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Message 39040 - Posted: 29 Nov 2014 | 13:58:16 UTC

I want to give myself a Xmas present early. I currently have an AMD 8 core proc with a Gforce GTX 660Ti. Love this rig but what if I did the following?

Upgrade to an i7 with 4 core and hyper = 8 core
Get this motherboard with 3 PCI express slots.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131977

Will this motherboard run 3 GPUS? Looks like it. I know I will need to work out spacing and heat. Probably need to go with enclosed heat sink GPUs so they push the heat outside. I will look at getting 2 660ti and a lower end sub $100 card that generates less heat.

Any problems with trying to run 3 cards? I have a 700 watt modular Cooler Master power supply. Any advice would be appreciated.

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Message 39041 - Posted: 29 Nov 2014 | 15:30:53 UTC - in response to Message 39040.

It depends what you want to spent and what you want to achieve.
The new GTX970 is at least twice as fast as a 660Ti and consumes less energy.
And if you need to buy a new CPU, MOBO, a 66Ti you pay more or less the same.

This MOBO will work with two and three GPU's but there is almost no space between the 2 lower slots. You will get then two using 8 lanes and one using 4 lanes. That is no problem for crunching here. Someone who is better in English can you explain better about the lanes of the PCIe buses. Also the CPU has to support those lanes otherwise they don't work at maximum. This however is mainly influencing bus speed.

I guess you will also get several advices and read them all and decide what you feel best. If more questions arise later, then you will get an answer.

Two 660Ti's on a 700W PSU will work. Three perhaps or perhaps not. Other components use energy as well and then you might have to little head room which may result in errors while crunching. Even to much heat may cause errors.

I myself will only use GPU's with one fan that blows hot air out the case. This is based on experience with a GTX770 and a GTX780Ti both with two fans and several measurements in and outside the case.
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Message 39042 - Posted: 29 Nov 2014 | 15:55:13 UTC - in response to Message 39041.

Thanks for the quick response. The Gigabyte board, AMD proc and GPU consume about 325W at full power. I have a new laptop from work that has an i7 in it and it is completing WCG Cancer work 50% quicker with 700MHz less speed. I figure I can do twice the amount of WCG work and at least twice the amount of GPU work (add another GPU) with 50-75 more watts. Not bad.

I hadn't though about replacing the 660 with a 9xx. I am getting worried about the total cost though. Newer GPUs can cost a lot. So many options here.

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Message 39043 - Posted: 29 Nov 2014 | 17:27:06 UTC - in response to Message 39040.
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Will this motherboard run 3 GPUS? Looks like it. I know I will need to work out spacing and heat. Probably need to go with enclosed heat sink GPUs so they push the heat outside. I will look at getting 2 660ti and a lower end sub $100 card that generates less heat.

It will not even run 2 GPUs effectively. For proper GPU spacing the top and bottom slots should be used, except that the bottom slot is only x4, which will constrict a 660ti. If you wedge the 2 GPUs into the top 2 slots they will run at x8 but there will be very poor cooling for the top GPU. The x4 slot will also then be covered. I'll leave MB suggestions to those who are more familiar with Intel boards (I run mostly AMD). Also if buying GPUs for GPUGRID now, I'd suggest sticking to the 750Ti, 970 and 980 for efficiency's sake.

Edit: Here's an inexpensive MB that should work better:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157503

Says it has 3 PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots. The top 2 give plenty of spacing, the bottom 1 is a bit tight as is usual on these boards. MFG link:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z97%20Extreme4/

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Message 39044 - Posted: 29 Nov 2014 | 19:15:17 UTC - in response to Message 39040.

I want to give myself a Xmas present early. I currently have an AMD 8 core proc with a Gforce GTX 660Ti. Love this rig

Rereading your post, apparently your current AMD MB doesn't support multiple GPUs well. Here's an inexpensive one that has 2 properly spaced x16 slots that will run any GPU at full speed. There is also the bottom x4 slot that would be OK for a slower card (although as in the Intel example above would compromise cooling). I'm running this exact board on one of my latest builds and it works great. FWIW you'll gain NOTHING in GPUGRID crunching speed by switching from your AMD X8 to an Intel CPU. You would gain a little in CPU project processing speed on most but not all CPU projects, but not on the GPUGRID NVidia WUs.

