The Scottish Boinc Team

What's sailing as part of the pirate fleet ?

For the record ( or so I remember ) this is my current herd

TSBT systems

intel I7 3770k win 7 AMD HD 7970 Orac
intel I7 3770k Linux 17.04 2 x gtx970 1 x gtx980 Caro
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core Processor [Family 21 Model 2 Stepping 0] win 7 AMD HD7970 Beagle

HP Prolient Server DL360 G6 | 2 x Hex Core Xeon CPU X5650 @ 2.67GHz (24 processors ) 24 GB DDR3 RAM Lubuntu 17.04 Victor
HP ProLiant Server DL180 G6 | 2 x Hex Core Xeon CPU L5640 @ 2.27GHz (24 processors) 32 GB DDR3 RAM Lubuntu 17.04 Vulcan
HP ProLiant Server DL360 G5 | 2 x Quad Core Xeon E5460 @3.16Ghz (16 processors) 32GB DDR2 RAM Ubuntu 17.04 GT 610 ThorDelta
HP ProLiant Server DL360 G5 | 2 x Quad Core Xeon E5450 @3.0Ghz (16 processors)16GBDDR2 RAM Lubuntu 17.04 ATI fireGL 5600 Saturn-V
HP XW6600 workstation G5 | 2 x Quad Core Xeon E5450 @3.0Ghz (16 processors) 13 GB DDR2 RAM Win 7 1 x HD7750 1x HD r9 270x Heimdal

intel i5-2520M ( laptop )
intel core duo E4600 win 10 ATI Radeon HD 5450 Hermes ( master tech shed WIFI controller )


Droids
S802 Quad Core Cortex A9 2.0GHz, Android 4.4 Vampire
4 x ARMv7 Processor RK3188 Quad Core Cortex A9 ( Droid boxes ) Android 4.4 Droids # 2,3, 4 & 6 left standing
4 x ARMv7 Processor ( Ordroid U3 ) Android 4.4 mjolnir droid #1 - 4
Ramos i7s 3G Intel Z3735G Quad Core 1.83GHz 7 Inch Tablet PC Android 4.4 OS
Cloudnetgo cr13s ( cortex A-17 RK 3288) with droid 4.4 , Vixen
Tronsmart Orion R68 ( cortex A-53, RK3368 ) with droid 5.1.1. Venom


Anguillan Pirates systems

Intel Core i5 3470 (GEN 3) @ 3.6GHz with 8GB DDR3 and a nVidia GTX980 lubuntu 17.10. Loki
Intel Core2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80GHz win 7 1 x AMD 7770 Lokidoze


offline / under con/destruction
intel i3-2370M ( laptop )
intel core2duo T7100 linux Phoebe ( Wifi wont stay up, claims to have no cabled network )
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz Ubuntu 14.04 Gemini ( so ancient it's should be in a mausoleum )
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz ( cluttering up space )
intel q6600 win 7 Chronos ( wont boot, HDD trashed ? )

retired / dead
intel dual xeon @ 2.8 Ghz Win XP professional Freyja
intel pent T4500 ( laptop )
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz Linux GT430 Nautilus ( bricked Ubuntu ? )
intel core duo E6600 win 7 gtx750 ti Perses ( bad memory and trashed OS )
intel i7 920 win 10 1 gtx980 Aroc ( when I can prise it away from the kids use )

The current fleet...

Intel i7-3770K(8 cores), 2x HD 7970
Intel i7-3770(8 cores), GTX 780, GTX 960
Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3(8 cores), HD 7970, GTX 770
Intel i3-3240(4 cores), HD 7970
Intel Xeon E5-2603(4 cores), Win7 64, GTX 660ti
Intel Xeon X5670(12 cores), Win7 64, GTX 750ti
Intel Xeon X5650(24 cores), Win7 64/Linux, GTX 750ti
Intel Xeon X5650(24 cores), Win7 64/Linux
Intel Xeon X5675(24 cores), Win7 64/Linux
Intel i5-2540M(1 core used), Win7 32 (1 core, laptop and she runs hot)
AMD Phenom II(3 cores), Win7 64

1x Odroid U2 1.7Ghz quad core android
3x RK3188 1.6Ghz quad core androids
1x S802 2.0Ghz quad core android
3x RK3288 1.8Ghz quad core android

2x Rockminer 32 Gh/s)
2x Antminer U2 (1.6 Gh/s)
...but the instability of the miners is again trying my patience. Tired of babysitting them. Few more hours, then back offline.

scole250 wrote:waiting for me partner (the wife) to look the other way.

Yarr, this be why I be wanting to move some tech out of the house into a shed....easier to hide the big plastic cases
and it's getting too hot, dumping all this heat inside

At least I wont have to spend as long as you two typing this list

Intel i5 3750k win 7 7970
Intel Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E6300 - my dads pc that crunches some units when not being used
1 x ARMv7 Processor (Odroid U2)
5 x ARMv7 Processor (Odroid U3) - one more to be plumbed in...

Hopefully will have a new toy or two waiting for my return so I will have to edit the list

updated fleet to include the addition of a gtx650 and an amd hd 7750. More cards are always better

Updated again . Chronos has a new GPU and Freyja added to the fleet. So far the dual quad core Xeon has fallen through due to time wasting but still a course I wish to follow and a tech shed harbour may finally be on the way as otherwise I can't shut the windows in the house ....

Finally managed to get my paws on a quad xeon which when it turns up will be upgraded to dual quad xeons , oh and another 7970 on it's way to.

your going to need a tech warehouse never mind a shed
be interesting to see how the xeons get on

That's the xeon hp xw6600 turned up. Added to list and installing cards. Came with a ATI fireGL 5600 which actually crunches. Going to add a 7750 to it, a second xeon quad core and when cards turn up the r9 270X will replace the fireGL. Impressed with the build quality and the box is silent.
Shed should arrive tomorrow so lots of movement and downtime in the next few days.

You are a sysadmin's worst nighmare! Let's see an updated list. I can't keep up.

Waiting on Fcuk-ing windows to update so I can get the cards installed. How can a new install have 153 updates ? Aaaargh. Heimdal will be on the list when I confirm 2 cards functional.
Luckily I am my own sysadmin

Are the updates through yet? I re-installed a Win7 system from a set of CDs a few years old, before any service packs were included. Sounds like the same install.

Done List has been updated though it's going to change a few more times before the end of next week :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

What motherboards and cases are you using to hold 3 GPUs? I have a couple mobos with 3 PCIe slots, but they won't holds more than 2 double slot cards.

The biggest case I have is this http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003OESTP2/r ... 18RM2EV4QD and it is massive. 3 x 1 x3 ft or so . It has presence In it I have an Asus P8 Z77 WS board which does take 4 dual slot GPU's. ( Caro )
I also have a Asus P5K 64 WS board ( Pentium extreme Q series ) ( Chronos) which has 4 slots and currently has the 3 slot 6990 and dual slot 6970 installed. It would take another card but the cooling would be difficult.
Another option I have is an MS-7522 ( i7 920 socket 1366) which has 3 dual slot cards installed ( Aroc ) This combo, whilst not as power efficient as the new i7's, still flys and is very powerful.
Orac also has 3 cards but they are 2 x Pci x16 and a zotac pmcia card, again Asus , but that probably doesn't count. Orac is also in quite a small case with extensive modifications done to it.
If you are looking at swapping an i7 to a different board then , honestly, the P8 Z77 WS is an awesome board. Expensive but worth it.
Quite a few of my cases are ' butchered ' to fit the components and then run with the lids off, PSU's outside etc. A case is simply a case as far as I am concerned.

Well my list has been 'modified' again

Do you 2 generate your own electricity or have solar or something :mrgreen: , i would have a coronary with all the leccie that lot must use...

I think you pay a lot more for it than I do. How much is your electricity per kwh? Here in North Carolina, it's around 9.7 cents per kwh, which I think is around .06 pounds per kwh.

scole250 wrote:I think you pay a lot more for it than I do. How much is your electricity per kwh? Here in North Carolina, it's around 9.7 cents per kwh, which I think is around .06 pounds per kwh.

We are charged around double your rate

We already have a relatively high electric bill. We have more junk plugged in than I could ever hope to keep track of. I'm waiting for Seymour Johnson Air Force Base to stop by and tell us to back it down because it's jamming their radar.

Janos wrote:

scole250 wrote:I think you pay a lot more for it than I do. How much is your electricity per kwh? Here in North Carolina, it's around 9.7 cents per kwh, which I think is around .06 pounds per kwh.

We are charged around double your rate

I am with British gas for dual fuel (electricity & Gas) and its 16.69 pence per KW 27.9 cents for you 3 x as much damn it.

I seriously don't want to know what the electricity bill is

Well, here's the updated fleet cruising the coast of the Carolinas ...

Intel i5-2540M, Win7 32 (1 core, laptop and she runs hot)
Phenom II X3 B75, Win7 64
Phenom II X3 B75, Win7 64
Xeon E5-2603, Win7 64, GTX 460
i7-3770 (hydro cooled), Win7 64, HD 7970, R9 270X
i7-3770K (hydro cooled), Win8.1 64, HD 7970x2
i3-3240, Win8.1 64, HD 7990

Had to retire a couple systems. My Droid was not much good for anything else while crunching, but I need it to monitor work email. That and the battery drained faster than my bank account during this arms race Had to let go of a AMD Phenom II system. Was a co-worker's system and BOINC had not been playing nice on it.

