Folding PC

$1000 Intel i7 (LGA1156) Quad-Core - Multi GPU box: updated 18/02/2010

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	Intel Core i7 860	330
Motherboard	GA-H55M-UD2H	119
RAM	DDR3 1600 2GB (2x 1GB)"4GB better value but not needed"	85
Hard Drive	Any small HDD for OS	54
Optical Drive	Only required for install	-
Graphics Card 1	Nvidia GTS 250	125
Graphics Card 2	Nvidia GTS 250	125
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec 200	61
Power Supply	Corsair HX650 650W Modular	159
Cooling	CoolerMaster Hyper 212+ Plus	34
Additional	Front & Side Fans Advised, User Choice	-
Total Cost	-	$1092 + Postage
Approx PPD	CPU OC 3.5Ghz / GPU Shaders @ 1836 / 26,000PPD	0.0420 $/PPD

(In-case anyone is wondering about multi GPU setups: You do not need a SLI motherboard, Folding doesn't mind all you need are some Video Card slots "it also doesn't matter if they are running at x16 / x8 / x4" - Folding wants shaders to crunch, bandwidth is of no concern)

This machine is designed to pump out great PPD per dollar for Team 24. You dont need to follow this build, below is table of stats for many CPU/GPUs so you can build a small box or a multi GPU beast its your choice, and don't forget some older hardware can still fold well to so secondhand parts are always a option.

Currently the new "Intel Core Quads" are pushing out great PPD, AMD x4 9xx not far behind. It is strongly advised to use Nvidia GPUs at the moment as the Folding Client delivers a significantly better PPD on them than ATI.

Do note some of the cheaper version graphics cards are "Green Editions" thus clocked slower than normal, they potentially in some cases can be Overclocked back to normal speed (Mainly the Shader Speed to concern yourself with as it has a large effect on PPD performance. The GPU Core Speed and Memory speed don't have that much of an effect)

Please take the advisement of adding additional fans for cooling to your Folding Machine - A dedicated computer running 100% 24/7 builds up some heat (more so when overclocked with multi GPU setup)

Folding Hardware Stats

CPU and GPU PPD - Please Update and correct PPD's if you Fold with any of the following.

CPU Clients: SMP (Average), NotFreds (Better), SMP2 A3 Core (Best)

GPU Clients: GPU2 (Standard),

Processors (Intel)