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Message 39045 - Posted: 29 Nov 2014 | 21:30:07 UTC - in response to Message 39044.

I want to give myself a Xmas present early. I currently have an AMD 8 core proc with a Gforce GTX 660Ti. Love this rig

Rereading your post, apparently your current AMD MB doesn't support multiple GPUs well. Here's an inexpensive one that has 2 properly spaced x16 slots that will run any GPU at full speed. There is also the bottom x4 slot that would be OK for a slower card (although as in the Intel example above would compromise cooling). I'm running this exact board on one of my latest builds and it works great. FWIW you'll gain NOTHING in GPUGRID crunching speed by switching from your AMD X8 to an Intel CPU. You would gain a little in CPU project processing speed on most but not all CPU projects, but not on the GPUGRID NVidia WUs.

Oops, forgot to post the link:

GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128514

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Message 39046 - Posted: 30 Nov 2014 | 0:14:19 UTC - in response to Message 39043.
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Also if buying GPUs for GPUGRID now, I'd suggest sticking to the 750Ti, 970 and 980 for efficiency's sake.

That's right.
I would like to add that never buy two (or more) lesser cards instead of one high-end card. At the moment the GTX970 is the best bang for the buck.

BTW for multiple card configurations I suggest the Gigabyte Z87X-OC, or the Z97X-SOC motherboards.

To have two real PCIe3.0 connectors at x16 speed on a Socket 1150 motherboard: Z87X-OC Force, Z97X-Gaming GT, Z97X-Gaming G1
(the Z97X-SOC Force doesn't have the PLX PE8747 PCIe splitter chip, so it's not recommended)
These motherboards support up to 4 graphic cards.

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Message 39048 - Posted: 30 Nov 2014 | 4:41:38 UTC - in response to Message 39043.

Whilst technically correct, The difference running in x4 vs x8 in GPUGrid is so low that it is not worth talking about.

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Message 39049 - Posted: 30 Nov 2014 | 4:47:42 UTC

depends on how much money you really want to spend.

Minimal --> get a 970 or 980 and plug it into your existing rig.

More --> you could get new motherboard that uses your existing CPU/RAM etc, but also supports proper SLI/3 slot. That way you can install your existing 660Ti in the secondary slot and use it to play games surf web watch videos etc while your new card crunches in the Primary slot.

That's actually how I have mine set-up.

Linkhttp://www.modsrigs.com/detail.aspx?BuildID=31030

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Message 39051 - Posted: 30 Nov 2014 | 6:03:29 UTC - in response to Message 39048.
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Whilst technically correct, The difference running in x4 vs x8 in GPUGrid is so low that it is not worth talking about.

The difference between PCIe 2.0 x4 and x8 is quite noticeable here (the faster the GPU the bigger the loss). However there is no real difference between x8 and x16 at least on my GPUs (but my fastest GPU is a GTX 670). PCIe 3.0 x4 would probably not cause a slowdown though.

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Message 39059 - Posted: 1 Dec 2014 | 15:30:19 UTC - in response to Message 39051.

This has been very helpful. I will probably just upgrade to a GTX970 for now. My wife needs a root canal which will cost $1000. Fun.

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Message 39060 - Posted: 1 Dec 2014 | 17:13:07 UTC - in response to Message 39041.

The new GTX970 is at least twice as fast as a 660Ti and consumes less energy.


Not quite twice as fast I have found.

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Message 39064 - Posted: 2 Dec 2014 | 1:52:36 UTC - in response to Message 39051.

I run my 660Ti in PCIE2 x4 and last time I checked it was less than 4% slower than running in in X8.

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Message 39066 - Posted: 3 Dec 2014 | 19:46:24 UTC - in response to Message 39060.

To get almost twice the speed for the same watts is compelling. I upgraded from my Phenom X6 to an FX X8 and got two more cores for the same wattage. But the fan noise is starting to annoy me. When I get more money, I may replace it with an i7 at 3.6Ghz and 8 cores. Twice the amount of WUs for 50 less watts.

