. :?:
You're right that it has a dedicated project but its Folding@Home (non boinc).
With linux on it, it can run several boinc projects
PS3Grid
Yoyo
Einstein
Seti
and I think Riesel Sieve & Milkyway

Of those, PS3Grid and Yoyo definitely make full use of the PS3's special SPE processors, I dunno about the others (but I don't think they do)
The project obviously has to provide an application for the PS3 cpu, most don't.

And yes, any help would be much appreciated

And ABC don't forget :lol: