xbonez
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System Name | Winter |
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Processor | AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE @ 4.0Ghz |
Motherboard | MSI 790FX-GD70 |
Cooling | Corsair H50 Liquid Cooling |
Memory | 2 x 2Gb Gskill Ripjaws 1600Mhz (7-7-7-24@1.6V) |
Video Card(s) | Asus GTX 470 @ Stock (Zalman VF3000 cooler) |
Storage | 2 x Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB (RAID 0) |
Display(s) | Hanns G 28" @ 1920x1200 |
Case | Antec 1200 |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard -- TosLink --> Z5500 |
Power Supply | Corsair 850TX 850W PSU |
Software | Win 7 64-bit Ultimate |
I have been intending to Fold for a while now but somehow never got around to doing it. I will start today for sure, once I get back from work. I have two questions though:
1. Can I simultaneously fold using my CPU and my GPU?
2. If I were to put together a PC dedicated to folding 24x7, what components would I concentrate at? I'm a college student (read: constantly broke), so it won't be anything high end. For such a system, I would only fold using either the CPU or the GPU. which of the two gives higher returns? I would accordingly invest more money into that. Apart from that, it'll have a cheap motherboard, possibly no case. No monitor, keyboard etc (I'll VNC into it). is RAM important?
1. Can I simultaneously fold using my CPU and my GPU?
2. If I were to put together a PC dedicated to folding 24x7, what components would I concentrate at? I'm a college student (read: constantly broke), so it won't be anything high end. For such a system, I would only fold using either the CPU or the GPU. which of the two gives higher returns? I would accordingly invest more money into that. Apart from that, it'll have a cheap motherboard, possibly no case. No monitor, keyboard etc (I'll VNC into it). is RAM important?