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**TaiDinh** · 01-22-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azu

ah thanks. If only they could utilize the overclocked gpus everyone has, wed be in business ^^

Playstation 3 folds too.

You should research about it.

Stanford's FAQ on PS3 folding.

RickJS · 01-23-08

If I had a friend with a PS3, is it possible to get him to fold for me?

**The Duke** · 02-03-08

BUMP for the good word

**TaiDinh** · 02-03-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickJS

If I had a friend with a PS3, is it possible to get him to fold for me?

Your friend is able to fold for you. You'll just have to set up the folding name and team number.

pr3y · 02-05-08

If my laptop hibernates will it stop folding?

i_ame_killer_2 · 02-05-08

^^

Yes.

biatchi · 02-06-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr3y

If my laptop hibernates will it stop folding?

Lol everything will stop

aloishis89 · 06-10-08

just added my HPC linux cluster to the team. its fully dedicated right now. its load balancing and has 3 nodes now, but over the next week or so, i'll get in about 7 more, so it's looking like i'll have around 12 Ghz combined. The only problem is keeping 10 computers running 24/7 because the total wattage of all the psu's is gonna be somewhere around 4.5-5.5 kilowatts. so 5 kW at 10 cents per kilowatt hr means my parents are paying an extra $12 per day, assuming its up 24 hrs. so an extra $360 per month. Plus, its in my room so if i leave it on all night when i get up the room is really hot with only 3 nodes. so, some things to work out, but i'll still donate cpu time whenever possible.

**Taeric** · 06-10-08

Welcome to the team.

Keep in mind that you can't add up the rated Wattage of your PSUs for determining actual power consumption. Unless you're folding or gaming on a high end graphics card, it's unlikely you'll draw more than 350-400 Watts, and that estimate is likely very high. For example, I'm running a highly overclocked quad on a 380 Watt PSU and not nearly utilizing the full capacity of it. Overall, I have three 3.2+ GHz quads going 24/7, and my total electric bill is around $70 per month. You can also save on power usage by disconnecting any unnecessary components such as optical drives, and you can even fold off of a flash drive, thus saving the cost of operating a HDD.

Yes, there will definitely be a bump in your electricity usage, but I don't think it'll be nearly as high as you're predicting. My suggestion would be to ease into it and see the effect on your electric bill. The only times I've seen crazy jumps in power bills have been for folders on a tiered rate plan (e.g. X for first Y kilowatts, 1.5X for next Z kilowatts, etc.) because a small increase in usage could equate to paying on an escalated scale.

aloishis89 · 06-10-08

oh, cool.

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aloishis89 New to Overclock.net Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 Rep: 1 Unique Rep: 1 Trader Rating: 0	just added my HPC linux cluster to the team. its fully dedicated right now. its load balancing and has 3 nodes now, but over the next week or so, i'll get in about 7 more, so it's looking like i'll have around 12 Ghz combined. The only problem is keeping 10 computers running 24/7 because the total wattage of all the psu's is gonna be somewhere around 4.5-5.5 kilowatts. so 5 kW at 10 cents per kilowatt hr means my parents are paying an extra $12 per day, assuming its up 24 hrs. so an extra $360 per month. Plus, its in my room so if i leave it on all night when i get up the room is really hot with only 3 nodes. so, some things to work out, but i'll still donate cpu time whenever possible.

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aloishis89 New to Overclock.net Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 Rep: 1 Unique Rep: 1 Trader Rating: 0	oh, cool.

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