Originally Posted by
bs_texas
And, I haven't received my first electric bill yet either.
That will be what ultimately throttles you, I believe. Since we started averaging over 90 degrees daily, I've shut off all folding on my heavy lifters. I'm down to two boxes now - one is an atom cpu on my netbook, it does the small 600 pt units, but it can do a 2-3 a day. The other chunks out a ~8kish every day or two - but its on a 250W power supply that is no where near maxed.
Not only does it become a matter of direct cost (kilowatt hours), but heat dissipation causing your A/C to work harder too. It is 15 degrees hotter in the back room if I leave the i7 folding in the summer (add GPUs and it shuts down from overheating) - which sucks when I want to actually use the PC. Once fall hits I'll turn them back on. Can we skip this summer and go straight to winter, please?
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect."
-Mark Twain