What should I do with my sig rig?

asuperpower

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Discussion starter · #1 · Oct 5, 2011

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What should I do with my sig rig when I build my new rig? I know someone who wants it for $100 for basic web browsing. He currently uses a pentium 4. It needs a new HDD. I can do one of two things.

1. Sell it to him and he'll get a HDD himself
2. Upgrade the HDD and GPU and keep it myself for folding

If I take the second option, I'll probably upgrade to some cheap hard drive, put Linux on, replace the current GPU with a 460 off eBay and begin folding. FYI, my other system (GTX 570) will be folding too. I am wondering how much the CPU will bottleneck the GPU. I am also wondering whether a 440watt thermaltake PSU is enough. The PSU calc. says it needs a max of<400watt and a minimum of 413watts.

I'll probably go with the first option and just sell it.

 

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#2 · Oct 5, 2011

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If you wan to sell it,then sell it. Personally I would get a new hard drive and fold it.

 

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#3 · Oct 5, 2011

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Overclock until it burns

 

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Discussion starter · #4 · Oct 5, 2011

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I'm not sure what to do. I might use it for folding but I'm not sure whether it would be worth it.

 

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AMDrocks Overclock until it burns

Did that a few years ago.

I smelt some smell. I'm sure it was the VRM's but it still worked for a long time after that until the hard drive went

 

asuperpower

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Discussion starter · #6 · Oct 5, 2011

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Does the 1155 stock heatsink fit on 775 processor? I could put that on the sig rig if it did-the current fan is very dusty...

 

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I would say if your rig is capable of putting out at least 20-25amps to be safe if it makes the cpu have to be maxed just to run the cpu as I seen someone on her say it takes more cpu to run the gpu client on linux, but didnt say by how much. And I know that a 460 uses only about 5-10% cpu on a C2Q @ my sig rig specs.

 

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Discussion starter · #8 · Oct 5, 2011

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Ok. I'm selling it.

I'll fold on my new computer.

 

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#9 · Oct 5, 2011

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I vote to sell it.

Not much else you can do with it. I mean, you could salvage some parts and try to piece meal it out and keep what you want but that is an awful lot of work.