Hardware Secrets
Home | Camera | Case | CE | Cooling | CPU | Input | Memory | Mobile | Motherboard | Networking | Power | Storage | Video | Other
Content
Articles
First Look
Gabriel's Blog
News
Reviews
Tutorials
Main Menu
About Us
Awarded Products
Compare Prices
Datasheets
Dictionary
Download
Drivers
Forums
Links
Manufacturer Finder
Newsletter
On The Web
RSS Feed
Test Your Skills
Twitter
Newsletter
Subscribe today!
Search




Recommended
Maximum PC Guide to Extreme PC Mods
Maximum PC Guide to Extreme PC Mods, by Jon Phillips (Que), starting at $29.99
Home » Video
Seeking The Best Performance per Watt for Folding@Home
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Reviews Last Updated: October 29, 2008
Page: 2 of 7
$ Check REAL-TIME pricing for University of Michigan Press Seeking the Heart Teaching Adrian Palmer ISBN RURWKN $.
Buy.com: $50.20

Our High-Performance Setup

Below you can see all systems we built to run Folding@Home. Please see previous page for a detailed explanation on consumption, cost and performance/score.

System #

CPU

Video Card

Motherboard

Memory

HDD

Power Supply

1

Core 2 Extreme QX 9650 (3 GHz)

None

MSI G31M3-F

2 GB DDR2-800 Kingston KVR800D2N6/1GB

160 GB

Antec EarthWatts 500 W

2

Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4 GHz)

XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX

Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R

4 GB DDR2-800 OCZ

200 GB

PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610

3

Phenom 9600

GeForce 9800 GT 1 GB

Sapphire PI-AM2RS780G

2 GB DDR2-800 Kingston KVR800D2N6/1GB

500 GB

Zalman ZM600-HP

4

Phenom 9700

Radeon HD 4870
Radeon HD 4850

ASUS M3A32-MVP

2 GB DDR2-800 Kingston KVR800D2N6/1GB

500 GB

OCZ ProXstream 1,000 W

5

Core 2 Extreme QX 9770 (3.2 GHz)

GeForce GTX 280
GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce 8800 GT

EVGA nForce 790i Ultra

2 GB DDR3-2000

500 GB

OCZ EliteXstream 1,000 W

6

Playstation 3

     

Now we are going to do a detailed analysis of our systems.

Pages (7): « 1 [2] 3 4 5 6 7 »
Print Version | Send to Friend | | Bookmark Article | Comments (16)

Related Content
  • UPS
  • TurboCache and HyperMemory
  • GeForce 7800 GTX Launch Coverage
  • XFX GeForce 7800 GTX Review
  • PowerColor Radeon X800 GT Review

    • Recommended Deal.
    GeForce 9800 GT 01G-P3-N981-TR E-GEFORCE Card 9600EVGA GeForce 9800 GT Video Card - 1024MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 2 Dual Link DVI HDTV VGA Support 01G-P3-N981-TR


    TigerDirect: $139.99 Buy.com: $136.98
    CircuitCity: $139.99 Newegg: $139.99

    RSSLatest News
    IN WIN LAN Party in Southern California
    November 20, 2009 - 12:37 PM PST
    Patriot Announces PS-100 SSD Series
    November 19, 2009 - 7:30 AM PST
    Antec Launches TPQ-1200 PSU
    November 18, 2009 - 11:30 AM PST
    AMD/ATI Launches Radeon HD 5970
    November 18, 2009 - 10:18 AM PST
    OCZ Launches Colossus SSD Series
    November 17, 2009 - 1:39 PM PST
    NZXT Unleashes Tempest EVO Mid-Tower Case
    November 17, 2009 - 1:06 PM PST
    nVidia Launches GeForce GT 240
    November 17, 2009 - 10:18 AM PST
    Arctic Cooling Announces Accelero TWIN TURBO PRO VGA Cooler
    November 16, 2009 - 11:46 AM PST
    PowerColor Announces PLAY! HD5770 Video Card
    November 13, 2009 - 12:51 PM PST
    G.Skill Announces Falcon II SSD Series
    November 11, 2009 - 3:31 PM PST
    .:: More News ::.

    RSSLatest Content
    Ultra X4 500 W Power Supply Review
    Seagate Barracuda XT 2 TB Hard Disk Drive Review
    Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Review
    AMD ATI Chips Comparison Table
    nVidia Chips Comparison Table
    Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Motherboard
    Netflix on Playstation 3 Review
    CM Storm Sentinel Advance Mouse Review
    Titan Skalli CPU Cooler Review
    Nexus RX-6300 630 W Power Supply Review
    Gigabyte P55-UD6 Motherboard
    Nintendo Wii Review
    SilverStone Grandia GD04 Case Review
    Can We Trust the 80 Plus Certification?
    NZXT Gamma Case Review

    Our Most Popular Articles
    Maximum CPU Temperature
    1,078,608 views
    How to Find Out Your Motherboard Manufacturer and Model
    706,611 views
    nVidia Chips Comparison Table
    679,392 views
    Connecting Two PCs Using a USB-USB Cable
    593,712 views
    How To Correctly Apply Thermal Grease
    562,726 views
    AMD ATI Chips Comparison Table
    560,321 views
    ATI Radeon X1300 Pro Review
    488,010 views
    ATI Radeon X1600 XT Review
    477,168 views
    How To Perform a BIOS Upgrade
    394,688 views
    Sempron vs. Athlon XP
    338,585 views

    Latest Threads in Our Forums
    Dell Inspiron 6000 Powers but will not boot...
    by Merman
    Ultra X4 500 W Power Supply Review
    by Merman
    IN WIN LAN Party in Southern California
    by Hardware Secrets Team
    Getting A Hard Copy
    by Trevorrross
    Am I Making The Right Choice?
    by need2know
    Is it available to mount the Zalman cooler?
    by Olle P
    dsl modem prob
    by Sherry
    Seagate Barracuda XT 2 TB Hard Disk Drive Review
    by Hardware Secrets Team
    Overclocking a dell xps 410
    by 6dracing
    How to recover mp3's, pdf & chm files, applications from formated harddrive partition
    by tomahawk 1705
    .:: Visit Our Forums ::.


    © 2004-9, Hardware Secrets, LLC. All rights reserved.
    Advertising | Legal Information | Privacy Policy
    All times are Pacific Standard Time (PST, GMT -08:00)