Team passed 5 Billion

[AMDave]

We passed 5 billion (http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=teambycpid&team=AMD+Users) recently.
It has been a while since this post (http://www.amdusers.com/forum/showthread.php?6416-1-billion-credits!!!!&highlight=billion)
Vaughan has cranked out 20% of the total (http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=userteamcomb&team=AMD%20Users)
After 10 years we are 31st in the world ranks (http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=boincteams).
Not bad for a bunch of amateurs ;)

[BlackAdder]

Guess I better tighten up a bit...seems I'm listed as 88th on the team for total points...BIG CONGRATS to Vaughan for his 1,127,896,888 points !!! WOW :)

[NeoGen]

Congratulations everyone!!!
Seems like we are ramping up fast, the first billion took a long time, and now we are already at 5!! :)

And special congrats to Vaughan on his 1 billion too! I envy those numbers, but I sure don't envy his monthly electricity bill.:icon_razz:

[vaughan]

Thanks for noticing Neogen. I seriously considered stopping DC'ing at the 1B mark but decided to push on.

The computers help with heating the house now its Winter here. I might have to adopt Liuqyn's procedure when Summer arrives. (Power off).

[Dirk Broer]

Hi Vaughan,

Congratulations on your 1B! No need to power off though, you could consider the Opteron 4256 EE (http://www.alternate.de/html/product/AMD/Opteron_4256EE/979240/?) as your next processor to keep it cool.:icon_cool:
A Socket C32 8-core cpu that only needs 32 Watt to operate, that's a mere 4 Watt per core!
And if you're willing to run an 8-core at 50 Watt (6.25 Watt/Core) there is an even broader choice of C32 CPUs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Opteron_microprocessors#Opteron_4200-series_.22Valencia.22_.2832_nm.29)
The downside might be the availability of Socket C32 mobo's, and their sometimes non-standard format (http://www.alternate.de/html/product/listing.html?navId=11632&tk=7&lk=3496)

[Beerknurd]

Congrats Vaughan!! That is a great accomplishment!! I don't have the time or money anymore to keep up with the DC world. But I am still here in spirit!!

[Dirk Broer]

Time should be no problem (see Bender10, just let them run), but money, now there's the knack...
One of my boxes has a 3-core Llano A6-3500 APU (62 Euro's nowadays, at 65 Watt Tdp, my most economic system), able to run 3 normal WUs along with 3 FreeHAL, a WUProp and a Collatz WU on its internal HD 6530D. And it hardly spreads heat as well, having no hot video card or cpu.

[SuicideCabbage]

We need to pick it up just a little bit guys, based on our current recent average credit, we will reach 6 billion on December 22nd 2012, problem is, the world is set to end on December 21st!

[Dirk Broer]

Added a HD 6670 to the afore mentioned Llano system
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2829/17545235429917864723537.jpg#2012%20lol