Posted: Aug 27, 2011 8:39 am
my ppd should double as I am adding another i7 2600k, but HA!
That's very good news! the 2600k's are yielding ~55 kPPD, am I right?
Anyway was waiting on bulldozer but those i7 2600k were smiling with high ppd so i dove in to them. (may go to 3 if bulldozer doesn't show soon).
Bulldozer is likely still 1.5 months away. The 2600k is probably the best solution if you want to spend ~1000 USD. If one can spare as much as 3-4k USD, then 4x8 or 4x12 Opterons are the way to go. I am waiting for the Bulldozer to build my second rig.
Now to sell off the MSI boards, AMD processors and all 12 of the older GPUs to replenish bank account a bit. I figure with the massive drop in wattage used and sale of older equipment I can afford the increase in CPUs with a huge increase in ppd.
I also sold some of my old stuff. My Q6600 was drawing 1/4 of the wattage, but producing just 1/20 of the points as my main rig. I think it makes sense to rejuvenate folding hardware every 1.5-2.5 years
Cheers,
Maciek.