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[richard mitnick]

I urge everyone to watch this short video on Public Distributed Computing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyJ1JaIIhbU

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[Antony]

My playStation 3 is running Folding@home when it is not recording TV shows. Overall, it's my poor man's TiVo.

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[iJohnE]

Antony, a a $400 PS3 is not a poor man's tivo. That would be a $20 VCR and $5.00 VHS tapes.

Ricard-

Currently I'm running World Community Grip, Folding, Rosetta and SETI on my laptop. WCG on my PIII and Rosetta, SETI and Folding on my Pentium 4.

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[iJohnE]

I also wanted to mention how funny it is that you linked to PC WizKids video. I'm a subsrciber of his and when he posted this I was thinking of you.

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[richard mitnick]

Hey John-

it's just a really good video.

>>RSM

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[iJohnE]

It is. And he conveys the point well.

I'm looking into building a new Core i3 or i5 machine for a desktop. That'd get some heavy crunching for me.

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[richard mitnick]

John-

I know it's money; but try for the i5 because of the hyper threading.

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[iJohnE]

Actually Richard, the Core i3 I'm looking at has hyper threading:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115065

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[Mandrake]

Core i5 for desktops does not have HT, only the i7s do. Unlike the Core i5 mobile CPUs though, the i5 for desktops is a quad core CPU (not dual core with HT). If you want a cost effective machine for distributed computing (F@H etc) then the Phenom II six core 1055T CPU is probably the best option. Six cores at 2.8GHz for a rather amazing $199 USD.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

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[richard mitnick]

Well, thanks, I am happy for the information.

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[iJohnE]

Mandrake-

Come to think about it, paying $199 for the AMD 6 core, compared to $199 for the Intel dual core makes a hell of a lot more sense.

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[richard mitnick]

John-

A friend of mine who is a very experienced "cruncher' and very technically adept says that the results of the AMD 6 core in crunching stats show little more than a good Intel Core 2 Duo.

>>RSM

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[iJohnE]

Be that as it is, Richard. When I am encoding H.264 HD video at a 1920x1080 resolution at 30FPS in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, I think 6 cores would be very, very helpful.

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[richard mitnick]

I just ordered a new laptop with an i7-840QM. It's 45 nm and 45 watt, but getting a quad for a laptop is a compromise. It will be on a chill pad, as are all my laptops. It will give me eight new threads of crunching.

If you get a chance, listen to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/citizenscience.shtml%20.

And, then, read my blog post, http://musicsprings.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/its-public-radio-and-its-music-to-my-ears/

>>RSM

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[iJohnE]

I just ordered a new laptop with an i7-840QM. It's 45 nm and 45 watt, but getting a quad for a laptop is a compromise. It will be on a chill pad, as are all my laptops. It will give me eight new threads of crunching.

If you get a chance, listen to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/citizenscience.shtml%20.

And, then, read my blog post, http://musicsprings.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/its-public-radio-and-its-music-to-my-ears/

>>RSM

Congrats Richard. I'm still on my laptop and my Pentium 4 desktop. January of 2011 my laptop turns two. They grow up so fast!

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