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Message 39067 - Posted: 3 Dec 2014 | 23:04:15 UTC - in response to Message 39066.
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To get almost twice the speed for the same watts is compelling. I upgraded from my Phenom X6 to an FX X8 and got two more cores for the same wattage. But the fan noise is starting to annoy me. When I get more money, I may replace it with an i7 at 3.6Ghz and 8 cores. Twice the amount of WUs for 50 less watts.

The AMD FX 8320 has 8 full CPU cores (with FPU), while the i7 you're planning to buy has 4 cores hyperthreaded, so it has only 4 FPUs. Depending on what will you crunch, the AMD FX 8320 could give you more credit per day than the socket 115X i7.

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Message 39068 - Posted: 4 Dec 2014 | 17:50:39 UTC - in response to Message 39067.

Ok, I altered my plan a bit. I purchased an i7, motherboard and GTX 750. I will be able to still run 8 cores at 3.6Ghz but will save 45-55 watts. The GTX 750 uses 55 watts. So I will be net 0 for power usage. I will run both the 660ti and 750 on my new board.

After I get some more $$$$, I can replace my 660ti with a 970 and my new rig will process twice as many WCG WUs and three times as many GPUgrid units. Roughly for the same watts.

Oh and I will have less fan noise. If the Gigabyte 750 fan is as quiet as my Gigabyte 660ti, I should be in good shape.

Thoughts????

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Message 39071 - Posted: 5 Dec 2014 | 2:04:40 UTC - in response to Message 39068.

Ok, I altered my plan a bit. I purchased an i7, motherboard and GTX 750. I will be able to still run 8 cores at 3.6Ghz but will save 45-55 watts. The GTX 750 uses 55 watts. So I will be net 0 for power usage. I will run both the 660ti and 750 on my new board.

After I get some more $$$$, I can replace my 660ti with a 970 and my new rig will process twice as many WCG WUs and three times as many GPUgrid units. Roughly for the same watts.

Oh and I will have less fan noise. If the Gigabyte 750 fan is as quiet as my Gigabyte 660ti, I should be in good shape.

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Sounds good.
How is the 970 compared to the 660Ti on GPUGrid? for that plan to work out, it will have to be about on par.

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Message 39072 - Posted: 5 Dec 2014 | 3:40:04 UTC - in response to Message 39068.

After I get some more $$$$, I can replace my 660ti with a 970 and my new rig will process twice as many WCG WUs and three times as many GPUgrid units. Roughly for the same watts.

As Retvari mentions above your CPU performance won't always be better, and depends on the project. On the average the i7 should be faster, but not always and not by as much as you think. On the GPU side I'd estimate that you'll increase your output about 2.5x. Overall watts used I'd guess will be a little higher. Of course now there's a number of FX-83xx CPUs that are rated at 95 watts TDP. Just bought an FX-8310 to test: 8 cores at 3.4GHZ base and 95 watts. They're very cheap right now at TD so it'll be interesting to see the performance compared to the i7 and the Phenom X6. The Phenom X6 CPUs are available aftermarket only and used on eBay often sell for more than they originally cost new.

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Message 39074 - Posted: 5 Dec 2014 | 11:08:20 UTC - in response to Message 39068.

Ok, I altered my plan a bit. I purchased an i7, motherboard and GTX 750. I will be able to still run 8 cores at 3.6Ghz but will save 45-55 watts. The GTX 750 uses 55 watts. So I will be net 0 for power usage. I will run both the 660ti and 750 on my new board.

After I get some more $$$$, I can replace my 660ti with a 970 and my new rig will process twice as many WCG WUs and three times as many GPUgrid units. Roughly for the same watts.

Oh and I will have less fan noise. If the Gigabyte 750 fan is as quiet as my Gigabyte 660ti, I should be in good shape.

Thoughts????


My suggestion is to keep your current rig and put a GTX970 in it. Safe the rest of your money and start collecting parts for a second rig. If shops have an offer then buy. I guess there is a lot more to choose from in the US then elsewhere. This is the way I build my rigs, but in the Netherlands I have only a few shops to look for, oh and I have my brands I buy from.
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Message 39077 - Posted: 5 Dec 2014 | 15:12:41 UTC - in response to Message 39074.

