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Thanks for the technical tips. Once I put it together I'll have to do some tweaking I guess. The PC is completely out-of-pocket. I don't get any equipment money. Just a desk and an uncomfortable chair in an office with no windows  If the PC was coming from a grant I wouldn't even be considering this. It's all rather silly in the end when you consider the amount of money involved. Almost not worth the effort to even think about it. But I thought it would be something fun to experiment with and then when the 4850 dies in my gaming PC I'll have an easy upgrade opportunity. |
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I'm a scientist at a huge University. People run all sorts of (personal use) servers from their offices, and have their computers run Folding@Home, etc. when they're not using them. It's not inconceivable that I would be doing GPU calculations 24/7 given my research (I do plenty of personal research projects my supervisors don't know about, it's very hands off). I'm mostly paid from my own grants anyway (well, 50/50).
I see your warnings, maybe I was underestimating the institutional risks. If there's a risk of losing my job I wouldn't do it, of course. But still... even if someone with power found out (very unlikely) the worst I can imagine is "cut it out." They would first think to whether it was using my time, or space, or the U's bandwidth. I don't think any connection would be made to power costs, no one really considers the power a computer uses as significant, given all the other equipment we work with.
Am I still being naive? I guess a better question is, would the IT dept. notice anything network-wise? On Windows they force you to run certain AV, force updates to install immediately, that sort of thing, or your internet gets cut. Maybe a relevant comparison is students running miners in their dorm rooms. Have any confrontations been reported on that front?
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I'm putting a together a new office PC and was wondering if I could throw a couple 7950s in there for LTC mining, since I don't pay for office power. I will run Ubuntu, work in Matlab, R, and Python, and of course web browsing and office software.
I'll get a nice CPU and more RAM than needed for just mining of course, but I was wondering if there were any pitfalls I haven't thought of. I occasionally run large scale simulations that take lots of CPU work but I don't do any GPU calculations in my work. Should be fine right?
If I get a CPU with integrated graphics is it possible to use the integrated graphics for screen output even with GPUs plugged in? Any other suggestions or things to look out for? Thanks.
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I love bitcoin because bitcoin loves me.
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I'm back!
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well I'm convinced. here, take all my BTC
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Wow, I got one too, in the first hour no less, not expecting that. 2 threads on an old AMD Phenom X3 720. 1 orphan too.
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I think it could get as low as $30 before becoming less volatile. But what do I know?
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Congrats, I'm getting there myself. As someone currently restricted, I have to say i approve of the policy. I wouldn't trust me either (yet).
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Whatever happened... it serves as a good warning for newbies to learn about security before getting too deep into the rabbit hole.
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E: Damn
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