Processors
CPU	SPEED (one stock + one best overclocked)	Client if Known	Approx PPD
Intel
i7 975 EE	STOCK 3.33Ghz	?	?
i7 975 EE	OC	?	?
i7 960	STOCK 3.2Ghz	?	?
i7 960	OC	?	?
i7 950	STOCK 3.06Ghz	?	5050PPD
i7 950	OC	?	?
i7 940	STOCK 2.93Ghz	?	4800PPD
i7 940	OC	?	?
i7 930	STOCK 2.8Ghz	?	?
i7 930	OC	?	?
i7 920	STOCK 2.66Ghz	SMP2 A3 Core	9000PPD
i7 920	OC 3.3Ghz	SMP2 A3 Core	13000PPD
i7 870	STOCK 2.93 w/Turbo	SMP2 A3 Core	7900PPD
i7 870	OC	?	?
i7 860	STOCK 2.8Ghz w/Turbo	SMP2 A3 Core	8000PPD
i7 860	OC 3.65Ghz	SMP2 A3 Core	15500PPD
i5 750	STOCK 2.66Ghz w/Turbo	SMP2 A3 Core	6600PPD
i5 750	OC 4.0Ghz	SMP2 A3 Core	11700PPD
i5 680	STOCK 3.6Ghz	?	?
i5 680	OC	?	?
i5 670	STOCK 3.46Ghz	?	?
i5 670	OC	?	?
i5 660	STOCK 3.33Ghz	?	?
i5 660	OC	?	?
i5 650	STOCK 3.2Ghz	?	?
i5 650	OC	?	?
i3 550	STOCK 3.2Ghz	?	?
i3 550	OC	?	?
i3 540	STOCK 3.06Ghz w/HT	SMP2 A3 Core	4267PPD
i3 540	OC	?	?
i3 530	STOCK 2.93Ghz	?	?
i3 530	OC	?	?
Q9650	STOCK 3.0Ghz	?	3750PPD
Q9650	OC 3.8Ghz	SMP2 A3 Core	9200PPD
Q9550	STOCK 2.83Ghz	?	3500PPD
Q9550	OC 3.6Ghz	SMP2 A3 Core	7500PPD
Q9450	STOCK 2.66Ghz	SMP2 A3 Core	6150PPD
Q9450	OC	?	?
Q9400	STOCK 2.66Ghz	?	3300PPD
Q9400	OC	?	?
Q9300	STOCK 2.5Ghz	?	3100PPD
Q9300	OC	?	?
Q8400	STOCK 2.66Ghz	?	?
Q8400	OC	?	?
Q8300	STOCK 2.5Ghz	?	3050PPD
Q8300	OC	?	?
Q8200	STOCK 2.33Ghz	?	2850PPD
Q8200	OC	?	?
Q6700	STOCK 2.66Ghz	?	?
Q6700	OC	?	?
Q6600	STOCK 2.4Ghz	?	2550PPD
Q6600	OC 3.6Ghz	SMP2 A3 Core	7750PPD
E8700	STOCK 3.5Ghz	?	?
E8700	OC	?	?
E8600	STOCK 3.33Ghz	?	?
E8600	OC	?	?
E8500	STOCK 3.16Ghz	?	?
E8500	OC	?	?
E8400	STOCK 3.0Ghz	?	1850PPD
E8400	OC	?	?
E8300	STOCK 2.83Ghz	?	?
E8300	OC	?	?
E8200	STOCK 2.66Ghz	?	?
E8200	OC	?	?
E7500	STOCK 2.93Ghz	?	1800PPD
E7500	OC	?	?
E7400	STOCK 2.8Ghz	?	1750PPD
E7400	OC	?	?
E6300	STOCK 1.86Ghz	?	1750PPD
E6300	OC	?	?
E5400	STOCK 2.7Ghz	?	1650PPD
E5400	OC	?	?
E5300	STOCK 2.6Ghz	?	1600PPD
E5300	OC	?	?
E5200	STOCK 2.5Ghz	?	1600PPD
E5200	OC	?	?
E3300	STOCK	?	1600PPD
E3300	?	?	?
E3200	STOCK	?	1550PPD
E3200	OC	?	?
E2220	STOCK	?	1500PPD
E2220	OC	?	?
E1600	STOCK	?	800PPD
E1600	OC	?	?

Processors (AMD)

Processors
CPU	SPEED (one stock + one best overclocked)	Client if Known	Approx PPD
AMD
x4 965	STOCK 3.4Ghz	SMP2 A3 Core	6000PPD
x4 965	OC	?	?
x4 955	STOCK 3.2Ghz	?	3400PPD
x4 955	OC 3.5Ghz	NotFreds	6032PPD
x4 940	STOCK 3.0Ghz	?	3100PPD
x4 940	OC 3.2Ghz	NotFreds	5353PPD
x4 920	STOCK 2.8Ghz	?	2950PPD
x4 920	OC	?	?
x4 810	STOCK 2.6Ghz	?	2750PPD
x4 810	OC	?	?
x4 620	STOCK 2.6Ghz	SMP2 A3 Core	3050PPD
x4 620	OC	?	?
x4 9950	STOCK 2.6Ghz	?	2550PPD
x4 9950	OC	?	?
x3 720	STOCK 2.8Ghz	?	2300PPD
x3 720	OC	?	?
x3 710	STOCK 2.6Ghz	?	2150PPD
x3 710	OC	?	?
x3 8750	STOCK 2.4Ghz	?	1850PPD
x3 8750	OC	?	?
x2 550	STOCK 3.1Ghz	?	1750PPD
x2 550	OC	?	?
x2 250	STOCK 3.0Ghz	?	1700PPD
x2 250	OC	?	?
x2 7850	STOCK 2.8Ghz	?	1400PPD
x2 7850	OC	?	?
x2 7750	STOCK 2.7Ghz	?	1350PPD
x2 7750	OC	?	?
x2 6000	STOCK 3.0Ghz	?	1350PPD
x2 6000	OC	?	?
x2 5600	STOCK 2.8Ghz	?	1250PPD
x2 5600	OC	?	?