Thanks to all for the replies. I have a new Lenovo laptop with an i7 running at 2.9Ghz. The WCG WUs run twice as fast as my FX 8320. Even with hyperthreading. After 2.5 years of 24x7 crunching I want to be as efficient of I can with one rig. The fan noise is at 50db for the rig and it puts out some heat. Frankly, I can live with the heat, it is the noise that gets old.

I will sell my 8320 and motherboard on ebay and get my money back or more. My Phenom sold for $10 more than I paid. Interestingly when I switched from an ASUS motherboard(AMD) to a Gigabyte one, the power dropped by 30 watts. I was surprised.

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Message 39078 - Posted: 5 Dec 2014 | 15:14:50 UTC - in response to Message 39077.

Forgot to ask this question. The 8gig Ram mod that I have in my motherboard is rated for 1600. The Giga board will only let it run at 1333. Will I see much of a diff running at 1600 in my new motherboard?

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Message 39087 - Posted: 6 Dec 2014 | 20:45:26 UTC - in response to Message 39078.
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Forgot to ask this question. The 8gig Ram mod that I have in my motherboard is rated for 1600. The Giga board will only let it run at 1333. Will I see much of a diff running at 1600 in my new motherboard?

Not much for most DC apps. The Gigabyte board I'm running has a special BIOS setting to bump the memory speed to 1600 if the ram is capable. Earlier today I pulled the X4 610e on that MB and put in the new 95w FX-8310. Running at 10% OC (3740 MHz) and with 7 CPU tasks and 2 GPUGRID tasks it's at 270 watts (2 x 750 TI GPUs) for the system. It does bounce up to 4100MHz every few seconds so the turbo core feature is kicking in. Very quiet at 47C CPU, 52C & 55C GPU temps. Inexpensive Antec 300 case with some extra fans (side and front inflowing) and all fans at lowest speeds. Used a Zalman enps10x CPU HS/fan I had laying around. Probably uses more power than an i7 setup but not bad for 9 WUs running, and very quiet. The GPU efficiency jumped 5% (into the mid 90s) on both GPUs so they should be running faster (the low wattage X4 610e must not have been giving them the best support). Pretty happy with it so far.

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Message 39088 - Posted: 7 Dec 2014 | 8:55:42 UTC - in response to Message 39087.

if you are CPU bound, and 750s you have got 2Gb, you can try running 2 WUs at once - this will mask out the CPU. that's the only way for me to get above 90% on a 970.

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Message 39094 - Posted: 8 Dec 2014 | 4:44:07 UTC - in response to Message 39088.
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if you are CPU bound, and 750s you have got 2Gb, you can try running 2 WUs at once - this will mask out the CPU. that's the only way for me to get above 90% on a 970.

Thanks for the suggestion but as mentioned above, they're in the mid 90s with the FX-8310. On the X4 910e the WUs were running at 89-90% and about 30 minutes slower. Trying to run 2 WUs on a 750 or 750Ti would miss the 24 hour bonus deadline as the current long WUs are running at 12 hours - 13.5 hours on my 750Ti GPUs depending on the WU type. There's a reason for the deadline. The project wants a fast turnaround.

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Message 39108 - Posted: 9 Dec 2014 | 19:20:04 UTC - in response to Message 39094.

if you are CPU bound, and 750s you have got 2Gb, you can try running 2 WUs at once - this will mask out the CPU. that's the only way for me to get above 90% on a 970.

Thanks for the suggestion but as mentioned above, they're in the mid 90s with the FX-8310. On the X4 910e the WUs were running at 89-90% and about 30 minutes slower. Trying to run 2 WUs on a 750 or 750Ti would miss the 24 hour bonus deadline as the current long WUs are running at 12 hours - 13.5 hours on my 750Ti GPUs depending on the WU type. There's a reason for the deadline. The project wants a fast turnaround.



Thanks for the reply. I got the system rebuilt and am in the tweaking phase. Basically I was dead on with my power calcs. I can run 6 WCG WUs and 2 GPUGrid with 315 watts at 4GHZ. The stock fan is running at 2800 RPM so I need to get the Artic Freezer out and replace the stock unit. Looks like I will get WCG done in 2.5 hours instead of 4.5 to 5 on the FX8320. Plus I have a new GTX 750 running at 1225Ghz cranking away. The 750 is a wonder at 55watts. Real nice card. Dead quiet too.

