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Questions and problems :
what new machine specs?
(Message 110488)
Posted 18 Nov 2022 by Doug Post: Hi, I'm thinking of buying a new machine that would be mostly or entirely dedicated to BOINC. I'm just your average retired guy, and I can't afford the phenomenal many-many-many-cored machines that a surprising number of people running BOINC projects have. I was thinking about something along the lines of this Dell XPS desktop: https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/desktop-computers/xps-desktop/spd/xps-8950-desktop/xd8950adl40h?configurationid=c53b3029-a7b8-4a36-8c8e-681cf115b440. I would consider increasing the RAM to 64 GB and also increasing the "level" of the graphics card (i.e., to the 3080 or 3090) - the point of the latter would solely be to run BOINC GPU projects/tasks (*not* games). I do want to get the most BOINC bang for the buck, and I don't want to pay for features or upgrades or whatever that BOINC can't use. Is there a document or post or other article of some kind that discusses hardware for BOINC? Or, probably better, can anyone here give me some guidance on this? I run Windows. The projects I'm currently enrolled in are: Cosmology@Home Einstein@Home LHC@Home MilkyWay@Home Rosetta@Home SiDock@Home Universe@Home WorldCommunityGrid (OpenPandemics - COVID-19 only, for now) I've in past been enrolled in Seti@Home (now on indefinte pause) and ClimatePrediction (which no longer seems to have Windows work). In essence, I'd want a machine that is at least reasonably optimized for running BOINC projects - as many as possible (CPU and GPU) within my budget, as fast as possible (CPU and GPU). I'd appreciate any help or advice or pointers anyone here could give. Thanks. Doug |
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Message boards :
Questions and problems :
how to insert an image in a post?
(Message 107518)
Posted 21 Mar 2022 by Doug Post: I have a dumb newbie question, even though I'm not a newbie. I've seen posts with images that the poster inserted, along with text. How do you insert an image in a post? It would be very useful to illustrate problems, questions, etc. I see there is an "Img" formatting tag, but if that is the means, I don't understand how to use it. Windows 10 (21H1, Version 10.0.19044.1586) BOINC 7.16.20 (x64) Thanks. Doug |
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