Saturday 05/02/2005

Thanks to the local computer recycler we have an almost endless supply of PCI video cards, hard drives mainly under 2G and a few SCSI drives along with PCI NICs. There is a load of ISA stuff too if needed.

dureck and I have been collecting these bits for a while and this is where most of the eBay stuff comes from as well. Seeing that we have had an influx of new Folders who seem to be looking for bits and pieces to make up new machines I thought we could help them out by providing the basic goodies to help get a box off the ground and into production.

Now the catch it will cost a $5 donation to the FFF plus postage for a basic kit of HDD, Video Card and NIC. A video card or nic on its own will cost a $2 donation plus postage. A 9G SCSI drive will cost a $10 donation plus post. As I get different stuff I will add it to the catalogue of bits.

I will test and format the HDD's and also give the video cards and NIC's a work out as well. If you like the idea or have any suggestions let me know in this thread.

 

Ok its been a while since we last had a BYO draw. So I present for your Folding pleasure BYO010.

Case: Antec Midi Tower: Datsun 1600
PSU: Shaw 500W: FFF
Motherboard: EPOX 8RDA3+:FFF/ Datsun 1600
CPU: AMD XP2700+: FFF/ Datsun 1600
HSF: Spire Verticool: Lownoise PC
Memory: 256MB PC3200 DDR: FFF/ Datsun 1600
HDD: Western Digital 20GB : Razorback
Optical: DVD ROM: FFF
 

These members are already eligible for the draw...

[BM]Crusher
Aero (XFBOX)
Arachnadactly
ArJuna (XFBOX)
B5lurker
Barney (XFBOX)
BlackPantha (XFBOX)
Bluequt (XFBOX)
Bonkers
boofyc
Brader (XFBOX)
bundy33op (XFBOX)
calyx (XFBOX)
Criddsa
Crosspeen
Datsun 1600
deranged128
dragon191 (XFBOX)
dureck
eltoro2003
fatmantan (XFBOX)
FaTs
flatout
fnkychkn (XFBOX)
FuzTheCat (XFBOX)
fxr91
H0oR0o
HAMMAHED (XFBOX)
hendot (XFBOX)
Hughesey (XFBOX)
IBKIKN (XFBOX)
Invictus
jumpy
Kaliban (XFBOX)
kamehameha (XFBOX)
kogi (XFBOX)
maestroec (XFBOX)
Marzi
mastablasta (XFBOX)
mcgmj004
MDKKnD (XFBOX)
meski
Nemesis
Nez (XFBOX)
peterc (XFBOX)
pyro
r00b0y
river_side88
Security420 (XFBOX)
Skinz (XFBOX)
SteveMenheere
Stevodude (XFBOX)
Teddy
thetron (XFBOX)
trotkiller
Vaempyr
Volumex (XFBOX)
wheatbix
wirlez
wolf359 (XFBOX)
wombo
Woz
xylus
ZeonX (XFBOX)
ZNIPA-X


If you would like to join them, a small donation of $10 to the FFF will get you among the list above, send me a PM and I will give you the account number. The draw will take place on Saturday the 19th of February. BYO thread.

Sunday 06/02/2005

The next contender for the BEATtheBOX challenge starting tomorrow is FBOX31. If you have what it takes to beat this box, join in.

 

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Case	450 W ATX Miditower	FFF
Motherboard	ECS L4S5MG/651+	FFF
CPU + HSF	Pentium 4 2.4GHz	FFF
RAM	256MB PC2100	FFF
HDD	Seagate 4.3GB	FBOX Collection

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

Friday 11/02/2005

Thanks to Rod of LowNoise PC the discounts on a heap of coolers and fans are back. Here is the new list of bits that the discounts apply to. Also thanks to LowNoise PC we have a heap of coolers and fans that will keep future FBOXes really cool and quiet.