Well, batten down the hatches! There be a storm brew'n off the coast of Florida and it be heading this way. Time to find a safe port. I'm an hour inland and in no threat from this one, but it is hurricane season, so it's time to tune up the generator.

3 7970's and a 7990 no wonder you did so well on the MW challenge. That's quite the display of firepower

Another wee barge added to the fleet. Another Dell Optiplex, a dinky little SFF 755 with a core 2 duo E4700 called Hermes. I will probably stick the long suffering but always short lived GT640 in it until I order another GTX 760Ti to fill the slot. Being stuck offshore with access to ebay is a very bad combination

I am just waiting for the moment when I hear that the police raided your barn to see what was growing in there. All that electric and heat, on site fertiliser and a shed within a shed? Oh and he does a lot of international travel. Hmm...

Just realised that the only thing missing is a dodgy mustache, and of course, the ill gotten gains

Judging by the stats I would hazard a guess that a certain colonial pirate just plugged in a 30 GHs ASIC in a bid for domination
By sheer coincidence, it appears to have been at the same time as I ' may ' have expanded my fleet with a small device from Butterfly labs

:pirate: I 'may' have 'a' r-box...I mean arrr-box...

A good pirate always carries an extra pistol...

me thinks there may be a back up yarr box as well

Alez wrote:me thinks there may be a back up yarr box as well

Aye :pirate:

Just so folks know what kind of numbers can be grabbed, there's a 2 x Rockerminer r-boxes @ 32-37Gh/s each and 2 separate 6 x Bitmain Antminer U2 1.6-2.0 Gh/s ant farm rigs (soon to be eBayed) @ 9.6 Gh/s each, all together cranking out 75,000,000/day. No GPUs. Results vary based on the mining pool issues or lack of. It's an arms race for sure. Evil or not, every other team is going for it or they will be soon. My goal is to keep our team moving ahead. I respect the others who choose not to crunch Bitcoin Utopia, but please don't pass judgement one me too quickly. I figure the same issues came up when GPUs started crunching. As for moving up the team board, I wish everyone in the top 10, 20, 30, whatever, were all crunching the same numbers. We'd make a run for #3 at least. Don't know where this is going, but it's a rush riding the wave.

Pass judgement ? I'm waiting for my yarR-box to be delivered from Germany with extreme impatience
AMDusers will be on us soon and as you said every other team that matters are doing the same. Just now we are catching UBT but they are probably jumping on this soon enough. Timbo has already been all over the Bitcoin forum. I have no qualms about this. If they are offering the credit I will take it with a big pirates grin. SetiUSA and Sici etc have no qualms about taking what's on offer, so why should we and as I said using the ASIC's has freed my GPU's to do only the science I want without chasing credit. Win win I say

Actually, after MUCH though about this, I remembered an earlier thread, which was in one of the memorial challenges I think for Merlyn TSBT. I believe the question was what would Merlyn have done and the answer was buy more top end computers and crunch till the fuses blew or similar. On that basis hand wringers on the bitcoin forum be damned.
Remember, standing down range is inherently dangerous ... incoming, fast mover and danger close, gentlemen, watch the fireworks display. Alpha Lima Echo Zulu, engage. .
Love it or hate it, until the broken credit system is fixed, simply , INCOMING.

Time for shameless bragging...
Earned a 3rd wuprop star and finally figured out how to earn those yoyo badges. I'm smart like that.

Ok, here's me pirate fleet hiding out in the Outer Banks... :pirate:
http://www.dunadd.co.uk/seti/forum/view ... 270#p20457
See what happens when an IT person w/OCD picks up a hobby centered around computers.

Well i've got 5 stars on WProp ( actually 7 if they had more space ) and if I ever get out of this hell hole I should have a new mobo and cpu waiting to finally bring Loki into the 21st century. I have plans for more shelves in the shed over xmas when I am off and of course I guess I will need something to put on those shelves. Think roof vents in the tech shed are now a must as well.
And I'm not an IT person so I really have no excuses

Loki has now been upgraded and is now Loki2 with a shiny Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10] and running the GTX660 TI under Ubuntu 14. Not sure if the original Loki will be retired or re-tasked to run my unwilling to run 7970 under Linux. Think that could be a day or 2 of head scratching. AMD and Linux have never been a happy hunting ground pour moi and not sure if the board is defective or the memory has gone bad. 1 memory slot has been DOE for quite a while now, not sure if the other has followed it into the electronic afterlife. Might be an Ebay purchase to resurrect ....

