I'm back guys, or will be in a week or two

[DriveEuro]

Today was a good day to be a pair of Xeon processors. To be exact, 10ghz of folding power was purchased today. When oced, it'll be 5.2 (1600s) + 6.4 (2400s) + 3.2 (3.2) = 14.8ghz
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6716215013

and these a few hours ago. I'm back in business guys. I'm going to fold so hard it'll hurt.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...716219481&rd=1



and even another
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...716148640&rd=1
Pair that with a Supermicro Single Xeon motherboard for $200
Wow.

"The thrill has come back into folding."

That should be the EOCF motto.

[CanadianBronco]

jeebus, I wish i had that much extra cash right now

[DriveEuro]

So do I... It'll take me about 2 weeks to muster up enough money to get both rigs up. My goal is 1 a week. Although, I will be getting about $400 tomorrow from selling my P4 rig, amd 2400xp-m 35w, whitewater AMD block, dtek custom tc-4 waterblock..... amongst other things... Maybe I'll sell my shuttle sff with 3.0C also.... Who knows. So many options.

[eneuman]

i think you, hotrod and i spend way way to much on folding rigs

at least you only paid ~40 for that damged xeon. i hope your good with a soldering iron

[DriveEuro]

Originally Posted by eneuman

i think you, hotrod and i spend way way to much on folding rigs

at least you only paid ~40 for that damged xeon. i hope your good with a soldering iron

Who needs a soldering iron? Just a single strand of fan wire, clipped to the approriate length. Been there, done that. (3.0c bought here from Javafox 3 bent pins and 1 missing..... also an old athlon back in the day.)

[eneuman]

so what, do you just drop the wire into the socket?

[CanadianBronco]

yeah make sure its protruding a little bit and straight

[DriveEuro]

Originally Posted by eneuman

so what, do you just drop the wire into the socket?

never done it? Ha, people do it all the time. Exactly why some people jump when they see a chip missing a pin. It's an incredibly easy fix.... most of the time.

[eneuman]

wow, ill keep that in mind from now on
thanks

[DriveEuro]

hehe, I'm thinking to build my own makeshift rackmount system outta wood. Something along the lines of what hotrod has. But mine would be vertical. I have access to practically any wood working tool needed (my father builds furniture in his free time). I've also had a lot of experience with wood. I'm thinking this could be a fun idea... I'd do something like 1/4 plywood shelves that slide in and out, kinda like tongue and groove of a big cabinet. And no perverts, tongue and groove is actually a woodworking term, it's a way to to put two piece of wood together.

Or better yet I could make something more like pull out shelves. Each one holds the PSU, and hard drive... Or maybe I could go diskless... One main rig in there that has a hard disk for all the other to share... Wow, the possibilities.

[DriveEuro]

LOL, couldn't be any easier.

[HotRod]

Originally Posted by DriveEuro

Something along the lines of what hotrod has. But mine would be vertical. I'd do something like 1/4 plywood shelves that slide in and out, kinda like tongue and groove of a big cabinet.

Good ideas DriveEuro. I would use PEG BOARD to mount the MOB's too 1...the holes will , most of the time, line up & 2......It will allow good air flow around the boards and PSU's.

Mine was just a prototype. I am going to build a new one this winter when business is slow.

As for my slide out peg boards, I just used a saw table saw blade that had a wide kerf (1/4") and cut the groves and the boards were a perfect fit.

For my next rack build I am going to take step by step pic's and post it as a farm build.

[DriveEuro]

I'm with you man. I'm gonna build something along the lines of an Armoire in the next month or two. My father is **** good with wood and I've used all the tools as well. But I was going to do roll out shelves and gonna have it sealed really tight (air tight) as much as I can. Then I was gonna put furnace filters on the back or sides yet at the bottom (not sure yet). Those would filter the air, and bring it in. In there I'd have AT LEAST 3 duallies and one AMD XP. Hopefully all water cooled. Then I was gonna put some really slow moving fan high CFM fan up on top. Dunno what type yet. This is just all an idea, but a serious one. Mind you, this will look like a piece of furniture in the house.

And if I ever decided to stop folding (god forbid) hardcore, then I could simply use it for other things. But I'd make panels to fill in the filter part and the exhaust fan so that it would look totally normal and be useable daily.

[HotRod]

I have noticed that with a rack farm, the dust dosnt build up very much. I got some rigs in cases and once a month I half to blow them out. But the farm rigs I do this once every 3 months....hmmmm every quarter......tax time...hehehhe

I dont know about a closed system, but mine with 12 slide out boards, it wouls take a small ac to keep it cool.......