Video Cards (Nvidia)

Video Cards
GPU	SPEED "Core/Shader/Memory" (one stock + one best overclocked)	Client if Known	Approx PPD
Nvidia
GTX 295	STOCK 576/1242/1998	?	14400PPD (7200per Core)
GTX 295	OC ?/?/?	?	?
GTX 285	STOCK 648/1476/2484	?	8600PPD
GTX 285	OC ?/?/?	?	?
GTX 280	STOCK 602/1296/2214	?	7700PPD
GTX 280	OC ?/?/?	?	?
GTX 275	STOCK 633/1404/2268	?	8000PPD
GTX 275	OC ?/?/?	?	?
GTX 260 "216"	STOCK 576/1242/1998	?	7100PPD
GTX 260 "216"	OC ?/?/?	?	?
GTX 260	STOCK 576/1242/1998	?	6500PPD
GTX 260	OC ?/?/?	?	?
GTS 250	STOCK 738/1836/2200	GPU2	6200PPD
GTS 250	OC ?/?/?	?	?
GT240	STOCK 550/1340/2000	?	3600PPD
GT240	OC ?/?/?	?	?
GT220	STOCK 625/1360/1580	?	?
GT220	OC ?/?/?	?	?
9800 GX2	STOCK 600/1500/2000	?	11000PPD (5500Per Core)
9800 GX2	OC ?/?/?	?	?
9800 GTX+	STOCK 738/1836/2200	?	6000PPD
9800 GTX+	OC ?/?/?	?	?
9800 GTX	STOCK 675/1688/2200	?	5800PPD
9800 GTX	OC ?/?/?	?	?
9800 GT	STOCK 600/1500/1800	?	5000PPD
9800 GT	OC ?/?/?	?	?
9600 GT	STOCK 650/1625/1800	?	3500PPD
9600 GT	OC ?/?/?	?	?
9600 GSO	STOCK 550/1375/1600	?	3300PPD
9600 GSO	OC ?/?/?	?	?
9500 GT	STOCK 550/1400/1600	?	1500PPD
9500 GT	OC ?/?/?	?	?
8800 Ultra	STOCK 612/1512/2160	?	4150PPD
8800 Ultra	OC ?/?/?	?	?
8800 GTX	STOCK 575/1350/1800	?	4350PPD
8800 GTX	OC ?/?/?	?	?
8800 GTS (G92)	STOCK 650/1625/1940	?	2550PPD
8800 GTS (G92)	OC ?/?/?	?	?
8800 GT	STOCK 600/1500/1800	?	3350PPD
8800 GT	OC ?/?/?	?	?
8800 GS	STOCK 550/1375/1600	?	?
8800 GS	OC ?/?/?	?	?
8600 GTS	STOCK 675/1450/2000	?	1250PPD
8600 GTS	OC ?/?/?	?	?

Video Cards (ATI)

Video Cards
GPU	SPEED "Core/Shader/Memory" (one stock + one best overclocked)	Client if Known	Approx PPD
ATI
HD 5970	STOCK 725/1000	?	?
HD 5970	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 5870	STOCK 850/1200	?	4800PPD
HD 5870	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 5850	STOCK 725/1000	?	?
HD 5850	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 5770	STOCK 850/1200	GPU2	3200PPD
HD 5770	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 5750	STOCK 700/1150	?	?
HD 5750	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 5670	STOCK 775/1000	?	?
HD 5670	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 5570	STOCK 650/900	?	?
HD 5570	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 5550	STOCK 550/800	?	?
HD 5550	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 5450	STOCK 650/800	?	?
HD 5450	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 4890	STOCK 850/975	?	3500PPD
HD 4890	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 4870X2	STOCK 750/900	?	?
HD 4870X2	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 4870	STOCK 750/900	?	3350PPD
HD 4870	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 4860	STOCK 700/750	?	?
HD 4860	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 4850	STOCK 625/993	?	2550PPD
HD 4850	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 4830	STOCK 575/900	?	?
HD 4830	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 4770	STOCK 750/800	?	?
HD 4770	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 4730	STOCK 750/900	?	?
HD 4730	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 4670	STOCK 750/1000	?	1400PPD
HD 4670	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 4650	STOCK 650/900	?	?
HD 4650	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 4550	STOCK 600/800	?	?
HD 4550	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 4350	STOCK 575/500	?	?
HD 4350	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 3870X2	STOCK 825/900	?	?
HD 3870X2	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 3870	STOCK 825/900	?	2000PPD
HD 3870	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 3850	STOCK 668/828	?	1550PPD
HD 3850	OC ?/?	?	?
HD 3650	STOCK 725/800	?	550PPD
HD 3650	OC ?/?	?	?

More Links

• Team OCAU - Distributed Computing, Distributed Computing
• Climate Prediction, SETI@Home
• Folding@Home, HardOCP
• CUDA Parallel Computing