I may be able to reduce the wattage down another 10-15 watts. This Asus Gryphon Z87 is an amazing server based board with a ton of settings and temp sensors. Very happy with it.

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Message 39133 - Posted: 12 Dec 2014 | 1:36:50 UTC - in response to Message 39108.

Which WCG CPU subproject WUs are you running?

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Message 39140 - Posted: 13 Dec 2014 | 0:18:52 UTC - in response to Message 39133.

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Message 39141 - Posted: 13 Dec 2014 | 0:33:05 UTC
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I saw a GTX 760 Dual (2304 cores) with 2GB for $220 on Newegg yesterday. It is gone today. I was really close to getting one. I didn't cause of power concerns. I couldn't find how much it takes. I estimated it will use 300 watts. Even at 250 watts I thought it would be best to save for the 970.

I was very tempted.

Wonder if and when the GTX 960 will come out. I seem to be a x60 guy. First the 560ti then the 660ti.

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Message 39458 - Posted: 11 Jan 2015 | 17:35:02 UTC - in response to Message 39141.

I upgraded to 16gig of 2133 XMP memory but it is crashing the display driver and blue screening the PC. If I suspend just GPU activity it runs fine. If I turn it down to 1600, it runs fine.

What is the issue here? I wanted faster memory for WCG but it is killing GpuGrid.

Any ideas or help would be appreciated.

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Message 39461 - Posted: 11 Jan 2015 | 22:02:43 UTC - in response to Message 39458.

I upgraded to 16gig of 2133 XMP memory but it is crashing the display driver and blue screening the PC. If I suspend just GPU activity it runs fine. If I turn it down to 1600, it runs fine.

I didn't follow the thread, but a few points regarding memory stability:

- higher clocked memory sometimes requires higher voltages. These much be set in the BIOS according to product spec

- do you have 4x4 modules? If so, the command rate should be set to 2T. Most XMP profiles include it just like this even for 2 modules, but if not this may cause your troubles

- if the mainboard is relatively new there might be problems in thie BIOS which might already be fixed with an update

- when you set it to 2133 MHz you also set XMP timings, don't you?

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Message 39462 - Posted: 12 Jan 2015 | 1:02:14 UTC - in response to Message 39461.

It is 2 modules and XMP sets all of the settings including the 1.65v. My BIOS is also up to date. Not sure about this one. Need to do more research.

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Message 39476 - Posted: 14 Jan 2015 | 12:55:49 UTC - in response to Message 39462.

I fixed it. Silly me for trusting the Asus update GUI. I clicked on check for BIOS update and it says I am current (1/14 dated BIOS). Go to the ASUS website and there are 3 more since Jan 2014. Some update GUI's are worthless. I downloaded the latest one from Sept 2014 that referenced system stability fixes and so far it is running great.

Does anyone know if increasing the RAM speed by 600Mhz while still maintaining a CAS of 9 and 1T will speed up GPUGrid?

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Message 39481 - Posted: 14 Jan 2015 | 23:21:25 UTC - in response to Message 39476.

Does anyone know if increasing the RAM speed by 600Mhz while still maintaining a CAS of 9 and 1T will speed up GPUGrid?

I don't think so. What is the RAM speed now?
Could you please tell me the clocks, multipliers and voltages of your CPU ? (reported by the CPU-Z utility)
For reference: my i7-4790k runs at 4487.68MHz (99.73*45) 1.3V core voltage, NB (Uncore) frequency 3990.5MHz (40x)
RAM: Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G, 931MHz (1862MHz DDR3), 10-11-10-30-243-1T, 1.5V,

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Message 39488 - Posted: 15 Jan 2015 | 23:29:24 UTC - in response to Message 39481.

CPU is 40x100=4GHz. I turned boost off as the cpu fan was running loud.

The RAM is 2133Ghz 9,11,11,28,278, 2T all settings came from XMP

Interestingly I downloaded EVGA Precision and overclocked the GTX 750 from 1225Mhz to 1300Mhz and the memory from 5000Mhz to 6000Mhz. I need more time to see how much faster WU will get done but the card only went up 3 degs and seems quite stable. This is a great little card for $80. Glad I bought it.

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