 

Sunday 13/02/2005

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

Thursday 17/02/2005

Thanks to your hard work we have finally got our weekly output above the [H]ardOCP team and hopefully we can keep it that way for a long time to come. We just need to knock off the OC.com team now and we will have no threats. Its been a great effort and this chart shows how many computers (approx 900) have come online in the last month. A big thanks to FearTec for rounding up the troops in the Pub with this thread and to Agg for letting us keep the thread a sticky. Another thank you to Agg for letting us have a banner running on the OCAU site and in the forums and for the mention in the OCAU news letter. With this sort of effort we should be able to hold the trophy for a bit longer yet.

The Bits for your Box scheme is coming along nicely with several members taking up the offer of cheap parts to get new machines up and running. Here is a list of what we have to offer, the slower CPU's are no good for Folding but they will help bolster the FFF.

Inventry of FBits.

FBit Kit: HDD IDE, Video Card and NIC ($5)
HDD IDE: 1G to 1.6G ($2)
HDD SCSI: Up to 9G ($5)
FDD: ($2)
PCI Video Cards ($2)
PCI NICs: ($2)
PCI Sound Cards: ($2)
ISA Video Cards ($2)
ISA NICs: ($2)
ISA Sound Cards: ($2)
ISA SCSI Controllers: ($2)
ATX PSU's: 200 to 250 Watts (None ATX 2.03) ($5)
AT PSU's: Up to 250 Watts ($5)
ATX Cases: Desktop and Tower No PSU. (Local Pick up only). ($10)
Motherboard ATX Slot1: ($5)
Motherboard AT/ATX Socket 7 ($2)
CPU: Slot 1 233MHz to 350MHz: ($5)
CPU: Socket 370 to 500MHz ($5)
CPU: Socket 7 (Pentium, Pentium MMX, Cyrix, AMD) ($1)
Memory: SDRAM 16MB (($2)
Memory: FP and EDO (8MB, 16MB, 32MB pairs) ($2)
CDROMs: 8X to 24X ($2)

Postage

Most things (FBit Kit and PSU's) will fit in a $8.10 pre paid satchel.

Saturday 19/02/2005

The winner of BYO010 is wheatbix (54). You have won this magnificent prize.

Case: Antec Midi Tower: Datsun 1600
PSU: Shaw 500W: FFF
Motherboard: EPOX 8RDA3+:FFF/ Datsun 1600
CPU: AMD XP2700+: FFF/ Datsun 1600
HSF: Spire Verticool: Lownoise PC
Memory: 256MB PC3200 DDR: FFF/ Datsun 1600
HDD: Western Digital 20GB : Razorback
Optical: DVD ROM: FFF

To receive this magnificent prize you must pledge to run it 24/7 and pay for postage. If you agree to these terms send me a PM and we can sort out delivery.

I checked wheatbix's last forum post and it was a long time ago so if he hasn't claimed BYO010 within 14 days I will do a redraw.

We started yesterday morning with the first days results available on the Flogometer page under the Gauntlets section. Its not too late to join in, the forums thread is here.

Sunday 20/02/2005

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

Monday 21/02/2005

...the 5516 members that contributed to this magnificent achievement. It took 1221 days to get there since we first started Folding with the Version 2 client and the stats were reset. Check out this thread for more comments.

• Start: 18/10/2001

• 100,000 points milestone: 02/01/2002- 76 days

• 500,000 points milestone: 09/06/2002- 234 days

• 1,000,000 points milestone: 03/09/2002- 319 days

• 10,000,000 points milestone: 07/07/2003- 627 days

• 50,000,000 points milestone: 05/07/2004- 991 days

• 100,000,000 points milestone: 20/02/2005- 1221 days

Sunday 27/02/2005

The next contender for the BEATtheBOX challenge starting tomorrow is FBOX32. If you have what it takes to beat this box, join in.

 

	Datsun 1600-
Case	450 W ATX Miditower	FFF
Motherboard	ABIT KV7	FFF (Datsun 1600)
CPU + HSF	AMD XP2100	FFF (Datsun 1600)
RAM	256MB PC2700	FFF (Datsun 1600)
HDD	Maxtor 2.1GB	Datsun 1600
Extra	CDROM	FBOX Collection

This weeks xylus 500 is here.