Updated fleet info above...

Loki is dead. Mobo seems to have multiple niggling failures. An Asus striker board with 3 pcie slots winging it's way towards me for the resurrection. Loki will ride again as a fleet without a Loki is like a dog without a bone In the mean time Loki 2 will have to continue to fly the flag for the brand.
Should I now hex myself and state that I have managed to destroy ever single Gigabyte or MSI board I have owned, but never an Asus. I've also managed to kill every CiT PSu I've deployed but not a single corsair.
Fate has been tempted and poked, time to hide from the consequences.

Now that's either a very brave or foolish fate tempting post there Alez
Fingers crossed your equipment backs up your proclamations but maybe have the CO2 extinguisher on stand by

Do the CiT PSUs have a single 12v rail? (You pointed that issue out to me a while back)

Some do, some are twin rail. They are just not suitable for crunching, too cheap and the output rating on them seems to be absolute short term maximum rating rather than constant supply. I guess they are just a case of you get what you pay for.

Loki 2 running Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10] with nVidia GTX 660 ti.
New mobo for Loki arrived. Building time

current herd :

intel 3770k win 7 2 x HD 7970. gt610 Orac
intel 3770k win 7 3 x gtx660ti 1 x gtx650 Caro
intel i7 920 win 7 HD6970 2 x HD7770 Aroc
intel q6600 win 7 1 x HD6990 1 x HD6950 ( bios flashed to another 6970 :) ) Chronos
intel dual xeon E5450 win 7 1 x HD7750 1x HD r9 270x Heimdal
( intel pent 4 linux gtx660ti Loki ) - currently subject to testing / rebuild / retirment
intel core duo E6600 win 7 gtx750 ti Perses
intel core duo E4600 win 7 ATI Radeon HD 5450 Hermes
intel core2duo T7100 linux Phoebe
intel dual xeon @ 2.8 mhz Win XP professional Freyja
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80GHz linux gtx660ti Loki 2
intel pent T4500 ( laptop )
intel i3-2370M ( laptop )
intel i5-2520M ( laptop )
6 x ARMv7 Processor ( Droid boxes ) android Orca Droids #1 - 6
4 x ARMv7 Processor ( Ordroid U3 ) android mjolnir droid #1 - 4
Ramos i7s 3G Intel Z3735G Quad Core 1.83GHz 7 Inch Tablet PC Android 4.4 OS
miners -
4 x R-box R2 ( 100 GHs ), 3 x R-Box ( 32 GHs ), 1 x BFL 30 GHs, 2 x BFL 60 GHs, 1 x BFL jalapeno ( 7 GHs )

another yarr box2 added to the fleet after being found behind the sofa Loki is now a Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80GHz in an Asus striker mobo with a HD6770 which so far refuses to be recognised by Boinc under Linux.If I manage to get the drivers to function it will also have a Gigabyte 7970 provided it is not dead to crunching. Why is AMD / Linux such a PITA ?

The battle to resurrect Loki continues. Board is now refusing to post. Think it's bad, though with a search seems that Asus striker extreme boards are notorious for failing to boot out of Bios. Guess I should have done a bit more research before buying.

Does it have an IGPU? If so, have you tried it without PCIe GPUs installed?

nope, quite a few gaming ASUS boards have no inbuilt graphics, I have 3 of them like this. It has an LCD display for the POST error message, unfortunately it's bust. The Board will boot every now and then and will fire up the GPU, but only gets as far as the ASUS splash screen and hangs on press DEL to enter BIOS. Have some more tests to run tonight but suspect it's DOA. Have tested the GPU's ( a 6770, 7970 and gt410 ) the PSU and the IDE drive with Loki's old motherboard and they work. I did get it to work for a day or so but it kept randomly freezing or shuting down and I would have to leave the power off for 10 mins or so then reboot. Now it doesn't boot.

Going to have to send the striker back ( provided the seller is honorable ). Post's 5% of the time. Back on the hunt for a decent board to resurrect Loki. Might be an new AMD combo. Loki2 continues to fly the flag for Linux in a workman like fashion.

So the new addition has been added to the list. Beagle ( named after the Mars lander that actually made it there, then forgot to phone home ) AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor [Family 21 Model 2 Stepping 0] on win 7 with a HD6770 as the gygabyte HD 7970 has been declared dead pending major and probably pointless surgery.
Loki is back up and running with a GT410 until I decide what to do with a dying Mobo that refuses to finally expire. I feel sorry for the wee fellow and just keep resurrecting him. Maybe time he gets a new Mobo combo to carry his name on proudly.